British Columbia Golf - December Issue -The Scorecard Magazine Vol. 6 Issue 12

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12 Thoughtful Holiday Gifts For The Golfer In Your Life

10 Ways To Improve Your Golf Game From Home This Off-Season

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2020's Top 10 Golf Products

Kevin Blue Named New Chief Sport Officer For Golf Canada

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BC Golf Holding Provincial Rules Seminars Early In 2021

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Golf In 2020: Looking Back On A Year You?ll Never Forget

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Inside This Issue

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An Interview With Architects Rod Whitman & Keith Cutten

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10 Ways To Improve Your Golf Game From Home This Off-Season

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Pat Fletcher Foundation Announces25 New Scholarship RecipientsAcross Canada Golf In 2020: Looking Back On A Year You?ll Never Forget This Holiday Season Give the gift of an LPGA Amateurs Membership

VGT Enlists Gatekeeper SystemsFor Rapid Temperature ChecksAt Tournament Venues

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Kevin Blue Named New Chief Sport Officer For Golf Canada

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How Arnold Palmer Saved Christmas!

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Please Beware Of Holiday email Scams

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Humour: Life In The Trap CarriesOn

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2020's Top 10 Golf Products

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BC Golf Holding Provincial Rules SeminarsEarly In 2021

The PGA TOUR'sBest Stats From 2020 Golf Canada Has An App For That

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE As we get set to say goodbye to 2020... please hold your applause...in this final issue of the Scorecard during this very unusual year, although we do have a piece from Golf Canada contributor John Gordon looking back on the year that was (page 30), we are focusing on slightly more upbeat topics like giving golf gifts to our loved ones. Check out some ideas on page 12, 24 and 32. We also have an interview with the architects of the newest golf course project underway in BC as Rod Whitman and Keith Cutten talk about their latest Cabot Golf venture in Revelstoke on page 14. With winter essentially upon us, not everyone will be able to get outside to play but that doesn't PG 8 | DEC 2020

mean your golf game has to go into complete hibernation.Have a look at the list of 10 things you can do at home to improve your game over the winter season on page 16. Sticking with top 10's, we also have one writer 's version of the Top 10 Golf Products from 2020 on page 24 and we take a look at the best 'stats' to come from the PGA TOUR in its fragmented tournament year, which still managed to produce some pretty special performances.

Lastly, for all the rules geeks out there, (and we know who we are), BC Golf is putting on two separate online rules seminars coming up at the start of February which you can sign up for on page 26. Happy Holidays everyone and please stay safe.

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A year ago TaylorMade Golf sent out a season'sgreeting card featuring a lineup of their top staff prosin 'onesies'...thisyear they've taken a step up and put them in festive cardigansand Santa hats. From Top to Bottom: Matthew Wolff, Collin Morikawa, Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood, Tiger Woods and Dustin Johnson PG 10 | DEC 2020

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Thoughtful Holiday Gifts For The Golfer In Your Life

I am sure I speak on behalf of avid golfers everywhere, spare us the trinketsand trash when buying a gift for usthisyear. I don?t want another plastic clicker to count my strokesor a gopher headcover or a tee shaped like a martini glassor ?

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READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 12 | DEC 2020

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The New Cabot Pacific Project In Revelst oke An Interview With Architects Rod Whitman & Keith Cutten

If you?re a fan of phenomenal golf products, such as the outstanding Cabot Links and Cabot Cliffsin eastern Canada, then asa Western Canadian you can take great pleasure in knowing that brand of architecture iscoming to Revelstoke, British Columbia.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 14 | DEC 2020

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10 Ways To Improve Your Golf Game From Home This Off-Season With the winter season upon us, not everyone has the ability to get outside to practice and play. And while thisbreak may not be your first choice, there are still thingsyou can do to improve in the off-season.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 16 | DEC 2020

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VGT Enlists Gatekeeper Systems For Rapid Temperature Checks At Tournament Venues

Gatekeeper Systems, a video and data solutions provider for public transportation and smart cities, will deploy itsIntelligent Temperature Sensing Systems(ITSS) in a solution designed for rapid testing at sportsvenues. The Company hassigned the Vancouver Golf Tour (?VGT?) asitsfirst sports venue customer.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 18 | DEC 2020

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Named New Chief Sport Officer For Golf Canada

Golf Canada ispleased to announce that Kevin Blue hasjoined the National Sport Federation asitsnew Chief Sport Officer.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 20 | DEC 2020

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How Arnold Palmer Saved Christmas!

Courtesy the good folks at Global Golf Post and YouTube, we'd like to share thisinspiring video from 2013.

Each Christmasat Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, there are a few kidswho are too sick to go home. Watch how Arnold Palmer helped deliver some ChristmasMiraclesjust in time!

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2020's Top 10 Golf Products

As2020 drawsto a close, despite many feeling that can't come soon enough, there are still always positivesto come from the year that wasand in thisinstance we're going to share with you a list of golf productsthat garnered the most 'buzz' from our research.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 24 | DEC 2020

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BC Golf Holding Provincial Rules Seminars Early In 2021

British Columbia Golf will be holding two Provincial Rulesseminarsonline beginning in February of 2021.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 26 | DEC 2020

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Pat Fletcher Foundation

Announces 25 New Scholarship Recipients Across Canada

The Pat Fletcher Foundation, whose purpose isto provide financial assistance to deserving young Canadian studentson their journey to obtaining a university degree, announced recently the awarding of 25 new scholarshipsfrom acrossCanada.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 28 | DEC 2020

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Golf In 2020: Looking Back On A Year You?ll Never Forget

The COVID-19 pandemic hasturned our world upside down. Hard-pressed to find waysto stay positive and active, many turned to golf asan outlet, even a therapy of sorts.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 30 | DEC 2020

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This Holiday Season Give the gift of an LPGA Amateurs Membership

The LPGA Amateur Golf Association isthe recreational arm of the LPGA family. With three chapters established in British Columbia, a membership to the association would be the perfect gift for the female golfer in your life.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 32 | DEC 2020

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The PGA TOUR's Best Stats From 2020 The word unprecedented speaks to our collective human experience in describing 2020. But aswe navigated the new reality, golf waswell-positioned to lead and thrived in the crisis. With a makeshift easel of tournaments, the world?sbest players painted impressively. Justin Ray, 15th Club for PGATOUR.com, liststhe best PGA TOUR statistics of 2020.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 34 | DEC 2020

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BY BRENT LONG

Golf Canada Has An App For That Canadian golfersare playing golf and adapting to new technology such asthe Golf Canada App like never before. Embracing technology and new apps hasbecome a way of life for most Canadianswho have spent much of 2020 learning to deal with COVID-19 lockdowns, quarantinesand social distancing measures.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE

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Just a friendly reminder to all golfersin British Columbia that asmuch as thisisthe time of year for giving and celebrating, there are unfortunately also those who will look to take advantage of the 'seasonal goodwill' that flowsduring thistime.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 38 | DEC 2020

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Humour: Life In The Trap Carries On

With all the uncertainty and upsand downsin the world these days sometimesa little humour isin order. To that end we have some new comic strips from Seattle'sRick Newell.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 40 | DEC 2020

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Like Father, Like Son Young Charlie Woodsismore than just a 'chip' off the old block. Prior to taking part in the PNC Championship partnering hisdad, he hit some shots alongside his famousfather. The similaritiesare stunning. Watch the video and see for

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Job Opportunity With First Tee Canada

OPPORTUNITY: Title: Manager, First Tee, British Columbia Reports to: Senior Manager, Grow the Game, Golf Canada Location: First Tee - British Columbia (BCGA Office), Vancouver, BC Status: Full Time Ideal Start Date: February 1st, 2021 READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 44 | DEC 2020

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