• Talking Rock GC To Host BCG Men's Mid-Am & Mid-Masters Championships

    Talking Rock's Par 3 15th Hole - courtesy Talking Rock GC

     

    by Bryan Outram, Inside Golf

     

    British Columbia Golf opens their 2015 Championship schedule on June 2nd with the Men’s Mid-Amateur and Mid-Master events taking place at the Talking Rock Course at Quaaout Lodge in Chase, B.C.

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  • Langley's Sue Kim Wins On LPGA's Symetra Tour

    LAKE WALES, Florida — Sue Kim of Langley, B.C., made a 25-foot birdie putt on the ninth hole to seize the lead and never looked back as she carded a 2-under 70 on Sunday to win the Florida’s Natural Charity Classic at 5-under 211.

    Kim earned her second career Symetra Tour victory and moved to the top spot on the Volvik Race for the Card money list.

  • British Columbia Golf Honours Titleist Order Of Merit Winners

     Junior Boys Titleist Order Of Merit Award Winner Alex Francois Accepts His Plaque From David Atkinson At The British Columbia Golf AGM

    by Alfie Lau

    Ten amateur golfers were honoured on March 28th with Titleist Order of Merit plaques at the British Columbia Golf Annual General Meeting.

    While only three of them were on hand to receive their plaques in person, that doesn’t diminish the great seasons they had in 2014 on the golf course.

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  • Christina Spence Proteau Carries Canadian Hopes At Pacific Dunes In Bandon

     

    Port Alberni's Christina Spence Proteau Will Proudly Carry The Canadian Hopes At Pacific Dunes In Bandon, Oregon - image credit USGA/Fred Vuich

     

     

    by Alfie Lau, Inside Golf

     

    When 64 two-women teams tee it up from May 9-13 at the inaugural U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship at Pacific Dunes in Bandon, Oregon, there will only be one Canadian, Port Alberni’s Christina Spence Proteau, in the field.

    But if you think that thought scares the 31-year-old, think again.

  • SFU Clan Wins Cal Baptist Invitational

    Kelowna, BC, native John Mlikotic Carded A final Round 68 To Finish One Stroke Behind Individual Winner Kenny You Of Dixie State University

    courtesy Steve Frost - Sports Information Director (sfrost@sfu.ca)

    CORONA, Calif. – Senior captain John Mlikotic fired a final round 68 to finish second overall and three of his teammates finished in the Top 20 to lift Simon Fraser University to its first tournament victory of the season Tuesday, capturing the California Baptist Invitational at Eagle Glen Golf Club.

    It is the Clan’s second tournament victory since joining NCAA Division II in 2010.

  • Herb Paterson Celebration Of Life Fills Capilano

    image courtesy PGA of BC

    by Alfie Lau

    If the measure of a man is the number of people he’s affected in his life, then the outpouring of support for Herb Paterson at his Celebration of Life held Tuesday afternoon at Capilano Golf and Country Club made the statement that Paterson is a beloved figure in the world of golf who will be greatly missed.

  • Cory Renfrew Builds On Phoenix Open Success

    by Alfie Lau, Inside Golf

    What a winter it has been for Cory Renfrew.

    The 28-year-old Victoria native who lives in Scottsdale, Arizona during the winter has made memories – and several big paycheques – while pursuing his golf dreams down south.

  • Surrey B.C.'s Adam Svensson Leaves Barry University, Turns Professional

    image credit SportBox PR

    by Alfie Lau, Inside Golf

    Surrey’s Adam Svensson has left Barry University, turned professional and signed on with SportBox Entertainment Group, which also represents Canadian PGA Tour stalwarts Graham DeLaet, David Hearn, Roger Sloan and Mike Weir.

  • British Columbia Golf Big Winner At 49th Sport BC Athlete Of The Year Awards

    Jordan Lu And Naomi Ko Were Both Winners At The 49th Sport BC Athlete Of The Year Awards

    by Alfie Lau, Inside Golf

    British Columbia Golf had many reasons to be happy at the 49th Athlete of the Year Awards held on March 12 at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver.

    Both Naomi Ko and Jordan Lu were victorious in their categories, being named Female Junior Athlete and Male High School Athlete respectively.

  • Jordan Lu Named Sport BC Male High School Athlete Of The Year

    Jordan Lu (L) Awaits The Announcement Of His Male High School Athlete Of The Year Award As Coach Todd Kuspira (R) Looks On - Image Credit Alfie Lau

    by Alfie Lau, Inside Golf

    The honours keep coming the way of University of Washington Huskies freshman Jordan Lu.

    Lu, the reigning British Columbia Amateur Champion and two-time British Columbia AAA High School Champion, was named Sport BC’s Male High School Athlete of the Year at the March 12 Sport BC Dinner held at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver.

  • Naomi Ko Named Female Junior Athlete Of Year At Sport BC Dinner

    A Smiling Naomi Ko Hears Her Name Called As The Sport BC Junior Female Athlete Of The Year Winner. Her Mother Adriana (R) Heartily Approves - Image Credit Alfie Lau

    by Alfie Lau, Inside Golf


    Naomi Ko of Victoria was a big winner at the Sport BC Dinner on March 12.

    Ko beat out cyclist Maggie Coles-Lyster and swimmer Emily Overholt to win the Junior Female Athlete of the Year Award.

  • SFU Clan Open 2015 With Top-Three Finish At NDNU Invitational

    2014 GNAC Champion Kevin Vigna Leads SFU Through Their First Competition Of 2015, Finishing As The Top GNAC Attendees

    by Jade Richardson, SFU Sports Info Co-Ordinator

    Livermore, CA – The eighth-ranked Simon Fraser University men’s golf team opened their 2015 schedule with a third-place finish at the Notre Dame de Namur Argonaut Invitational Monday and Tuesday at the Poppy Ridge Course in Livermore, CA.

  • The 20 Per Cent Discount For American Golfers

    by Alfie Lau, Inside Golf

    Thousands of American golfers came to the Seattle Golf Show looking for golf bargains and discovered the 20 per cent discount by planning to come to Canada.

    Thousands of American golfers came to the Seattle Golf Show looking for golf bargains, yet only three Canadian exhibitors were astute enough to advertise to this growing segment of customers.

  • The New And The Old At High Performance Camp

    by Alfie Lau, Inside Golf

     Megan Ratcliffe Attended Her First British Columbia Golf High Performance Camp And Made Fast Friends With Many Of The Girls

    Four new participants gave British Columbia Golf’s High Performance Camp a unique and new energy.

    With 13 of 17 young golfers attending their second British Columbia Golf High Performance Camp, there was certainly some overlap in concepts and ideas presented – most notably fitness and nutrition – but it wasn’t just the four new participants that gave the camp a unique and new energy.

  • Five Hopefuls Make Final Push To Make BC Team For Western Canada Summer Games

    by Alfie Lau

    Khan Lee, A.J. Ewart, Hannah Lee, Alisha Lau and Shirin Anjarwalla were attending their second British Columbia Golf High Performance Camp in five months

    For five young British Columbia golfers, it was a chance to show how much their games, attitude and mental games have developed and evolved.

  • British Columbia Golf House: A Museum For The Ages

    By ALfie Lau 

    The BC Golf House, once the former clubhouse of the golf course, has been lovingly transformed into one of the most unique museums in the province.

  • British Columbia Golf House: A Museum For The Ages

    By Alfie Lau - For more than 25 years, the little old building on Blanca Street, just behind the 16th green and beside the 17th tee box on the University Golf Club, has housed more than 200,000 golf artifacts and been one of the best-kept secrets in local sports.

  • Western Canada Summer Games Selection Time Nearing

    by Alfie Lau, Inside Golf

    Time is ticking for the four boys and four girls who will comprise the British Columbia golf team for the Western Canada Summer Games to be held in Wood Buffalo, Alberta this August.