Local Grizzly Golf Tour Announces New Managing Director And Tournament Operations Manager

For Immediate Release  - January 12, 2018 

Grizzly Golf Tour Bites Into Local Golf Market With Signing Of Managing Director And Tournament Operations Manager                                        

Vancouver, B.C. - The Grizzly Golf Tour [GGT] is proud to announce the signing of PGA of Canada golf professional Brad Ewart as Managing Director and Tournament Operations Manager.

Ewart, 62, brings a wealth of golf and media experience to the Grizzly Golf Tour. A Teaching Professional at Burnaby Mountain Golf Course and Class ‘A’ member of the PGA of Canada,
for the past six years Ewart has served as a Tournament Director for the Canadian Junior Golf Association.

“Our focus at the GTT is to do our part in growing the game of golf in B.C. ” said Ewart. “Affordable and inclusive: if we can maintain that mandate and bring as many new golfers into the game as we can, then we will be doing our job.”

The GGT divisions are new-to-golf Cubs (5-15 years), Juniors (12-18 years), and Adults (all ages). The 2018 schedule will be concentrated in the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley with a plan in the next few years to expand around the province.

“Brad Ewart is a very welcome addition to the Grizzly Golf Tour,” said T.J. Atley, GGT founder and LPGA Teaching Professional. “Brad has been running tournaments for juniors for years and brings unrivalled knowledge as both a golf professional and golf media specialist. We have exciting and long term plans for the Grizzly Golf Tour, and now we can get going.”

The GGT Cubs will compete on pitch & putt par-threes, executive courses, and full-length courses set to a much shorter standard. The Grizzly Golf Junior Tour and Grizzly Golf Adult Tour events will be staged on full-length courses with yardages set to various standards within age divisions. The Cubs and Juniors tournaments are stroke play events; the Grizzly Tour for Adults will use the Stableford or par-points scoring system.

The GGT tournaments, all played under The Rules of Golf, are designed to be competitive for the keen golfer, and a fun recreational pursuit for those new-to-golf or those who want to learn the competitive nature of the game. For many young golfers, the GGT can be the first step towards eventually earning golf scholarships in Canada and USA.

About Grizzly Golf Tour - Grizzly Golf Tour is a golf organization that brings like-minded golfers together with a focus on growing the game of golf as both recreational sport and a competitive game in the province of B.C. ‘Affordable and Inclusive’ is the mantra that organizers of the GGT will follow in an effort to bring young people from every social and economic demographic into the game of golf.

Participation on the Grizzly Golf Tour starts with new-to-golf Grizzly Cubs (5-15 years), Juniors (12-18 years) and Adults. The Grizzly Golf Tournaments will be played according to the Rules of Golf. To produce better golfers (and life-long golfers) organizers place a priority on explaining the rules, etiquette, and pace-of-play to all participants.

Grizzly Golf Tour is fun, positive yet competitive and is available to golfers of all ages. Our vision is to create an opportunity for junior golfers to excel in their strengths on and off the course through their passion for golf. Grizzly Golf Tour Junior results are recorded on Junior Golf Scoreboard earning world ranking points.

Established in 2016, the Grizzly Golf Tour was founded to give golfers of B.C. an opportunity to develop their competitive skills. Grizzly Golf Tour allows B.C. golfers to showcase their talents to Canadian and American golf coaches representing colleges and universities offering golf scholarships.

Grizzly Golf Tour Junior results are sent to a diverse collection of college golf coaches. Over the past 25 years Grizzly Golf Tour’s current management members have assisted in the placement of more than 100 students at post-secondary institutions around North America.

The Grizzly Golf Tour is sanctioned by the B.C. Golf Association.

For More Information Contact:

Brad Ewart
Tournament Operations / Managing Director
Grizzly Golf Tour
Tel: 604.808.4653
Email: brad.ewart@telus.net

Christa Wong
Assistant Tournament Manager
Tel: 604.218.5209