10. 13-Year Old Michelle Liu Becomes Youngest W inner Of B.C. Women?s Amat eur Championship
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As part of the safety protocols for the recent BC Women's Am/Mid-Am & Senior Championships at Campbell River G&CC, all contestants were supplied with hand sanitizer at registration. INSIDE GOLF
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UBC, UVic, UFV And UBC-Okanagan Planning A Made-in-B.C. Fall Golf Series Four B.C. universitiesare planning a seriesof tournamentsthroughout the province thisfall as a way of salvaging some semblance of a collegiate golf season. University of British Columbia coach Chris Macdonald came up with the idea when histeam?sspring season ended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. INSIDE GOLF
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"CAMPBELL RIVER -- The way it normally works is that a young player wins the B.C. Bantam Girls title and then a few years later contends and maybe even wins the B.C. Women?s Amateur Championship. Michelle Liu had a different approach. The 13-year-old from Vancouver won both titles in a matter of eight days."
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Canada?slargest golf community isabout to become more connected with the launch of the new Golf Canada app.The user-friendly app launched August 5 isnow available to all golfersnationwide. INSIDE GOLF
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Sam Horsfield overcame Thomas Detry in a thrilling final day battle to win his first European Tour title at the 2020 Hero Open. The Englishman entered round four at Forest of Arden Marriott Hotel & Country Club with a one shot lead and sat atop the leaderboard almost all day until Detry passed him with a birdie on the 17th. INSIDE GOLF
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White Wins Founders Tribute In Symetra Tour Event Sarah White (Grand Rapids, Michigan) provided plenty of fireworksat Longbow Golf Club including a walk-off birdie on No. 18 to win the inaugural FoundersTribute in her Symetra Tour debut. She earned a spot in the field asa Women?s All Pro Tour (WAPT) exemption and creditsWAPT for preparing her for this exact moment. INSIDE GOLF
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Stacy Lewis Wins Ladies Scottish Open In 4-Way Playoff NORTH BERWICK, Scotland ? Stacy Lewiswon the LadiesScottish Open with a 23-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff, giving the American her first title in nearly three yearsand a confidence boost ahead of the Women?sBritish Open. INSIDE GOLF
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The well muscled DeChambeau says he wants to live past 130+ in an interview with GQ magazine. "... my goal is to live to 130 or 140. I really think that's possible now with today's technology. I think somebody?s going to do it in the next 30 or 40 years." INSIDE GOLF
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U.S. Open W it hout Qualifying Now W ill Be Played W it hout Fans Now it comes down to the Masters to determine if any of golf ?s majors will have fans this year. A week before the PGA Championship began without spectators, the U.S. Open announced it would not have fans Sept. 17-20 at Winged Foot in New York because of health and safety concerns from the COVID-19 pandemic. INSIDE GOLF
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Golf Canada Launches COVID-19 Golf Relief Fund Golf Canada and the Golf Canada Foundation have joined together to launch the COVID-19 GOLF RELIEF FUND, to support golf coursesin helping employeesand golfersstay safe while also thanking front-line workersthrough encouraging additional play and welcoming juniorsto further experience the game. INSIDE GOLF
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Golf Canada Part ners W it h First Tee To Est ablish First Tee ? Canada Golf Canada and First Tee announced on August 10th a new partnership to launch First Tee ? Canada. The partnership will bring First Tee?syouth development emphasisto strengthen Golf Canada?sjunior golf activities. INSIDE GOLF
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Signature Holes At Whistler?s Golf Courses Although no hole isan island, sometimesone stands out. Maybe because of itsjaw-dropping scenery, the need for a strategy before you swing and something memorable about it that stayswith you well after you?ve left the green. In Whistler, the task of picking a signature hole must have been quite hard for the golf coursesgiven the dramatic mountain scenery, pristine glacier-fed lakesand the odd bear wandering majestically acrosstheir lawns. That?swhy we asked them to tell usabout their signature holesand personal favourites. INSIDE GOLF
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Canada Life Series An Opportunity To Boost Canadian Content On Mackenzie Tour The PGA TOUR currently haslotsof it. The Mackenzie Tour could use more of it. The four-event Canada Life Series, which began last week at Bear Mountain near Victoria, isdesigned in part to give Canadians accessto the Mackenzie Tour-PGA Tour Canada circuit. INSIDE GOLF
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Former Mackenzie Tour Players Step Up To Support Canadian Life Series With the Canada Life Seriestaking place in Langford, British Columbia and Caledon, ON, a consortium of PGA TOUR players ? past and present ? have provided even more incentive for players to play well during the four-tournament Series. INSIDE GOLF
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BC Golf Hall of Famers Phil & Pat t y Jonas Moving To Saskat chewan Taking a page from Burton Cummings and the Guess Who, Phil and Patty Jonas are Runnin' Back To Saskatoon.The two B.C. Golf Hall of Fame members are taking lots of great British Columbia memories with them as they begin the next chapter of their golfing lives on the Prairie INSIDE GOLF
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Canada?slargest golf community isabout to become more connected with the launch of the new Golf Canada app.The user-friendly app launched August 5 isnow available to all golfersnationwide. INSIDE GOLF
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Golf Canada And PGA Of Canada Announce Women In Coaching Program Thisyear hasbeen a unique one ? to say the least ? but a big positive that?scome from the lengthy break from event-planning hasseen Golf Canada accelerate meaningful initiativesthat will benefit the future of the sport. The Golf Canada Women in Coaching Program isone of those initiatives. INSIDE GOLF
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Tristan Mandur Completes The B.C. Double By Winning 118th B.C. Amateur Championship INSIDE GOLF
Tristan Mandur hashad the goal since winning the B.C. Junior Boystitle back in 2016. The 21-year-old from Duncan wanted the ?B.C. double,?meaning he waslooking to add a B.C. Amateur Championship title to hiscollection. Mission accomplished. INSIDE GOLF
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Video: Two-Year Old Canadian Wins Best PeeWee Golf Swing In The World Jack Cantin of Sudbury, Ont., at 25 monthsof age, finished first in the under-3 category in the Little LinkstersBest Peewee Swing Contest recently. Participantssend in a video and are judged in the Florida-based contest by such golf luminariesasJack Nicklaus, Jordan Spieth and Annika Sorenstam. Watch asSudbury.com met up with Jack and his parentsat Idylwylde Golf & Country Club. INSIDE GOLF
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Wong Bomb In advance of this week'sVancouver Open being held at the 3 City of Vancouver Municipal GC's, a media day washeld at Langara Golf Course. Richmond's Christine Wong hit thistee shot on the 13th hole to within 15 feet of the hole...292 yards away. Her back 9 score of 30 included 6 birdiesen route to a total score of 65. INSIDE GOLF
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