British Columbia Golf - The Scorecard Magazine Vol. 5 Issue 8

Gender Equality In Golf

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The Legend Continues As Doug Roxburgh Wins His Fifth B.C. Senior Men?s Title

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Shaughnessy Excited About Welcoming LPGA Tour?s CP Women?s Open Next Summer

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BC's Roger Sloan On Making The Most Of His Second Chance On The PGA TOUR. . .And The Beatles

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Gallagher's Canyon Defines Mountain Golf In The Okanagan Valley

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Canadian Bruce Mitchell reflects on captaincy of The R&A

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Ladner, BC's Mike Darby Gets New Lease On Caddying Life

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Vancouver City Park Board Courses Set To Host 2019 Vancouver Open Pro-Am

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BC's Roger Sloan On Making The Most Of His Second Chance On The PGA TOUR . . .And The Beatles Gallagher's Canyon Defines Mountain Golf In The Okanagan Valley Twenty Years Later, Mike Weir Reflects On His Breakthrough PGA TOUR Win At Northview Golf Club

Salmon Arm Golf Club Is Up For Sale

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Blind Golf Championships In BC Wraps Up With The Kootenays Catching All Eyes

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Navarrosa Wins Canadian Women?s Amateur As BC's Liu Becomes Youngest Ever To Qualify For CP Women's Open

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Big Sky: One Of The Province's Premiere Golf Experiences

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BC's Alex Zhang Wins U.S. Kids Golf World Championship Title

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BC's Jim Rutledge Wins His Sixth PGA Seniors?Championship of Canada Title

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Parsons' Pan Am Medal

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In this month's edition of the Scorecard we continue with our series of articles that act as follow-ups to the survey presented earlier this summer focusing on the subject of gender equality in golf.

You can see Part 2 of the follow-up series on page 16, along with a sidebar featuring a couple of interesting quotes from survey respondents on how they view the issue.

Championship (page 46). Not only that, but British Columbia is also able to lay claim to a 'World Champion' from the U.S. Kids Golf Championship, see page 38.

Our cover story looks at a very exciting announcement made by Golf Canada and Vancouver's Shaughnessy Golf & Country Club about the CP Women's Canadian Open Championship returning to British Columbia in September of 2020. Read about that on page 12.

Brad also has a piece on how Merritt's Roger Sloan is making the most of his return to the PGA TOUR (page 20), and one updating the pro career of 'Ladner's looper', Mike Darby. Finally, we have a report on page 32 from the 3 Blind Golf Championships held in BC's Kootenays in Creston, Kimberley and Cranbrook where golfers from several nations were wowed by the region's beauty and the hospitality of their hosts. It's worth noting BC's George Thirkill took medals from all three championships.

As the 2019 golf championship season continues we have results to bring you featuring some very prominent repeat winners in the BC Senior Men's (page 30), the Canadian Men's Senior PGA (page 40) and the Canadian Junior Girls PG 8 | AUG 2019

We have a great story by Brad Ziemer revisiting the historical 1st PGA TOUR victory by Canada's Mike Weir in 1999 at Surrey's Northview GC as the 20th anniversary of that triumph approaches (page 26).

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It was a delighted group of Shaughnessy Golf & Country Club Board and Staff members, joined by Canadian hopeful Jaclyn Lee (front left), who posed with the trophy when Golf Canada came to town to officially announce the return of the CP Women's Open to Vancouver in September of 2020 (See story page 12) PG 10 | AUG 2019

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Shaughnessy Excited About Welcoming LPGA Tour?s CP Women?s Open Next Summer Shaughnessy Golf & Country Club got rave reviews from PGA TOUR players and proved to be a stiff test when it played host to the Canadian Open back in 2005 and 2011.

announced as the site of the LPGA Tour?s 2020 CP Women?s Open on Thursday. The tournament will be played over the Labour Day weekend, Sept.

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Ashley Zibrik, Shaughnessy?s new Head Professional and Director of Golf, expects more of the same when a collection of the world?s best female players gather at the classic Southwest Marine Drive layout late next summer.

Shaughnessy, a par 73 for members, was set up as a par 70 for the Canadian Open in 2005 and 2011. The winning score was five-under in 2005, when Mark Calcavecchia won, and four-under in 2011, when Sean O?Hair triumphed.

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they set it up,?said Zibrik, who recently became the first female head professional in Shaughnessy?s 108-year history. ?Obviously, the men?s was set up as a par 70. So we?ll see what they do for the women. But it?s a true test. It?s not an easy golf course. . . It wouldn?t surprise me to see the winning score in single digits. It would surprise me to see double digits.?

With the clock ticking on its lease with the Musqueam Indian band and expiring in 2033, Shaughnessy is delighted to have another big championship event back at its course. ?We are just so proud,?Zibrik said. ?Our membership has a lot of pride in Shaughnessy. I think the brand of Shaughnessy is known across Canada and to be able to host a CP Women?s Open after hosting the RBC Canadian Open in 2005 and 2011, we are just so happy to bring championship golf back to Shaughnessy.?

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host to the event in 2012 and 2015. Both of those events were won by Lydia Ko of New Zealand.

Beth Daniel won the event in 2003, when it was played at Shaughnessy?s neighbour, Point Grey Golf & Country Club.

Golf Canada chief executive officer Laurence Applebaum said bringing the event back to Shaughnessy was an easy decision. ?I think there are few golf courses in the country that have the reputation that Shaughnessy has,?Applebaum said. ?We have had our eye on Shaughnessy for a long time. We have a history here. We played at Point Grey and we have played at Vancouver Golf Club. The LPGA Tour players have a great feel for the area and Shaughnessy for a long time has wanted to bring a big event, a championship event,

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Ladner, BC's Mike Darby Gets New Lease On Caddying Life Ladner resident Mike Darby took some good-natured ribbing from some of his fellow PGA TOUR caddies after his recent win with Jim Herman at the Barbasol Championship in Kentucky.

The win was Darby?s third on the PGA TOUR. He had previously partnered with Abbotsford?s Nick Taylor to win the 2014 Sanderson Farms Championship and with American D.A. Points to win the 2017 Puerto Rico Open. ?The big inside joke on tour right now is me going for the opposite field Grand Slam,?Darby said with a chuckle in an interview PG 14 | AUG 2019

this week. ?If we had won in Reno last week I would have sealed it up. It?s either Reno or the Dominican Republic, so that?s my goal.?

Darby can laugh now because suddenly his professional life is good again. The win at the Barbasol came after he had weathered perhaps his most difficult year caddying on the PGA TOUR. ?I hadn?t made a cut since November,?Darby said.

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Gender Equality - 2 Thisis the Second in a series of articlesto follow-up the Gender Equality Survey

Tee access at semi-privat e and privat e clubs can be cont ent ious. Many clubs now use t ee sheet soft ware t hat weight s t he likelihood of get t ing a desired t ime based closely on when you came t he last t ime you reserved.

That promotes fairness but many courses have established 'traditions' that are subtly gender biased.

Long-running, male-only tournaments that block out prime time for entire weekends are not uncommon. One woman noted in the survey how difficult this could make getting a tee time, "In general my club does a good job, but frequently there are tournaments that are for PG 16 | AUG 2019

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Common themesamong survey responseswere that there wasa clear misunderstanding about what women, particularly beginners, are looking for in a golf experience and a disconnect about how much gender inequality actually exists.

men only that are hosted on the weekends. When I was working those were the only days I could play and the men's events meant I could not get a tee-time."

Another commented that her facility has a men's club that plays every Sunday morning... effectively shutting women out.

Based on the comments that respondents made, this disparity is likely as much lack of awareness as anything else. It's easier to miss the slights and inequalities when they don't affect you.

"Recently, a male member of our club (whose all- male foursome was following our all- female foursome) made a point of coming over to our table in the clubhouse to commend us for not holding them up on the course. He said, ?You girls really moved along out there. You didn?t hold us up at all! ? He was completely serious. We could hardly believe our ears. For one thing, none of us has been a ?girl? for a long time, and 3 of us have handicaps that are roughly half of his."

- Female Survey Responent "Our Club is 104 years old, I have been a member for 32 years. Have never seen discrimination against women."

- Male Survey Respondent

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Vancouver City Park Board Courses Set To Host 2019 Vancouver Open Pro-Am The Vancouver Open Golf Tournament hosted by Vancouver Parks Golf and sponsored by Johnston Meier Insurance Agencies brings a great field of Men and Women golfers to Fraserview, McCleery and Langara.

Professional competitors come from the Vancouver Golf Tour, PGA of Canada, Mackenzie Tour Canada and other Mini-Tours. The flighted event is also open to amateurs with a registered handicap of 18 or less.

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PLAY W ITH A PRO The weekend kicks off with the Maui Jim Charity Pro-Am, presented by Travis Mat hew Apparel on Wednesday, August 28th. The Pro-Am is played at

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BC's Roger Sloan On Making The Most Of His Second Chance On The PGA TOUR. . .And The Beatles Roger Sloan wasn?t born Yesterday. Of course he knows who the Beatles are. Sloan, the 32-year-old Merritt product who is wrapping up a successful season on the PGA TOUR, laughs when the subject of the Fab Four is broached. ?That is a funny story,?Sloan says.

Paul, Ringo and George. Sloan says that could not be further from the truth.

It all started on the Saturday morning when Sloan and his caddie were on the range warming up before the third round. Sloan had gone to see the movie Yesterday the previous It was at the John Deere Classic evening and he and his caddie earlier this month when CBS golf were trying to remember exactly analyst Pet er Kost is suggested when the band broke up. At that on air that Sloan, who was in moment, Kost is and CBS contention that week, didn?t colleague Ian Baker-Finch really know anything about John, walked onto the range.

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?So I thought, I will ask these two guys,?Sloan says in a telephone interview. ?They kind of rattled off the dates, they didn?t know exactly, but we started talking about the Beatles. I told them that my wife walked down the aisle to 'Here Comes the Sun' by the Beatles and then Peter Kostis told a great story about Yoko Ono because he lived in the Dakota after John Lennon died there.

So we are talking about the Beatles and then I find out that out of that entire conversation he got the idea that I didn?t know anything about the Beatles. ?It is so perplexing. Of anybody who was warming up at that time, I probably knew the most about the Beatles. I couldn?t believe it.

It was funny, but it made me look like I lived under a rock. Who doesn?t know who the Beatles are? Come on.?

That is just one memory Sloan will have of the John Deere.

Another much more meaningful one will be that Sloan clinched his exempt status for the 2019-20 PGA PG 22 | AUG 2019

TOUR season with his tie for 10th finish there. Sloan has made the most of his second chance on the PGA TOUR. He enters this week?s Barracuda Championship in Reno, Nev., 103rd on the FedEx Cup points list, safely inside the top 125. The regular-season winds up next week at the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C. and then it's on to the playoffs. Sloan, who resides in Houston, took last week off to recharge his batteries and reflect on what has been a rewarding year. ?It was comforting to lock it up at the John Deere,?he says. ?That takes a lot of pressure off to know we can rest and recover and don?t have to have those lingering thoughts about your

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Gallagher's Canyon Defines Mountain Golf In The Okanagan Valley When they first put shovels in the ground to begin construction of what became known as Gallagher?s Canyon in Kelowna, it was likely Bill Robinson, the main architect of this stunning property, had little idea what a trend setting design this 18-hole beauty was to become.

For more on Gallagher?s Canyon, a member of Golf BC, go to their website at golfbc.com.

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?It was a different time for golf in the 1980s, for golf in the Okanagan Valley,?said Peter Hopley, Gallagher?s general manager, in relation to the history, and the mould-breaking design, this track presented way back then. ?You had the Kelowna Golf & Country Club, the Penticton Golf & County Club, and the Vernon course but there were none of these types of courses that pushed the boundaries of the terrain.?

First called Kelowna Pines, Gallagher?s Canyon quickly became a favourite of golfers from all over, as it served up something not seen in this part of the golf world at that time ? elevation changes galore and with routing up and down the hillside, a far cry from the parkland style layouts that were the mainstay of other area designs. ?I think Gallagher?s presents a really interesting test of golf.

It?s different every time,?

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" I th i nk Gal l agh er?s presents a real l y i nteresti ng test of gol f .

I t?s di f f erent ev ery ti me. (Th e M cK enzi e Tour) pl ayers real l y l i k e i t, agai n because i t?s such a test. I t?s not a l ong course, onl y 6,800 yards. Th e greens h av e tons of break . Each h ol e i s tree l i ned pl aci ng demands on th e tee sh ot. You can?t j ust pow er your w ay around th i s gol f course."

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Back In 1999 Inside Golf Magazine Was There To Cover The Historic First Victory By Mike Weir On The PGA TOUR In The Air Canada Championship

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golf fans with his Air Canada Championship victory at Northview Golf Club in Surrey. If you were there, you will never forget it. Weir certainly hasn?t, although he has a hard time wrapping his head around the fact that it has been 20 years. Well, almost 20 years. It was Sept. 5, 1999 when Weir recorded his second straight seven-under 64 to beat American Fred Funk by two shots and get that elusive first PGA TOUR win. ?What stands out the most for me was that it was my first PGA TOUR win and that always comes with a lot of excitement,?Weir told British Columbia Golf in a telephone interview. ?And to have it happen in Canada was like a dream.?The shot that everyone remembers that Sunday afternoon was Weir?s approach on the par 4 14th hole on Northview?s Ridge course. Weir took the lead for good when he holed an 8-iron from 159 yards in the first cut PG 27 | AUG 2019

of the left rough for an eagle.

When his ball dropped into the hole, Weir tossed his club into the air and raised both arms skyward. The huge gallery following Weir that final day exploded with a roar that reverberated around the golf course. Weir said he and caddie Brennan Little actually joked about holing the shot while discussing club selection. ?I had hit a number of really good iron shots that day and I remember saying something along the lines of, ?wouldn?t this be a good time to make one.?We kind of laughed and sure enough, I holed that one.?The shot felt great, it came off the club just how I wanted, I knew it was going to have some release out of the first cut of rough. It came off perfectly, I struck it nicely. I knew it was going to be close, but for it to go in was amazing.?

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Salmon Arm Golf Club Is Up For Sale The well regarded Salmon Arm Golf Course will likely soon be in new hands.

Salmon Arm about buying the club last year, but the City was not interested.

The Salmon Arm Golf Course Society - in essence, the members - voted April 25th to put the club on the market.

The price tag for the 27-hole facility and clubhouse is expected to be in the four million dollar range.

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THE LEGEND CONTINUESASDOUG ROXBURGH WINSHIS5TH BC SENIOR MEN'STITLE This can?t last forever, but in a way it seems like it already has.

Doug Roxburgh keeps adding to his incredible amateur record that began way back in 1969, when he won both the B.C. Amateur and B.C. Junior Boys Championships as a 17-year-old.

A half-century later, the Marine Drive Golf Club legend is still winning provincial championships. On Thursday evening at Vernon Golf & PG 30 | AUG 2019

Country Club, the 67-year-old Roxburgh captured his fifth B.C. Senior Men?s title. Roxburgh closed with an even-par 72 to finish the 54-hole event at five-under par, two shots better than Jim Shaw of Sooke.

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Canadian Junior champion.

Roxburgh hopes he isn?t done winning. ?I am not sure how many more years I am going to keep going at it, but hopefully I have got a few more years left in me,?he said. Asked to explain his incredible longevity, Roxburgh said he simply loves the game.

BC'sSenior Men's Team For The Canadian Senior Championship ?I just like to compete and work From L-R: Jim Shaw, Doug Roxburgh on my game. I look forward to And Sandy Harper the tournaments, I look forward to the people and all that sort of got up and down a couple of stuff. I work pretty hard at my times.? game, I hit a lot of balls, study Shaw, a former Mission resident the golf swing a bit. I still stay who recently moved to immersed in the game.?

Vancouver Island, cut the lead to Roxburgh was his usual steady self in Thursday?s final round. He started the day with a two-shot lead on Shaw, stretched it four shots a couple of times and simply would not make any big mistakes to allow anyone to catch him. ?I was pretty steady until about four or five holes to go,?he said. ?I don?t know what it was, maybe I got tired and I didn?t realize it. I stopped using my legs and hit some really sloppy shots. I was fortunate and PG 31 | AUG 2019

two shots with a nice birdie on the par 3 17th hole. But he knew he wasn?t going to catch Roxburgh. ?I tell you, I honestly didn?t even think about catching Doug,?Shaw said. ?When I did look at the leaderboard a couple of times, it was more to see if I was on the (B.C.) team or not.

Doug is consistent, he is not going to make any huge mistakes.?

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Blind Golf Championships In BC Wraps Up With The Kootenays Catching All Eyes British Columbia kicked off a ten-day stretch of Championship Blind Golf in Creston, BC with the first-ever BC Provincial Championships, July 5th and 6th.

The Championships had five BC players participating and two who were newcomers to blind golf.

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Nature also cooperated and provided great weather for the 36 holes of championship play.

This event was also the lead-in to two other championship events to follow taking place in BC in Kimberley (The Western Canadian Blind Golf Championships) and Cranbrook (The ISPS Handa Canadian Blind Golf Championships).

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British Columbia Golf and BC Blind Sports and Recreation. In addition, this event was well supported by local sponsorship support and we would like to recognize their support and promotion of blind golf in Creston.

BC PROVINCIAL FINAL RESULTS: Overall Low Net Provincial Champion: George Thirkill and Coach Nitro Rite of Langley, BC Overall Low Net Provincial Runner-Up: Doug Penner and coach Charlotte Penner of Winnipeg, Manitoba BC Provincial Senior Low Net Champion: Howard Colwell and coach Jim McLeod of Creston, BC BC Provincial Senior Low Net Runner-Up: Zohar Sharon and coach Shim Shon Levi from Tel Aviv, Israel BC Provincial Ladies Low Net Champion: Julie Moroney and coach Pearse Moroney of Victoria, BC PG 33 | AUG 2019

BC Provincial B1 (No Vision) Men?s Low Gross Champion: Gerry Nelson and coach Chris Villeneauve of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan BC Provincial B1 (5% Vision) Men?s Low Gross Runner-Up: Joe Furber and coach Francis Oliver of Winnipeg, Manitoba BC Provincial B2 (5% Vision) Men?s Low Gross Champion: Tyler Thompson of Lexington, Kentucky USA and coach Lawrence Ward of Creston, BC BC Provincial B2 (5% Vision) Men?s Low Gross Runner-Up: Darcy Furber and coach Ron Oliver of Winnipeg, Manitoba BC Provincial B3 (10% Vision) Men?s Low Gross Champion: Kiefer Jones and coach Deb Frey both of Calgary, Alberta BC Provincial B3 (10% Vision) Men?s Low Gross Runner-Up: Hugh Montgomery and coach Laurie Montgomery of Simcoe, Ontario The West ern Canadian Blind Golf Championships: Click to Read the Full Story

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Navarrosa Wins Canadian Women?s Amateur As BC's Liu Becomes Youngest Ever To Qualify For CP Women's Open Brianna Navarrosa of San Diego, Calif., shot 4 under 68, overcoming a four-stroke deficit to capture the 106th Canadian Women?s Amateur Championship held at Red Deer Golf & Country Club on Friday.

Michelle Liu of Vancouver finished as the low Canadian of the tournament, becoming the youngest player ever to earn an exemption to the CP Women?s Open. Liu carded a final round of 2 over, finishing at 1 over on the tournament in a tie for 12th.

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months and six days when the 2019 CP Women?s Open tees off on August 22 at Magna Golf Club in Aurora, Ont. ?I?m very proud of myself, especially being able to play with so many well-known professional players,?said Liu. ?I started off today not very well ? at three over through four holes and I was like ?oh, this may not happen.?I managed to get back and get my scoring under control.?

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Big Sky: One Of The Province's Premiere Golf Experiences Just 2.5-hours from Vancouver and a mere 30-minutes from the Whistler Village, this Bill Coore designed track has a spectacular view of the 8000-foot high Mount Currie backing every hole.

And this year, some of the golfers taking in the vista were many of BC's best amateurs who played in the BC Amateur July 9 ? 12th.

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just $200 per player, you get 36 holes of golf. The event includes meals, shared power cart, use of practice facilities, tee gift and lots of great prizes.

The Pemberton Valley Lodge (pembertonvalleylodge.com) is the place to stay when coming for the event and they are offering special discounted rates for participants. On-line bookings only and use this promo code: AMATEUR2019.

Aside from that, Big Sky has an impressive number of packages to choose from.

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It starts with the one-day Golf & Dine Package where you can enjoy a two-course meal at Fescue?s restaurant after your shared-cart round ($159 pp).

Available Sunday ? Friday, call the pro shop to find out times of day. For the slightly more adventurous, why not try Heli-Golf or the Fins & Skins package?

For the heli-golf, fly with Blackcomb Helicopters June ?

October from Big Sky to high up on Mount Currie, take in the spectacular views and get your practice drives off their unique 19th Hole with biodegradable golf balls and then follow up with a round of golf ($349 pp; min 4 people) Fins & Skins gets you golf with power cart and a 5-hour fishing tour with Pemberton Fish Finder. Choose either fly or spin on either a small lake or river system. Call for prices.

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GOLF W ITH YOUR DOG What better way to golf than with your furry family member?Every Sunday and Monday after 4pm, you can enjoy a round of golf with your dog. There are a few rules to observe like no barking during a player'sback swing... see particularsat Here.

Note if you become a member of the Club, you are allowed to tee it up with your canine playing partner all the time.

in July & August from 9am-3pm on most Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.

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Richmond's Alex Zhang Is The 2019 Boys' 10-year Old Age Division Champion From the U.S. Kids Golf World Championships Held In Pinehurst, North Carolina

BC's Alex Zhang Wins U.S. Kids Golf World Championship Title The 2019 U.S. Kids Golf World Championships wrapped up with a number of young Canadians placing in the top tier of the elite junior competition operated by U.S. Kids Golf.

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performances of the competition were by Aurora, Ontario?s Eddie Gu (Boys 9) and Richmond, BC?s Alex Zhang (Boys 10) who both took the top spot in their respective divisions at the conclusion of the 54-hole competition.

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Gu, who is a regular competitor on the CJGA?s Ontario Linkster Tour circuit strung together rounds of 70-67-70 over his three days at Pinehurst for a total of 207 (-9) which landed him in a tie for 1st in the Boys?

9-year old division with Thailand's, Ajalawich Ananta Sethakul, following the conclusion of stroke play. Gu would go on to defeat Sethakul in a playoff to claim the top spot for this year?s championship.

Playing in the Boys?10 age division, Alex Zhang, posted rounds of 72-69-64 for a 54-hole total of 205 (-11) enough for a three-shot margin of victory over Anshul Mishra (India) and Luke Parsons (USA). Zhang who is also a regular competitor on the CJGA?s Linkster circuit in British Columbia is no stranger to being at the top of the PG 39 | AUG 2019

leaderboard having posted a win and three Top-10 finishes already this year.

Five other Canadians finished in the Top-10 in their divisions at this year?s championship including Elliana (Scarborough, ON ? T2 Girls 9), Jayden Arnold (Calgary, AB ? 3rd Boys 8), Anna Huang (Vancouver, BC ? 3rd Girls 10), Alexis Card (Cambridge, ON ? 7 Girls 8), and Aleah Shields-Rodipe (Calgary, AB ? T8 Girls 8). In total 69 Canadians from age 6 ? 12 took part in this year's U.S. Kids Golf World Championships after qualifying or receiving invitations to

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BC's Jim Rutledge Wins His Sixth PGA Seniors?

Championship of Canada Title It wasn?t the stroll to the finish line Jim Rut ledge had hoped for, but in the end, the 59-year-old from Victoria, BC captured the PGA Seniors?

Championship of Canada.

When the final round began, Rutledge held a three-shot lead over Ken Tarling and a four-shot cushion over Danny King, however, as the day wore on Rutledge?s lead dwindled away. ?I?m sure glad we ran out of holes out there this afternoon,?Rutledge joked after his final round 1-under-par 70.

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Canadian Bruce Mitchell Reflects On Captaincy Of The R&A Catching up with Bruce Mit chell captain of the Royal and Ancient to reflect about his experience as Golf Club of St Andrews (R&A) is the first Canadian to be named a daunting task.

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That, no doubt, is because he?s still doing his own catching up after a whirlwind year in the post, one of the most prestigious in the world of golf.

A member of the R&A since 1988, Mitchell was nominated by past captains to become just the ninth internationally appointed captain of the revered organization. The captain?s duties include representing the R&A and aiding its effort in developing golf around the world as well as attending all R&A championships while embracing the role of ambassador for the club. ?They send you a letter telling you that the past captains want to bestow this honour on you,?

Mitchell told SCOREGolf?s Rick Young. ?I have to tell you I was in absolute shock. I read the opening paragraph, read it again and was simply lost for words.

My wife and I were in the kitchen. She looked at me read it and she said, ?Who died???

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"I have to tell you I was in absolute shock. I read the opening paragraph, read it again and was simply lost for words. My wife and I were in the kitchen. She looked at me read it and she said, ?Who died??? founder, owner and president of Toronto-based Permian Industries, a management and holding company with sole or significant shareholdings in two food companies and two software providers. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Bank of Montreal and other public company, private corporation and not-for-profit Boards. He is on vice-chair of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, on the Board of St. Michael?s Hospital Foundation and a trustee of the Ridley College Foundation.f

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Parsons Medals At Pan Am Games Delta?s Mary Parsons won a medal and came close to earning a second one at the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. Parsons, Brigit t e Thibault of Rosemere, Que., Joey Savoie of La Prairie, Que., and Aust in Connelly of Lake Doucette, N.S., combined to win the bronze medal in the mixed team event on Sunday, Aug. 11th.

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Parsons said. ?We knew coming down the stretch we had to keep pushing because it wasn?t going to be over until it?s over.?

Parsons finished fifth in the individual women?s 72-hole competition at two-over par.

She was five shots behind the bronze medalist. Parsons led the competition after firing a three-under 68 in the first round. She followed with rounds of 73, 75 and 70.

Parsons, the 2018 B.C. Women?s Amateur champion, is about to begin her junior year at Indiana University.

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BC Wins Canadian Jr. Girls Inter-Provincial Title For 3rd Time In 5 Years Team British Columbia won the Inter-Provincial Team Competition. The trio of Angela Zhang (Vancouver), Cindy Koira (Victoria) and Erin Lee (Langley) finished at even par, four strokes ahead of Team QuĂŠbec in second place. ?The players did all the work ? we came up with a good plan and they all stuck to it,?said Team British Columbia coach Colin Lavers. ?It?s awesome for B.C. golf. We?re really proud and we?re trying to build a strong program. Results aren?t everything, but they are nice.?

Trophy since 2016 and they have now won three of the last five Inter-Provincial Team Championships.

2019 Canadian Junior Girls Inter-Provincial Team Competition final results: 1. British Columbia (E) 2. QuĂŠbec (+4) 3. Alberta, (+5) 4. Ontario, (+9) 5. Nova Scotia (+25) 6. Saskatchewan (+26) 7. New Brunswick (+43) 8. Manitoba (+59)

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Posing With The CP Women's Open Trophy Are From L-R: Vancouver City Deputy-Mayor Melissa De Genova, CP Women's Open Tournament Director Ryan Paul, CP Railway VP (Strategic Planning & Transportation Services) James Clements, Golf Canada CEO Laurence Applebaum (Back row), Canadian LPGA Pro Jaclyn Lee (Front row), Shaughnessy G&CC Head Pro and Director of Golf Ashley Zibrik, Shaughnessy G&CC GM Brian Mossop | AUG 2019

to the club again.?

The CP Women?s Open offers one of the LPGA Tour?s larger purses at $2.25 million US and always attracts a stellar field.

This year?s event is being held Aug. 22-25 at Magna Golf Club in Aurora, Ont. ?This year it looks like we are going to have 94 or 95 of the top 100 and that is where we have averaged the last few years,?Applebaum said. ?Basically, the strength of CP has allowed us to put together a CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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wonderful event for the players, it is a signature event. They love this event. . . Having that field, having the world?s best coming into our event every year is such a coup and it is going to continue at Shaughnessy in 2020.?

The star of next summer?s show will undoubtedly be 21-year-old Canadian Brooke Henderson, who won last year?s CP Women?s Open in Regina. ?Brooke is one of the rare athletes who is as great as she appears to be,?

Applebaum said. ?She has great values, a wonderful family, works hard, she is five-foot-four and an absolute competitive killer. She is really a special, special young woman and a special golfer. . .She is thrilled to come out here and we are thrilled to be part of that whole Henderson spectacle that is happening right now.?

Henderson and her LPGA cohorts will face a Shaughnessy course that will test every part of their games. ?As a player, I think Shaughnessy is a true test of championship golf,?Zibrik said. ?We have small greens, subtle | AUG 2019

but also substantial slope. They are quick, they are always in great condition. If you hit it in the wrong places, it?s definitely challenging to make your up and down. I just think it demands precision. You have to be in the right places to post a number.?

Zibrik has one piece of early advice for the players. ?I have experienced our Shaughnessy rough,?she said. ?It is nasty. Stay out of the rough. The short grass is your friend, for sure.?

CHIP SHOT: The tournament is being played later than normal next summer to accommodate a break in the LPGA schedule during the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo.

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job for next year. It is extremely satisfying, but at the same time exciting to see where our game is going and where we can take this train.?

Sloan has been on a nice roll of late. Heading into the Reno event, Sloan had shot 12 straight sub-par rounds and his last 11 rounds have been in the 60s. He credits work with his swing coach Jeff Barton and mental coach Paul Dewland for his solid play this year.

ball into the fairway and then go hit it onto the green and try to Sloan returned to the PGA TOUR make a putt. And all the this year after having to return to storylines put so much emphasis and unneeded pressure on every the Korn Ferry Tour following what was a disappointing rookie shot and I crumbled under that pressure my first year out here. season on the PGA TOUR in ?There were a lot of things that 2015. He made only seven of 20 just overwhelmed me and as a cuts that year and with the result restricted my access to my benefit of hindsight skills. So this year it has been acknowledges he was nice to see the work that Paul overwhelmed by his surroundings as a rookie in 2015. and I put in, as well as Jeff, bear fruit. We are able to access my ?There are so many different skills and I know I do have the storylines -- all the money you are playing for, world rankings -- necessary skills to be able to contend on the PGA TOUR. It has that can tempt your ego to run been a fun year.? wild and distract you from what the actual job at hand is,?Sloan says. ?And that?s just to hit a golf | AUG 2019

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nearly two-year-old daughter Leighton. The three of them travel together on tour and soon they will be a foursome. Sloan and his wife are expecting their second child in early December.

matter that dad winged one out of bounds on the last hole, it doesn?t matter that he just shot 61. You are still my dad and I love you and give me ice cream.?

or a really bad round it is so cool to see a child because it doesn?t matter what dad shot. It doesn?t

Yes, as the Beatles might say, that would really be Something.

Sloan is excited about Sloan says becoming a parent has participating in the PGA TOUR benefitted his game. Although playoffs for the first time.

Sloan thinks he has always had ?Maybe that Canadian hockey his priorities straight, the arrival player in me will kind of get going of Leighton just solidified them. in the playoffs and really do some ?It puts things in perspective, damage,?he says. Whenever his that what you do for a living isn?t playoff run ends, Sloan hopes to the most important thing -- not slip in a trip back home to visit that I ever put golf as my No. 1,? his family in Merritt. He may Sloan says. even sneak in a round at Merritt Golf & Country Club, where he ?But again, it just reassures you holds the course record. that there are more important things to life than what you do ?I haven?t teed it up at Merritt for a living. For me it is faith, my since 2012, when I shot my family and then it?s my job. That?s course record 58,?he says with a how I look at things and with the laugh. ?It is one those things addition of children it definitely because you know you are never puts an emphasis towards the going to get close to what you family. just did. I haven?t spent a lot of time in the summer in Merritt ?More than anything it really recently. Hopefully, maybe we helps keep you level with your can get a round in this year. That emotional responses, whether you have had a really good round would be a treat.?

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Fraserview with a 1pm shotgun start. The proceeds will benefit the First Tee program of Greater Vancouver.

Whether you?re a scratch golfer or a first-time player we welcome all golfing abilities to play in the Pro-Am. This tournament is all about having fun on and off the course and bragging rights to see who wins the PRO-AM Team Title. From

the practice range to the practice green, spend your day with one of Canada?s rising young stars as they prepare to play in the Vancouver Open Championship and work their way towards the PGA TOUR. All team entries include a round of golf with power cart and deluxe buffet dinner with some of Canada?s top professionals.

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Volunteers are needed to help with timing, hole spotting, setting up and other tasks.

Volunteers will be provided with a VGT hat and for each volunteer shift they will receive a sandwich and a beverage.

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Butler, "The Annual summer golf camps are back at Big Sky, and we are eager to continue to grow the junior golfing community in Pemberton and beyond. These camps are a great starting point that is all about getting introduced to the game?s root fundamentals, as well as, basic rules & etiquette on the course and in the clubhouse." Sessions are available in packs of 3, 5 or 8 with lunch included.

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evening. The Club recently hosted their largest scale live music event ever featuring local rock band, The Hair Farmers.

To find out more visit https://www.bigskygolf.ca and to stay in the loop sign up for the Big Sky Newsletter for golf deals and event updates.

Call: 604.894.6106 www.facebook.com/ BigSkyGolfClub twitter.com/ BigSkyGolfClub

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guests alike.

And it?s not only the playing public that adores this concept.

As host to the PGA TOUR Canada?s Mackenzie Tour event in Kelowna each year, it?s also gained praise from the professionals. ?Those players really like it, again because it?s such a test. It?s not a long course, only 6,800 yards,? said Hopley, stressing that the demands placed upon players, no matter their ilk, are challenging. ?The greens have tons of break.

Each hole is tree lined placing demands on the tee shot. You can?t just power your way around this golf course.?

What this place also serves up is a unique setting in that the holes are separated from each other, giving you some ?privacy,?as Hopley says, from other groups on the course. Another popular thing here is that the course can be walked if one desires, making Gallagher?s the sort of golf layout that many people are beginning to move back toward and a form of transport the course isn?t opposed to. | AUG 2019

?I?d say our typical destination golfer wants to ride ? take it easy,?the GM said with a smile. ?But even if you?re riding, if you venture up into the wooded areas (after a stray shot), you?re still doing some walking. I?d say probably 20 per cent of our members will walk although most don?t carry. We love that traditional part of the game and it?s great to see the Mackenzie Tour guys walking.?

Besides hoofing it around out here there are power carts and golf boards, for those looking for a different mode of transport about the property.

As for those trees that appear to be everywhere if your game is a wee bit wonky, shots that wander off-line and into the trees aren?t tough to find. Here, the grounds crew keeps the areas under the pine trees relatively free of fallen debris meaning your ball is findable, and playable to a point, which keeps a smile on everyone?s face. ?More times than not you will find your ball even though you may just have to punch it out, get it back into play. Usually it?s CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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penal enough,?so that your scorecard doesn't escape unscathed.

And if you need some work on your game Gallagher?s offers a double-ended, 300-yard driving range with the only grass tees in Kelowna. There are also four practice greens and bunkers, two at each end of the range. Or, if it?s your short game that needs some fine-tuning, head over to their 9-hole loop, The Pinnacle, designed by Les Furber and Dick Martin. It?s 1,984 yards with five par-4 and four par-3 holes and isn?t your everyday fare in regard to these types of shorter courses. ?It?s unlike most mid length or executive courses because it offers some neat changes in elevation,?Hopley explained.

Another twist at Gallagher?s is the weather ? it?s often cooler than the city proper area below given the golf course?s elevation.

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which is always a good thing for any golfer no matter their skill level.

GIVING BACK While Gallagher?s is a popular spot with the playing public, it is also popular with the viewing public when it comes to the Mackenzie Tour stop on the PGA TOUR Canada calendar. The course itself gives up green fee money for a week to host the event but at the same time it still reaches out to charitable causes in the city it serves. ?With the tournament itself, we?ve now raised $600,000 in four years for (local) charities,? said Hopley, with half a million dollars having gone to cancer diagnostic equipment. This year additional funds of $50,000 went to the local food bank thanks to a community initiative.

So even though there are a number of mountain courses in the valley now, the one that started it all, Gallagher?s Canyon, is still standing proud and serving the golfing public and professional communities, in the best ways possible.

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participate through various channels this spring.

the Canadian Junior Golf Association.

?We want to congratulate all the Canadians who took part in this year's U.S. Kids Golf World Championships. The performance of Eddie & Alex in this year's championship along with the sheer number of young Canadians who took part at Pinehurst demonstrates that the level of competitive talent in Canada is strong and the desire of Canadians to compete at the highest level is still growing, we look forward to continuing to offer opportunities to young Canadian players to earn their way into these elite championships,?said Earl Fritz, Executive Director of

Each Spring the Canadian Junior Golf Association holds a number of regional qualifiers on the CJGA Linkster Tour for the U.S. Kids Golf World Championships across Canada which help to award exemptions into the World Championships based on their individual performance. This summer the CJGA also partnered with U.S. Kids to create two new U.S. Kids Local Tours in Toronto and Atlantic Canada with the aim of expanding into additional markets in 2020.

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