12 Alex Zhang Celebrates 13th Birthday A Day Early With BC Boys Bantam & Novice Championships
Buoyed By Back Nine Birdies Langley's Amy Lee Wins BC Bantam Girls Championship In A Playoff
TOP STORIES 18. Golf Canada Names Laura Wilson Director for Diversity, Inclusion and Safe Sport
22. New Owner Of Peace Portal Promises Enhancements, Not Major Changes, To South Surrey Course
26. Shelly Stouffer Rallies To Win Her Second Straight B.C. Senior Women?s Title
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Reason To CelebrateAt Morningstar Golf Club
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Sagebrush Offers A Pleasant Reminder To ?Play?At Golf
Burnaby?sLuna Lu Beats The Heat And Her CompetitionTo Win B.C. Juvenile Girls Championship Ziemer'sBC Golf Notes; Lecuyer wins 2nd VanOpen; Naomio Ko moves on in Q-School;Peace Portal Sold & more... Michael Kennedy Wins BC SeniorsIn A Playoff For First Provincial Championship
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE In this month's issue of the Scorecard, our cover story (page 12) features this year 's BC Bantam & Novice Boys Champion, Alex Zhang. He picked up the gold medal for both categories as he completed the 'double' the day before his 13th birthday by firing a final round 67. He would win the Bantam by 8 shots, the Novice by 10 and was the only player in the event to finish under par at 7-under for 36 holes. Along with Alex's triumphs we also have the wrap ups from the girls Bantam & Novice (page 38), the Boys and Girls Juvenile (pages 14 and 16) and the Senior Women (page 26) & Men's tournaments (page 24). Brad has a couple of other stories that are sure to be of interest including the news of the venerable Peace Portal GC PG 8 | AUG 2021
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being sold to local businessman Joe Haley, a former member of the Canadian Men's Rugby program on page 22. Brad also checked out Greenwood Golf putters, being handmade by two BC men. The putters feature a solid one-piece wood head and are more than just a decorative club - they perform on the greens as well, you can see that on page 40.. Of course you can also read Brad's latest version of his popular BC Golf Notes on page 20. Keeping up with news on the recently reopened Sagebrush Golf Club, our Doug Hastie took some time between running BC Golf Championshipsto drop in and play the course and came away with some fascinating thoughts on the 'reborn' layout. Read his write-up on page 32.
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Bearing The Heat During the recently completed BC Juvenile Championships held at Pitt Meadows' Golden Eagle Golf Course, one of the spectatorswas decidedly dressed a tad warmly for the almost 40 degree heat at the time. Of course black bears don't have much choice in that department. PG 10 | AUG 2021
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Alex Zhang Celebrates 13th Birthday A Day Early With BC Boys Bantam & Novice Championships Wins Former Canadian Tour winner Eugene Wong of North Vancouver and Surrey?s Adam Svensson, who is off next month to begin his second stint on PGA TOUR, are among the past champions of the B.C. Bantam Boys Championship. Their play in winning those titles could not have been any more impressive than the performance of newest winner Alex Zhang of Richmond. READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 12 | AUG 2021
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Plenty Of Practice Pays Off For Matthew Wilson Winning 2021 BC Boys Juvenile Championship It wasn?t that long ago that Matthew Wilson was having trouble breaking 100 in zone tournaments on Vancouver Island. Back then, the thought of becoming a B.C. champion wasn?t on his mind. He was just happy making a few pars. My, how things have changed in a relative hurry for the 15-year-old from Nanaimo who is the new B.C. Juvenile Boys champion. READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 14 | AUG 2021
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Burnaby?s Luna Lu Beats The Heat And Her Competition To Win B.C. Juvenile Girls Championship The heat was on in more ways than one for Luna Lu in the final round of the B.C. Juvenile Girls Championship. The 14-year-old from Burnaby not only had to handle the pressure of playing with the lead, she had to deal with the oppressive heat during her afternoon round on Golden Eagle Golf Club?s South Course. it didn?t seem to faze her. Lu shot a final round of one-under 69 and won the championship. READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 16 | AUG 2021
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Golf Canada Names Laura Wilson Director for Diversity, Inclusion and Safe Sport Golf Canada has announced the hiring of Laura Wilson as its new Director of Diversity, Inclusion and Safe Sport. The role is a new position in Golf Canada, reflecting the organization?s elevated commitment to driving diversity and inclusion in all facets of the game as well as ensuring a safe sport environment for all enthusiasts. Wilson is an experienced and enthusiastic senior leader and has held important executive positions at various organizations. READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 18 | AUG 2021
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Ziemer's BC Golf Notes; Lecuyer wins 2nd VanOpen; Naomio Ko moves on in Q-School; Peace Portal Sold & more... In Brad Ziemer's latest edition of the BC Golf Notes he looks at Steven Lecuyer's second victory in the Vancouver Open, Victoria's Naomi Ko is moving on in the Symetra/LPGA Q-School process as well as the recent sale of south Surrey's venerable Peace Portal Golf Course to a local buyer, ex-Canadian Rugby National Team player Joe Haley and what his plans are for the iconic border layout. Brad also has updates and insights on much more of what's happening in and around golf in our province. READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 20 | AUG 2021
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New Owner Of Peace Portal Promises Enhancements, Not Major Changes, To South Surrey Course The soon to be new owner of Peace Portal Golf Course in south Surrey is a former member of Canada?s national rugby team who made his money in the automotive industry. Joe Haley also loves to golf, so when he heard his neighbourhood course was for sale, it piqued his interest. ?It is something that I have been looking at for about four years,? Haley said in an interview. ?It?s this beautiful piece of land and golf course and we just decided hey, this is something that would be exciting. READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 22 | AUG 2021
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Michael Kennedy Wins BC Seniors In A Playoff For First Provincial Championship North Vancouver's Michael Kennedy's started the day 3 shots back of 36-hole leader and defending BC Senior Men's Champion Norm Bradley in the final round of the BC Senior Men's Championship. But a bogey free 2-under par front nine by Kennedy closed the gap to one and helped set the stage for some real excitement in the home stretch. READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 24 | AUG 2021
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Shelly Stouffer Rallies To Win Her Second Straight B.C. Senior Women?s Title Shelly Stouffer?s second straight B.C. Senior Women?s Championship title didn?t come quite as easy as the first one. Nothing was easy about the final round for Stouffer, who saw an eight-shot lead evaporate before she rallied to win in dramatic style at Revelstoke Golf Club. After surrendering the lead late in the round, Stouffer birdied the final two holes to force a playoff with six-time champion Jackie Little. READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 26 | AUG 2021
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ModGolf Podcast: Inspiring Women To Build A Career In The Golf Industry To open Season 10 of The ModGolf Podcast, show creator and host Colin Weston decided to shake things up by doing something he'd been planning for a while. In this episode former guest Dr. Greta Anderson takes over the hosting duties for an engaging conversation with GolfHers Founder Kelly Hunt to learn about her golf entrepreneurship journey to inspire women to build a career in the golf industry. READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 28 | AUG 2021
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Reason To Celebrate At Morningstar Golf Club Morningstar Golf Club kicked off their 30th anniversary with the announcement that the course was no longer in receivership and that the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) pension fund (operating under Realcor Golf Inc) has been awarded ownership of the Parksville property. Morningstar is poised to resume its status as one of the premiere courses on Vancouver Island. ?We?re excited about the future,?says Barrie McWha, who serves as General Manager. READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 30 | AUG 2021
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Sagebrush Offers A Pleasant Reminder To ?Play?At Golf Sagebrush. The word can conjure different emotions and visuals. For me it brings up Western films... a lone figure going across an expansive desert with nothing but the occasional train track or homestead coming into view. Perseverance, grit, toughness, and beauty come to mind. Driving down highway 5A from Kamloops towards Sagebrush - the golf course, the land and the sky brought me to this state of mind. READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 32 | AUG 2021
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Golf Canada To Host Inaugural Canadian All Abilities Championship At Humber Valley GC Golf Canada is committed to providing the highest level of competition for amateur golfers of all abilities and is proud to announce the inaugural Canadian All Abilities Championship will be conducted September 22-24 at Humber Valley Golf Course in Toronto. The national golf championship will be contested as a 36-hole competition and will feature a maximum of 84 players from across Canada with neurological, intellectual, sensory and physical impairments. READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 34 | AUG 2021
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Canadian Golf Hall of Famer Jocelyne Bourassa passes away at 74 Golf Canada and the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame and Museum are sad to report the passing of Jocelyne Bourassa. The Quebec golf legend was a pioneer and inspiration to young female golfers across the country for close to 60 years. ?I wouldn?t be here and able to talk about my career without Jocelyne,?said Lorie Kane who won four times on the LPGA Tour and was inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame in 2016. READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 36 | AUG 2021
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Buoyed By Back Nine Birdies Langley's Amy Lee Wins BC Bantam Girls Championship In A Playoff A funny thing happened when Langley?s Amy Lee made back-to-back birdies on the back nine during the final round of the B.C. Bantam Girls Championship at Langara Golf Course. The 13-year-old suddenly started believing she could win the tournament. ?Those birdies gave me some momentum and some courage to go for it,?Lee said after after she beat Grace Yao of West Vancouver in a sudden-death playoff. READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 38 | AUG 2021
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Greenwood Golf Has High Hopes For Its Throwback Putters, Knock On Wood When Joel Luyt talks to golfers about the wooden-head putters his company is producing in its Langley shop, many of them look at him like he?s Old Tom Morris. ?It?s a hurdle,?Luyt says of convincing the skeptics that Greenwood Golf?s hand-crafted wooden-head putters actually perform as well or better than many of today?s top-selling brands from the likes of Taylor Made, Ping, Callaway and Titleist. READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 40 | JULY 2021
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Forward Thinking Thissign wasseen at the Langara Golf Course during the BC Bantam & Novice Championshipsrecently and is worth pointing out. Newly set up tee markersat Vancouver Park Board golf coursesoffer options for teeing off that can make the game more enjoyable for all PG 42 | AUG 2021