British Columbia Golf - The Scorecard Magazine July Digital Issue | 2022

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12 Jackson Rothwell Gets 2nd BC Amateur Title With Win At Christina Lake GC

Luna Lu Makes Up For BC Women's Am Letdown with Victory in BC Junior Girls

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James Lee Answers 'Who Is He?' Question With Win At The BC Junior Boys

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Canada's Junior Boys Are Golden In Japan At The Toyota Junior World Cup

The Huntting Cup Celebrates 100 Years At Victoria's Gorge Vale GC In August

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BC Amateur Golf Living Legend Doug Roxburgh Turned Back The Clock with a 3rd round 67 at The BC Am

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DefendingChamp Jin Young Ko & Canada'sBrooke Henderson Lead Star-StuddedField Of Early CommitmentsTo 2022 CP Women?sOpen

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Luna Lu BouncesBack To Win BC Junior Girls Championship

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James Lee ComesFrom Behind To Win BC Junior Boys Championship

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The HunttingCup Celebrates 100 Years Delta, BC's Jace Minni wins 101st WashingtonMen's Amateur

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Doug Roxburgh Turns Back Clock With Five-Under 67 In His 55th B.C. Amateur Championship Appearance

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Video: Team Canada Juniors Intro ThemselvesAt Toyota Jr. World Cup

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ModGolf Podcast: Building A Scalable BusinessThat Introduces1,000,000 New GolfersTo The Game

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Don?t Be Intimidated By Golf

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The ModGolf Podcast: Building A Women-Led Company That Positively DisruptsThe Golf Industry Parting Shot

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE In this issue of The Scorecard our cover story features 2022 BC Amateur Champion, Jackson Rothwell, who picked up his second BC Am title, this time at Christina Lake GC in BC's Interior. You can see Brad Ziemer 's wrap-up on page 12.

One of the competitors at the BC Amateur was of course 13-time champion Doug Roxburgh. Roxburgh had a vintage round of 67 during the tournament that helped propel him to his best finish in the event since 2012, and you can read Ziemer 's interview with Doug on page 26. Brad also spoke with Roxburgh (page 34 ) for his preview of this week's BC Sr. Men's Championship at Uplands G&CC. The details on the crowning of the 2022 BC Junior Champions Luna Lu and James Lee can be found PG 8 | JULY 2022

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on pages 16 and 18, respectively. This summer marks the 100th anniversary of the Huntting Cup, an historic competition that has seen women from Vancouver Island play against their counterparts from the Lower Mainland since 1922, we have that story on page 20. Golf Canada contributor John Gordon has a couple of articles ideal for many who are new to the game of golf or still looking for a way not to be intimidated by it. See those stories on pages 22 and 36. In addition, the CP Canadian Women's Open goes next month at the Ottawa Hunt & Golf Club with a star-studded field that includes Canada's Brooke Henderson. See who else has committed to play on page 14. Enjoy your golf and please stay safe.

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ThisYear's BC Junior Championshipswere held at Nk'Mip Canyon Desert GC and not once, but twice, the ladiescourse record wasbroken. Here Nk'Mip GM Dave George presents Tina Jiang with a special plaque to commemorate her course record 67 - which came one day after Amy Lee had set the new record of 69.

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Jackson Rothwell Wins BC Amateur In A Playoff At Christina Lake GC Winning seldom seems to come easy, something Jackson Rothwell can certainly attest to after capturing his second B.C. Amateur Championship title. The 21-year-old from Victoria began the final round at Christina Lake Golf Club with a three-shot lead courtesy of a pair of 67s and a 66. The way Rothwell had played the first three rounds, it seemed unlikely he was going to be caught. Except he was. And it didn?t take long.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 12 | JULY 2022

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Defending Champ Jin Young Ko & Canada's Brooke Henderson Lead Star-Studded Field Of Early Commitments To 2022 CP Women?s Open Golf Canada, in partnership with title sponsor Canadian Pacific (CP), has announced that many of the world?s top players have committed to compete in the celebrated return of the 2022 CP Women?s Open from August 22-28 at Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club in Ottawa, Ont. READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 14 | JULY 2022

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Luna Lu Bounces Back To Win BC Junior Girls Championship This time, there was no heartbreak on the 18th hole.

Instead, Luna Lu was just about perfect in the final round of the B.C. Junior Girls Championship at Nk?mip Canyon Desert Golf Course. The 15-year-old Burnaby resident shook off the final-hole disappointment at the recent B.C. Women?s Amateur Championship and played a near flawless round to win the championship for girls under the age of 19.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 16 | JULY 2022

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James Lee Comes From Behind To Win BC Junior Boys Championship At the beginning of the week, there was some discussion among players and tournament officials who all wanted to know, who is this James Lee from Whistler. Well, now they know. He?s the new B.C. Junior Boys Champion.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 18 | JULY 2022

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The Huntting Cup Celebrates 100 Years Some of the memories have faded with time, but when Donna Thompson reflects on playing in the Huntting Cup, she thinks about the great friendships that were forged along the way in the annual competition that features some of the best female players from the Metro Vancouver and Victoria areas.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 20 | JULY 2022

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Team Canada Golden In Japan At Toyota Junior Golf World Cup Canada Day was still a week away but there was reason to celebrate early for Team Canada?s National Junior Squad in Japan on Friday, June 24th. The Canadian Junior Boys team captured the 2022 Toyota Junior Golf World Cup with a two-stroke victory over Japan in the seven-team competition.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 22 | JULY 2022

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Delta, BC's Jace Minni wins 101st Washington Men's Amateur Gonzaga golfer Jace Minni of Delta, B.C. shot rounds of 73-73-68 to win the 101st Washington Men?s Amateur Championship by one shot over Max Herendeen of Bellevue. The championship was held June 28 -30th at Meadow Springs Country Club in Richland, Wash.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 24 | JULY 2022

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Doug Roxburgh Turns Back Clock With Five-Under 67 In His 55th B.C. Amateur Championship Appearance Doug Roxburgh is no different from the rest of us mere golfing mortals in at least one respect. When he?s having a particularly good day on the course, Roxburgh starts thinking about his score. So when Roxburgh birdied the par 5 11th hole at Christina Lake Golf Club in the third round of the 120th B.C. Amateur Championship to go four-under par for the day, it?s safe to say it got the attention of the 70-year-old Hall of Famer.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 26 | JULY 2022

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Video: Team Canada Juniors Intro Themselves At Toyota Jr. World Cup In a fun and entertaining addition to the Toyota Junior Golf World Cup competition taking place at Hakusan Village GC in Japan, the organizers had the young players do an introductory video of themselves before the tournament. As it turns out, possibly since Canada starts with a C (and then an 'A') our juniors were first out of the gate. They didn't disappoint. (Eventually the Junior Boyswould win the title for the first time, see that story HERE) .

WATCH THE VIDEO HERE PG 28 | JULY 2022

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9 Tips For Your First Time Playing Golf The game of golf is booming like never before and, if you?re reading this, you likely are one of the thousands who are taking up the game for the first time. The allure of golf is obvious: it?s fun exercise, it?s a chance to enjoy the outdoors and it?s very social.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 30 | JULY 2022

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ModGolf Podcast: Building A Scalable Business That Introduces 1,000,000 New Golfers To The Game As we all know is getting good at golf is hard.

Figuring out how to make it fun and engaging for kids is even harder. In this episode of the ModGolf Podcast, show creator and host, Colin Weston, speaks with Operation 36 co-founder Matt Reagan about the program that is introducing kids to the game with a variable distance gameplay format where students need to shoot 36 over nine holes in order to graduate up to the next level.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 32 | JULY 2022

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Roxburgh Ready For B.C. Senior Men?s Championship Aft er Impressive Play At B.C. Amat eur Doug Roxburgh is heading to the B.C. Senior Men?s Championship feeling good about his game and the course the tournament is being played on.

Roxburgh has some pleasant memories, albeit well-aged ones, of Uplands Golf Club in Victoria.

Roxburgh won his sixth of 13 B.C. Amateur Championships at Uplands in 1978.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 34 | JULY 2022

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Don?t Be Intimidated By Golf Who was the first person to be intimidated by golf?

Hint: It wasn?t you. Little-known fact: He was the second person to take up the game about, oh, 600 years ago in Scotland.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 36 | JULY 2022

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The ModGolf Podcast: Building A Women-Led Company That Positively Disrupts The Golf Industry In this episode of the ModGold Podcast, show creator and host Colin Weston speaks with Jess McAlister, Founder of Digital Golf Collective. Jess's philosophy is essentially, "We felt we could 'positively disrupt' while loving and respecting the sport we love so much and fighting to ensure women athletes get what they truly deserve.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 38 | JULY 2022

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At the moment of realization that they had done something never before accomplished by a Canadian Junior Boysteam at the Toyota Junior Golf World Cup, the foursome of L-R: Eric Zhao, Cooper Humphreys, Ethan Wilson & Felix Bouchard share the joy of winning the Jr. Boyscompetition At Hakusan Village Golf Club In Tsu, Japan PG 40 | JULY 2022