On Th e Cover : The 'debate over the date' for the RBC Canadian Open has been an issue for a long time and now that it has been moved, what might that mean going forward? (Page 12)
10
TOP STORIES 14 Take A Kid To The Course
30 Invasion Of The Amphibious Golf Carts
14
36 10
GolfLogix App Enhances Putt Breaks With 3D Greens Maps And One-Touch Putt Reading
42 36 PG 4 | JUL 2018
46
By The Rules: Golf 's New World Handicap
1
Con t en t s
JULY'18
8
Inside This Issue
38
iG Turns 25
10
Top Image
42
12
Cover Story: 2019 PGA Tour Schedule Change
By The Rules: Golf 's New World Handicap
46
14
Take A Kid To The Course
18
Morningstar - Receivership
20
Black Mountain - Take $20 off
24
Golf Canada Team at Bear Mountain
26
PXG - Game Changing Innovation
Superbowl of Golf Research Comes To BC
50
Golf On The Wild Side: Don't Forget To Bring Your Stix To Long Beach
52
Stay and Play at Crown Isle
56
Golf Whistler Passport
58
Central Oregon
28
Big Sky On The Block
62
Radium Golf Says...
30
Invasion Of The Amphibious Golf Carts
64
St. Eugene Golf Resort Casino: 2018 Golf Stay & Play Packages
34
Video: Golf As Skee Ball
66
36
GolfLogix App Enhances Putt Breaks With 3D Greens Maps And One-Touch Putt Reading
Squamish Valley Golf: 2018 Membership Promotion
70
Parting shot
PG 5 | JUL 2018
6 INSIDE GOLF
INSIDE GOLF 7
FROM THE
EDITOR's
DESK BRYAN OUTRAM
InsideGol f Edit or
In si de t h i s Issue In this edition of Inside Golf's digital magazine our cover story deals with a topic that's been of interest to Canadian golf fans for years. The 'debat e over t he dat e' for the RBC Canadian Open has been an issue for a long time and now that it has been moved, what might that mean going forward? (Page 12) And in keeping with the need to address continually nurturing the great game of golf we have a fine feature story from Brad Ziemer about the wonderfully popular 'Take A Kid To The Course' program on page 14.
You can also read on page 22 about Golf Canada's state-of-the-art nat ional t raining cent re that's housed at Bear Mountain Golf Resort in Victoria and how it has been so well received by coaches, trainers and players alike in the growth and development of the most promising young golfers in our country. Of course we have plenty of news throughout the magazine on great deals to be found at golf facilities in Western Canada and beyond as well as an update on the World Handicap Syst em on page 42, Amphibious Golf Carts on page 30 and a video link where you can see how some aspiring young golfers fared in a surprise chipping contest against Jason Day and Jordan Spieth on the Jimmy Fallon Show (page 34). Enjoy. PG 8 | JUL 2018
INSIDE GOLF 5
THE
TOP
IMAGE
IM AGE CO URTESY GO LF CA N A DA
$7.6million
#RBCCO
PG 10 | JUL 2018
Laurence Applebaum, chief executive officer, Golf Canada at the podium.
Startingin2019,the#RBCCOwill move toJune6-9onthe#PGATOURschedule andwill alsofeatureanincreasedpurse, set at USD$7.6-million.
IMAGE COURTESY: HAMILTON G&CC
THE RBC W ITH
THE
2019 PGATOUR SCHEDULECHANGE COVER
STORY
V IA PRESS RELEA SE
PG 12 | JUL 2018
Dat e change will see t he RBC Canadian Open precede t he US Open. RBC, Golf Canada and t he PGA TOUR have announced t hat t he 2019 RBC Canadian Open will be moving t o a premier spot on t he PGA TOUR schedule st art ing in 2019, one week before t he U.S. Open.
CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE
(CONT'D FROM
The 110th RBC Canadian Open, to be played at the historic Hamilton Golf and ?Golf Canada is beyond Country Club with new t hrilled by RBC?s dates, June 3-9, 2019, is overall support for t he expected to attract a much Canadian Open. better field for Canada?s Toget her wit h t he PGA National Championship. TOUR, t he new 2019 dat e change is a clear In addition to the new spot on the PGA TOUR schedule, demonst rat ion of our the 2019 RBC Canadian combined commit ment Open will also feature an t o t he game and increased purse, set at USD Canada?s Nat ional $7.6-million. Open Championship, This excit ing change The 2018 RBC Canadian will inject t remendous Open will be played as energy int o t he RBC scheduled, July 23-29, at Canadian Open and Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, Ontario. make Canadian golf bet t er.? For ticket, volunteering, sponsorship and corporate hospitality information on Laurence Applebaum, the 2018 RBC Canadian chief execut ive officer, Open, details are available Golf Canada. online at rbccanadianopen.com PG 13 XX | | JUL JUL2018 2017
GROWING
THE
IMAGE COURTESY: NGCOA
GAME
BY BRA D ZIEM ER, BRITISH CO LUM BIA GO LF
TAKEAKID TOTHECOURSE It began as Take a Kid t o t he Course Week, but a funny t hing happened t o t he program int roduced 16 years ago by t he Nat ional Golf Course Owners Associat ion. PG 14 | JUL 2018
CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
INSIDE GOLF 15
16 CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE
It became so popular with kids, their parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and guardians that the word 'week' had to be dropped. ?We dropped it a long time ago,?says Nat halie Lavalee, chief operating officer of the NGCOA. ?We used to contain it to a week, but our members were saying, you know what, we really run it for the season or for the month. So now we have made it really, really flexible for them.? What is now simply Take a Kid to the Course officially begins July 3. Some 715 member courses of the NGCOA are expected to participate this year in a program that continues to grow. ?Every year it grows and really there?s no attrition,? says Lavalee. ?We had 705 courses last year. Our target for this year is 715. It is PG 16 | JUL 2018
looking like we are going to reach those numbers, which is a great, great thing.?
It gets juniors introduced to golf, it getsthem excited in kind of a fun, nonintimidating way The concept is a simple one. At participating courses, kids under the age of 16 play for free with a paid adult. From the NGCOA?s perspective, the program serves two purposes. It helps introduce juniors to the game. And it promotes family time.
CLICK H ERE TO
READ THE REST OF THIS ARTICLE
INSIDE GOLF 17
THE
BUSINESS
IMAGE COURTESY: GOLF CANADA
OFGOLF
BY BRA D ZIEM ER
This strong layout in Parksville has played host to many major tournaments over the years.
M orni ngstar Goes In Receivership The Parksville Qualicum Beach News reports that the B.C. Supreme Court earlier this month appointed G. Powroznik Group Inc. to take over management of the club?s properties and assets. The club was formerly owned by an Edmonton-based family, whose company filed PG 18 | JUL 2018
for bankruptcy last year. The course remains open and the new managers hope to find a new owner for the course. ?It has been neglected a bit so we?re going to try and bring it back and eventually find a good buyer for it,?said managing director Gary Powroznik.
INSIDE GOLF 19
NEWS
FROMAROUNDTHE
PROVINCE
BY JEFF SUTH ERLA N D
IMAGE COURTESY: FACILITIES
Two Island Courses Come Up For Sale
There are now t wo facilit ies on Vancouver Island t hat you can buy... In mid April, the GOLFBC IS SELLING THEIR FACILITY LOCATED Burrard Group 40 KM NORTH OF VICTORIA. (GolfBC) within 20 kms of major announced they were putting metropolitan centers and Arbutus Ridge up on the resorts, which includes market following the sale of increased investment in its Furry Creek last year. select golf assets that meet In a press release it was stated, those same geographic ?As part of the company?s new parameters.? strategic direction, the Burrard In the same release, The Group is focusing on the Burrard Group?s executive vice development of mixed-use president, Christ ian Chan was residential communities and quoted as saying?... The sale of commercial projects located PG 20 | JUL 2018
CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
IMAGE COURTESY: FACILITIES
WHETHER ARDMORE WILL REMAIN A GOLF COURSE WILL BE UP TO THE NEW OWNERS
Arbutus Ridge will provide funds for us to further enhance our other, more urban and resort-oriented golf properties and provide those markets with a more robust offering.? Possibly not coincidentally, their Victoria based facility, Olympic View, is currently going through a minor variance application related to the development of homesites on their property. Days later, the duTemple family, owners of the Ardmore Golf Course told staff and members about plans to put the Saanich nine hole layout up for sale for just under three PG 21 | JUL 2018
and a half million dollars. In an interview with a local newspaper, Teri duTemple said the family would ?love to see it remain as a golf course" but whether it will remains to be seen. The 50 acre property is located within the Agricultural Land Reserve making turning it into a real estate development very unlikely. On the other hand, it is zoned 'commercial' so any other agricultural activity would be allowed. Existing memberships will be transferred if the new owners decide to keep operating as a golf facility, otherwise initiations will be refunded.
NEWS FROM
GOLF CANADA'S PLAYER
DEVELOPMENT BY BRA D ZIEM ER, BRITISH CO LUM BIA GO LF
Golf Canada National Teams
Feeling Right At Home At Bear Mountain IMAGE COURTESY: BRYAN OUTRAM, BC GOLF
Golf Canada National Team Members Have Found A Good Home At Victoria's Bear Mountain Golf Resort Golf Canada has gone all-in on player development and for that chief sport officer Jeff Thompson makes no apologies. Golf Canada, with the help of some key corporate sponsors, spends PG 22 | JUL 2018
big bucks funding national amateur, developmental and young pro squads and Thompson gave a spirited defense of that strategy at a recent media event at Bear Mountain, the site of Golf CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
INSIDE GOLF 23
CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE
Canada?s new national training facility. ?I get often asked why do we spend so much money on so few players and my answer is quite simple,?Thompson said. ?Our philosophy from the very top of the organization is we believe in the power of creating champions, creating heroes. That inspires a nation to play our sport.? Thompson cites LPGA star Brooke Henderson to support his argument. ?I call it the Brooke Henderson factor,?Thompson said. ?There are more young girls playing golf and I really attribute that to Brooke?s success and the success the rest of the players are having. The importance of champions in my mind is super important.? It is hard to argue that the national program is not delivering results. More PG 24 | JUL 2018
More Canadians are contending on leaderboards on all levels, amateur and professional, around the globe, than ever before Canadian flags are flying on leaderboards and the success of past team members like Henderson and B.C. product s Adam Hadwin, Nick Taylor and Adam Svensson points to a bright future for Canadian pro golf. ?We have more Canadians contending on leaderboards on all levels, amateur and professional, around the globe than we ever have,?Thompson said. CLICK H ERE TO
READ THE REST OF THIS ARTICLE
INSIDE GOLF 25
NEWS
FROMTHEWORLD Game OFEQUIPMENT BY PXG PRESS RELEASE
Changing Innovation
Avai lable i n f our collect i on s, NEW PXG 0311 GEN2 Ir on s deli ver except i on al cust om f i t t i n g opt i on s, incredible forgiveness and PG 26 | JUL 2018
CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE
unmatched performance to golfers at every level of the game. Discover your ideal set configuration. There is now a PXG Master Fitter in your area! PXG's elite group of Master Fitters are product and fitting experts, trained by the engineers and designers who build PXG clubs. Experience the difference during a one-on-one club fitting available at various PXG Fitting Centres throughout British Columbia including: Sh au gh n essy G&CC PG 27 | JUL 2018
4300 SW Marine Dr. Vancouver, BC V6N 4A6 Poin t Gr ey Golf Clu b 3350 SW Marine Dr. Vancouver, BC V6N 3Y9 Pr edat or Ridge Resor t 301 Village Centre Place Vernon, BC V1H 1T2 Bear M ou n t ain Golf Resor t 1999 Country Club Way Victoria, BC V9B 6R3 To learn more about NEW PXG 0311 GEN2 Irons or to schedule your custom fitting, please call 1.844.PLAY.PXG or Visit PXG.com
NEWS FROM
ACROSS
BC
BY BRA D ZIEM ER, BRITISH CO LUM BIA GO LF
BIGSKY ON THEBLOCK Big Sky Golf Club, t he Pembert on layout t hat has long been regarded as one of BC?s best courses, has been put up for sale by it s original owners.
PG 28 | JUL 2018
CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE
Designed by Bob Cupp, Big Sky opened in 1993 and sits in the shadow of Mount Currie. It is owned by the Belkorp Group of Companies, controlled by Vancouver?s Belkin family. The course, which sits on 179.4 acres, includes a pro shop, golf academy, double-ended grass-tee driving range, five-hole practice facility and a maintenance building. It has been listed for sale at $8.9 million by commercial real estate company Cushman & Wakefield. ?Essentially, the owners are looking to pass the torch after nearly 25 years of ownership,?said Cushman & Wakefield vice-president Brad Newman-Bennett, who happens to be a former PG 29 | JUL 2018
(1999) B.C. Amateur champion. ?Hopefully we can find someone as passionate about golf as they are.?Big Sky plays host to the B.C. Senior Men?s Championship in late July. Big Sky is the second high-profile B.C. golf course to recently hit the market. Last month, GolfBC announced plans to sell Arbutus Ridge on southern Vancouver Island.
The owners are looking to pass the torch after nearly 25 years of ownership. Hopefully we can find someone as passionate about golf as they are.
FROM
THE
FRINGE CO M PILED BY IG ED ITO RS
The Invasion of the Amphibious Golf Carts
The most recent isby a Mission, BC man who has developed an amphibious golf cart called the ?Golfish?(see next page) which can take you on a round of golf followed by a fishing outing.
70-year old retired mechanic Pet er Lammert s?unique golf cart utilizes fold down pontoons with high tech styrofoam inside to safely enter the water (see images next page). Lammerts, who has started the process to patent the pontoons, has also taken the Golfish to Arizona which he sees as a major market. Early projections see the unit selling for approximately $26,000 (CAD).
He is not the only one who sees a market for amphib golf carts. The $60,000 (USD) Hydra Gator (above) is a hybrid golf cart, with a drivetrain that mates a 953 cc diesel engine and a pair of 75 pound electric marine motors PG 30 | JUL 2018
CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
INSIDE GOLF 31
CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE
taking care of the vehicle?s propulsion in the water? good for 7 MPH on calm waters.
At the time Windy Knoll Golf Club in Springfield, Ohio bought two of the Bubbacrafts for its golfers to use but have Of course, the most famous pond traversing cart-boat is the since taken them out of service (probably due to crashes Bubbacraft. Who can forget and/or lawsuits). You can still the internet sensation caused buy yours from the when Bubba Wat son cruised around on the BW1 Hovercraft manufacturer for just gliding over water hazards and $58,000 USD. bunkers never even touching the grass?
Mission?s Peter Lammerts lowers the pontoons & takesthe ?Golfish? out on the Fraser River
PG 32 | JUL 2018
INSIDE GOLF 33
FROM
THE
FRINGE
Video: Golf As Skee Ball Contest With Jimmy Fallon, Jason Day & Jordan Spieth vs Kids V IA IG ED ITO RS
Some talented up and coming young golfers paid a visit to the Jimmy Fallon show to take part in a contest showing off their skills.
PG 34 | JUL 2018
However they didn't realize who they were going to be competing against until Fallon introduced a couple of guys who definitely caught the kids a little off guard.
INSIDE GOLF 35
HOT
PRODUCTSYOUCAN
IMAGE COURTESY: GOLFLOGIX
BUY
CO M PILED BY IN SID E GO LF ED ITO RS
GolfLogix App Enhances Putt Breaks With 3D Greens Maps And One-Touch Putt Reading
GolfLogix, the most downloaded app in golf, isintroducing itsinnovative Putt Breaksfeature, bringing an entirely new level of advanced 3D mapping that allowsgolfersto see exactly how their puttswill break.
PG 36 | JUL 2018
CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 20
With Putt Breaks, GolfLogix continues to change the way amateur golfers play golf. With one touch, Putt Breaks instantly provides a precise green read in full-color 3D, with detailed maps that auto-orient based on the golfer's position. "When you see professionals on TV get to the green, they take a notepad out of their back pocket that tells them the contours of the green and how their putt will break," says
Now for the first time amateur players can get the same info on their phone-if you want to putt like the pros, you need to start with the same information the pros have. PG 37 | JUL 2018
Howard Milst ein, Chairman of GolfLogix. "Now for the first time amateur players can get the same info on their phone-if you want to putt like the pros, you need to start with the same information the pros have. It's also vital information for approach shots and chips. It answers the question, 'Where do I want to land my ball?'" Putt Breaks gives users a bird's-eye view of the green's contours with the ability to zoom and pan to better understand the green. Golfers can easily plan their approach, chart out chip shots, and determine how their putts will break on every green at more than 8,000 courses and counting.
CLICK H ERE TO
READ THE REST OF THIS ARTICLE
25t h
Anniv er sar y
Pr of il e
BY JEFF SUTH ERLA N D ,
InsideGolf Inc. ProudlyTurns
St ory cont inues next page PG 38 | JUL 2018
CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
INSIDE GOLF 41
CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE
In a year that many courses Alberta, the Western Canada across western Canada are Turfgrass Association and celebrating major British Columbia Golf. anniversaries, so are we at Something that our readers Inside Golf Inc. It was in 1993 may not be aware of is our that we published our first association with golf courses issue...an eight-page across the country as a newspaper distributed provider of scorecards. Over throughout Vancouver' sLower the past 30 years, we have Mainland. Since designed and printed To all we say thank more than then we have evolved to a you and look 30,000,000 glossy publication scorecards for more forward to with five being able to ask than 250 golf courses. different editions "Shouldn't You Be Nothing like this distributed to happens without hard Inside Golf?" more than 600 work and dedication locations from BC in the years to come. and iG has been to Saskatchewan. extremely fortunate to have a Along the way, we have group of core people who have expanded our media channels been along for the journey. And to include a state-of-the-art of course, publishing happens news-oriented website and a only with the support of twice-weekly eNewsletter with advertisers and we appreciate more than 7000 subscribers the confidence you have shown plus a number of digital in us. To all we say thank you magazines. We have also and look forward to being able established publishing to ask,"Shouldn't You Be Inside partnerships with the Golf?" in the years to come. provincial PGA's of BCand PG 40 | JUL 2018
INSIDE GOLF 21
BY
THE
RULES
Golf?s New World Handicap System
V IA PRESS RELEA SE
Designed to Welcome More Golfers
The R&A and USGA have announced key feat ures of t he proposed new World Handicap Syst em. PG 42 | JUL 2018
CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
INSIDE GOLF 17
CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE
The tenets of the new system focus on three main objectives: #1. To encourage as many golfers as possible to obtain and maintain a handicap; #2. To enable golfers of differing abilities, genders and nationalities to transport their handicap to any course globally and compete on a fair and equitable basis; and #3. To indicate with sufficient accuracy the score a golfer is reasonably capable of achieving on any course around the world, playing under normal conditions. Some of the features of the new system: 1. Flexibility in formats of play, allowing both competitive and recreational rounds to count for handicap purposes. 2. A minimal number of scores needed to obtain a new handicap; A PG 44 | JUL 2018
recommendation that the number of scores needed to obtain a new handicap be 54 holes from any combination of 18-hole and 9-hole rounds. 3. An average calculation of a handicap taken from the best eight of the last 20 scores. 4. A calculation that considers the impact that abnormal course and weather conditions might have on a player?s performance each day, daily handicap revisions. 5. A limit of a Net Double Bogey for the maximum hole score (for handicapping purposes only). 6. A maximum handicap limit of 54.0 regardless of gender. Given worldwide alignment towards a single system, all parties will now embark on a two-year transition period targeting implementation in 2020. For more visit golfcanada.org
INSIDE GOLF 45
THESCIENCE
BEHIND
The Super Bowl Of Golf Research Comes To B.C. In July
THEGAME BY JO H N GO RD O N , GO LF CA N A DA
IMAGE COURTESY: GOLF CANADA
If you?re writing off the World Scientific Congress of Golf (WSCG) as a biennial conclave of pointy-headed boffins, don?t be too hasty. While the ?trickle-down theory?may be controversial in economics, it is incontrovertible when it comes to the impact of high-level research on all aspects of the sport as we now know it. ?Much of what we do as PG 46 | JUL 2018
The World Scientific Congress Of Golf Will Be Held In Abbotsford At The University Of The Fraser Valley This July
golfers, from how we swing to the equipment we use to the training and practice habits we employ and so on, has been born from great research?says Glenn Cundari. Cundari, the PGA of Canada?s Technical Director, is the chair of this year?s World Scient ific Congress of Golf t o be held July 11-13 at the Universit y of t he Fraser Valley in Abbot sford, B.C. He CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
INSIDE GOLF 47
CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE
attended his first WSCG in Australia in 2014 and two years later at St Andrews, Scotland, he got approval to bring the prestigious gathering to Canada for the first time. The first WSGC was held at St Andrews in 1990 with the goal of bringing together ?researchers, professionals and interested golfers in the areas of The Golfer, The Golf Course, and Equipment and Technology,?according to the organization?s website www.golfscience.org. ?The research, keynote and invited presentations, workshops and distinguished speakers?forum are designed to represent innovative and diverse topics in the game of golf? Presenters come from all over the world to share their expertise and provide a platform for discussion to further our knowledge in the game of golf.? PG 48 | JUL 2018
?Much of what we do as golfers, from how we swing to the equipment we use to the training and practice habits we employ and so on, has been born from great research? - Glenn Cundari, Technical Director, PGA Of Canada
While acknowledging that research into all aspects of golf is widespread, Cundari speaks of the WSCG as the Super Bowl of golf research. For more information or to register, visit the website or contact Cundari at 705-492-2152 or email wscg2018@gmail.com.
INSIDE GOLF 49
GOLF
IMAGE(S) COURTESY: LONG BEACH GC
ONTHE
WILDSIDE BY JEFF SUTH ERLA N D
DON'T FORGET TO
BRINGYOURSTICKS TOLONGBEACH The nine-hole t rack at Tofino is one of t he great West Coast experiences a golfer can enjoy.
PG 50 | JUL 2018
CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE
Primarily set in rainforest, there are virtually no two holes the same and it is hard to pick a favourite. The tight, par-four ninth with the famous tree in the fairway and demanding approach may be the choice of the more masochistic but for others, it might be the reachable par-five fourth. While there are many recreational golfers who play here, this layout is not a walk-in-the-park. Greens are generally small and most are also raised, so accuracy is always at a premium. Tight, crowned fairways will reward those who can work the ball. Built on quick-draining, sandy soil, you can usually play here an hour after even heavy rain. Also be aware weather can change from one end of the peninsula to the other, so give a call to check the current local micro-climate conditions. PG 51 | JUL 2018
Playing in the Women's (Thurs) and Men's Nights (Wed) offers the opportunity to tee it up with locals and other visitors. Confirms GM Cody Baylis, "Our most popular events here are our Women's Night and Men's Night. Enjoy nine holes of golf and a fantastic meal, door and skill prizes and cash giveaways! All skill levels, locals and visitors welcome." If you time your visit right, you can play in one of their very popular tournaments: - July 14t h The Sands Scramble Presented by Pacific Sands Beach Resort
CLICK H ERE TO
-
READ THE REST OF THIS ARTICLE Aug 17t h The Long Beach
DEALS FROM
VANCOUVER
IMAGE COURTESY: CROW N ISLE GC
ISLAND
V IA CRO W N ISLE PRESS RELEA SE
Stay & Play at Crown Isle
Set in the scenic Comox Valley with mountains on one side and the ocean on the other, Crown Isle Resort is your destination for any event, whether business or social.
The Graham Cooke-designed 18-hole championship golf course is playable for golfers at all skill levels and perfect for a golf getaway!
Stay & Play packages include accommodation in a villa, round of golf and cart rental, for two start at only $329/night.
25t h Anniversary Special: Save on weekday Stay & Play packages! Stay Sunday Thursday nights and get a Stay in one of their luxury villas special rate starting at nestled in the trees along the $279/night. Includes a special first fairway, providing a quiet edition 25th anniversary bag retreat just steps from tag. Quote code CI25 when restaurants, shopping, and all booking. the Comox Valley has to offer. PG 52 | JUL 2018
CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
INSIDE GOLF 53
CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE
New Menu It ems and Drinks Specials in t he Timber Room Bar & Grill Stop by the Timber Room any night of the week for daily drink specials including Caesar Sundays, Well Highball Fridays and pints on special for Music Trivia Wednesdays. The gastro- pub menu is seasonally updated with fresh plates and old favourites. Enjoy watching someone else 3-putt the 18th while relaxing on the largest patio in the Comox Valley, overlooking the course and Beaufort mountain
PG 54 | JUL 2018
IMAGE COURTESY: CROW N ISLE GC
range beyond. With 7,000 feet of conference space, on-site accommodation and dining, we offer convenience, full service and fun for corporate or social gatherings. Contact us to plan your next group event. www.crownisle.com
INSIDE GOLF 55
HOT DEALS
ACROSS
BC
PH OTO CO URTESY: GO LF W H ISTLER
THE
GOLFWHISTLER PASSPORT You can use t he 2018 Golf W hist ler Passport t o play all four courses at a 40% savingsplus get discount s on any addit ional rounds. Purchase your 2018 Golf W hist ler Passport from $349 CAD. Some rest rict ions apply. For more informat ion on t he Golf W hist ler Passport , st ay and play packages and W hist ler Resort visit www.golfwhistler.com or call t heir golf specialist at 1-844-955-3263 www.golfwhistler.com PG 56 | JUL 2018
INSIDE GOLF 57
DEALS FROM
CENTRAL
COURSE & IMAGE COURTESY: PRONGHORN GC
OREGON CO M PILED BY IG ED ITO RS
PU RE B EA U T Y.
Pure Golf. Special Offer For BC Golf Members On Page 40 St ory cont inues next page.
PG 58 | JUL 2018
INSIDE GOLF 59
COURSE & IMAGE COURTESY: TETHEROW GC
Tetherow Golf Club With over two dozen courses - including three of the USA Top 100 (Pronghorn, Tetherow and Crosswater), it is no surprise Golf Digest ranked Central Oregon as one of the Top 25 golf destinations in the world. From high desert to a backdrop of the Cascade Mountains, Central Oregon has courses designed by PG 60 | JUL 2018
some of the game's greatest architects. Each course has its own story, and with so many, there's one for every level of player. Indulge in a 3-night stay at one of Central Oregon's 3 Luxury Resorts & play 3 rounds of bucket list worthy golf on 3 of Golf Digests's Top-100 courses. Packages starting at $999USD per person. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
Experience Oregon's BC Golf Special Sunny, Premier Member Benefit BC Golf members get an Golf Destination Click HERE or call 888-280-3336 and have a FREE golf concierge help plan your trip today!
additional 5% off any Top-100 package when you use code BC5. Call 888-280-3336. COURSE & IMAGE COURTESY: CROSSWATER GC
Crosswater Golf Club PG 61 | JUL 2018
DEALS
FROMACROSSTHE
COURSE & IMAGE COURTESY: FACILITY
PROVINCE V IA PRESS RELEA SE
Radi um Gol f Say s... Create your ow n perfect golf get aw ay St ay & Play Package for Four Golfers Stay & Play both courses (Springs course & Radium course) from
$ 214/ person/ ni gh t during their peak season. If the Stay & Play package doesn?t meet your needs, their team of professionals will create a pack age that works for you and your group. They work with several accommodators in the Radium area and can even include tee-times at other Columbia Valley golf courses. PG 62 | JUL 2018
h ospit alit y@r adiu m golf .ca Toll Fr ee: 1-800-667-6444 Dir ect Lin e: 250-347-6259
INSIDE GOLF 63
DEALS
FROMACROSSTHE
PROVINCE V IA PRESS RELEA SE
St. Eugene Golf Resort Casino
2018 GOLF STAY & PLAY PACKAGES The 2018 Stay & Play packages begin at just $165 per person per night, including a one night stay in a Lodge Room and 18 holes of golf at St. Eugene including shared power cart. Now accepting reservations for 2018 Group Blocks.
M ail:r eser vat ion s@st eu gen e.ca Ph on e: 1.866.292.2020 PG 64 | JUL 2018
IMAGE(S) COURTESY ST. EUGENE GOLF RESORT & CASINO
INSIDE GOLF 65
DEALS
FROMACROSSTHE
COURSE & IMAGE COURTESY: FACILITY
PROVINCE V IA PRESS RELEA SE
Squamish Valley Golf: 2018 Mem ber sh i p Pr om ot i on In i t i at i on Fee $3,500 No 2018 Gr een Fees embership can be transferred to a spouse at no cost or to a family member for $1,500. Annual Green Fees are structured in two instalments: a $1,000 Annual Membership Fee in January and the Annual Green Fee in April based on $20 per round with the AGF capped at 50 rounds.
M
In the event of a lifestyle change due to injury, travel or work etc., Members can retain their membership as an Associate for a nominal fee.
M ail:in f o@squ am ish valleygolf .com Ph on e: (604) 898-9521 PG 66 | JUL 2018
INSIDE GOLF 67
68 INSIDE GOLF
INSIDE GOLF 69
The
IMAGE(S) COURTESY: FACILITY
par t ing
shot
V IA TW ITTER
"We were very proud t o once again host Canucks Jr Golf Day at t he Cowichan Golf Club." - Norm Jackson, Cowichan GC general manager
The PGA of BC, in part nership wit h t he Vancouver Canucks and BC Hockey, share a belief in t he im port ance of young at hlet es learning m ot or skills t hrough part icipat ion in various sport s. Head professional ?St orm in?Norm Jackson was happy t o int roduce t he gam e t o t hese wonderful kids #canucks #juniorgolf#day #learningt ogolf PG 70 28 | JUL 2018
CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
INSIDE GOLF 29
THIS IS THE
ENDOFTHIS MAGAZINE Remaining Pages Are Cont inuat ions Of Art icles St art ed Previously In The Magazine.
CLICK H ERE TO
SEE THE TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 16 IMAGE COURTESY: NGCOA
?It gets juniors introduced to golf, it gets them excited in kind of a fun, non-intimidating way,?says Lavalee. ?But I think more importantly, we really wanted to have family golf. Junior camps are great and we certainly encourage them and support them, but this took it a little bit to the next level where a family of four -- mom and dad and the kids could be involved or grandma and PG 75 | JUL 2018
grandpa and the kids could be involved. It really took it to the family level where we wanted to get not just one segment, we wanted to get all segments of the family out golfing.? About 135 of the 715 courses expected to participate in the Take a Kid to the Course program this summer are in British Columbia. GolfBC, the province?s largest golf course CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE
operator, got involved with out and play for free. It is just the program early and ran about getting them with it. All of its B.C. encouraged and getting them properties -- Nicklaus North into the game and getting the in Whistler, Olympic View in equipment in their hands.? Victoria, Arbutus Ridge in Hedley knows that not all of Cobble Hill, Mayfair Lakes in the children who are Richmond and introduced to the their two game via the Take It is just about Kelowna a Kid to the get t ing t hem Course promotion properties, Gallagher?s encouraged and will immediately Canyon and get t ing t hem int o become regular the Quail and golfers. But he t he game and Bear courses believes it plants a get t ing t he at Okanagan seed. Golf Club -equipment in ?Really what we are involved. t heir hands are trying to do is ?It is so encourage important to us,?says children to at least pick up Andy Hedley, GolfBC?s a golf club, get the vice president of operations. fundamentals of the game. ?It gives children access to They may well put it down the golf course. We see places again at some point as they go like Mayfair Lakes where they to university and we just hope will come out at 6 they will pick it up again and o?clock and they?ll play five come back. I think if we get holes, we?ll have reduced fees them through that stigma of for adults and kids will come PG 76 | JUL 2018
CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE
picking up a club and give them some of the fundamentals it is going to be a lot easier for them to pick it up again when they are in their 20s.? A list of courses participating in Take a Kid to the Course can be found at kidsplaygolf.ca and Lavalee notes that more than just free golf is being given away this summer. The NGCOA has eight
They may well put it down again at some point asthey go to university and we just hope they will pick it up again and come back chapters across the country and TaylorMade is providing one prize per chapter. One child in each chapter will win PG 77 | JUL 2018
a full set of TaylorMade clubs, while an adult will win their choice of a selection of TaylorMade clubs. Anyone participating in the program during the month of July is eligible to enter. ?The participating golf courses will have a ballot that they hand out that has a special code on it and then they go online and enter the draw that way,?Lavalee says. There are also four grand prizes being given away by Melia hotels. Winners will receive all-inclusive packages (excluding airfare) to Melia properties in Varadero, Cuba. Part icipat ing Courses: - Aberdeen Glen GC - Arbutus Ridge GC - Ardmore GC - Arrowsmith G&CC - Aspen GC - Balfour GC - Beban Park GC & CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE
-
Driving Range Belmont GC Big Sky GC Blue Ocean GC Bootleg Gap Golf Brigadoon GC Campbell River G&CC Carnoustie GC Cedar Ridge GC Cheam Mountain GCChilliwack GC Christina Lake GC Comox GC Copper Point GC Cordova Bay GC Cottonwood GC Cowichan G&CC Coys Par 3 Ltd. Cranbrook GC Creekside GC Creston GC Crown Isle Resort and Golf Community Cultus Lake GC Duncan Meadows G&CC Eagle Ranch Golf Resort Eaglequest Coquitlam Eaglequest Coyote Creek Eaglequest Nanaimo
PG 78 | JUL 2018
-
Fairview Mountain GC Fairwinds GC Farmington Fairways Fernie G&CC Fort St. John Links GC Fraserglen GC Fraserview GC Furry Creek G&CC Gallagher's Canyon G&CC Glacier Greens GC Golden Eagle GC Granite Pointe GC Greenacres GC Hazelmere CC Highland Pacific Golf Hope G&CC Kamloops G&CC Kelowna Springs GC Kimberley GC Kings Links Golf Club by the Sea Langara GC Langley Golf & Banquet Centre Lone Wolf GC Mabel Lake G&CC Inc. March Meadows GC Mayfair Lakes G&CC CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE IMAGE COURTESY: NGCOA
-
McCleery GC Meadow Gardens GC Merritt G&CC Metchosin G&CC Michaelbrook GC Mission G&CC Morgan Creek GC Morningstar Championship GC Mount Brenton GC Ltd. Mountain View GC Mountainside GC Musqueam Golf and Learning Academy Myrtle Point GC Nanaimo GC
PG 79 | JUL 2018
- Nicklaus North GC - Nk'Mip Canyon Desert GC - Northview G&CC - Olympic View GC - Osoyoos GC - Pagoda Ridge GC - Peace Portal GC - Pineridge GC - Pitt Meadows G&CC - Poppy Estate GC - Princeton GC - Quadra Island GC - Qualicum Beach Memorial GC - Radium Course CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE
-
Redwoods GC Revelstoke GC Rivershore Golf Links Riverside Golf Resort at Fairmont Royalwood Golf & RV Resort Salmon Arm GC Sandpiper Resort Shadow Ridge GC Shannon Lake GC Shuswap National GC Skeena Valley G&CC Spallumcheen G&CC Sparwood GC Springs Course Spur Valley Greens Squamish Valley G&CC St. Eugene Golf Resort and Casino Summerland G&CC Sun Peaks Resort GC Sunset Ranch G&CC Sunshine Coast Surrey Golf Club Swan-e-set Bay Resort & Country Club Talking Rock Golf at Quaaout Lodge
PG 80 | JUL 2018
- The Fairmont Chateau Whistler GC - The Falls Resort Community - The Harvest GC - The Links at Hampton Cove - The Okanagan GC - The Rise - The Westin Bear Mountain Golf Resort & Spa - Trickle Creek Golf Resort - Twin Lakes GC Ltd. - University GC - Valley Golf Centre - Vernon G&CC - Victoria GC - Westwood Plateau Executive 12-Hole Course - Wildstone GC - Williams Lake Golf & Tennis Club
CLICK H ERE TO
RETURN TO THE MAGAZINE
CLICK HERETO
RETURNTO MAGAZINE
ENDOFARTICLE CLICK HERETO
SEETABLEOF CONTENTS
84 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 24 IMAGE COURTESY: BRYAN OUTRAM, BC GOLF
?We have had 31 professional victories from players who have been involved in our young pro squad Golf Canada Chief Sport over the last four Officer Jeff Thompson years, so we are very proud about training centre. ?This has that.? been on our agenda for Golf Canada opened its probably 10 or 12 years and national training centre at to finally get a home where Bear Mountain in late the guys and gals can train January. It is being used year-round full-time at mainly by the members of the first-class facilities is literally men?s and women?s a dream come true for me and developmental teams. Those for Golf Canada.? players moved to Vict oria, Victoria?s Nolan where they attend high Thoroughgood is one of the school in the mornings and developmental team then train at Bear Mountain members using the new in the afternoon. They also facility. Unlike his teammates, meet at 6 a.m. on Thoroughgood didn?t have to Mondays,Wednesdays and leave home. He continues to Fridays for group workouts. live at home, but Bear ?We are thrilled with it,? Mountain has become his men?s head coach Derek second home. ?Having a Ingram said of the new coach who is always there PG 82 | JUL 2018
CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE
and is always available to look at my game and answer questions whenever I need is great and having teammates of a similar skill who I can compete closely with, it really just raises the level of my game,?Thoroughgood said. Thoroughgood, who won the
played in tournaments in Hawaii and California. He and his teammates leave on June 9 for Japan to compete in the Toyot a Junior Golf World Cup. ?We have all these people supporting us,? Thoroughgood said. ?We have lots of resources and the facilities here at Bear Mountain have been great. They have been super accommodating. Team Canada'sEllie Szeryk They made space And Nolan Thoroughgood for us over on the IMAGES CREDIT: BRYAN OUTRAM/ BC GOLF driving range and 2016 B.C. Amat eur earlier in the year we had Championship at age 16, is nine holes on one of the completing Grade 12 and will courses reserved for us.? be attending Oregon St at e Like Thoroughgood, Ellie Universit y in the fall. He Szeryk is a new member of recognizes that his selection the developmental team. But to the national unlike Thoroughgood, Szeryk developmental team has had to move a long way to join given him a great opportunity. her new teammates at Bear This spring, he has already Mountain. A dual-citizen, PG 83 | JUL 2018
CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE
Szeryk came all the way from would have thought about. her Texas home. ?The girls There are so many days team is staying in one house where I have gone, ?oh, that and our assistant coach Sarah makes sense, I don?t know Maude-Juneau is living with why I didn?t think about that.? us,?Szeryk said. So in that sense ?So in that Our country has a it has been really sense it is a very large footprint helpful.? little easier in Thompson called and we need to look that we didn?t the new training at bringing the best have to open up centre a to a so-to-speak athletes together game-changer new family. It with our world for team has been class coaching at a members. ?One difficult at of the things world-class facility times, but that we think and I can tell you it overall it has will really affect is going to produce performance is been a lot of fun.? results. the amount of Szeryk has little contact time our doubt the move players get with has been good for her the coaching staff. game. ?I have become a lot Through this initiative we more mature both on and off have increased that contact the golf course,?she said. time by 300 per cent which I ?They have kind of opened my don?t think can be anything eyes to a new perspective on but game-changing for the how I should play. They have program. Our country has a also given me drills I never very large footprint and we PG 84 | JUL 2018
CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE
need to look at bringing the best athletes together with our world-class coaching at a world-class facility and I can tell you it is going to produce results.?The new training centre at Bear Mountain includes a high-performance lab in the basement of the main building where players can work regardless of the weather outside. B.C. has representatives on all three national teams. Besides Thoroughgood, Richmond?s Chris Crisologo is a member of the men?s national amateur team, which just left on a European trip. Naomi Ko of Vict oria is on the women?s national amateur team and Kimberley?s Jared du Toit is a former national team member who is now part of the young pro squad. In addition to the facilities and coaching available at their new Bear Mountain facility, team members also regularly PG 85 | JUL 2018
work with experts in the areas of mental performance, physiotherapy, biomechanics and nutrition. They also have access to the nearby Pacific Inst it ut e for Sport Excellence. And of course, having the opportunity to regularly play on both the Mountain and Valley courses at Bear Mountain has been beneficial as well. ?These are the type of golf courses where the more you play the better you get,? said lead developmental team coach Robert Rat cliffe. ?They force you to get better and that has been fantastic for these guys and girls. Centralizing everything has been a benefit, but doing it here has knocked it out of the park.?
CLICK HERETO
RETURNTO MAGAZINE
ENDOFARTICLE CLICK HERETO
SEETABLEOF CONTENTS
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 21
"Putt Breaks is intuitive and immediately gives users an accurate read down to the centimeter," says Pete Charleston, President of GolfLogix. "You can't put a price on the confidence you feel when you're standing behind the ball and know exactly how the putt will break. It's truly revolutionary and one of the biggest advancements in on-course technology in years." Play Like The Pros! From tee to green, GolfLogix provides the information you need to reduce strokes and Play Smarter. GolfLogix is so confident that Putt Breaks will change the way millions of golfers putt that it is offering a free 30-day, no strings attached trial to anyone who downloads the GolfLogix app. About GolfLogix GolfLogix is the complete game improvement app with more than 4 million users worldwide. Dedicated to offering golfers the most advanced green PG 87 | JUL 2018
mapping, GPS solutions, and stats tracking at an accessible price, GolfLogix helps improve performance on the golf course. Founded in 1999, GolfLogix was the first to introduce handheld GPS to the golf industry and holds a U.S. patent for its unique GPS and club tracking application. Based in Scottsdale, AZ, GolfLogix has been professionally mapping courses for more than 19 years-owning the largest, most up-to-date golf course database in the world. In 2009, the rapid advancement of smartphone technology allowed GolfLogix to develop an easy-to-use application that provides precise GPS distances. In addition, GolfLogix has in-round pro-level stat tracking, scorekeeping, and the game-changing feature Putt Breaks.
CLICK HERETO
RETURNTO MAGAZINE
ENDOFARTICLE CLICK HERETO
SEETABLEOF CONTENTS
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 51
GM Cody Baylis Shows Off The Iconic Long Beach GC Logo
PG 89 | JUL 2018
Pl ayi ng Here I s A n Ex peri ence Not To Be IMAGE COURTESY: LONG BEACH GC M i ssed Open Presented by Jamie?s Whaling Station - Sept 15t h The West Coast Multiplex Scramble The course also has campsites so you can stay right on-site if you want. Baylis, who has been at the helm for the past three years has brought a younger vibe to what was already a casual, laid-back place to tee it up. And speaking of backs, Baylis was actually out of commission for about six months last year when he had PG 90 | JUL 2018
an accident while trying skydiving for the first time. Arguably a better move was the new logo Cody had commissioned. The bear/wave combo was instantaneously iconic... a perfect fit with the Tofino vibe. Logo?d items are a great purchase as a reminder and conversation starter for what is one of the must-plays in British Columbia. For more, visit longbeachgolfcourse.com
CLICK HERETO
RETURNTO MAGAZINE
ENDOFARTICLE CLICK HERETO
SEETABLEOF CONTENTS