12 Hope Becomes Reality For Golf Courses And Others In Need Thanks To BC Amateur Sport Fund
TOP STORIES 16. Orlando PGA Show Returns With A Different Flair According To ModGolf Podcaster Colin Weston
20. Surrey, BC's Hannah Lee Begins Different Kind Of Golf Journey At Northview
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Holly Stewart Claims The Pot Of Gold At The End Of Her Caddying Rainbow
24. Remembering: Past BC Golf President George Faithfull
34. Ziemer's BC Golf Notes: Svensson Top 10s at Honda Classic and much more...
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE In this issue of The Scorecard our cover image is one of many that reflect the damage inflicted at the Hope Golf Course last November when the province suffered the effects of an 'atmospheric river '. The water raging down the Coquihalla River caused considerable carnage to the golf course leaving it under more than 3 feet of silt in many areas. Yeoman work by the club with assistance through the BC Amateur Sport Fund is bringing the layout back to life. Other facilities in BC are also being helped out by the fund, read Brad Ziemer 's story on page 12. Of course we're always pleased to offer the latest editions of Br ad's BC Golf Not es starting on page 28 as he reports on a small BC business doing its part to help take on prostate cancer through the sale of some very PG 8 | FEB 2022
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special golf products to assist the Canadian Cancer Society. Brad also has stories on a couple of BC's successful young female golfers, including Hannah Lee coming home to take a role with Northview GC on page 14. In addition you can read about Leah John's first collegiate victory in his notes from page 22. We're pleased to see that young people from BC are continuing to be recognized with the prestigious Evans Scholarship. Victoria's Holly Stewart is the latest to earn a full scholarship to the University of Washington and you can see that story on page 20. Along with several other interesting stories, you should enjoy John Gordon's view on 'Reimagining Golf ' on page 30. Enjoy your golf, everyone, and please stay safe.
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Hope Becomes Reality For Golf Courses And Others In Need Thanks To BC Amateur Sport Fund Eric Beamish isn?t sure the driving range addition at Salt Spring Island Golf Club would have been built last year without the help of the B.C. Amateur Sport Fund. Hope Golf Club is planning to use the fund to raise donations to repair some of the damage to infrastructure from last fall?s devastating floods. And Prince George Golf & Curling Club, which has already used the fund to raise money for minor driving range improvements, is planning to use it again to help rebuild its 15th green. READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 12 | FEB 2022
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Surrey, BC's Hannah Lee Begins Different Kind Of Golf Journey At Northview For many years growing up, Northview Golf & Country Club was Hannah Lee?s home away from home. She pounded balls on its driving range, spent countless hours on its putting green and gained an intimate knowledge of the Ridge and Canal courses at the Surrey facility. Northview helped Lee develop into one of British Columbia?s top junior players. She became a member of Golf Canada?s national junior team and earned herself a scholarship to play collegiate golf at the University of Oklahoma. READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 14 | FEB 2022
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Orlando PGA Show Returns With A Different Flair According To ModGolf Podcaster Colin Weston ModGolf Podcast creator and host, Colin Weston, recently returned from the 2022 PGA Show in Orlando, FLA after missing the event last year due to COVID restrictions. He found a slightly different but still extremely informative and enjoyable show presentation on this visit and put together this blog to share with us about his observations and experiences at 'golf's biggest industry event'. READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 16 | FEB 2022
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British Columbia Golf Announces Canada Summer Games Coaches With the Canada Summer Games back on the schedule this year, following its postponement in 2021 due to the Covid -19 pandemic, British Columbia Golf is pleased to announce the selection of the coaches who will be in charge of our province's team heading to Niagara, Ontario, August 6th - 21st. Both the team event and individual event will be played at the Legends on the Niagara Battlefield Course in Niagara Falls with four rounds of play. READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 18 | FEB 2022
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Holly Stewart Claims The Pot Of Gold At The End Of Her Caddying Rainbow Holly Stewart was 12 years old when she began caddying at Victoria Golf Club and in those days it often felt like the bag she was carrying weighed as much as she did. On some days, particularly when the wind whipped off the water and swept across the oceanside layout, her ?loop?was something of a balancing act. "As a tiny little 12 year-old I did not have good balance. I slid down hills a few times because I couldn?t stand up.? READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 20 | FEB 2022
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Ziemer's B.C. Golf Notes: Leah John's first collegiate win; Ingle new GM at Victoria GC... and more It was a great round immediately followed by the round of her life. Wherever her golf journey takes Leah John in the future, she will never forget the 36 holes she played on the opening day of The Show at Spanish Trail tourney in Las Vegas. John, the reigning B.C. Women?s Amateur champion and a junior at the University of Nevada, carded rounds of 69 and 66 to set up what would be the first win of her collegiate career. READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 22 | FEB 2022
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Remembering: Past BC Golf President George Faithfull The British Columbia golfing community lost a good friend recently with the passing of George Faithfull. Faithfull, a life member of Royal Colwood Golf Club in Victoria, was a past president of British Columbia Golf who spent countless hours serving as a volunteer at golf events throughout the province. READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 24 | FEB 2022
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The ModGolf Podcast: Creating The "Linkedin For Golfers" - Lydia Davies, Founder And CEO Of Teemates In this episode of the ModGolf Podcast, creator Colin Weston welcomes guest Lydia Davies, the founder and CEO of TeeMates Golf. She is originally from the UK, born in Thailand, and traveled around living in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. She currently resides in Houston where she first thought of and created TeeMates Golf. READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 26 | FEB 2022
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Maggie's Tartan & Plaid A Match For Prostate Cancer Fundraiser A small British Columbia company specializing in handcrafted tartan golf head covers and accessories is teaming with the Canadian Cancer Society?s Plaid for Dad campaign to help raise money for prostate cancer research. Vernon residents Henry and Sandra Goy started Maggie?s Celtic Golf Collection about five years ago. Recently retired and both avid golfers, the couple was looking for something to do during the off-season. ?How it started is kind of an interesting story,?Henry says. READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 28 | FEB 2022
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Reimagining golf For the most part, I enjoyed and appreciated Richard Moss?s 2013 book The Kingdom of Golf in America. Until the very last paragraph. After 355 pages, Moss took a double bogey on the (figurative) 18th hole. ?Golf?s problems are rooted in the seismic changes in the economy and the culture of the past 40 years. If the golf community responds to these changes by dramatically changing the game, by making it shorter, easier or by changing the rules, it will be a profound mistake. Golf is not best seen as a consumer product ? ?Not? READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 30 | FEB 2022
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Golf Canada to enhance player-development program with a goal to advance 30 Canadians to the LPGA and PGA TOUR by 2032 Golf Canada is undertaking an integrated and multi-faceted enhancement of its high-performance program to accelerate Canada?s position in the global professional golf landscape. The National Sport Federation announced today a strategic framework for its player development program with a stated primary objective to increase the cumulative number of Canadian athletes on the LPGA and PGA TOUR to 30 by 2032. READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 32 | FEB 2022
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Ziemer's BC Golf Notes: Svensson Top 10s at Honda Classic and much more... It was a tale of two Sundays for British Columbians Nick Taylor and Adam Svensson in the final round of the Honda Classic. Taylor left PGA National?s Champions Course, where trouble seems to lurk everywhere, feeling pretty good about a week that had started out so badly. Svensson wasn?t feeling quite as good despite finishing the event tied for ninth. READ COMPLETE STORY HERE PG 34 | FEB 2022
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During last month'sAT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am Jordan Spieth hit histee shot on the 8th hole in the 3rd round to within inchesof a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean. He was, according to the CBSgraphic shown in Dylan Dethier'sTweet shown above, apparently 68 feet from the rocky beach below. He would hit the shot and actually save par. PG 36 | FEB 2022
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