2021-Inside Golf Digital Magazine-April Issue- BC Version

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2021 UBC Sport s Hall of Fame Elect s 2000/ 01 Women's Golf Team

Maulana Dot ch Becomes First Black Woman PGA Member To Serve As A General Manager Of A Golf Facilit y

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Honouring Augusta Immediately after holing the winning putt at thisyear's Mastersto pick up the first victory in the historic event ever by a Japanese golfer, Hideki Matsuyama's caddy, Shota Hayafuji, turned and bowed to the Augusta National course in a show of honour and respect toward the storied layout.

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2021 UBC Sport s Hall of Fame Elect s 2000/ 01 Women's Golf Team Congratulations to the 2000/01 UBC Women's Golf Team on being selected to enter the UBC Sports Hall of Fame. See the background on this accomplished team of athletes and the video accompanying their induction below.

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Mackenzie Tour Says Cancellat ion Of Canadian Open Won?t Impact Tour For the second consecutive year, the RBC Canadian Open was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

However, the Mackenzie Tour ? otherwise known as the Canadian tour ? announced the cancellation will not impact their 2021 tour season.

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Tiger Woods Was Driving Almost Twice The Speed Limit Before Car Crash, L.A. Sheriff Says

Tiger Woods was going nearly 90 mph ? twice the posted speed limit ? on a downhill stretch of road when he lost control of an SUV outside Los Angeles and crashed in an wreck that left the golf superstar seriously injured, authorities said.

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An Invit at ion To Canadians: GOLF IS CALLING 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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RBC PGA Scramble Announces 2021 Regional Final Host Locat ions & Program Updat es & Highlight s The PGA of Canada is pleased to announce that some of Canada?s top venues have been secured as host sites for the 2021 RBC PGA Scramble Regional Finals.

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W hat Does It Mean To Be A Woman Working In Golf?

To celebrate International Women?s Day, The R&A asked women working in golf 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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PGA TOUR W ill Play Third Event In Sout h Carolina To Replace Cancelled RBC Canadian Open The PGA TOUR is returning to South Carolina for a third time this year, adding an event in the Palmetto State for June to take the spot of the cancelled RBC Canadian Open.

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World Champions Cup Set To Debut In 2022 A unique and exciting new professional golf competition is ready to take the world stage, as sports media and marketing firm Intersport announced the creation of the World Champions Cup, scheduled to debut in the fall of 2022.

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Maulana Dot ch Becomes First Black Woman PGA Member To Serve As A General Manager Of A Golf Facilit y Maulana Dotch, PGA was named General Manager at Hermann Park Golf Course in Houston, becoming the first African-American woman PGA Member to serve as a General Manager of a golf facility.

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Bridgest one Golf Int roduces TOUR B XS Yellow In Response To Player Demand Bridgestone Golf announced the release of the new Bridgestone TOUR B XS in yellow.

Featuring all the same advanced performance features and innovative technologies as the standard TOUR B XS, which was designed with help of Tiger Woods, the new yellow version is a direct result of consumer demand.

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Cobra Golf Launches New Version Of It s Popular T-Rail Irons Ut ilizing All New Baffler Hollow Split Rails Cobra Golf® unveiled the next generation of COBRA T-RAIL (Transition Rail) irons, a full hollow set that utilizes a unique hybrid-iron shape and advanced Baffler Rail technologies to create the optimal blend of distance and extreme forgiveness to take the super game-improvement category to the next level.

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Acushnet Commit s To Women?s Chart er Acushnet, the parent company of global golf brands Titleist and FootJoy, has demonstrated its commitment to creating a more inclusive culture within golf by becoming a signatory of The R&A?s Women in Golf Charter.

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Watch Course Flyover Golf BC’s highest elevation course. Stay and Play packages available at SunPeaksResort.com/golf

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Det roit ?s PGA TOUR St op To Host Event To Creat e Pat h For Black Golfers The Rocket Mortgage Classic made its debut on the PGA TOUR in 2019 and won the inaugural ?Fair Way Award? for diversity and inclusion by leaning on minority-owned vendors at Detroit Golf Club and having a volunteer base that reflected the community. Turns out that was just the start.

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The Top 10 Reasons Kids Should Play Golf

The game of golf is growing rapidly and Junior Golf is exploding. Thanks in part to programs like PGA Junior League Golf, Drive, Chip and Putt and PGA Junior Golf Camps, more families and youth than ever are discovering why golf is the game of a lifetime. Now you can, too! Here is a list of the ?Top 10 Reasons Kids Should Play Golf!

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The PGA of BC will conduct seven championship events in three of the Association?s geographical regions in 2021, affording its membership several opportunities to compete against their peers throughout the season. Following a 2020 season in which a handful of events were cancelled or modified due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 calendar will include all traditional championships open exclusively to member Professionals.

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Mackenzie Tour Moves B.C. Qualifying Tournament To U.S. The Mackenzie Tour ? PGA TOUR Canada announced that its seventh and final 2021 Qualifying Tournament originally scheduled for Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada, on May 24-27 will move to the United States. The Home Course in the Tacoma, Washington, suburb of DuPont is the new site, with adjusted dates of June 8-11 for the 72-hole, no-cut tournament.

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Canadian Adam Svensson Capt ures Korn Ferry Tour Tournament Tit le

Canada?s Adam Svensson captured the title at the Korn Ferry Tour 's Club Car Championship in a playoff at The Landings Club. Svensson, from Surrey, B.C., made an eight-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole, the par-15 18th, to top American Max McGreevy.

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Golf Canada W ill Tee It Up For 2021 Nat ional Amat eur Championships

Golf Canada will tee it up in 2021 to conduct national amateur championships and is working with public health authorities in host communities to finalize operational protocols so that the competitions may proceed safely.

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Corey'sAce & Collin'sCuriosity During round 3 of the just completed Masters, Canada'sCorey Connersmade just the 6th hole-in-one on Augusta's 6th in Mastershistory. Conners' tee shot landed a little short of the flag and rolled into the hole. Obviously, playing partner Collin Morikawa wasvery intrigued by which club Connersused (it was an 8-iron) asyou see him peer into Conners' bag on the right.

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