British Columbia Golf - The Scorecard Magazine May Issue - 2021

TOP STORIES 12 The Right Place, The Right Time

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The ModGolf Podcast: Creating Innovative Solutions To On-Course Traffic Jams

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BC Golf Receives Diversity & Inclusion Award

Magic At Meadow Gardens, Coquitlam Pro Shoots 59 And Goes For A Swim

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Salmon Arm GC Master Superintendent Tim Kubash Faces 'Big Reset' Following Major Spinal Injury

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Vote For Your Top 50 Moments In Canadian Golf History

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Inside This Issue

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Building The 'Wakanda' For Young Black Golfers

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Magic At Meadow Gardens, Coquitlam Pro Shoots59 And Goes For A Swim

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Video: BC Golf Receives Inaugural DeliveringOn Diversity Award

Golf Canada?sLatest App Update IncludesGames And Enhanced Course Lookup

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B.C. Amateur Champion Tristan Mandur QualifiesTo Play In NCAA Championships

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Salmon Arm GC Master Superintendent Tim Kubash Faces 'Big Reset' Following Major Spinal Injury Vancouver?sCoursesContinue To See Unprecedented Demand

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Burnaby Mountain Ladies Golf Club Celebrates50 years On June 1st

Save-on-FoodsCommitting $10M Over Next Five Years

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Humour: Life In The Trap -May 2021

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE In this month's issue of the Scorecard, our cover story (page 12) features an interview with one of the preeminent rules officials not only in Canada but indeed around the world. Inside Golf publisher Jeff Sutherland spoke with Victoria, BC's Dale Jackson who is currently Vice President with Golf Canada.

Jackson has followed a path as a top rules official that has seen him work at such venues as St. Andrews, Augusta and in Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Olympics and many more. Meanwhile, British Columbia Golf is proud to be the inaugural recipient of the Diversity & Inclusion award as given out by SportBC during their annual awards ceremony (page 20), which were done virtually this PG 8 | M AY 2021

year. Also, the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame and Museum is inviting Canadians and golf enthusiasts to help celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2021 by weighing in on the 50 most influential moments in Canadian golf (page 26). On page 18 read about Coquitlam's Michael Caan who shot 59 at Meadow Gardens with his celebration jumping into the pond on the 18th hole going viral on social media. And finally, please take a moment to check out the ask from around the golf industry to help out Master Superintendent Tim Kubash as he looks to recover from a tragic accident that has left him in a wheelchair. A GoFundme page has been created and you can learn more on page 22.

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The Right Place, The Right Time When Dale Jackson asked a rules question 20 years ago, it would have been hard to imagine what that would lead to. The member at Royal Colwood Golf Club on Vancouver Island may modestly say that his rise to the upper echelons of Canadian golf may be about being in the ?right place at the right time,?but, other than the original incident that sparked his interest, chance really has had little to do with it.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 12 | M AY 2021

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Building The 'Wakanda' For Young Black Golfers In this edition of The ModGolf Podcast, creator and host, Colin Weston, interviews Andy Walker, the Director of The UGA Academy & Player Development. Walker explains how the state-of-the-art facility in Florida he calls the 'Wakanda For Golf' aims to teach the game at the highest level and introduce players of African decent to the industry because, "not all of them are going to play on tour."

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 14 | M AY 2021

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The ModGolf Podcast: Creating Innovative Solutions To On-Course Traffic Jams ModGolf Podcast creator and host Colin Weston recently sat down with Tagmarshal Co-Founder and CEO Bodo Sieber. A German national with an extensive understanding of design thinking, user experience and process optimization, Bodo has honed his applied data science expertise during more than a decade in the field.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 16 | M AY 2021

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Magic At Meadow Gardens, Coquit lam Pro Shoot s 59 And Goes For A Swim Now that he?s dried himself off and had some time to reflect on the round of his life, Michael Caan still can?t quite believe what happened. His round of 59, which ended with a celebratory dive into the pond surrounding the 18th green at Meadow Gardens Golf Course that went viral on social media, remains a bit of a blur. Especially the closing few holes, when the 27-year-old Coquitlam pro realized he had a chance to do something special.

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Video: BC Golf Receives Inaugural Delivering On Diversit y Award During the annual SportBC awards held in March of this year, after a delay due to Covid-19 from 2020, the very first 'Delivering On Diversity' award was handed out by the Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture & Sport, the Honourable Minister Melanie Mark.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 20 | M AY 2021

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Salmon Arm GC Mast er Superint endent Tim Kubash Faces 'Big Reset ' Following Major Spinal Injury #TEAMKUBASH is asking for help in getting the word out to request any support well-wishers may be able to give on behalf of Tim Kubash, CGSA Master Superintendent. Tim suffered a serious and life-altering accident on May 5th that required not one but two air ambulance trips, eventually taking him to the Intensive Care Unit at Vancouver General Hospital.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 22 | M AY 2021

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Vancouver?s Courses Cont inue To See Unprecedent ed Demand

If you have spent any time trying to get a tee time at one of the City of Vancouver ?s three championship golf courses, the numbers will not come as a surprise. They are simply off the charts.

Year to date (through mid-May), Fraserview, Langara and McCleery have logged a total of 68,365 rounds.

That?s more than double the rounds played in the same period of 2019.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 24 | M AY 2021

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Vote For Your Top 50 Moments In Canadian Golf History In celebration of Golf Canada's 50th anniversary they have created the 'most influential 50 moments' in Canadian golf history. Vote to help create the top 10 moments which will be unveiled on Tuesday, June 8th during the RBC Hall of Fame Day presented by Nike Golf.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 26 | M AY 2021

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Burnaby Mount ain Ladies Golf Club Celebrat es 50 years On June 1st On June 1st of this year the Burnaby Mountain Ladies Golf Club will celebrate their 50th year of operation, coinciding with International Women's Golf Day. Over the years they have worked hard to grow and improve the environment for the notfor-profit club at Burnaby Mountain Golf Course, boasting a membership of 112 ladies ranging in age (from 30 - 96 years) and abilities (8 - 40 handicap).

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 28 | M AY 2021

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Golf Canada?s Lat est App Updat e Includes Games And Enhanced Course Lookup Golf Canada has dropped an app update that is sure to get golfers pumping their fists! Just in time for the 2021 golf season, the latest version of Golf Canada?s app now features the ability to set up Match Play, Skins of Stroke Play games against friends using Gross or Net scoring.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 30 | M AY 2021

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Canadian Golf Hall Of Fame And Museum To Celebrate 5Oth Anniversary In 2021

Celebration activities include a Top-50 Most Influential Moments in Canadian Golf voting challenge, a virtual RBC Hall of Fame 50th Anniversary Gala presented by Nike Golf on Tuesday, June 8, and an online auction in support of golf heritage READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 32 | M AY 2021

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B.C. Amat eur Champion Trist an Mandur Qualifies To Play In NCAA Championships Tristan Mandur is going where very few University of Utah Utes have been. The reigning B.C. Amateur champion from Duncan will compete at the upcoming NCAA Championships as an individual after some terrific play at the recent NCAA Regionals in Cle Elum, Wash.

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Save-on-Foods Committing $10M Over Next 5 Years For Local Sport More Rewards is proud to partner with Save-On-Foods on Fueling Sport, a program designed to reward athletes at every level by fueling their journey from playground to podium with sponsorship, fund-raising and cost-saving opportunities. Over the next five years, Fueling Sport will provide more than 500 amateur high-performance athletes and 150,000 community-level youth athletes from British Columbia to Manitoba with $10 million dollars in much-needed support.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 36 | M AY 2021

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Humour: Life In The Trap May 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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Back The 18th hole at Kiawah Island wassurrounded with adoring golf 'phans' asPhil Mickelson 'phinished' off hishistoric win in the PGA Championship for his6th Major PG 40 | M AY 2021