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

12 'Supers' Busy: Golf Courses Challenged By Unprecedented Level Of Play

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All Systems Go As Sagebrush Prepares For Its Re-opening

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Jessica Wallace Now Crunching Some Different Numbers At The Golf Course

Summerland Golf & Country Club Set To Host B.C. Women?s Amateur Championship

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Update On Return To Sport In BC

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National 'Take A Kid To The Course' Program Tees Off July 5th

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British ColumbiaGolf AnnouncesSolo Golf As The ?Single Rider Cart Of BC Golf?

MackenzieTour?s Eight-event Schedule ConcludesWith Two B.C. Tournaments

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Vancouver Parks Golf New Tee Box Program,Is Very Forward Thinking

National 'Take A Kid To The Course' Program Tees Off July 5th

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Humour: Life In The Trap -June 2021

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Tee It Up Canada Contest

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Pro-D Day Proves Perfect Place For Prince George Girls Golf Camp

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BC Golf Women'sGolf Day Scramble A Hit Across The Province Ziemer'sBC Golf Notes; Arora & Wong Win At Glencoe and much more...

ModGolf Podcast Talks To 'The Director Of Fun'

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE In this month's issue of the Scorecard, our cover story (page 12) features the unsung 'super ' heroes of golf in these times of packed golf courses.

BC Golf 's Brad Ziemer checked in with a couple of superintendents,including Northview's Dave Fair, to see what goes into keeping BC's golf courses in good condition during these almost unprecedented times.

Michelle Liu, is not entered.

There's been an awful lot of interest as Sagebrush Golf Club just outside Merritt nears re-opening and now they've announced rates and packages to play the course. Ziemer has the details on that on page 18.

We can also announce BC Golf partnering with Solo Golf (page 14)as the official 'single rider ' golf cart of BC Golf with the move reinforcing British We are also pleased to be Columbia Golf ?s commitment to heading into our championship support new initiatives in the season as travel has opened up game and create more within our province and we kick accessible options for golfers. off the 2021 championships And please check out the with the 116th BC Women's National Take A Kid To The Amateur preview (page 20).

Course program (page 34) Brad Ziemer takes a look at the getting underway this year on event and the layout for this July 5th and find out where year 's BC Women's Amateur, children under 16 can play for which will crown a new free with a paying adult. champion as last year 's winner, PG 8 | JUNE 2021

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'Supers' Busy: Golf Courses Challenged By Unprecedented Level Of Play Golf courses are busy, almost as busy as the men and women who maintain them. The current golf boom has most courses nearly fully booked from dawn to dusk. All that play means more divots in the fairways, more ball marks on greens, more overall wear and tear on courses.

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British Columbia Golf Announces Solo Golf As The ?Single Rider Cart Of BC Golf?

British Columbia Golf announced their new partnership with Solo Golf today, designating Solo Golf as the Single Rider Cart of BC Golf. This move reinforces British Columbia Golf?s commitment to support new initiatives in the game and create more accessible options for golfers.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 14 | JUNE 2021

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All Systems Go As Sagebrush Prepares For Its Re-opening

Its new website is up and running and Sagebrush Golf Club has begun taking reservation requests as the Merritt-area course prepares to re-open in mid-July following a seven-year hibernation. Rather than tee times, Sagebrush will be offering what it is calling ?Day Adventures.?

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 16 | JUNE 2021

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Jessica Wallace Now Crunching Some Different Numbers At The Golf Course For much of her life, the only accounting Jessica Wallace did was adding up her score at the end of a round. That usually didn?t take too long. Wallace became a very good golfer at a young age, winning two B.C. Junior Girls Championships before playing collegiate golf at Pepperdine University and the University of Colorado.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 18 | JUNE 2021

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Summerland Golf & Country Club Set To Host B.C. Women?s Amateur Championship British Columbia Golf?s championship season tees off June 22-25 when Summerland Golf & Country Club plays host to the 116th playing of the B.C. Women?s Amateur Championship. A new champion will be crowned as Vancouver?s Michelle Liu, who at age 13 became the youngest winner of the championship last summer at Campbell River Golf Club, is not defending her title.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 20 | JUNE 2021

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Vancouver Parks Golf New Tee Box Program, Is Very Forward Thinking Many have likely seen the construction and grow-in of a set of forward tees at all three of the Vancouver Parks Golf Championship golf courses. These new tees were open for play, June 1, 2021 as part of a larger initiative to make golf welcoming, faster and enjoyable for everyone who plays the game. At the same time, all three of the Championship courses have also received new tee markers that are numbers instead of golf's traditional colours.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 22 | JUNE 2021

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Update On Return To Sport In BC viaSport is working with the Province of British Columbia and the amateur sport sector to support organizations to operate safely during the COVID-19 pandemic. All sport activities in B.C. must follow B.C.' s Restart plan Step 2 and the PHO Order on Gatherings and Events. Step 2 of B.C.?s Restart plan is in effect as of June 15.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 24 | JUNE 2021

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BC Golf Women's Golf Day Scramble A Hit Across The Province Between May 25th and Tuesday, June 1st, coinciding with International Women's Golf Day, British Columbia Golf ran a 'Cloud Scramble' for teams put together across the province. Players created their own team, played at the location of their choice and submitted results. Prizes were done on a draw basis with the focus of the event being to get out, participate and have fun.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 26 | JUNE 2021

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Ziemer's BC Golf Notes; Arora & Wong Win At Glencoe and much more...

In this edition of Brad Ziemer's BC Golf Notes he looks at the historic double-win for BC's Angela Arora, who took the Female Amateur Divison, and Christine Wong the winner in the Female Pro Division as women contested at the Glencoe Invitational in Calgary for the first time.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 28 | JUNE 2021

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ModGolf Podcast Talks To 'The Director Of Fun' In the latest episode of the ModGolf Podcast, show creator and host Colin Weston talks to ESPN 920 Radio Show Host, writer and media personality Keith Stewart in a high-energy conversation that spans the spectrum from humourous storytelling and community building to an approach to life that shapes his business methodology.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 30 | JUNE 2021

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Mackenzie Tour?s Eight-event Schedule Concludes With Two B.C. Tournaments

The Mackenzie Tour-PGA Tour Canada circuit has released an eight-event schedule for Canadian-based players that concludes with tournaments in Kelowna and Victoria in late September and early October. The schedule touches both coasts as it includes two tournaments in Prince Edward Island in late August and early September.

The schedule begins July 29th.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 32 | JUNE 2021

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National 'Take A Kid To The Course' Program Tees Off July 5th Take A Kid To The Course is a Canada-wide initiative encouraged by the National Golf Course Owners Association Canada to bring juniors and families to golf courses across the country. Take A Kid To The Course allows for a FREE round of golf for youth under 16 when accompanied by a paying adult at participating courses across Canada.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 34 | JUNE 2021

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Humour: Life In The Trap June 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. Newell's humorous comic strip centres around golf and the characters whose lives in and around the game are likely familiar to many of us.

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Pro-D Day Proves Perfect Place For Prince George Girls Golf Camp

The next generation of female golfers got an exclusive opportunity on Friday, June 4th as School District 57 (Prince George) had a Pro-D Day. Ann Holmes, one of the golf pros at the Prince George Golf and Curling Club and a British Columbia Golf coach, put on a 'girls only' golf camp with two sessions taking place that day.

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Arora Takes Flight In the recently played Glencoe Invitational, women took part for the first time. In addition to Christine Wong taking the female pro division, BC'sAngela Arora wasthe winner in the female amateur category, making for a nice 'bookend' for BC'stop female golfers.

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