British Columbia Golf - -The Scorecard Magazine March Issue - 2021

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The ModGolf Podcast: Building A Business That Helps People Fall In Love With Golf

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PGA TOUR Player, BC's Roger Sloan, Brings Canada To Texas

2021 RBC Canadian Open Cancelled Due To Ongoing COVID-19 Challenges

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Sagebrush Gets A New Lease On life

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An Invitation To Canadians: GOLF IS CALLING?

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Kayson Golf CreatingCustom Clubs Right Here In BC

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KEY MESSAGESFOR B.C. SPORT LEADERSFROM viaSPORT:Travel Reminders For Spring Sports

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Sagebrush Gets A New Lease On life

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Ziemer'sBC Golf Notes

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2021 RBC Canadian Open Cancelled Due To Ongoing COVID-19 Challenges

The ModGolf Podcast: CreatingA BusinessModel That Makes Golf AccessibleTo Everyone- Kathy Erikson,The Short Game Place

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PGA TOUR Player, BC's Roger Sloan, Brings Canada To Texas

Morgan Creek Missing A Familiar Face As Wayne Vollmer Retires

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Video: What Does it Mean to be a Woman Workingin Golf?

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Vancouver-basedHaywood Golf Taking On The Industry?s Big Boys

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Humour: Life In The Trap March 2021

ParticipateIn The Golf & Health Survey ? Win A £200 Voucher For St. Andrews!

B.C.?s Jody Jackson Relishing Her New Role As LPGA?s Technical Lead Of Instruction

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE In this month's issue of The Scorecard, our cover stories look at how golf businesses in BC are beginning to have a major impact within the industry. Brad Ziemer spoke with the people behind both Haywood Golf (page 38) and Kayson Golf (page 12) as well as the most recent group to breathe life into the Sagebrush Golf facility (page 26) near Merritt. The outlook is very bright on all three fronts and worldwide pandemics notwithstanding, it's nice to look at some positives every once in a while.

Island's Jody Jackson was recently named the LPGA's technical lead of instruction.

Brad Ziemer spoke with Jody about that role which you can see on page 24.

Along with those stories you can read about the latest woman in golf from BC to rightfully gain recognition for her contribution to the sport at a high level as Vancouver

And once again you can check out the humour of golf from Life In The Trap by Seattle's Rick Newell, on page 40.

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We also have links to a couple more great interviews by ModGolf Podcast host, Colin Weston, as he spoke with LPGA Teaching Professional, Dr. Greta Anderson (page 18) as well as the lady whose dream to create a true indoor golf environment is coming to fruition, read about Kathy Erikson and the Short Game Place on page 30.

Please enjoy your golf and stay safe.

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High Flying Bird At the just concluded SportBC Athlete of the Year awards, UBC Thunderbird coach of both the men'sand women's golf teams, ChrisMacDonald washonoured asthe Male Coach of The Year. The event washeld virtually to recognize athletes, coachesand contributorsto sport in BC from 2019 asthe 2020 dinner had been cancelled due to the onset of Covid-19.

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Kayson Golf Creating Custom Clubs Right Here In BC Like so many Canadian kids, Danny Seifried had a hockey stick in his hands long before he ever touched a golf club. He wasn?t introduced to golf until the pro at one of the local clubs invited Seifried and a few of his teammates, who included future NHLers Don and Dave Maloney, Paul Reinhart and Gaston Gingras, out for a round. He handed them sets of rental clubs and off they went.

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KEY MESSAGESFOR B.C. SPORT LEADERS FROM viaSPORT: Travel Reminders For Spring Sports The arrival of spring means a new group of sports and leagues are getting underway. We know that you may have questions about what is allowed under the current PHO Order on Gatherings and Events. viaSport and BC Recreation and Parks Association would like to provide clarity around travel and the intention of the Order.

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2021 RBC Canadian Open Cancelled Due To Ongoing COVID-19 Challenges Due to logistical challenges related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the PGA TOUR, title sponsor Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and Golf Canada announced today that the 2021 RBC Canadian Open, scheduled for June 7-13 at St. George?s Golf & Country Club in Etobicoke, Ontario, has been cancelled.

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The ModGolf Podcast: Building A Business That Helps People Fall In Love With Golf To open Season 9, host Colin Weston is joined by LPGA Teaching Professional Dr. Greta Anderson - Founder of Dr. Greta Golf - to learn how she applies her PhD in Higher Learning and voracious curiosity to help students understand the WHY. READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 18 | M ARCH 2021

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PGA TOUR Player, BC's Roger Sloan, Brings Canada To Texas The following is an excerpt from Postmedia National Golf Writer Jon McCarthy?s Monday Morning Golf newsletter. You can take a Canadian out of Canada, but you can?t take Canada out of a Canadian. With all the news of snowstorms, blackouts and varying states of emergency coming out of Texas, it seemed like a good time to check in with our man in the Lone Star state, PGA Tour player Roger Sloan.

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Participate In The Golf & Health Survey ? Win A £200 Voucher For St. Andrews!

The R&A is keen to understand the importance of health messaging and how to best communicate health benefits to existing and potential golfers.

We would very much appreciate your feedback on your experiences and perceptions of the health benefits of playing golf and your thoughts for promoting this in the future.

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B.C.?s Jody Jackson Relishing Her New Role As LPGA?s Technical Lead Of Instruction Brooke Henderson and Alena Sharp notwithstanding, the LPGA Tour is not exactly being over-run by Canadian content these days.

But behind the scenes, one other Canadian is playing a significant role in another key area of the LPGA?s business. Jody Jackson, a longtime resident of southern Vancouver Island and a former coach with British Columbia Golf, was named this past fall as the LPGA?s technical lead of instruction.

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Sagebrush Gets A New Lease On life The new owners of Sagebrush, the highly acclaimed golf course near Merritt that has been closed since 2014, plan to re-open the facility this summer. July 1st has been set as the proposed opening date for the course.

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Ziemer's BC Golf Notes Brad Ziemer's latest version of his BC Golf Notes includes how Brad Clapp?s timing seems to be just about perfect as he joins Ledgeview Golf Club as general manager of the storied Abbotsford facility. You can also read about BCer's on the pro tours as well as the newest #1 Ranked Male from Coquitlam on the NCAA Division II college golf rankings.

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The ModGolf Podcast: Creating A Business Model That Makes Golf Accessible To Everyone - Kathy Erikson, The Short Game Place

After the sudden passing of her beloved husband Mike three years ago, Kathy Erikson made a life-changing decision: dedicate her energy to crate a golf experience that appeals to everyone, year round, 24 hours a day.

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An Invitation To Canadians: GOLF ISCALLING Canadians needing a social outlet and a sense of recreational normalcy during the uncertainty of the pandemic in 2020 turned to golf in a major way. Now Golf Canada, with the support of industry partners, will build on the excitement, increased interest, and elevated levels of play with a national golfer retention campaign to welcome new and returning players back to the golf course in 2021.

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Morgan Creek Missing A Familiar Face As Wayne Vollmer Retires After a long and accomplished career in the golf business, Wayne Vollmer acknowledges that retirement feels a little different. ?It?s been a couple of weeks now and I am trying to get over the overwhelming feeling of not going into work every day,?Vollmer says with a chuckle.

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Video: What Does it Mean to be a Woman Working in Golf?

Recently, in celebrating International Women's Day, The R & A asked women working in golf inside and outside of The R&A - to talk about their work and why having more women in the industry is essential for the future success of the sport.

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Vancouver-based Haywood Golf Taking On The Industry?s Big Boys

When competing with industry heavyweights like Taylor Made, Titleist, Ping and Callaway, it?s important to have something that sets you apart.

For Haywood Golf, a Vancouver-based direct-to-consumer equipment company, that would be price.

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Humour: Life In The Trap March 2021

With all the uncertainty and ups and downs in the world these days sometimes a little humour is in order. To that end we have some new comic strips from Seattle's Rick Newell.

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Making Hay Pebble Beach announced the opening date of itsnew short course, The Hay, set to open April 16. Re-imagined by Tiger Woodsand hisdesign team ,The Hay'ssecond hole will likely be the highlight? the Pebble Beach and TGR team mapped out the iconic par-3 seventh hole at Pebble Beach and created an exact replica of it (shown above) at the short course.

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