LANGLEY, JULY 13, 2025 — A pair of televised news segments (see below for links) have profiled a policy shift at Green Tee Country Club, when adaptive golfer Dustin Boydell was initially denied the use of a golf cart during a Vancouver Golf Tour event—but later returned for a reconciliatory round with the club’s general manager.
The first Global News segment aired in April 2025 and featured Boydell, a 38-year-old amateur golfer who suffered a spinal cord injury in 2018. Although he has relearned to walk, he remains paralyzed from the knees down and depends on a cart for on-course mobility.
Boydell was scheduled to compete in the championship amateur category of an Vancouver Golf Tour event but when he arrived at Green Tee for the tournament, he was told carts were restricted to paved paths only. Under the club’s long-standing policy designed to protect turf quality, carts were not permitted on fairways. That left Boydell unable to play.
“There had to be a large argument where I felt diminished, less than the average person, and kind of invisible,” Boydell said in the April broadcast.
The story sparked significant public response. Green Tee General Manager John Hua later admitted the situation had been mishandled. “There was a huge misunderstanding,” he said in the second segment that aired in mid July, adding that the club immediately began reviewing its policy.
The second Global News story showed Hua and Boydell reuniting for a friendly round of golf at the same Langley course—this time with carts allowed on the fairways. During the round, Boydell called the experience “a really special day.”
“It really is just about educating people and breaking down barriers,” he told reporter Julia Foy. “I was playing for my Nana and my heritage when I entered that event, and I’m grateful we’ve found a way forward.”
Green Tee Country Club has since updated its accessibility policy to ensure that adaptive golfers requiring cart access to fairways will be accommodated in both regular play and tournaments going forward.
British Columbia Golf has conducted an All-Abilities Championship for the past two years and Boydell has competed in both tournaments. You can find out more about this year's Championship and adaptive golf in general HERE.
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