British Columbia Golf - The Scorecard Magazine July Issue - 2021

12 First Tee - British Columbia, Will Reach Kids At Schools, Community Centres And Golf Facilities

Perseverance Pays Off As Leah John Wins B.C. Women?s Amateur Championship

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Nanaimo's Sandy Harper Preaching Patience After Stroke Recovery

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PGA of Canada's Kylie Frederick Says Diversity And Inclusion Starts With A Conversation

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Junior Provincial Skills Challenge Happens July 27th At Northview GC

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National Junior Selection Camp Scheduled August 29 September 3

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West Vancouver?sJennifer Gu Goes Wire-To-WireTo Win B.C. Junior Girls Championship Coquitlam?sHenry Lee Excited About The Future Following CollegiateGolf Career

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Humour: Life In The Trap - July 2021 38

LangaraLadies Club Celebrates50 Years

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Update On Return To Sport In BC The ModGolf Podcast: Lessons Learned About Mental PerformanceFrom 'Disco Dick'

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National Junior Selection Camp Scheduled August 29 September 3 Hole-in-OneHelps Propel Ashton McCulloch To B.C. Amateur Championship B.C. Golf Hall of Fame Member Steve Berry Passes At Age 68 Former Province Sports Columnist Kent Gilchrist,A Friend To So Many, Dies At Age 72 Parting Shot

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE In this month's issue of the Scorecard, our cover story (page 12) looks at the newly launched First Tee - British Columbia chapter of Golf Canada's First Tee program.

BC Golf 's Brad Ziemer spoke with First Tee BC's manager, Shayain Gustavsp, to gain insight regarding the new national program that has replaced Future Links as Golf Canada's junior introductory and development program.

Brad also has the wrap ups and stories to go with the BC Women's Amateur (page 20), BC Amateur (page 36) and the girls and boys junior championships,on pages 14 and 16. Unfortunately,along with the good stories, Brad has also written in memoriam pieces for two wonderfully well-liked and respected PG 8 | JULY 2021

contributors to the game of golf. Players and officials at the just completed BC Amateur learned on the eve of the event that former champion Steve Berry had passed away. A nice tribute was paid to Steve prior to the opening tee shot and Brad writes about him and his accomplishmentson page 38.

Sadly, just a day later we learned of the passing of longtime Province Sports writer Kent 'Cookie' Gilchrist who had covered golf among other sports for some 37 years for the local morning paper. Brad also pays tribute to his former colleague and close friend on page 40.

On the lighter side we do offer the latest from Seattle's Rick Newell's Life In The Trap series (page 26) to hopefully bring a smile to some faces.

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Watering the Winner The 2021 BC Women'sAmateur champion, Leah John, receivesa congratulatory water bottle shower from fellow competitor Nonie Marler after John's4-shot win at Summerland G&CC while John'sfather & caddy, Jason, lookson proudly.

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First Tee - British Columbia, Will Reach Kids At Schools, Community Centres And Golf Facilities It?s getting crowded here on the First Tee. We?ve got honesty, integrity, sportsmanship, respect, confidence, responsibility, perseverance, courtesy and judgment all ready to play. You may have heard of First Tee. READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 12 | JULY 2021

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West Vancouver?s Jennifer Gu Goes Wire-To-Wire To Win B.C. Junior Girls Championship Jennifer Gu played 'catch me if you can' all week with the rest of the field at the B.C. Junior Girls Championship. It turns out no one could. The 18-year-old from West Vancouver went wire-to-wire to win the championship at Parksville's Morningstar Golf Club on Vancouver Island.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 14 | JULY 2021

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Coquitlam?s Henry Lee Excited About The Future Following Collegiate Golf Career His collegiate golf career is over, but Henry Lee will never forget the five years he spent playing for the University of Washington Huskies. ?I will always remember how much fun we had as a team,?

Lee says.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 16 | JULY 2021

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Nanaimo's Sandy Harper Preaching Patience After Stroke Recovery Sandy Harper has always taken pride in the way he has conducted himself on the golf course, where his excellence over many years earned the Nanaimo resident a place in the BC Golf Hall of Fame. No matter the score, Harper remained unflappable. That has become more difficult in the past 10 months as the 64-year-old Harper recovered from a stroke he suffered last August.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 18 | JULY 2021

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Perseverance Pays Off As Leah John Wins B.C. Women?s Amateur A win is sometimes that much sweeter when it has been preceded by so much hard work and occasional setbacks. Perhaps that?s why Leah John seemed so delighted with her win at the116th playing of the B.C. Women?s Amateur Championship at Summerland Golf Club.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 20 | JULY 2021

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PGA of Canada's Kylie Frederick Says Diversity And Inclusion Starts With A Conversation Kylie Frederick started golfing at seven years old with her family on Vancouver Island. Her dad would take her out to the course, which helped her find her passion for the game. At 13-years old, all of Frederick?s attention was put towards becoming a golf professional. At this young age, Frederick had not yet come out as gay. She was a golfer and that was that.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 22 | JULY 2021

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Junior Provincial Skills Challenge Happens July 27th At Northview GC The provincial skills challenge is being held July 27th at Northview Golf & Country Club in Surrey.

Registration begins at 7:30 am and the challenge runs from 8:45am ? 11:00am. The field is limited to 32 kids. For kids to play they have to pre-register through British Columbia Golf's Participation Manager, Tyler McKay by July 23rd.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 24 | JULY 2021

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Humour: Life In The Trap

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. Life In The Trap tells the story of Clay, Duff, Rosie, Putts and Carrie, the local golf pro, along with the occasional insight from 'Dimples' the golf ball.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 26 | JULY 2021

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Langara Ladies Club Celebrates 50 Years The Langara Ladies Golf Club was originally formed in 1929 and the ladies played on what was known as Langara Golf Links, with a membership of 32 ladies.

On March 30, 1953 Langara Ladies Golf Club applied for membership in the Canadian Ladies?Golf Union.

In 1967 the Club collapsed but on November 13, 1970 a meeting was held at Langara Golf Course to announce the formation of the new Langara Ladies Golf Club.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 28 | JULY 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 3 and the PHO Order on Gatherings and Events. Step 3 of B.C.?s Restart plan is in effect as of July 1st.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 30 | JULY 2021

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The ModGolf Podcast: Lessons Learned About Mental Performance From 'Disco Dick' In the latest episode of the ModGolf Podcast, show creator and host Colin Weston talks to former PGA TOUR regular, BC's Richard Zokol. Nicknamed 'Disco Dick' after playing a 1982 PGA TOUR event wearing a Sony Walkman, two-time tour winner Zokol joined Colin to share how listening to music on course to calm his hyperactive mind helped sow the seeds that led to the creation of MindTRAK Golf.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 32 | JULY 2021

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National Junior Selection Camp Scheduled August 29 - September 3 Over the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused disruption to competitive opportunities for junior golfers in Canada. To facilitate the selection of participants for the 2021-2022 National Junior Squad, Golf Canada will hold a National Junior Selection Camp from Aug. 29 - Sept. 3rd.

Approximately 50 junior boys and girls who have not reached their 19th birthday by August 1, 2021, will be invited to participate.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 34 | JULY 2021

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Hole-in-One Helps Propel Ashton McCulloch To B.C. Amateur Championship Ashton McCulloch?s round had already gotten off to a nice start when he stepped up to the fifth tee in the final round of the B.C. Amateur Championship at Storey Creek Golf Club. It was about to get a whole lot better. The par 3 5th was playing 183 yards and McCulloch surveyed the wind before taking dead aim with his 6-iron. All he did then was knock the ball into the hole for an ace.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 36 | JULY 2021

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B.C. Golf Hall of Fame Member Steve Berry Passes At Age 68 Steve Berry, a British Columbia Golf Hall of Fame member whose amateur golf career included victories at the 1981 B.C. Amateur and 1972 B.C. Junior Boys Championships, died recently at his Vancouver home.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 38 | JULY 2021

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Former Province Sports Columnist Kent Gilchrist, A Friend To So Many, Dies At Age 72 Kent Gilchrist covered just about everything in a sportswriting career that spanned more than 40 years, but he had a particular affinity for golf. Not just the game, but the people who played it. Gilchrist, known as Cookie to his countless friends, died at his New Westminster home Wednesday, July 14th, after a lengthy illness. He was 72.

READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 40 | JULY 2021

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Hot Shot During an outing at a Topgolf facility a young man appears to have hisgolf ball struck by lightning in mid air. Golf great Lee Trevino once joked, "Even God can't hit a 1-iron...." however, it appears just hitting the ball isn't an issue... watch the video on Instagram HERE PG 42 | JULY 2021