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Club Professional Of The Year
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Executive Professional Of The Year
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Professional Development Award
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Assistant Professional Of The Year - Class A
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Assistant Professional Of The Year - CFM
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Player Of The Year
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Teacher Of The Year
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Coach Of The Year
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Junior Leader Of The Year
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Sales Rep Of The Year
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Retailer Of The Year (Private)
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Retailer Of The Year (Public)
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Jack Skellern Patron Of The Year
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Life Time Achievement Award ? Leadership Category
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COBRA 2019 F-Max 5-PW, GW Iron Set
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Seen At The PGA Of Alberta Show
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Chrome Soft Special Pink Truvis Avaliable
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Hot Products for 2019: Unbelts/PING Fetch Sigma 2
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PGA of Canada Unveils New Training Program
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Bill Carrington Collects Autographs for Friend "Billy Mac"
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The New Fort Mac
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Seen At The Show :
-Taylormade P760 Irons 28
Club Car's - New "Tempo Walk"
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Adicross Bounce Mid Shoes
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Seen At The Show: MKRAK Aspen Midlayer
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Chronogolf Is Not Wasting Any Time Growing Bigger
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Seen At The Show: Taylormade
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Golf In Unit To Come To The Highlands
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Seen At The Show: Triple Bogey Blonde Lager
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New Technology GPSSystems Coming To A Course Near You
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A Hot Product (And A Cold One)
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Foster Park Makes Hole In One With Insurance
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COBRA 2019 F-Max 5-PW, GWIron Set LIGHTER OVERALL WEIGHT PROGRESSIVE CG PROGRESSIVE OFFSET DESIGN LOW CG/ HIGH MOI DESIGN PREMIUM CHROME FINISH LOW PROFILE/ DEEP UNDERCUT
COBRA's lightest, most forgiving irons deliver unrivalled distance, forgiveness and launch for moderate swing speeds. https:/ / www.cobragolf.ca/ IMAGE CREDIT: FACILITY PG 07 | OCT 2018
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The PGA Of Albert a Professionals were st reaming int o t he Show as soon as t he doors opened on Tuesday morning.
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Things were hopping as the PGA of Albert a members streamed into Nort hlands Expo Cent re for the start of their annual buying show. There were more than a few new exhibitors as well as some very innovative products from some established companies. See their profiles throughout this issue. PG 10 | OCT 2018
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TOM GREINER (CALGARYG&CC) PG 11 | OCT 2018
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ALANCARTER (EDMONTONCC) PG 12 | OCT 2018
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AVAILABLE The new Chrome Soft Pink Truvis Golf Ball combines Tour-proven performance with unparalleled feel, exceptional mis-hit forgiveness, and Truvis technology in a pink and white pattern. What's more, a portion of all proceeds support The Morgan Pressel Foundation to aid and support the fight against breast cancer. PG 13 | OCT 2018
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PGA of Canada Unveils New Training Program One of the new exhibitors was the PGA of Canada who were on hand to explain their new educational program set to be unveiled in January. Managing Director of Education Matt
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Our training program has been restructured to better support prospective members looking to join the association. Individuals will have streamswhere they can choose whereas right we have a mandate where you must take these ten courses over six years? "Now you can focus on the areas where you are interested in, teaching/coaching, the retail side and so on." The length of time the apprentice program will take is also being reduced so that it can be completed in under four years. This will in turn likely reduce costs as well. FYI: Rumor hasit aspart of this, you can also expect a slight relaxation of the rulesrelated to the sometimesdreaded P.A.T. where apprentice membersmust play two pressure-packed rounds to shoot a target score.
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SAM KIRKNESS ( PRIDDISGREENSG&CC) PG 18 | OCT 2018
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a PGA of Canada Master Professional who is currently in hospital and unable to attend the show. On his website bmcdougallgolf.com, his family has posted a notice where they say "If you'd like to send Bill your well-wishes, don't hesitate to text or email him -- he loves hearing from
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friends and having visitors at the hospital." He can be emailed at bmcdougallgolf@shaw.ca
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THE NEW FORT MAC If there is one thing that will not be under the radar for much longer, it is the rebuild taking place at the Fort McMurray GC.
major renovations as well. Assistant Professional Michael Pike took the photo above and we will be uploading all the great images he has provided in a slideshow in an upcoming edition of the Their new clubhouse is simply PGA of Alberta digital astounding... 24,000 square magazine, "The Scorecard." feet of great architecture. Plus Stay tuned! the course has undergone Visit them HERE PG 22 | OCT 2018
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DAVIDMACCOMB (BLACKHAWK GC) PG 24 | OCT 2018
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CLUB CAR'SNEW "TEMPO WALK" ANYTIME CADDIE
This ingenious bag/ beer carrier from Club Car may be the next (R)evolution in golf. Visualize a small three-wheel vehicle that follows right behind you carrying your stix and brews. Just 95 lbs., the "Tempo Walk" electric golf bag carrier to also includes a touch screen GPS for accurate yardage and a cooler for your suds. Powered by lithium batteries it can go for 36 holes. To start they will only be available for rental at courses that can boast full Club Car golf car fleets. Click HERE to find out more.
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RILEYFLEMING (NATIONALGOLF ACADEMY- DOME) PG 30 | OCT 2018
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LIGHTWEIGHT GOLF SHOES DESIGNED FOR VERSATILE WEAR
Play through the elements in comfort. These mid-cut golf shoes are seam-sealed for protection during wet-weather rounds. They're built with extra ankle support and a leather upper that provides lightweight support and lateral stability. Responsive cushioning in the midsole and the foam sockliner keep you comfortable all through your round. The spikeless outsole offers versatile wear on and off the links. https:/ / www.adidas.ca/ en/ golf PG 32 | OCT 2018
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TEACHER OF THE YEA R
RYANANDERSON (GLENCOEG&CCTEACHINGCENTRE) PG 34 | OCT 2018
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COACH OF THE YEA R
LUKEWORKMAN (GLENCOEG&CCTEACHINGCENTRE) PG 36 | OCT 2018
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DEREK BAKER (DEREK BAKERGOLFACADEMY) PG 39 | OCT 2018
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CHRONOGOLF ISNOT WASTING ANY TIME WITH GROWING BIGGER Canadian Based CHRONOGOLF is making huge strides in placing their tee time management systems adding 125 new facilities in the past year alone. PG 40 | OCT 2018
But another thing that places them apart is ease of use and ease of integration by using 'Best In Breed' third party partners like Quickbooks. Add in features like dynamic pricing and it is easy to see why they are doing so well. Visit them HERE.
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JIM MCCULLEY (CALLAWAY GOLF CANADA) PG 41 | OCT 2018
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TaylorMade has plans to release an improved version of the TP5 for 2019... Details to come soon.
They have entered the "matte" ball market with some pretty cool colours... especially the blue. Look to see them rolling across a green near you very soon.
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GOLF IN UNIT TO COME TO THE HIGHLANDS
Over the past decade plus, this Quebec based company has developed some state of the art golf simulators. Now Edmonton is home to two of them.
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NEW TECHNOLOGY GPSSYSTEMS COMING TO A COURSE NEAR YOU Another tech innovator is actually an Alberta based company which has recently partnered with GolfLan who made their world product launch at the Alberta Buying Show. Headed by Edmonton born Shane Yawrenko, GolfLan?s Canada & U.S National Distributor (shown above with unit right) they have developed a state-of the-art cart GPS system that breaks PG 48 | OCT 2018
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a lot of new ground. Aside from the usual hole graphics, each 7" unit also offers free wi-fi and USB ports for phone charging. But that is just the icing for a cake that makes each unit a credit card processing device. So when you are on the 4th tee, you can insert your card, order a burger and that order automatically appears in their kitchen and soon after, the cart girl will appear with your piping hot meal. There is a flat fee for the delivery (think Skip The Dishes). The company started in 2006 initially tested their units in taxicabs and will soon have 50,000 units in cabs in Peru but Yawrenko saw golf as a great opportunity as well. " We partnered with GolfLan, a world leader in GPS cart systems and then integrated their software with our technology, so our units have all the usual full cart control and management but with food PG 49 | OCT 2018
ordering and credit card processing capabilities." And courses can actually get these systems with no up-front cost. "While we do have the usual lease options," affirms Shane, "We have also options where courses can get the units at no charge." The company principals have already seen interest expressed by one of the major golf resort players in the U.S. so it's likely you will be seeing this soon. Visit them HERE
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SILVERSPRINGS G&CC PG 50 | OCT 2018
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SUNDOG DISTRIBUTINGINC. PG 53 | OCT 2018
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A HOT PRODUCT AND A COLD ONE Just click the little disk in the corner, give it a squish and your hands will be warm for up to two hours.
Check out the HiDow?s websit e to see their re-usable CoolHEAT heating pads? perfect for putting in your golf bag for PG 54 | OCT 2018
those cold rounds. After the round just put it in boiling water for two minutes and keep 'til needed.
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MAKESHOLE IN ONE WITH INSURANCE If there is one type of insurance where the course is happy to have a golfer make a claim, it would have to be for a hole-in-one. For courses with a PGA of Alberta Member on staff, the broker likely will be well-regarded Foster Park Brokers who provide ace insurance on more than 1600 par threes every year. Says Foster Park's Ian Vik (shown PG 55 | OCT 2018
above), "We can do hole-in-one insurance at the same price whether your group is 32 or 199 for any length hole over 150 yards. What people may not be aware of is that we have a program where a course can get hole-in-one insurance for just a $500 prize... This means you can run a hole-in-one prize for a men's night for just $17." Visit them HERE
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LIFETIM E ACHIEV EM ENT AW A RD ? LEA DERSHIP CATEGORY
PAUL LOWE
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MARSHA ROGERS (DERRICK G&WC(THE)) LADIES CATEGORY
RILEY FLEMING (NATIONAL GOLF ACADEMY- DOME) ASSISTANTS' CATEGORY
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JEFF CUTHBERTSON (STONY PLAINGC) HEADPROCATEGORY PG 57 | OCT 2018
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Hold on... Cot t onwood's Joel Douglas' t rophy may have been slight ly worse for wear but not hing could t ake away t he smile from t he face of t he 2018 Assist ant Pro of t he Year (CFM) PG 58 | OCT 2018
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...One of their units has been in place at St ony Plain GC in Edmonton for more than a year now (they are putting it back up for use over the winter as we speak) and now another area course is joining the club. The unit destined for the Highlands GC is being road tested at the show with the company giving away closest to the pin prizes each day of the show. Shown above is Pet er Kennedord from TaylorMade Golf Canada who hit this 139 yard shot to a-foot-and-a-half. While the units which can be leased - or bought for around $36,000 - come with all the usual bells and whistles you'd expect, one area where this company really excels is in the accuracy of their sensors. Owner Carl Fort in recently did some tests where they compared themselves to a Trackman unit and results were very close. You can see a youtube video from Carl HERE | OCT 2018
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