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Jonnie Motomochi Helping Young Golfers Pursue Their Collegiate Golf Dreams

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Ilirian Zalli Keeps Championship All In The Family

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Snyder Comes From Behind To Win B.C. Mid-Amateur Championship

Kamloops Golf & Country Club One Of British Columbia?s Hidden Gems

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Victoria Golf Club's Legendary Margaret Todd Celebrates Age 100

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Tough Conditions

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Birdie Binge

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Junior Achievement

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The Odds If Tiger And Phil Do Go Head To Head

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Chris Crisologo Wins B.C. Amateur Championship Parsons Convincing Win At B.C. Women's Amateur Championship

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Tracking A Tiger: If ever there was a doubt about the mystique of Tiger Woods and his popularity with golf fans, just check out this photo posted on Twitter during the recent Quicken Loans National PGA TOUR event.

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In si de t h i s Issue In this month's edition of the Scorecard our cover story by Brad Ziemer recounts the playing of British Columbia Golf's two premier championships, the BC Amateur and the BC Women's Amateur Presented by Maui Jim.

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Cart Land Speed Record, and many more (page 60). You can also read about the popular Dog Days Of Golf at Redwoods GC and how golf going to the dogs isn't a bad thing at all (page 42).

The BC Amateur produced a very And now you can get an App for deserving as well as popular your phone that shows how putts winner among his peers in Chris break on the green in 3D (pg 54).

Crisologo, while the Women's Brad Ziemer's latest findings on saw a dominating performance what's happening in golf from from start to finish by Delta's around our province can be Mary Parsons (page 25). found on pages 36, 38, 46, 48, 55, Of course we are right in the 56, 57 and 58. midst of championship season so Brad also has a feature on how we also have wrap-ups from the former BC Golf Junior star BC Junior Girls Presented by Jonnie Motomochi is helping Maui Jim (page 24), the Junior young golfers pursue their Boys (page 34) and Men's (page collegiate golf dream (page 22).

12) and Women's Mid-Amateur events (page 40).

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Snyder Comes From Behind To Win B.C. Mid-Amateur Championship Jay Snyder has played more tournament golf the last few weeks than he has in years and all that work paid off when he won the B.C. Mid- Amateur Championship June 28th. Now he pledges to spend more time with his wife, Sophie, who is expecting their first child in December. ?My wife right now is very unhappy with me because I was away for a week at W inged Foot (in New York), then I played the Squamish PG 12 | JUL 2018

Amat eur, the Marine Drive Amat eur and then I played this, so in June I haven?t seen a lot of my wife and she is pregnant and cranky so . . .,?Snyder said with a smile. He didn?t finish the sentence so we will.

He?d better put the clubs away for a while.

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three-under 213. ?It's great to win a golf tournament again,?said the 33-year-old Snyder, a portfolio manager with Raymond James who is a member of Shaughnessy Golf & Count ry Club in Vancouver.

par 5 finishing hole. Snyder drained a 10-foot putt for par to hang onto his one-shot lead and then watched as Wilson, playing in the group behind, was unable to convert a birdie from about 25 feet.

Snyder began the day three shots behind second-round co-leaders Wilson and Dan Swanson of Abbot sford. But Snyder made up that ground when he went four-under on the front nine at Hyde Mountain in cool, blustery conditions. ?I gave myself a ton of looks all day long,?Snyder said. ?I was 25 feet and in for birdie all day. I didn?t make all of them, but I made a lot of them today.?

couldn?t get the ball in the hole. I knew on 17 I needed to get one more (birdie) coming in. I just had too manny missed putts.?

He had to make a big one on the

The Mid-Master Championship, for players 40 and over, was also contested at Hyde Mountain.

Greg Kost er of Court enay won with a one-over total of 217. That was one shot better than Vict oria?s Craig Doell.

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17 Collegiate Golf Scholarships Being Made Available Through Golf Canada is offering Golf Canada 17 scholarships this year to assist aspiring young Canadian golfers. See the information below for details and either click on the Apply Now button in the poster or HERE to be taken to the scholarship page.

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While the idea of Tiger and Phil playing 18 holes for $10 million, may be more fiction than fact at this point, that does not stop the odds being calculated.

The odds-makers at www.SportsBettingDime.com have taken the bait and established Tiger as a 2/3 favorite over Lefty based upon

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his successful match-play track record. With 1/2 odds of the event even happening, the odds-makers favor Tiger wearing his traditional Sunday red shirt (3/1) and have installed ABC/ESPN (4/3) as favorites to broadcast the event and Nevada (5/3) as the host location.

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British Columbia Golf Announces 2018 Girls Junior Americas Cup Team The 2018 Girls Junior Americas Cup will be held at Hiwan Golf Course in Evergreen, Colorado July 23- 27.

Twenty-five miles west of downtown Denver, off Interstate 70, you'll find Hiwan in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains situated at an elevation of 7,665 feet.

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notable for containing the highest peaks in central North America. British Columbia Golf has announced their team for the 2018 Girls Junior Americas Cup competition with the following players all making their GJAC debut: - Chaewon Baek - Akari Hayashi - Phoebe Yue - Karen Zhang CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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Non-Playing Team Capt ain: Pat Thompson This will be the 41st edition of the GJAC and British Columbia Golf, as a charter member of the tournament, has an integral part in the history of the event, including B.C.' s Christine Wong taking medalist honours in 2008.

Format The Team Competition for the GJAC Championship will be 54 holes of stroke play with the 3 lowest scores from each Team added together each day. The lowest 3- day total score determines the winner.

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Teams - Arizona - British Columbia, Canada - California, Northern For further information - California, Southern please click HERE. - Canadian Jr. Golf Association - Colorado - Hawaii PG 21 | JUL 2018

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Former B.C. Junior Star Jonnie Motomochi Helping Young Golfers Pursue Their Collegiate Golf Dreams It?s safe to say the majority of the 120 players who teed it up at this year's B.C. Junior Boys Championship are hoping their prowess on the links might earn them a golf scholarship.

Jonnie Mot omochi, who not so long ago was one of them, would like to help make that happen.

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business aimed at helping parents and their sons and daughters navigate the college golf scholarship waters.

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golf coach for Oregon State and spent much of his summers on recruiting trips for the Beavers.

Motomochi gave a presentation early in the week to some parents and their sons who were playing in the B.C. Junior at Kamloops Golf & Country Club. ?I was here, I played in this tournament for so many years,?

Motomochi said in an interview. ?I gave a presentation Monday night and the first picture I showed was me at the B.C. Junior at Rivershore in 2008.

There was a picture of the top 10 (Motomochi finished seventh) and all of them played in college. I was in this picture and I really didn?t know what was going on.

"I really liked Oregon State and what they had to offer, so I went. But I really didn?t know the process. Knowing it from the coach?s perspective and knowing it from the perspective of an athlete, I think I have a unique perspective and I want to help kids out with that. ?I wish I had known a little more, PG 23 | JUL 2018

"Knowing it from the coach?s perspective and knowing it from the perspective of an athlete, I think I have a unique perspective and I want to help kids out with that." too, when I was going through the process. I don?t know if that would have changed my decision. I loved going to Oregon State, but having lots of information is important and allows students and their parents to make the best decision.?

Motomochi says many parents are surprised to learn how few full-ride scholarships are actually available, especially for young men. There are typically 10 players on a male golf team at a NCAA Division 1 school.

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CHRISCRISOLOGOWINS THATELUSIVEB.C. AMATEURCHAMPIONSHIP His last win had come some 11,000 kilometres from home and was beginning to feel like a lifetime ago. Actually, it had only been seven months since Chris Crisologo travelled to Buenos Aires, Argentina and won the South American Amateur Championship.

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roots and was absolutely delighted to hoist the Bostock Trophy as the 2018 winner of the B.C. Amat eur Championship. ?It is good to finally get one of these provincial championships,? a relieved Crisologo said. ?It has been a long battle. I just feel fortunate to have pulled through today.?

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member of Canada?s National Amateur Team, finished with a 72-hole total of 12-under par.

The Marine Drive member had come to Rivershore not feeling that great about his game. He had disappointing results during a four-week overseas trip to Scotland, Ireland and the Netherlands and certainly wasn?t oozing with confidence when play began on Tuesday. ?Obviously my game wasn?t up to par coming into this, so there weren?t many expectations,?he said. ?The last two wins have been like that. In Argentina there weren?t too many expectations and same with here.?

One of the first people to congratulate Crisologo was Marine Drive legend Doug Roxburgh, who a couple of hours earlier had finished playing in his 52nd straight B.C. Amateur.

Roxburgh, who continues to defy Father Time, shot an even-par 72 on Friday and finished tied for 27th place at six-over par.

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Marine Drive has meant more than words can say. ?It is amazing seeing someone like Doug out here making cuts and still playing really good golf,?

Crisologo said. ?It is an inspiration for us. It means the world to me. Obviously, we have so much support from Marine Drive. We have so many talented players at Marine. These guys push me every day.?

Crisologo recently completed a stellar collegiate career at Simon Fraser University and has a busy summer schedule that includes the Pacific Coast Amateur at the Olympic Club in San Francisco later this month and next month?s Canadian Amateur Championship at Duncan Meadows and Pheasant Glen golf courses on Vancouver Island.

Crisologo will be joined on the B.C. Team at the Canadian Amateur by Gorbahn and Victoria?s Kevin Carrigan, who finished third at nine-under par.

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PARSONS COMPLETES CONVINCINGWIN Now That She's Got Her Hands On The Flumerfelt Trophy As The B.C. Women's Amateur Presented By Maui Jim Champion, The 19 year old Delta Resident Will Turn Her Attention To The Canadian Women?s Amat eur Later This Month At Marine Drive Golf Club In Vancouver.

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It wasn?t until Mary Parsons clutched the Flumerfelt Cup as B.C. Women?s Amat eur champion that the significance of what she had accomplished really began to sink in. ?I saw a few of the names and I was just thinking like those are some pretty amazing players and to have my name on it with them means a lot,?Parsons said after her convincing win at Golden Golf Club.

Actually, convincing doesn?t begin to describe it. The talented 19-year-old from Delt a steamrolled the rest of the field and won by 11 shots.

It is the second provincial title for Parsons, who captured the B.C. Junior Girls Champ'ship two years ago at Big Sky Golf Club in Pembert on.

Parsons gave back a couple of shots to the field in Friday?s final round. Of course, she had lots to play with. She began the final round with a 13-shot cushion. Parsons fired a steady one-over 73 to finish the PG 28 | JUL 2018

72-hole event at one-under par. She acknowledged it felt a little weird to be playing the final round with such a big lead.

"I saw a few of the names and I was just thinking like those are some pretty amazing players and to have my name on it with them means a lot."

- Mary Parsons ?I don?t know how to describe it because I knew I had a big enough lead that if something happened I would probably still be fine,?Parsons said. ?But I still wanted to put up a good number.

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Kr is Jonasson The Chief Executive Officer of British Columbia Golf, Kris has been in the position of CEO (previously designated as Executive Director) for the BCGA since 1996. Prior to joining the association he spent five years as a Tournament Official with the Canadian Professional Tour. Kris is an active member of the board of the Greater Vancouver First Tee in addition to being treasurer of the Allied Golf Association of British Columbia.

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Michel l e Col l ens Currently serving as the Manager, Vancouver Sport Hosting, Michelle has previous experience as Sport Tourism Manager for Sport Kelowna and 2010 Legacies Now. She also sits on the board of Vancouver Sport Network, KidSport Vancouver and The First Tee of Greater Vancouver.

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I l i ri an Z al l i K eeps B.C. Juni or Boys Ch ampi onsh i p A l l I n Th e Fami l y It?s quite simple, really.

Ilirian Zalli believed he was the best player in the field at the B.C. Junior Boys Champ'ship, so naturally felt like he should win it. And the 16- year- old did just that, in very impressive fashion.

Country Club, Zalli matched the course record with an eight-under 64 and won by four shots.

Down four strokes to fellow Vancouver resident Song Bai heading into Friday?s final round at Kamloops Golf &

?I felt like my best round was still out there and today things came together the way I hoped they?d come together the first

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The 2018 B.C. Junior Boys Champion, Vancouver's Ilirian Zalli, HoldsThe Trophy Won By His Brother Just Last Year.

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three days,?said Zalli, who was not shy this week about expressing his feeling that he

Country Club. Ilirian finished tied for second behind his brother last year. ?It feels good because I really felt last year I ?This may be the only trophy had a chance to win and so that we both get to win really to have both of our together. It feels like a family names there on the trophy, it is win. It feels like we all won.? very special,?he said.

--Ilirian Zalli Bai, a 16-year-old Marine was the best player in the field. ?I don?t want to say that I called it, but I definitely felt even heading into this week I was a very strong favourite to win,? he said. ?Maybe that added a little bit of pressure there, but there was also a little bit of motivation coming into this final round knowing, hey, I am th e best player in this field, I should be the one winning this thing. And then I just went out there and put it all on the table, really.?

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Drive Golf Club junior member, birdied the first hole after stiffing his wedge approach shot. But Zalli, who plays out of Richmond Country Club, also made birdie to remain four back. The tide began to turn on the par 3 third hole, when both players hit their tee shots into the left greenside bunker.

Zalli had the tougher shot and proceeded to hole it for birdie out of the sand. Bai couldn?t get it up and down and made bogey.

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BIRDIES FLY The inaugural Let hbridge Paradise Canyon Open on the Mackenzie Tour-PGA Tour Canada circuit turned into a birdie-fest. Riley W heeldon of Comox shot 14-under and finished tied for 29th. It took six-under to make the 36-hole cut.

T.T. Crouch of Mt . Vernon, Oh., beat Chris W illiams of Moscow, Id., and Zach W right of Bat on Rouge, La., on the second-hole of a sudden death playoff to win the $36,000 top prize in the $200,000 event. The trio had finished at 23-under par. Taylor Pendrit h of Richmond Hill, Ont ., was the low Canadian. He finished at 16-under par.

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Peter The Gr eat Pet er Thomson, the Aust ralian golfing legend who died on June 20 at the age of 88, is best known for his five Open Championship victories. But Thomson won scores of other tournaments around the world and one of them was in Australia?s Peter Met ro Vancouver. In 1985, Thomson made Thomson won the du Maurier Champions at Vancouver Golf history by Club in Coquit lam, where he winning The Open shot rounds of 64, 70 and 69 Championship three for a 13-under total of 203 to times consecutively beat American Ben Smit h by one stroke. Thomson?s first('52-'54) place cheque was $24,850.90.

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Proteau?s Sixth Mid-Amateur Win

IMAGE COURTESY: BC GOLF Christina Proteau has a long list of provincial and national golf titles, so it would be easy to assume that another one wouldn?t mean all that much. That BC Golf Tournament Director Greg could not be Moody Presents The Women's Midfurther from the Amateur Trophy To 2018 Winner truth. This one Christina Proteau, Her 6th Victory meant so much to In The Event Proteau, the title. The tears she wiped away mother of two young from her eyes told the story. boys who is a Crown Earlier this year, Proteau wrote prosecutor in Port some goals on her home Alberni. calendar and reminded herself

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because it has bothered me and I haven?t played my best the last couple of years,?Proteau said.

named after Little and Proteau was clearly touched when Little handed it to her at the awards presentation.

When she had her two boys -Jameson is three and a half and Thatcher is eight months -- lots of people told Proteau that her competitive career was probably over, at least for a while. ?I had so many people tell me once we had kids this would stop,?Proteau said. ?It would be too hard, it would be too much work and you're just going to have to take a break.

And it is hard and it is a lot of work, but it is so rewarding.?

..and it is hard and it is a lot of work, but it is so rewarding.?

?I had so many people tell me once we had kids this would stop. It would be too hard, it would too much work..

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?This is by far the best I have played all year and easily the best I have scored, so it finally came together and fortunately on the right day,?she said. ?I thought I would have to shoot under par to beat Jackie. ?Jackie smells blood in the water and she is going to pounce all over you if you give her any opening at all. We have played together almost 20 years and she is my hero and mentor and you have to forget about that a little bit and just play the golf course. I knew I wasn?t going to be able to come out and scrape it around and win.?

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DOGDAYS A Spaniel, a couple of big Newfoundlands, a Golden Retriever, a Labrador and some other four-legged friends showed up recently for The Dog Days of Summer event at Redwoods Golf Course in Langley.

Some of Redwoods?regulars have been bringing their dogs to the course for quite some time, but the course decided to publicize the fact it is a dog-friendly facility. On Friday, June 29th, golfers were invited to bring their dogs to the course and a number of new ones showed up.

The rules were simple. You must keep your dog on a leash, dogs are not permitted in bunkers or on greens and, of course, you must clean up after your pet. Treat bags courtesy of Bosley?s in Walnut Grove were handed out to the dogs on Friday and their owners got complimentary poop bags. More information on Redwoods' Golf With Your Dog policy can be found HERE PG 42 | JUL 2018

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UK Minister Hails Health Benefits Of Golf ?As the Minister may be aware, I currently Co-Chair the All-Party Group on Golf, a sport sometimes unfairly labelled as a good walk spoiled. ?Would the Minister agree with me that there are many positive health benefits associated with participation in golf, especially for those people with long term conditions??

At Health and Social Care Questionsin the House of Commons, The Minister responded ?I certainly will, All-Party as somebody who used to work in the Parliamentary Golf golf industry before coming to this Group Co-Chair, Craig place.

Tracey MP, raised ?I was at Wentworth last month and a the benefitsthat golf good example of what he is referring to delivers to participants, is a social enterprise that I met called following research from Golf in Society, led by an inspirational the Golf and Health chap called Ant hony Blackburn, who Project, supported by founded this project at Lincoln Golf The R&A. Centre. ?It works with people with dementia PG 44 | JUL 2018

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and Parkinson?s disease and shows that golf is one of the best leisure activities out there, and gives people with long-term conditions a sense that their life is not over, and that they can still play golf, and rather well.?

The Golf and Health Project is driven by The R&A, and seeks to provide information about the many and varied health and wellbeing benefits of golf and how these can be achieved for people of both all genders, ages and backgrounds.

ensure that these benefits are clear to policymakers. ?Golf is a sport for people of all ages, and I hope that we can encourage more people to take part in the sport, and enjoy the physical, mental, and social benefits that golf can provide.?

Golf and Health Project Executive Director, Dr. Roger Hawkes, added ?it is clear that golf has overall health benefits, and research has shown that it provides moderate intensity physical activity, with key Speaking afterwards, All-Party benefits including Parliamentary Golf Group improvements in life Co-Chair and Member of expectancy, cholesterol levels Parliament for North and body composition, and also Warwickshire, Craig Tracey MP, decreased risk of over 40 major said ?golf clearly plays an chronic diseases. important role in maintaining a ?Golf is an inclusive sport that healthy, active population, and allows people of all ages and can deliver benefits to abilities to participate together, participants of all ages and and we hope that further abilities. research, including on muscle ?It is fantastic that the Minister has recognised the health benefits that golf delivers to the population, and I look forward to working closely with him to PG 45 | JUL 2018

strength, functional ability and balance will show that golf has the potential to increase quality of life at all ages.?

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Big Payday West Vancouver?s Kevin Spooner earned himself a $10,000 payday on June 24th.

Spooner, a Capilano Golf & Count ry Club member and past winner on the Mackenzie Tour-PGA Tour Canada circuit, won the Vancouver Golf ?s Tour?s First Class Wast e Fraser Valley Open by three shots.

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Sandpiper Golf Course in Sunday?s final round to finish the 36-hole event at 11-under par.

That was three shots better than Edmont on?s St even Lecuyer, who is now playing out of Bear Mount ain in Vict oria.

Nat e Ollis of Vict oria was third at seven-under par, while Evan Holmes of Vancouver finished fourth at six-under.

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Point Grey assistant pro Bryn Parry had a nice run at the PGA of Canada Championship at Credit Valley Golf & Count ry Club in Mississauga, Ont . Parry lost what many are calling the match of the tournament when he fell in 22 holes to Quebec?s Pierre-Alexander Bedard in one of the semi-finals.

Bedard went on to win the championship when he beat Ont ario?s Gordon Burns 1-up. Parry, a past PGA of Canada champion, lost the third-place match 3&1 to Quebec?s Dave Levesque. Parry was the stroke-play medalist after firing rounds of 65 and 68. Other B.C. pros who advanced to match play after the 36 holes of stroke play included Oliver Tubb of Universit y Golf Club, Jim Rut ledge of Vict oria and John Shin of Nort hview Golf Academy.

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Hidden Gems Like a lot of other golfers, Brice MacDermot t didn?t know a whole lot about Kamloops Golf & Country Club before he accepted the job of running the facility that was founded way back in 1914. ?I had actually never played the course when I took the job here in 2015,?MacDermott, the General Manager and Executive Professional at PG 50 | JUL 2018

Kamloops G&CC, said in an interview. ?I told a few of my friends who had played here, if it?s not good you are in big trouble.?

McDermott, who came to Kamloops after spending 15 years at Kelowna-area facilities, quickly discovered that the course is very good indeed. The fact is Kamloops G&CC, the site of this year?s CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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B.C. Junior Boys Championship, is one of this province?s many hidden gems.

The Kamloops area has established itself as a golf destination market and Kamloops G&CC sometimes gets overlooked in a market that includes the likes of Tobiano, Rivershore, The Dunes and Big Horn Golf & Country Club (formerly Sun Rivers).

Some golfers assume Kamloops G&CC is a private club and difficult for the public to play. The fact is it is a semi-private facility that gets about 70 per cent of its play from members. Public play is welcomed and accounts for 30 per cent of rounds played. ?We do allow people to play here every day unless it is closed for a member event,?MacDermott said. ?We just want people to come out and see us.?

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the fact is dotted with some magnificent old and very large trees. ?The playability of the golf course is one of its strengths,?MacDermott said.

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?We have trees, but it is not crazy demanding off the tee. And the fact you can run the ball into all 18 greens issomething I love, because that caters to the average Joe, some of your seniors membersand even me. I tend to stray off line a bit and I can still get a shot at the green. Maybe it?snot at the pin, but I have access to hit it onto the green.?

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Victoria Golf Club's Legendary Margaret Todd Celebrates Age 100

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Margaret Todd Is Shown Here With Two Other BC Golf Legends, Doug Roxburgh And Alison Murdoch At Murdoch's 2013 Hall Of Fame Induction In Victoria On the occasion of one of British Columbia's and indeed Canada's all-time great Amateur Golfers reaching a milestone birthday, British Columbia Golf, its staff and membership would all like to join in celebrating and congratulating Margaret Todd who turned the magical age of 100 on May 31st.

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a junior in 1936 and a year later, now Mrs. Jack Todd, became a member of the Victoria Golf Club. In 1939, she won the club championship for the first of 14 times. In 1940, she added her initial Victoria & District title, which she went on to claim 10 times.

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three consecutive B.C. Amateur Ladies titles, seven Jasper Totem and three Empress competitions.

In the 1950s, she qualified for both the Canadian and U.S. championships and gained the first of five selections to Canada's International Golf team playing in Britain, Australia and Argentina.

B.C. Senior Woman's team on 16 occasions. Her administrative accomplishments, since the 1960s, include Victoria and B.C. appointments to the national and international level.

Margaret has been honoured as a Life Member of the Victoria Golf Club, inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame, (1973) In the 1970s, Todd, competing in Victoria Sports Hall of Fame the senior ladies, twice won titles (1997), Golf Hall of Fame of BC in the City, Provincial and (2001), Pacific Northwest Golf Canadian championships.

Hall of Fame (2011) and the Throughout her career she Canadian Golf Hall of captained the B.C. Ladies and Fame (1997).

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- @PhilJonas1 while playing at the U.S. Senior Open Surrey resident Phil Jonas and Richmond?s Kendall Yonomot o did not make it to the weekend at the U.S. Senior Open at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs. The course played extremely tough, with the 36-hole cut falling at eight-over par. Yonomoto finished 11-over after firing rounds of 77 and 74. Jonas was 19-over after rounds of 80 and 79. On Twitter, Jonas called the course setup the toughest he has faced.

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Vancouver?s Ilirian Zalli, the 2016 B.C. Bant am Boys champion, qualified for the U.S. Junior Boys Amat eur champ'ship. Zalli shot a one-under 71 at Gold Mount ain Golf Club?s Olympic course in Bremert on, Wash., and then survived a four-man playoff for the final two qualifying spots. The U.S. Junior Boys Amateur goes July 15-21 at Balt usrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J.

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Birdie Binge Quilchena Golf Club?s Scott Secord had 10 birdies en route to a five- under 65 and won the Vancouver Golf Tour?s Traveland RV Ledgeview Open on July 1st, Canada Day, by one shot. Secord finished the 36- hole event at four- under par.

John Shin of Northview Golf Club finished second.

The win was worth $2,500 to Secord. Four players -- Kevin Stinson of Cheam Mountain, Riley Lamb of Meadow Gardens and Mike Belle and Brendan Dillon, both of Vancouver Golf Club, tied for third place at two-under.

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JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT Coco Pei of Surrey and Vict oria Liu of Vancouver have qualified to play in this summer?s U.S. Junior Girls Championship. Pei and Liu earned two of the four spots available at a qualifier at Fircrest Golf Club in Tacoma. Pei shot a one-over 74, while Liu carded a 75.

The U.S. Junior Girls will be played July 16-21 at Poppy Hills Golf Course in Pebble Beach, Calif.

On a slightly related topic, Lui also recorded her 4th ace. Coach Rob Houlding posted this to Facebook...

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turning out to be a special day for Michelle liu while preparing to defend her Junior World titles Congrats on your 4th hole in one!!!!

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11 Crazy Golf Records

It's amazing the list of crazy records you can find if you have enough time to waste! We looked up some of the craziest golf records we could find in the Guinness Book.

One that stood out was the Golf Cart land speed record:

9. Fast est Golf Cart From the GuinnessBook: The fastest golf cart isthe 'Bandit' by Plum Quick Motors, which achieved a speed of 191.12 km/h (118.76 mph) when driven by Robby Steen (USA) at the Darlington Dragway in Hartsville, South Carolina, USA, on 31 October 2014. Thisisthe second time a cart from Plum Quick motorshas taken the title for the

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?That's what you need to do if you are going to come back from four shots in 18 holes,?he said. ?You need to have some of those to go along with all the good shots you are going to have. To be able to make that bunker shot gave me a lot of momentum right there. I picked up a couple of shots and then I really never looked back.?

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After struggling on the front The 2018 Canadian Jr. Boys nine, Bai went two-under on Team From B.C. Left To Right: the back side to shoot an even-par 72. He finished alone Joel Veenstra, Ilirian Zalli in second place at 12-under And Song Bai par. Bai was a surprise Suddenly, the four-shot lead contender this week. At last was two and by the time they year?s B.C. Junior tourney, he got to the ninth tee, Zalli had a missed the cut after shooting one-shot lead. rounds of 82 and 83.

That lead became three at the But he spent the last year at a turn after Zalli stiffed in iron Florida golf academy and approach shot to tap-in birdie apparently learned some range on the ninth green and things. ?I was happy to get back Bai three-putted for bogey. to even-par after being Zalli agreed his bunker shot on three-over,?he said. ?This is my three gave him the momentum. first time shooting under par in In the second round, he holed a tournament so I am pretty out of another bunker for happy.? an eagle.

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Bai insisted he didn?t feel any extra pressure and joked that the only mistake he made was not showing up early enough at the course Friday morning. ?I probably got here a bit too late.

I didn?t have too much time on the range and putting green.?

Joel Veenstra of Smithers finished in third place at seven-under. That earned him the final spot on the the three-man team that will represent B.C. at the Canadian Junior Boys Championship, which goes July 30-Aug. 2 in Medicine Hat, Alta.

The 18-year-old Veenst ra made a nice up-and-down birdie on the par 5 18th hole to clinch third place. ?Going into the day I was hoping to win, but after that my goals started to change and I was going for that third spot to get on Team B.C.,? said Veenstra, who closed with a two-under 70. ?I knew that was an important putt. My dad was probably shaking over that putt, too. A free trip.?

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?Going into the day I was hoping to win, but after that my goals started to change and I was going for that third spot to get on Team B.C.,?

- Veenstra Michael Crisologo of Richmond and Khan Lee of Langley tied for fourth place at six-under par after both shooting 71s on Friday.

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CHIP SHOTS: A two-man best-ball competition washeld in conjunction with the event. Zalli and partner Keith Ng of Richmond won with a 72-hole total of 29-under par. That wasfive shots better than Zach Ryujin of North Vancouver and Sean Buckles, also of North Vancouver. . .Zalli said he will not play in next week?sB.C. Amateur Champ'ship at Rivershore Golf Linksin Kamloops. He said he will spend time preparing for the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship later thismonth at Baltusrol Golf Club in New Jersey.

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Toward the end of the round I started to get a little shaky with my driver and hit a couple of wild tee shots, but I made some birdies at the end.?

Parsons birdied two of her last three holes -- including one on the 18th green -- to win the championship in style. Port Alberni?s Christ ina Prot eau, a three-time B.C. Women?s Amateur champion, finished alone in second place at 10-over par after closing with a solid one-under par 71.

July 24-27 at Marine Drive Golf Club in Vancouver.

Vict oria?s Naomi Ko, who was competing in the Nort h & Sout h Amat eur tourney in Nort h Carolina, had been awarded an exemption onto the team.

?I knew pretty early in the week that Mary was not going to blow up, nor do you want her to,?Proteau said. ?It was different playing in the final group without a chance to win.

But we had something else to focus on. It still feels very That second-place finish had rewarding. There were a significance as it allowed couple of really strong players Proteau to make the three-woman B.C. Team for the in Hannah Lee and Kat hrine Chan. I knew it wasn?t going to Canadian Women?s Amat eur be shoot a 74 and make the Championship, which goes team.?

"I haven?t played Marine Drive before, but have heard lots of great things about it.

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Lee and Chan finished tied for third at 12-over par. Lee, from Surrey, fired a 73 on Friday, while Chan, from Richmond, carded a 72. ?I am excited,?

Proteau said. ?I haven?t played Marine Drive before, but have heard lots of great things about it. I was already exempt into the event, but now I definitely feel like I earned my spot and I am very excited to play.?

Both Proteau and Parsons know the Canadian Amateur will be a tough test. ?I am really looking forward to the rest of my summer,?said Parsons. ?There?s the Canadian Amateur and I am excited about spending the rest of the summer in Vancouver before heading back to school. I am anxious to get out to Marine Drive, play some practice rounds and try to get a good feel for the course.?

Parsons is heading into her sophomore year at the University of Indiana.

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from the B.C. Women's Amat eur Present ed By Maui Jim Championship.

"I am excited about spending the rest of the summer in Vancouver before heading back to school. I am anxious to get out to Marine Drive, play some practice rounds and try to get a good feel for the course."

- Mary Parsons CHIP SHOTS: A two-woman, best-ball competition washeld in conjunction with the Women?s Amateur. Lee and Chan won with a 72-hole score of 10-under par.

That wasthree shotsbetter than Parsonsand her partner Jaya Rampuri of Coquitlam. . .The 2019 B.C. Women?sAmateur Championship will be held at Nanaimo Golf Club.

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