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Canadian Men?s Mid-Amateur Championship A Big Part Of 125th Anniversary Celebrations At Victoria Golf Club

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Eric Church Falls For Victoria Golf Club

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It?s Back-To-Back For Zach At Canadian Men?s Amateur

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CP Re-Ups For Women's Open

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Two Swings Equal A Big Bar Bill For Edmonton Golfer

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Amateur Hour

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Good For Goodfellow

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Desert Willows Doubles Down on Perfection

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Du TOIT's 2018 Is About Chasing That Elusive Victory

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Hadwin Not Happy

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Pheasant Glen Uses Inaugural Open To Test Layout

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West Coast Golf Offers Great Voucher Deal Hope Has An Amazing Backdrop for Both Golf & Weddings

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Rutledge Fourth

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USGA Funds Research that Helps Reduce Water

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Golf Canada Looking For Volunteers For 2019

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Chris Crisologo?s Development ...

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Top 5 Movies

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Deals and News Around BC's Interior

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Special Rates at Big Sky

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CP Re-Ups For Women's Open

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3 holes-in-one on the same day They say good things come in 'threes'. English golfer Ali Gibb who made not one, not two, but three holes-in-one on the same day at her Ladies Club Championship on August 14th would have to agree. The 51-year-old from London accomplished the feat at Croham Hurst GC, just south of London. Competing in the 36-hole competition she aced the 5th hole of her day. Hours later, she aced the 135-yard hole again, and a short while after that, she added another hole-in-one on the 11th.

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British Columbia Golf & Inside Golf have partnered to conduct a survey to get golfers' points of views about marijuana use on the golf course.

We have already surveyed clubs across the province and somewhat not surprisingly less than 20%currently have developed a clear policy with respect to marijuana.

Early survey results show that 80%of people who are members at a club would like to have input into that process.

Further almost 10%of golfers plan to smoke marijuana on the course while 60%indicate they would be very uncomfortable being paired with someone who did.

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In si de t h i s Issue In this month's edition of the Scorecard our cover story (page 11) by Brad Ziemer chronicles the historic Victoria Golf Club as they celebrate their 125th anniversary hosting the Canadian Men's Mid-Amateur this week.

You can also read about the successful defence of his Canadian Men's Amateur title by Zach Bauchou at Pheasant Glen GR and Duncan Meadows GC (page 40).

We have some very interesting features on Kimberley's Jared du Toit (page 38) and Richmond's Chris Crisologo's positive effect on the recruiting being done by SFU's golf coach, Mat t hew St einbach (page 45).

There are a number of shorter, intriguing pieces that are sure to inform, entertain and amuse, starting with one man's ranking of the Top 5 Golf Movies (page 47). You can also read about the PG 10 | AUG 2018

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visit recently paid by country music star Eric Church, himself an avid golfer, to the Victoria GC (page 28) as well as learn how to volunteer for Golf Canada in 2019 (page 27).

Read about how the USGA is funding research to help reduce water usage on golf courses (page 26). Also, Chambers Bay, site of the 2015 U.S. Open have announced they will be closing for a stretch in order to replace their greens (page 16).

Brad Ziemer's latest findings on what's happening in golf from around our province can be found on pages 18,32,36,42 and 58.

There are a number of excellent deals at golf facilities throughout BC and the Pacific Northwest to be had, and you can find details on those throughout the magazine.

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Canadian Men?s Mid-Amateur Championship A Big Part Of 125th Anniversary Celebrations At When you get to be 125 Victoria Golf Club years old, one birthday party just won?t do. So Victoria Golf Club, which was founded back in 1893, is having a year- long celebration of sorts to mark its notable anniversary.

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spectacular seaside links, is a big part of that celebration. ?Our actual birthday is Nov. 7,? says Head Professional Lindsay Bernakevit ch. ?We are hosting a bit of a member?s tournament on that day or right around there, but that was the impetus behind us trying to get this national championship that we could host and celebrate our 125th with.?

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with about 650 people in attendance. And earlier this month, Victoria?s putting green was the site of a special afternoon high tea. Victoria Golf Club is the oldest 18-hole golf course still on its original site in Canada. It is also among the most

Early in its life the course was closed in the summer months, Golfers refrained from playing on the premises for three months each summer leaving the fairways undisturbed for the animals

?Golfers refrained from playing on the premises for three months each summer, leaving the fairways undisturbed for the animals,?Arv Olson wrote in his book, Backspin: 100 years of golf in British Columbia. ?The putting greens were fenced to protect against hoof-prints.

The members learned to adapt; they tolerated the hazards dropped by the voracious stock.?

It sits on a pristine piece of property on Gonzales Point in the seaside municipality of Oak Bay and offers stunning views of the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The course began as a 14-hole layout in 1893 and was expanded to 18 holes two years later.

Victoria?s most memorable holes are on the ocean side of the course. Those begin at No. 3 after crossing the road and continue through No. 10. Its signature hole would be No. 7, which was once a long par 3 that has been converted to a par 4.

The left side of the hole hugs the ocean and has a treacherous two-tiered green that tilts towards the ocean and has seen more than its share of three- and four-putts over the years.

In its early years, golfers shared the course with sheep and cows that grazed the property owned by the Pemberton family. In fact, early in its life the course was closed in the summer months.

In his only round at Victoria Golf Club, Ben Hogan managed to putt his ball right off the green and into the ocean. ?It was a par 3 in the ?50s when he played,? recalls Mike Parker, Victoria?s

beautiful anywhere.

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former longtime head pro who now serves as the club?s head professional emeritus. ?He putted from the right edge of the green right into the water. In those days it was out of bounds, it wasn?t a lateral hazard, and Hogan said it was the only time in his career he putted a ball out of bounds. That?s kind of a neat story.?

Among Victoria?s most notable members over its 125-year history is A.V. Macan, who arrived in the B.C. capital from PG 13 | AUG 2018

his native Ireland in 1910 and started a law practice. After winning his second straight B.C. Amateur Championship in 1913 at his new home course, Macan scrapped his law practice and began what became a prolific

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Chambers Bay TO CLOSE FOR FIVE MONTHS TO REPLACE GREENS The 2015 host to the US Open will close in October for five months to install poa putting surfaces.

Actually, some of the holes here are already sodded with poa (7, 10 and 13 plus the practice green). Good results made it clear that it made sense to do the remainder.

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The Trophy For the Men's USGA 4- Ball Championship Which Will Now Be Contested in 2021.

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many of the top courses on the "? It will perform west coast (e.g. Pebble Beach) better and for future have poa greens. championships, I think The poa sod actually comes from a nursery in BC and some it enhances the has already been moved south capability." of the border to the course's nursery. Pierce Country which USGA Agronomist Larry Gilhuly owns the course has asked the around 2025 (sites are USGA to postpone the next currently confirmed through tournament scheduled to be 2023) with a possible return of held there, the U.S. Amateur the men's US Open to follow.

Four-Ball from 2019 to 2021.

See a very good video clip that Look for a Women's US Open explains what is going on at to go there at some point Chambers bay HERE

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Hadwin Not Happy

Adam will be looking to refind the form that saw him shoot 59 last year

Abbotsford product Adam Hadwin is comfortably ensconced at No. 68 on the FedEx Cup points list.

However, Hadwin is clearly not happy about the state of his game lately. He missed the cut at the PGA Championship and sounded like he was looking forward to what he suggested is a much-needed break before the FedEx Cup playoffs begin at next week?s Northern Trust tourney in Paramus, N.J. ?I feel like I am close, I feel like I can compete, I just haven?t shown it,?Hadwin told TSN after missing the cut at the PGA Championship in St. Louis. ?I am going to try and get as far away from this game as possible. Frustration has been PG 18 | AUG 2018

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building for a little bit now obviously. It seems like the harder I work, the more effort I put into it, the less I am seeing out of it and the more frustrated I get. I?m just going to take a mental break, hopefully come back refreshed and see where that takes me.?

The PGA was only Hadwin?s third missed cut in 22 starts this year, but he hasn?t finished better than tied for 35th in his last nine starts.

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PHEASANT GLEN

Uses Inaugural Open To Test Layout

In preparation for co- hosting the Men's Canadian Amateur, Pheasant Glen in Qualicum held the first Pheasant Glen Open July 21- 22.

In a post on their website, Class 'A' Professional Travis Busch said that "this competitive stroke play event successfully put the course through a test run with the highest level of Amateur and PG 20 | AUG 2018

Pheasant Glen Inaugural Open Champion Nate Ollis Professional golfers from Vancouver Island."

Set up to play at 6800 yards, par 71 - similar to the set up for the Men?s Amateur Championship - the biggest change was changing the 10th from a 515-yard par 5 to a 463-yard par 4.

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139 (3-under par) earning an exemption into the 2018 Canadian Men?s Amateur Championship. Overall the champion was one of the six professionals. Nat e Ollis of Cordova Bay Golf Club shot 69-68 137 (5-under par) to win.

Nate is a PGA of Canada Professional with aspirations to play at the tour level in the future.

Click above to see a short video clip from the tournament This will not be the only Pheasant Glen Open. the tournament will become an annual event on the calendar, and the facility's professional staff will be working to grow the event in future years.

Congratulations to Greg Koster who earned an exemption into the 2018 Canadian Men?s Amateur Championship!

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It's not often we include a wedding venue picture but the Coquihalla River makes too pretty a picture for either golf or getting married here.

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Upcoming event at Hope G&CC include a 4 Person Cash Scramble on Aug 26 and the Autumn Leaves Mens Open Sept 7- 9.

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Jim Rutledge is a five- time winner of the PGA Seniors Championship of Canada, but the Victoria native had to settle for fourth place this year.

Jim Rutledge Shown After Winning This Tournament Last Year

Rutledge completed the 54-hole event at Beverly Golf & Country Club in Hamilton at five-under par. That was three shots behind winner Serge Thivierge of Longueuil, Que. Surrey?s Phil Jonas tied for 16th place at five-over par.

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USGA FUNDSResearch That Helps Reduce Water Use It may be simple but the best way to reduce water use and maintain quality playing conditions is to establish grasses that use less water.

And the USGA is helping with that by helping develop strains of warm-season grasses such as bermuda grass or zoysia grass that naturally use less water than cool-season grasses.

In the past, these grasses were PG 26 | AUG 2018

only used in warmer climates they lacked cold tolerance.

Over the years, the USGA has supported the development of many warm-season cultivars with improved cold tolerance.

These cultivars produce high-quality playing surfaces, withstand winter conditions in colder climates and help conserve water.

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GOLF CANADA LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR 2019 SEASON Golf Canada, the governing body for the sport in our country, is looking for int erest ed applicant s for volunteer positions for 2019 with the deadline coming up soon on September 14, 2018.

They are seeking to engage a more diverse volunteer workforce, and will be looking for opportunities to do so in 2019.

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Golf Canada?s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Policy is part of the information letter/package in Golf Canada President Leslie Dunning's letter below along with how to apply.They are also seeking to expand their Duty Roster volunteers through the Provincial Golf Associations and other referrals.

Click here to find out how to apply...

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Eric Church Falls For Victoria Golf Club His wife wouldn?t believe him when Victoria Golf Club head pro Lindsay Bernakevitch told her he was playing golf Saturday with country music star Eric Church. Bernakevitch couldn?t quite believe it, either. ?It still seems surreal because Eric Church to me is like my country music Bono,?Bernakevitch said. ?When I first told my wife, she said, you?re joking and I said, no.

This is happening. She said he?ll probably cancel.?

Nope. Church, his manager and another crew member showed up for their Saturday tee time at Victoria GC and Bernakevitch joined them. Church, who was on the Island to play the Sunfest Country Music Festival on Sunday night in the Cowichan Valley, fell in love with the course.

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?He had his camera out all day taking pictures of the course,?

Bernakevitch said. ?He and his manager couldn?t stop talking about how beautiful the West Coast was. They had never been to the Island before. He was texting pictures of our course to his family and buddies all day.

That was neat.?

Bernakevitch said Church has a solid golf game. ?You know what, he is a total golfer. He is a member of a couple of clubs in the Nashville area. He and his band put on a big charity tournament every year. He surprised me. He was better than I thought he?d be, for sure.?

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AMATEUR HOUR Surrey?s Hannah Lee made it through to the match play portion of the U.S. Women?s Amateur Championship in Tennessee. Lee, who is about to begin her sophomore year at the University of Oklahoma, was eliminated in the Round of 64. Calgary?s Jaclyn Lee had a nice run at the event. Lee, a member of Canada?s National Amateur Team, made it all the way to the quarter-finals.

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GOOD FOR GOODFELLOW The British Columbia Golf team of Sean Buckles of North Vancouver, Michael Crisologo of Richmond, Aidan Goodfellow of Parksville and Zach Ryujin of North Vancouver finished fourth at the 50th playing of the Eddie Hogan Cup Team Matches at Riverside Golf & Country Club in Portland. B.C. finished at 11-over par, just five shots behind the winning team from the Junior Golf Association of Arizona.

Goodfellow led the way for B.C. He fired rounds of 75 and 70 and finished tied for the second place in the individual competition, just one shot behind winner Nate Stember of PG 32 | AUG 2018

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Oregon Junior Golf.

Goodfellow was a late replacement on the B.C. team for Kelowna?s Cole W ilson, who had to withdraw with an injury.

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When going to the Coachella Valley, the 36 holes at Desert Willows are not to be missed.

They Have Received A Trip Advisor Rating of 4.5 Stars with 7- out- of- ten rating their experience as "excellent."

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challenging.

The clubhouse here is simply outstanding and a meal after your round on the deck will be a fond memory.

Their Palm Desert Golf Academy is world-class, and under the direction of PGA Professional Paul Bucy offers state-of-the-art video computer swing analysis, golf THERE IS AN ONGOING fitness evaluations, using COMMITMENT TO COURSE innovative swing drills to IMPROVEMENT. SHOWN accelerate the learning HERE ARE BEFORE AND process.

AFTER SHOTS OF CREEK The Golf Shop staff here are really engaged both in person CLEAN- UP and via social media. Check out unique water features carefully their social media channels for incorporated into the tips on how to play individual indigenous desert landscape. holes and how to play some of Both measure around 7000 the specific conditions you will yards but Firecliff would be the encounter (like waste areas). more demanding of the two? a true test of skill where golfers must negotiate their way around extensive natural areas, over 100 bunkers, and numerous water features. The CLICK H ERE TO smoother playing Mountain View features wider fairways and limited desert waste areas.

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Comox nat ive Riley W heeldon t ied for 18t h place at t he ATB Financial Classic in Calgary on t he Mackenzie Tour-PGA Tour Canada circuit .

Wheeldon finished the event at 12-under par and missed being the low Canadian -- and the $2,500 bonus that goes with it -- by just one shot to Calgary?s Wes Heffernan.

Kimberley?s Jared du Toit t ied for 26th place at 10-under, while Ryan W illiams was tied for 32nd at nine-under.

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Du TOIT's 2018 Is About Chasing That Elusive Vicotry Kimberley?s Jared du Toit is playing well. It seems to be only a question of when, not if, he breaks through.

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played in the 60s. Still on the competitive Mackenzie Tour that stroke average does not even crack the top 20.

His best result this year was in Kelowna where du Toit recorded a career-best fifth-place finish at the GolfBC Championship. In an interview with Brad Zeimer Jared spoke about his mindset. ?Absolutely, I?ve been in the mix seven of my eight rounds the last little while and these guys are pretty good out here so I am CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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pretty happy with all that and hopefully I can continue the trend, keep getting in the mix and keep knocking on the door for that elusive victory.?

Du Toit was also in the hunt the previous week in Victoria. He was tied for third heading into the final round there, but struggled to a final round of five-over 75. He liked the way he hung in there this time on Sunday.

More recently, he finished T15 at the Staal Foundation Open presented by tbaytel in Thunder Bay in Ontario.

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Virginia Native Zach Bauchou Beat Florida?s Philip Knowles By Three ShotsTo Win His Second Consecutive Canadian Men's Amateur Title.

It?sBack-To-Back For Zach At Canadian Men?s Amateur The Canadian Men?s Amateur Championship is no longer decided via match play, but apparently no one told Zach Bauchou and Philip Knowles.

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There were 69 other competitors on the course, but right from the start of Thursday?s final round at Duncan Meadows Golf Course it was Bauchou versus Knowles.

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Everyone else, it seemed, was playing for third place. Bauchou ultimately prevailed and became the 13th player to win back to back Canadian Amateur titles. ?I think the feelings are a lot different for me this year because last year I kind of came up here to try and get into the U.S. Amateur and I felt a lot of pressure to win coming down the stretch,?said the 22-year-old Bauchou. ?Today I was kind of playing to defend and I was a lot less nervous today than I was last year.?

holes. The turning point came on the par 4 15th hole, where Knowles, one down at the time, stuck his approach shot seven feet right of the hole. Bauchou, meanwhile, was facing a tough 20-foot downhill putt.

It looked like Knowles had a great opportunity to pull even. But Bauchou rolled in his putt and Knowles proceeded to three-putt from short range. Suddenly, Bauchou was three-up with three holes to play. ?That?s a dagger,?

Knowles said. ?I hit a good shot and Zach didn?t have an easy putt.

The 22-year-old Forest, Va., It was very three-puttable, if you native, who is heading into his were careless, and he rolled it in. senior year with the NCAA Then your back is up against the champion Oklahoma State wall.

University Cowboys, closed with a I just hit my putt a fraction too five-under 66 to finish at hard, it caught the high lip and 18-under par. That was three obviously I was a little careless shots better than Knowles, a Jacksonville, Fla., native who is about to start his senior year at the University of North Florida. It CLICK H ERE TO was a lot closer than that for most of Thursday?s final round.

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M ission?s Kevin St inson won t he annual M ight y Peace Brewing Co. Pro-Am Championship at Lakepoint Golf & Count ry Club in Fort St .

John. St inson, who t eaches at Cheam M ount ain in Chilliwack, fired rounds of 70 and 67 t o finish t he 36-hole event at seven-under par. That was good for a four-shot win over Isaac W eint raub of Gorge Vale and Sout h African pro Christ of Appel. St inson earned $2,200 for t he win.

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RIVERWAY TURNS 25 Happy 25th Birthday Riverway!

It seems that only yesterday that the Les Furber designed Riverway GC opened in Burnaby. It can lay claim to an unusual compliment? being built at virtually at no cost to taxpayers. Peat from the site was sold and developers then paid to bring fill that they need to remove from the then new Metrotown development.

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course constantly upgraded under the direction of Assistant Director, Golf Services, David O'Connor and Pet er Sorokovsky, Superintendent, Golf Course Maintenance.

Head Professional, Golf Services Hal Eremko has been the steady hand on-site for more than a decade being instrumental in bringing golf into local elementary schools.

Looking forward to seeing what you can achieve over next 25 years! gol fbu r n aby.ca

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SFU's Head Golf Coach Matthew Steinbach Is One Of Several College/University CoachesOut Recruiting At This Week's Canadian Junior Girls Championship At Beach Grove GC Where Celeste Dao Has The Lead After Two Rounds.

Chris Crisologo?s Development A Recruiting Boon For Simon Fraser University Coach Matthew Steinbach Recruiting is never an easy job for collegiate golf coaches, who must try to use any edge they have to convince promising players to choose them. This week?s Canadian Junior Girls Championship at Beach Grove Golf Club in Tsawwassen has attracted several college PG 45 | AUG 2018

coaches from the United States and Canada.

Among them is Simon Fraser University golf coach Mat t hew St einbach, who thinks his job has just become a little easier.

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performance at last week?s RBC Canadian Open ? where the recent SFU graduate and Richmond resident tied for 45th place and was low amateur ? has helped Steinbach make a convincing argument that Canadian universities can help develop top players.

Chrismaking Team Canada, then ultimately playing so well at the Canadian Open last week, shows that you can develop playersby staying home in Canada, Steinbach said in an interview Wednesday at Beach Grove,?If you have a good team around you and have the resources that we can offer both at SFU and other universities, we are a viable option to get you to that next level. Clearly, Chris has shown that. ?It?s a game-changer to kind of show that there is a different PG 46 | AUG 2018

model than just going straight to the U.S. and playing (NCAA) Division I golf. The ultimate goal is the player developing and everyone is different, but I think we are attracting more and more attention not only from players locally but across Canada that we are a school to help you get there.?

Steinbach is at Beach Grove looking for players to join his program in the fall of 2019 and beyond. ?For 2019 we are in talks with quite a few players here,?he said. ?No one has officially committed yet, but we are close. And then 2020, that is where I am making my first introduction to the players.

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But where does it rank among the top golf movies of all-time?

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SHADOW RIDGE AT 30: That may be a result of the OPEN AND IN GREAT SHAPE purchase of the land and course by the City of Kelowna Kelowna's Shadow Ridge Golf two years ago in case of any Club celebrated 30 years of airport expansion needs. operation this year and the course has never been in better In an interview with Global shape. ?The greens are lush, the News Kelowna, Airport Director Sam Samaddar said, fairways are lush, it?s a great walk in the park out there,?said ?We felt that this piece of land, Shadow Ridge general manager in terms of insuring the future growth of the airport for future James Presnail who is part of generations, that we get and the Monaghan Golf Group team who manages the facility. acquire this land.?

Recently the course has had to Still, the Monaghan Group has three years left on a contend with two big misconceptions: that they have management contract so locals flood damage and that they are and visitors should be able to tee it up here for the even open. foreseeable future.

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Since becoming title sponsor of the CP Women?s Open in November of 2013, CP has worked closely with Golf Canada to enhance Canada?s National Women?s Open Championship including the overall experience for players and fans. CP has also established a meaningful charitable legacy through CP Has Heart, which has raised nearly $6.5M for heart health initiatives in the event?s host communities.

As part of CP?s title sponsorship renewal, the purse for the 2019 CP Women?s Open will be $2.25M US beginning in 2019 with a commitment to be among the top-tier purses on the LPGA Tour for the term of the agreement. ?For our players, this championship is a must-play event with great hospitality as well as great history,?said LPGA Commissioner Mike Whan.

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Robert Trent-Jones Sr. designs in Canada. The course features lots of bunkering -- a RTR Sr. trademark. There are 96 sand traps at Rivershore and staying out of them is a key to scoring success.

Over the years, Rivershore has played host to the Canadian Men?s & Women?s Amateur champ'ships, the Canadian Senior Men?s Champ'ship, the Canadian Tour Qualifying School & in 2011 held the Canadian Tour?s Western Champ'ship, which waswon by Merritt native Roger Sloan. In 2020, Rivershore will play host to the Canadian Junior Boys Champ'ship.

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First-time visitors will find a course that is well-conditioned and straight forward. Everything is pretty much right in front of you. It?s also an easy walk, providing you aren?t playing on one of those extremely hot summer days when temperatures can top out in the high 30s. ?I think you have to position yourself well off the tee here,?general manager Kerry Ward says in an interview. ?The bunkers are plentiful and they are well-positioned.

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coming back and caught the low lip. Just like that you go from maybe being all square and you walk off the green three down with three to play.?

Bauchou called his putt on 15 his biggest shot of the day. He had three-putted the previous hole for his only bogey of the day. ?I think the putt on 15 was definitely the most important putt for me,?he said. ?Things were looking close and he had just holed a good bogey putt on the last hole of about 12 feet and I was like, okay, I really need to make this putt.

That was definitely the one I felt a lot of pressure to make and it was really nice to have it go in.?

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Bauchou led from start to finish this week and becomes the first player to win back back Canadian Amateurs since Mackenzie Hughes, now a PGA TOUR regular, did it in 2011 and 2012. ?It?s truly an honour to be a back to back champion at the Canadian Am,?Bauchou said. ?Words can?t really express how much it means to me to come up here and defend and play as well as I did. It really is an honour to win this tournament

Three-time Canadian Mid-Amateur Champion Garrett Rank of Elmira, Ont., was the top Canadian. Rank finished alone in third at 13-under par after shooting a six-under 65 on Thursday. It is the second close call for Rank at the Canadian Amateur. He finished second in 2015 at a tournament he very much wants to win one day. ?Absolutely, you?d like to add it on the resume,?said Rank, who is a

BC's Henry Lee Tied For Ninth After A Final Round 5-under 66 At Duncan Meadows.

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Lee, a graduate of Gleneagle High School in Coquitlam, is heading ?Without sounding arrogant, I think I have won a lot of the other into his junior year at the championships they (Golf Canada) University of Washington. ?There are lots of positives I think I can have so it would be nice at one take from this week,?Lee said. ?I point to get one of these, for sure.?I am happy with how I played hit the ball great this week, but just did not capitalize on my this week. I didn?t have a great first day (a three-over 74), but the chances. I feel like my game is in pretty good shape and I am last three days were really solid.? looking forward to my school year Rank and Bauchou are now both and trying and tear it up there.? off to Pebble Beach Golf Links in Click here for complete final Monterey, Calif., for next scoring from the Canadian Men's week?s U.S. Amateur Amateur.

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CHIP SHOTS: Thirteen British Columbians Bauchou isthe 22nd American to survived the cut this week. win the Canadian Amateur in its Coquitlam?s Henry Lee was the 114-year-history. . . Smithersnative low B.C. player and had the Kaleb Gorbahn, who played in the second lowest score among final group with Bauchou and Canadians. He shot a five-under Knowles, had a tough final round. He bogey-free 66 Thursday and shot a seven-over 79 and finished finished tied for ninth place at six-under par. ?I finally got things tied for 33rd place at even-par. . .The Canadian Mid-Amateur to click today,?said Lee. ?My Championship, for players25 and putting finally came together older, goesAug. 21-24 at Victoria today. I struggled the first three days with speed. It was nice to see Golf Club. Rank isin the field for that event. everything click for the final round. And it?s nice to go off bogey-free.?

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rules and regulations are different. This is the first summer I am allowed to talk to the 2020s, but of course the parents can come and talk to me.?

Simon Fraser plays NCAA Division II golf and its women?s team has come a long way in a short time. The program was brought back from the dead eight years ago. ?We were pretty much a recreation golf program eight years ago,?

Steinbach said. ?Our seniors who graduated this year were the first crew that were actively recruited.

And they were good golfers, but they weren?t competing at the Canadian Junior level. But the last four years we have gotten better incrementally and last year our scoring average improved four shots from the year before. And we had the highest ranking we?ve ever had ? we finished 36th out of all NCAA Division II schools. We are playing

Division I tournaments now, we are recruiting across Canada and we have a lot of momentum.?

It?s still a tough sell to the top junior players, most of whom have dreams of playing for a big U.S. collegiate program. ?For the top players in the field, realistically, we probably don?t have a shot,?Steinbach said. ?My pitch to some of those parents is maybe we are the school they transfer to after their first year in the States.?

Steinbach said the uncertain political climate in the United States is persuading more Canadian players to stay at home and play. And he has had more inquiries than ever from Americans looking to come north to play collegiate golf. ?Some of them say it is because of the political climate in the U.S. and some of them are saying I would love a Canadian education and play American athletics,?he said.

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career as a golf course architect.

Victoria?s members are proud of their club?s rich history. For more than a century they have played an annual inter-club match with members of Seattle Golf Club.

Apart from three years during the Second World War, the matches have been played every year since 1903. ?It is a friendly match, it?s like a friendly soccer game almost,?says Parker. ?It is nice to win, everybody tries their best to win, but at the end of the day it?s really a social day to a great extent.?

short,?Parker says. ?But in fact they don?t at all. . .It depends on the weather. There will be some good scores, some 65s, 66s that kind of thing. But not as many as people think.?

Back in 1993, to help celebrate its centennial, Victoria played host to the Canadian Men?s Amateur Championship. The winning score, by Australian Gary Simpson, was 281 or one-over par. ?On occasion you can go low here,?says head pro Bernakevitch. ?I definitely have had low rounds. But the greens are tough here and Typically, players look at the especially if the wind scorecard and say we are going to blows a little bit, par is kill thiscourse because it?s so always a good score. You short. But in fact they don?t at all. are never going to be far It dependson the weather. There out of it if you shoot par. will be some good scores, some That being said, someone 65s, 66s that kind of thing. But could have a hot week, not as many as people think. you never know. But it is just one of those places Victoria Golf Club is, by today?s that has enough quirks to it, that standards, a short course. it always seems to hold its own.?

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A View Of The Victoria GC Clubhouse And The Course Circa 1928 Saskatchewan native, is in his fifth year as head pro at Victoria and feels like he is one of the most fortunate guys in the business having landed at the club. ?When I quit the tour life and decided to settle down and get into the club side of the business, this is the place I wanted to be,?he says.

than a few of the Mid-Amateur competitors will also be pinching themselves when they experience Victoria Golf Club for the first time. There has been a huge demand from players wanting to play the event at what is a truly special golf course.

Bernakevitch says they won?t be disappointed.

?The funny thing is, I did a goal-setting thing probably eight years ago and wrote this golf course on my list. I said I want to be the head pro at Victoria Golf Club, that is where I want to end up. So it is really surreal that it actually happened. It has been everything I have dreamed of. It is an awesome membership and just a fantastic golf course. I still pinch myself driving into work.?

?The course is beautiful right now,?he says. ?The entire course is probably the best I have ever seen it. Everything from fairways to rough to fescue to greens is as good, as healthy and as perfect as I have seen it in my five years here. That is really exciting for us.

Our members are having an awesome summer of golf and we are going to roll that into a big tournament week.?

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Canadian And B.C. Golf Legend Doug Roxburgh (Inset Being Inteviewed By Brad Ziemer) Has High Praise For This Year'sSite Of The B.C. Amateur, Rivershore Golf ?The design and layout is extremely strong and extremely fair. The course plays tournament condition almost daily. The layout is what people really treasure.

There are no trick shots, everything is laid out in front of you, which is very characteristic of Mr. Jones? designs.?

Rivershore can play anywhere from 5,458 to 7,002 yards. And because of the nearly ever-present wind, the course never plays quite the same twice.

Green fees for out of town guests at Rivershore are $90.

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