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When You Can't See The Forest For The Tees Thisvery unusual photo wastaken by Director of Course Operations Scott Reynolds at Charter Oak Country Club in Hudson, MA. Upon stripping the turf on their par 3 3rd tee box during some renovations, they discovered a 'forest' of broken teesstill in the ground from days gone by, pushed up due to frost. ?I wascompletely surprised,?Reynolds told GOLF.com. ?I grew up on a golf course and have been working in the industry for nearly 40 years, and I?ve never seen that before.?

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W ilson Proves He?s Pro Ready While some nerves and trepidation are the expected norm for most young professionals on their first day in a new work environment, that was anything but the case for Cole Wilson. You see, the 20-year-old who was putting peg-in-ground in his initial professional golf tournament showed he?s ready for that level of play, after a tie for first in a Vancouver Golf Tour (VGT) event.

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Four PGA of BC Members Elect ed To Board Of Direct ors The PGA of BC is pleased to present the results of the Association?s 2021 Board of Directors election. Congratulations to each of the Directors-Elect for being named to the board by their peers. Four candidates have been elected to two-year terms based upon the results of membership voting conducted from January 18-25.

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Kevin Thist le, PGA of Canada, On Preparing For All Possibilit ies In 2021 Kevin Thistle, CEO of the PGA of Canada, discusses the year ahead, pointing out that the golf industry has several positives coming into 2021, but needs to be prepared for several possibilities due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Golf Canada CEO Laurence Applebaum Discusses The Year Ahead Golf Canada CEO Laurence Applebaum discusses the year ahead, the 2021 RBC Canadian Open and CP Women?s Open, changes at Golf Canada, retaining the participation the game saw in 2020, and how COVID-19 could affect the golf season.

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Teeing Up 2021: Can Tiger Become The All-Time W ins Leader?

Tiger Woods has been written off numerous times in his career, but now at the age of 45, has the end finally come? TSN golf analyst Bob Weeks shares his thoughts on that, and discusses the chances Tiger finally breaks the PGA TOUR wins record.

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Sun Mount ain Int roduces The First Golf Cart Bag W it h Built -In Speakers New for 2021, Sun Mountain introduces Boom Bag, the first golf cart bag with built-in speakers. Simply connect your mobile device to Boom Bag?s Bluetooth controller and amplify your round. Listen to your favorite play list or follow the game.

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Mackenzie Tour Announces 2021 Qualifying Tournament s The Mackenzie Tour ? PGA TOUR Canada never was able to play any of its 2020 season as complications at the Canada-U.S. border caused by COVID-19 prohibited the Tour from playing its eighth season. Even with that setback, the Mackenzie Tour is preparing for its return to competition in 2021.

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Does A Round Played On A Simulat or Count Toward Your Handicap?

If I play a USGA-rated course on a simulator, following all other rules of golf including putting, is that score eligible to be posted for handicap purposes?

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McCleery's Muncie Boot h Honoured By PGA of Canada For Communit y Work

For the past 21 years, Muncie Booth has run golf camps for inner-city children at McCleery Golf Course in Vancouver. The kids are given some golf instruction, run through a series of fun drills and offered a scrumptious brunch inside McCleery?s clubhouse. They don?t pay a dime to attend the camps, thanks to the efforts of Booth, the longtime head professional at McCleery.

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Mulligan: A St ory Of Hope & Det erminat ion For Golf For The Disabled EDGA (formerly known as the European Disabled Golf Association) have worked hard over the last two years to create this inspiring film. With the valued support of partners, including The R&A and the European Tour, the film tells the stories of six wonderful people who refuse to be defined by their disability.

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Hadwin?s New Foundat ion Focuses On Family Adam Hadwin and his wife Jessica recently celebrated the first birthday of their daughter Maddox, a day in which they reflected on not only the joy she has brought to their lives but the struggle they faced bringing her into the world.

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PGA of BC Names Top 100 Golf Professionals Of 2020

The PGA of BC is proud to acknowledge its Top 100 Golf Professionals of 2020, as determined by the Association?s Professional Development Program presented by Sunice & Bobby Jones.

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Tips From Paradise: How To Drain 3-Foot ers W it h Confidence In the latest in our series from Maui, instructor Claude Brousseau says to stop thinking of 3 feet as a ?puking zone?and use this simple mental trick to give yourself a jolt of confidence.

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W hy Are The Rules Of Golf So Complicat ed?

Because golf takes place in a natural landscape, there is a possibility for a number of different situations to occur during your round. For many, this means the rules book is complex and hard to understand - hopefully this video will explain why the rules of golf are (and have to be) the way they are.

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W hy Tiger Woods?Ex-Caddie St eve W illiams Is The St ar Of The New HBO Document ary

"There?s one big thing missing from HBO?s new documentary on Tiger Woods: Tiger Woods.

The 15-time major champion didn?t sit for an interview or help craft the story for the two-part doc entitled Tiger. But that cleared the stage for a member of Woods? former inner circle to take over: longtime caddie Steve Williams.

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In the second round of the Sony Open, on the 503-yard, par-5 9th at Waialae Country Club, Nick Taylor hit his drive left and off the tall netting that separates the driving range from the hole, and his ball dropped inches outside of out-of-bounds fence posts below. Taylor could not swing righty due to the fence.

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2021 BC Golf Educat ion Summit : Elevat e To The Next Level You are invited to join a webinar, the 2021 BC Golf Education Summit. The 2021 Summit will bring together leaders in golf development, including insights from Adam Hadwin and Nick Taylor, to discuss the pillars of performance along the competitive pathway, centred around this year 's theme of ?Elevate to the Next Level.

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'The Snail' Makes ItsDebut On The PGA TOUR We've seen some very inventive and curiousmethods of putting over the years, but this one by Mark Hubbard hasto be one of the most curious. In the 2nd round of The American Express2021, Hubbard switched his normal putter grip to thisputting style, dubbed 'The Snail' . Watch the complete shot sequence and accompanying analysisby Hubbard here: https://youtu.be/vSd0a2Njftk INSIDE GOLF