TOP STORIES 16. App Shows Putt Breaks With 3D Greens Maps
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Duncan Meadows Ready To Host Canadian Mens Amateur
For A Select Few Glencoe Invitational Is A Great Event
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32. Parsons Convincing Win At B.C. Women's Amateur Championship
42. Fort McMurray Grounds Guru Off To Ryder Cup
50. Chris Crisologo Wins B.C. Amateur Championship
60. Two Swings Equal A Big Bar Bill For Edmonton Golfer
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Birdies Fly
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BC Golf Industry Association Meets New Group Of MLAs
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Inside This Issue
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Image Of The Month
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The Odds If Tiger And Phil Do Go Head To Head
USGA And R&A Release Distance Study
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Hot Products You Can Buy
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Kamloops Golf & Country Club One Of British Columbia?s Hidden Gems
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11 Crazy Golf Records
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Innisfail Golf Partners With Ducks Unlimited
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Greywolf: Where Balls Seem To Hang Forever
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USGA Funds Research That Helps Reduce Water Use
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Roxburgh and Others See Rivershore Golf Links As A Robert Trent Jones Sr. Classic
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In si de t h i s Issue coverage we do at insidegolf.ca
BRYAN OUTRAM
We also profile a golfer from Alberta who aced consecutive par threes earlier this year (see top image next page). Where to play? We've got two course profiles... Rivershore (page 66), and Greywolf (page 28).
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We are in the heat of summer and competition across the West. On page 12, in our cover story Jeff Sutherland previews the Canadian Mens Am to be held at Duncan Meadows on Vancouver Island. There are also some highlights of the ongoing tournament PG 8 | JUL 2018
On page 24, Gord Montgomery tells how Innisfail is connecting with their community through a partnership with Ducks Unlimited and on on page 56 how getting into the Glencoe Invitational is such a big deal. Just a reminder that to keep this a quick read, longer articles are continued at the end of the magazine. Click to read more and then just click the return to magazine button to get back to where you were previoulsy.
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In recording back-t o-back aces on consecut ive par-3 holes, John McCut cheon, an 11-handicap who plays out of t he Derrick Golf and W int er Club, beat t he ast ronomical odds of 67 million t o 1. See st ory on page 60 PG 10 | JUL 2018
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BY JEFF SUTH ERLA N D
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Van couver Islan d's Dun can Meadow s w i ll challen ge Can ada's best am at eur s plus player s f r om 13 ot her coun t r i es ar oun d t he w or ld i n t he 114t h Can adi an Men 's Am at eur Cham pi on shi p. Course Owner Ming Hui
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Following on hosting a number of both provincial and national championships, the course located in the Cowichan Valley 50 km north of Victoria has recently undergone tweaking to test competitors. The layout has been gradually lengthened to more than 6800 yards with new tees added on three holes? most recently on the par three 16th that will make the signature hole play almost 200 yards.
Defending champions Quebec have returned the Willingdon Cup which appeared slightly worse for wear at a news conference hosted by course owner Ming Hui.
The winner of the 2018 Canadian Amateur will receive an exemption into the 2019 RBC Canadian Open
an interview. But we have been watering constantly so the fairways and greens are in great shape."
A visit to Duncan Meadows in late July showed a course that is going to present a test reminiscent of that seen at this year's Open Championship at Carnoustie. Balls will definitely be able to run.
That means greens are currently very receptive. They are being kept a little slower than normal to allow Golf Canada to have them firmed/speeded up as the tournament dates approach.
"We have not seen significant rainfall since mid-April," said course owner Ming Hui during
And that will not be the only change tournament officials will make when they arrive to
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set up the course.
will play. Pheasant Glen in Parksville is co-host and Superintendent Dave Brummit t says, "It is very likely players will play one of their that at least one of the par fives first two rounds there. GM Gord Melissa says their course will be turned into a par four, will present a slightly different #1 and possibly #12." challenge. "The entire course is This will give flexibility in very lush. It will be more carry lengthening or shortening as opposed to run. Overall the holes based on conditions. course is in great condition," Brummitt and his crew have Melissa said during a visit to been making other tweaks in Duncan Meadows. preparation. Over the past Concurrent with the first two year, green-side bunkers have rounds, the battle for the been re-edged with new sand Willingdon Cup will be waged added. They are also adding a before the cut to top 70 and second one inch cut to the edge ties. More information about of the fairways before players the tournament and host reach rough that will be two to facilities can be found below: three inches in spots. Duncan Meadows Website Duncan Meadows will not be Pheasant Glen Website the only course competitors Golf Canada Website 2018 Canadian Men's Amateur Championship Qualifier Round
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While the idea of Tiger and Phil playing 18 holes for $10 million, may be more fiction than fact at this point, that does not stop the odds being calculated. The odds-makers at SportsBettingDime.com have taken the bait and established Tiger as a 2/3 favorite over Lefty based upon his successful
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match-play track record. With 1/2 odds of the event even happening, the odds-makers favor Tiger wearing his traditional Sunday red shirt (3/1) and have installed ABC/ESPN (4/3) as favorites to broadcast the event and Nevada (5/3) as the host location.
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Kamloops Golf & Count ry Club
One Of Brit ish Columbia?s
Hidden Gems Like a lot of other golfers, Brice MacDermot t didn?t know a whole lot about Kamloops Golf & Country Club before he accepted the job of running the facility that was founded way back in 1914. ?I had actually never played the course when I took the job here in 2015,?MacDermott, the General Manager and Executive Professional at PG 20 | AUG 2018
Kamloops G&CC, said in an interview. ?I told a few of my friends who had played here, if it?s not good you are in big trouble.? McDermott, who came to Kamloops after spending 15 years at Kelowna-area facilities, quickly discovered that the course is very good indeed. The fact is Kamloops G&CC, the site of this year?s CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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B.C. Junior Boys Championship, is one of this province?s many hidden gems. The Kamloops area has established itself as a golf destination market and Kamloops G&CC sometimes gets overlooked in a market that includes the likes of Tobiano, Rivershore, The Dunes and Big Horn Golf & Country Club (formerly Sun Rivers). Some golfers assume Kamloops G&CC is a private club and difficult for the public to play. The fact is it is a semi-private facility that gets about 70 per cent of its play from members. Public play is welcomed and accounts for 30 per cent of rounds played. ?We do allow people to play here every day unless it is closed for a member event,?MacDermott said. ?We just want people to come out and see us.? What they will find is a classic old-style layout that is exceedingly playable despite PG 21 | AUG 2018
the fact is dotted with some magnificent old and very large trees. ?The playability of the golf course is one of its strengths,?MacDermott said. Br ice M acDer m ot t General Manager Executive Professional
?We have trees, but it isnot crazy demanding off the tee. And the fact you can run the ball into all 18 greensissomething I love, because that catersto the average Joe, some of your seniorsmembersand even me. I tend to stray off line a bit and I can still get a shot at the green. Maybe it?snot at the pin, but I have access to hit it onto the green.? -- MacDermott
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11 Crazy Golf Records
It's amazing the list of crazy records you can find if you have enough time to waste! We looked up some of the craziest golf records we could find in the Guinness Book. One that stood out was the Golf Cart land speed record:
9. Fast est Golf Cart From the GuinnessBook: The fastest golf cart isthe 'Bandit' by Plum Quick Motors, which achieved a speed of 191.12 km/h (118.76 mph) when driven by Robby Steen (USA) at the Darlington Dragway in Hartsville, South Carolina, USA, on 31 October 2014. Thisisthe second time a cart from Plum Quick motorshas taken the title for the
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Innisfail Golf
BY JIM CLAGGETT
Partners With Ducks Unlimited At In n i sf ai l, t hey ar e alw ays t hi n ki n g about m ot her n at ur e.
That mindset saw Innisfail become Audubon certified course in 2002 giving them the tools and help in maintaining good stewardship of the land, the birds, the bees and the butterflies. It continued during the move to 27 holes in 2004 which was definitely done with the mindset of not messing with the wetlands that Mother Nature had originally laid out. ?We definitely stuck our nose in and said we really wanted these areas left as pristine as we could,?said Innisfail Head Professional Jim Boomer. ?As we can see today how important that is to have what we have but to have it in such a nice natural setting.?
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Most recently, as part of being Audobon certified (one of whose mandates under the society is to educate and create awareness), they have gotten involved with Ducks Unlimited. It started when Christ en Sweet , Chair Red Deer Chapter of Ducks Unlimited, approached the course about hosting a golf tournament for Ducks Unlimited. Part of the process was asking what else could be done for the tournament and the community. The project decided upon was having Junior Forest Wardens build nest boxes for the ducks which could open some eyes as to what Ducks Unlimited does in Central Alberta. It was a perfect fit. ?It raises their awareness about Ducks Unlimited and giving back to the community,?said Sweet. ?So, I started shopping around with different non-profits and local youth organizations to start that PG 26 | AUG 2018
snowball rolling as well. The Junior Forest Wardens in Innisfail were delighted and quite excited to be involved in this project.? Setting up room and board for these birds and animals means eventually word will get around in the critter community. ?We?re hoping different species (will show up)" said Mary Klassen, Innisfail Golf Club horticulturalist. "We have a lot of birds here and we?re hoping we?ll get new species. For instance, we just put up the purple martin birdhouse because we don?t have purple martins and we?ll see if we can attract some.? ?It?s something new and I?m learning from Ducks Unlimited as well,?she said. ?What we want to show people is that you can still be a well-manicured golf course, you can still have wildlife habitats and the golfers are not affected.?
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Greywolf : W here Balls Seem To Hang Forever Pi ct ur e a w ell-st r uck t ee shot soar i n g hi gh agai n st t he br i ght blue sky, t hen plum m et i n g back t o ear t h agai n st t he m ajest y of a t r ee can opi ed m oun t ai n si de. That 's golf at t he Doug Car r i ck desi gn ed Gr eyw olf i n Pan or am a, BC.
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Dane Thorogood, general manager of Totem Golf, the course ownership group explains that any challenge is more perception than reality.
player himself, said there aren't any tricks out here on Greywolf. You simply have to play to your strength, and from the right tee, to enjoy what this scenic track has to offer. Still The reward for hanging tough even he gets excited when is what follows - the scenario thinking about those tee shots you pictured in the first paragraph, time and time again. that seem to hang forever. ?I think that?s our biggest And three holes later you will asset? I think it?s just as nice to be on the tee of one of Canada's most recognized and see your ball go up against the mountain in the background as most photographed holes, a backdrop and see where it "Clliffhanger." falls. It?s the anticipation of At 155-yards from the Blue where it?s going to fall. It looks deck, this test doesn?t appear like you?re hitting it right into that stern ? at least on paper. the middle of the mountain!? It?s not quite all carry across a Still no matter where your ball massive canyon but when you ends up - in a hoped-for locale step up to the plate to take your initial swipe, it may as well or not - this is one of those places when you put the be because that craggy finishing touches on No.18 you precipice is all your eyes want want to go play it again to look at. Again, the green and again. here is huge but at the same time it?s well protected by For more on the Greywolf Golf bunkers in front where a sand Course, go to their website at shot is much better than greywolfgolf.com or call them re-teeing. for a tee time at 1-888-473-9965. Thorogood, who is a strong PG 30 | AUG 2018
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AT B.C. W OM EN'S A M ATEUR
PARSONS COMPLETES CONVINCINGWIN Now That She's Got Her Hands On The Flumerfelt Trophy As The B.C. Women's Amateur Presented By Maui Jim Champion, The 19 year old Delta Resident Now Turns Her Attention To The Canadian Women?s Amat eur Later This Week At Marine Drive Golf Club In Vancouver.
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It wasn?t until Mary Parsons clutched the Flumerfelt Cup as B.C. Women?s Amat eur champion that the significance of what she had accomplished really began to sink in. ?I saw a few of the names and I was just thinking like those are some pretty amazing players and to have my name on it with them means a lot,?Parsons said after her convincing win at Golden Golf Club. Actually, convincing doesn?t begin to describe it. The talented 19-year-old from Delt a steamrolled the rest of the field and won by 11 shots. It is the second provincial title for Parsons, who captured the B.C. Junior Girls Champ'ship two years ago at Big Sky Golf Club in Pembert on. Parsons gave back a couple of shots to the field in Friday?s final round. Of course, she had lots to play with. She began the final round with a 13-shot cushion. Parsons fired a steady one-over 73 to finish the PG 34 | AUG 2018
72-hole event at one-under par. She acknowledged it felt a little weird to be playing the final round with such a big lead.
"I saw a few of the names and I was just thinking like those are some pretty amazing players and to have my name on it with them means a lot." - Mary Parsons ?I don?t know how to describe it because I knew I had a big enough lead that if something happened I would probably still be fine,?Parsons said. ?But I still wanted to put up a good number.
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BIRDIES FLY The inaugural Let hbridge Paradise Canyon Open on the Mackenzie Tour-PGA Tour Canada circuit turned into a birdie-fest. Riley W heeldon of Comox shot 14-under and finished tied for 29th. It took six-under to make the 36-hole cut. T.T. Crouch of Mt . Vernon, Oh., beat Chris W illiams of Moscow, Id., and Zach W right of Bat on Rouge, La., on the second-hole of a sudden death playoff to win the $36,000 top prize in the $200,000 event. The trio had finished at 23-under par. Taylor Pendrit h of Richmond Hill, Ont ., was the low Canadian. He finished at 16-under par. PG 38 | AUG 2018
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BC Golf Industry INDUSTRY Association Meets New Group Of MLAs IM AGE CO URTESY: W CTA
AGA-BCrepresentativesmeet withRavi Kahlon,ParliamentarySecretaryfor Sport andMulticulturalismat the4thinstalment of theBCGolf Industry AwarenessDayinVictoriaover thepast 6years. Left toright isMikeWhalen, CanadianSocietyof ClubManagers?BCChapter,Trevor Smith,AGA-BC President,Ravi Kahlon,WCTAExecutiveDirector JerryRousseauandTrisha Larsen,BCGolf MarketingAlliance. Click HERE To Read The Full Article PG 40 | AUG 2018
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Fort McMurray Grounds Guru Off To Ryder Cup Many apply but few MILE
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are chosen. As it turns out, Jeff Hacior was one of those chosen few. Hacior, the superintendent of the Fort McMurray Golf Club, has been named as one of the North American grass groomers for the 2018 edition of the Ryder Cup. and is the only Canadian involved in the event. In all, there were 374 members of the Golf Course Superintendents? Association of America eligible for the selection process based on membership status and work experience with 10 chosen. The honour comes on the heels of the devastating wildfire that destroyed much of his PG 42 | AUG 2018
Jeff Hacior, The Superintendent At The Fort McMurray Golf Club, Was The Only Canadian Selected To Join The North American GroundsCrew For The 2018 Ryder Cup To Be Held In Paris, France. hometown two years ago, including damaging buildings on his golf course. Now though, Hacior gets the chance to work alongside some of the best turf CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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tenders in the world for the popular event.
superintendents being selected from the GCSAA and (another 10) the European Golf Hacior said his desire to take Superintendents?Association. part grew after attending the They had a questionnaire to fill Ryder Cup in 2015 at Hazeltine. There he toured the out so I filled it out, and ended course and saw for himself how up being one of the lucky chosen.? important the maintenance staff is to such an event, where Hacior noted there wasn?t any 36 holes a day are played. real criteria a wanna-be had to While there, he got a first-hand meet to be in the running. look-see at what was being Rather, it was a series of five done in preparation for the general questions about his world?s top players. home track. ?The biggest question they asked was why ?It wasn?t necessarily volunteering (as the reason for you wanted to go.? going in 2015) but the superintendent did such a great job of letting everyone in on the goings-on of such a big tournament. I thought what a cool way to be involved.? Even though he hadn?t really considered being a hands-on guy at one of these birdie hunting spectaculars, Hacior said he noticed in a GCSAA newsletter about the opportunity to take part. ?It was an offering of 10 PG 44 | AUG 2018
?The Ryder Cup only happens once every two years, so to be named as part of the team is the opportunity of a lifetime. After all our course has been through since 2016, with the
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USGA An d R&A Rel ease Di st an ce St udy V IA PRESS RELEA SE
The R&A and the USGA completed their annual review of driving distance in golf, producing a research report that documents and evaluates some significant findings from the 2017 season. Introduced in 2015, the annual report examines driving distance data from seven of the major worldwide professional golf tours, based on nearly 300,000 drives per year. The data from studies of male and female amateur golfers is also included. The 2015 and 2016 editions of the distance report presented the increases in driving distance since 2003 as a slow PG 46 | AUG 2018
The average distance gain across the seven worldwide tours was more than three yards since 2016.
creep of around 0.2 yards per year. The 2017 data shows a deviation from this trend. The average distance gain across the seven worldwide tours was more than three yards since 2016. As noted in previous annual reports, variability in driving distance of four or more yards from season to season on any one tour is not uncommon. However, this level of increase CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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across so many tours in a single season is unusual and concerning and requires closer inspection and monitoring to fully understand the causes and effects. As the review of this issue progresses, The R&A and the USGA remain committed to the spirit of the 2002 Joint Statement of Principles which recognize that distance impacts many aspects of golf and that any further significant increases in hitting distances at the highest level are undesirable. Increases in distance can contribute to demands for longer, tougher and more resource-intensive golf courses at all levels of the game. These trends can impact the costs to operate golf courses and put additional pressures on golf courses in their local environmental landscape. For More visit randa.org or usga.org PG 48 | AUG 2018
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RESULTS
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CRISOLOGOWINS THAT ELUSIVEB.C AMATEURCHAMPIONSHIP His last win had come some 11,000 kilometres from home and was beginning to feel like a lifetime ago. Actually, it had only been seven months since Chris Crisologo travelled to Buenos Aires, Argentina and won the South American Amateur Championship. That was a huge win for the talented 22-year-old from Richmond, but so was the one he earned at Rivershore Golf Links in Kamloops. In a way, it might even be bigger for Crisologo, a young man who is proud of his British Columbia PG 50 | AUG 2018
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roots and was absolutely delighted to hoist the Bostock Trophy as the 2018 winner of the B.C. Amat eur Championship. ?It is good to finally get one of these provincial championships,? a relieved Crisologo said. ?It has been a long battle. I just feel fortunate to have pulled through today.? Crisologo shot a tidy, three-under par 69 to beat Kaleb Gorbahn of Smithers by two shots and win the 116th playing of the B.C. Amateur. Crisologo, a CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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member of Canada?s National Amateur Team, finished with a 72-hole total of 12-under par. The Marine Drive member had come to Rivershore not feeling that great about his game. He had disappointing results during a four-week overseas trip to Scotland, Ireland and the Netherlands and certainly wasn?t oozing with confidence when play began on Tuesday. ?Obviously my game wasn?t up to par coming into this, so there weren?t many expectations,?he said. ?The last two wins have been like that. In Argentina there weren?t too many expectations and same with here.? One of the first people to congratulate Crisologo was Marine Drive legend Doug Roxburgh, who a couple of hours earlier had finished playing in his 52nd straight B.C. Amateur. Roxburgh, who continues to defy Father Time, shot an even-par 72 on Friday and finished tied for 27th place at six-over par. Crisologo said the support of Roxburgh and everyone at PG 51 | AUG 2018
Marine Drive has meant more than words can say. ?It is amazing seeing someone like Doug out here making cuts and still playing really good golf,? Crisologo said. ?It is an inspiration for us. It means the world to me. Obviously, we have so much support from Marine Drive. We have so many talented players at Marine. These guys push me every day.? Crisologo recently completed a stellar collegiate career at Simon Fraser University and has a busy summer schedule that includes the Pacific Coast Amateur at the Olympic Club in San Francisco later this month and next month?s Canadian Amateur Championship at Duncan Meadows and Pheasant Glen golf courses on Vancouver Island. Crisologo will be joined on the B.C. Team at the Canadian Amateur by Gorbahn and Victoria?s Kevin Carrigan, who finished third at nine-under par. Click HERE for complete story.
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For A Select Few Glencoe Invitational Is A Great Event 2018 Glencoe Invitational Top 10 Players (L to R): Kai Iguchi, Dylan MacQueen, Scott Kerr, Calvin Ross, Etienne Papineau (Champion), Brendan MacDougall, Jared Nicolls, Travis Fredborg, Jeevan Sihota; not pictured Blair Bursey
Seen as one of the finest club- hosted tournaments in the country, those hoping to tee it up at the annual Glencoe Invitational must have a Glencoe?s head pro, Judy very solid resume. Forschner, confirms there are Past winners - guys like Graham DeLaet and Mackenzie Hughes who now reside on the PGA TOUR - bear that out. PG 56 | AUG 2018
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also two tourney qualifiers that are held, one for club members and another for players-at-large who feel they can measure up. From those two events eight players are chosen and they join players who sit in the top 50 of Golf Canada?s Order of Merit, provincial champions, Willingdon Cup team members, members of Canada?s national team and recommendations from other clubs."
fairways. To play in the event, where he was tied for the lead last year before falling to eventual champ Pryce Beshoory, is a childhood dream come true. This year, coming off his second straight PGA of Alberta Match Play Championship, McDougall had high hopes of taking that step up to the champion?s chair. He would end up finishing 7th bouncing back from an opening 7-over 79 to be one of only two players to shoot under par in the final round. ?You need confidence here. It?s huge,?he said about playing the Forest, a track that is firm and fast.
One local who did get the opportunity to compete this was Brendan McDougall, who attends school in North Carolina. He is familiar with the For more visit Glencoe having grown up on its glencoeinvitational.com
First timers Celebrating TheCompetition in 2018 PG 58 | AUG 2018
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Af t er r ecor di n g an ace at hi s hom e club i n Edm on t on , John McCut cheon kn ew he?d be shoulder i n g t he bar bi ll f or hi s f eat , so he f i gur ed he m ay as w ell m ake i t w or t hw hi le.
Two Swings Equal A Big Bar Bill For Edmonton Golfer So that?s what he did. In recording back-to-back aces on consecutive par-3 holes, McCut cheon, an 11-handicap who plays out of the Derrick Golf and Winter Club, beat the PG 60| AUG 2018
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Howard Jespersen, who wasn?t playing but was keeping score. While his foursome were making their way up and down the final few fairways,
?I personally don?t think of holes-in-one every time I step up to a par-3 but I?d like to be on the green.?
and whoever happened to be lucky enough to be around the Spike Bar to some liquid refreshment McCutcheon explained, ?It?amazing what a knowledgeable group of golfers there are at The Derrick. After all the congratulations, it was, ?That?s two drinks, right??
Despite some hole-in-one insurance help through the McCutcheon?s wife, Bernadine, club, McCutcheon still had to chip in over $900 to clear ?his? who until this day led the tab on this day but it?s money household battle of aces 3-1, to him that was well spent in had notified a number of reliving an accomplishment friends about his first ace and they were gathering at the club that few golfers worldwide can claim to have achieved. to help the man of the hour celebrate. The Derrick?s head professional, Trevor Goplin, wasn?t sure if this was the first time one player had recorded a pair of aces in the same round at the course but was still enthusiastic in his praise, ?It?s exciting for sure. Very cool!? Asked about treating his pals
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?The chances of it ever happening again are slim to none, so it was fun to spend everything at once and be done with it?
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USGA FUNDS Resear ch That Hel ps 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 64 | 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. Visit usga.org for the full story
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Roxbur gh & Other s See Ri ver shor e Gol f Li nk s As A Rober t Tr ent Jones Sr . Cl assi c Doug Roxburgh, not given to hyperbole, is effusive in his praise of Rivershore, site of the 2018 B.C. Amateur Championship. ?I love this golf course,? Roxburgh says. ?For me, it is one of the top three in the province with Capilano and (Royal) Colwood. I really like the variety of holes, the water, the sand. It is a really PG 66 | AUG 2018
good test of golf. And it?s totally fair.? That is high praise indeed from one of the most respected and accomplished individuals in Canadian golf. Rivershore, located about 20 minutes east of downtown Kamloops, sits between sagebrush-covered hills and the South Thompson River. It opened in the late 1970s and is one of only a handful of CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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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. PG 68 | AUG 2018
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. They are not just there for aesthetics.?
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"I wear two pairs of pants while golfing... In case I get a hole in one." A very funny post to instagram by @randiwardle while enjoying a round at spectacular Canmore Golf & Curling Club earlier this year. PG 70 | AUG 2018
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Toward the end of the round I started to get a little shaky with my driver and hit a couple of wild tee shots, but I made some birdies at the end.? Parsons birdied two of her last three holes -- including one on the 18th green -- to win the championship in style. Port Alberni?s Christ ina Prot eau, a three-time B.C. Women?s Amateur champion, finished alone in second place at 10-over par after closing with a solid one-under par 71.
July 24-27 at Marine Drive Golf Club in Vancouver. Vict oria?s Naomi Ko, who was competing in the Nort h & Sout h Amat eur tourney in Nort h Carolina, had been awarded an exemption onto the team.
?I knew pretty early in the week that Mary was not going to blow up, nor do you want her to,?Proteau said. ?It was different playing in the final group without a chance to win. But we had something else to focus on. It still feels very That second-place finish had rewarding. There were a significance as it allowed couple of really strong players Proteau to make the three-woman B.C. Team for the in Hannah Lee and Kat hrine Chan. I knew it wasn?t going to Canadian Women?s Amat eur be shoot a 74 and make the Championship, which goes team.?
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Lee and Chan finished tied for third at 12-over par. Lee, from Surrey, fired a 73 on Friday, while Chan, from Richmond, carded a 72. ?I am excited,? Proteau said. ?I haven?t played Marine Drive before, but have heard lots of great things about it. I was already exempt into the event, but now I definitely feel like I earned my spot and I am very excited to play.? Both Proteau and Parsons know the Canadian Amateur will be a tough test. ?I am really looking forward to the rest of my summer,?said Parsons. ?There?s the Canadian Amateur and I am excited about spending the rest of the summer in Vancouver before heading back to school. I am anxious to get out to Marine Drive, play some practice rounds and try to get a good feel for the course.? Parsons is heading into her sophomore year at the University of Indiana. Click HERE for final scoring
from the B.C. Women's Amat eur Present ed By Maui Jim Championship.
"I am excited about spending the rest of the summer in Vancouver before heading back to school. I am anxious to get out to Marine Drive, play some practice rounds and try to get a good feel for the course." - Mary Parsons CHIP SHOTS: A two-woman, best-ball competition washeld in conjunction with the Women?s Amateur. Lee and Chan won with a 72-hole score of 10-under par. That wasthree shotsbetter than Parsonsand her partner Jaya Rampuri of Coquitlam. . .The 2019 B.C. Women?sAmateur Championship will be held at Nanaimo Golf Club.
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rebuild of our clubhouse and returning the course to the shape it was in before the Horse River wildfire, this is such incredibly good news for me and for the Fort McMurray Golf Club.?
"After all our course has been through since 2016, with the rebuild of our clubhouse and returning the course to the shape it was in before the Horse River wildfire, this is such incredibly good news for me and for the Fort McMurray Golf Club." - Jeff Hacior, Fort McMurray GC
but busy, tenure in France. ?It?s a pretty cool stage. You?ll never find a better place to find all that information in one place.? As of right now, he doesn?t know what his duties will be at the Ryder Cup. Responsibilities will likely be assigned closer to the actual date and it?s very likely that each grass guru will handle different duties over the course of the event. ?All I know is I have to get to New York on a certain date and from there, I?ll just follow along with what the itinerary calls for.? Hacior also isn?t sure of how much of the golf he?ll get to see, or what sort of hours he?ll be expected to be on the job. It is likely he?ll get so see some of the action, but again, that?s up in the air until he gets there.
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starting. Because it?s 36 holes (a day) I know they prep it two or three times a day. Again before the second round goes out and then again in the evening once the play?s over.? As for his takeaway, Hacior seems quite happy to take what comes his way, sort of like the invite to head to Paris. ?I just want to take away a great experience. Some knowledge that I can use for the rest of my career, whether it?s in Fort McMurray or wherever. Just the experience in general, just being part of the tournament is an amazing feeling. This is on a higher level than what I?ve experienced in the past.?
lottery but without the big financial payday.
"I?m shocked at even being selected. After I filled it out, I never once thought that anything would happen so it?s truly amazing. I?m honoured. Excited. It?s once in a lifetime" But then again, the pay Hacior receives in knowledge and experience that will be, as they say, priceless. The 2018 Ryder Cup will be held in Continental Europe for only the second time in its history. Le Golf National in Paris, France will be hosting the biennial match on its spectacular L'Albatros course, from Sept. 25-30.
About being one of the ?chosen few,?Hacior noted, ?I?m honoured. I?m shocked at even being selected. After I filled it out, I never once thought that anything would happen so it?s For full story CLICK HERE truly amazing. I?m honoured. Excited. It?s once in a lifetime,? which is sort of like winning the
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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. For more information visit rivershoregolflinks.com.
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