Austin Krahn’s Miracle Par On 72nd Hole Wins 123rd B.C. Amateur Championship

KIMBERLEY — All Austin Krahn needed to win the 123rd playing of the B.C. Amateur Championship was a routine par on the 18th hole at Bootleg Gap. He got that par, but it was anything but routine. It was more like a miracle. It came after the...

Seen & Heard At Bootleg Gap

Notes and stories from the Championship compiled by BC Golf Staff... INSTAGRAM POST GETS 5K VIEWS — A post that shows four players challenging Bootleg's tenth hole has been seen more than 5000 times. The "Play a Hole With Me – BC Amateur Edition "...

B.C. Amateur 3rd Round Notes

Maguire Lines savours his first ace; Maxim McKenzie has seven-birdie front nine; Andrew Rouble eagles the par 4 ninth KIMBERLEY — When Maguire Lines finally got his long-awaited first hole-in-one in Thursday’s third round of the B.C. Amateur...

Christina Lake's Austin Krahn Takes A One-Shot Lead Into The Final Round Of The B.C. Amateur

KIMBERLEY — For the past two weeks, Austin Krahn has played a game of ‘catch me if you can’ with his fellow competitors. No one caught him last week when the 17-year-old from Chrtistina Lake went wire-to-wire to win his second straight B.C. Junior...

Morgan Creek Gears Up For Historic PGA TOUR Americas Finale

(excerpted from TSN.ca, PGA TOUR Media, Peace Arch News, Fortinet Cup Championship website) SURREY- PGA TOUR Americas has officially confirmed that Morgan Creek Golf Course in Surrey will host the 2025 Fortinet Cup Championship from September...

Women’s Golf Celebration & She Plays Golf Festival Empowers B.C. Participants

RICHMOND, June 7, 2025 — The Lower Mainland welcomed a wave of new players and familiar faces to the game of golf as the Women’s Golf Celebration, hosted by the PGA of British Columbia in partnership with adidas Golf Canada, wrapped up a successful...

SFU Golfer Justin Bjornson Swings Into the Spotlight in Owen Wilson’s New TV Series

BURNABY, BC — Simon Fraser University golfer Justin Bjornson has made a name for himself on the fairways, but this summer, he’s found an entirely new audience — on the small screen. Bjornson is the swing double for the lead character in Stick, a...

Noah Reddicopp, Austin Krahn Share 36-hole Lead At B.C. Amateur Championship

KIMBERLEY — Noah Reddicopp knows it’s not customary for a 15-year-old to have a share of the B.C. Amateur Championship lead through two rounds. And the Abbotsford native also knows some might be inclined to write him off as a two-round wonder who...

The Reddicopps Make B.C. Amateur Championship A Family Affair

KIMBERLEY — Most of the time Dean Reddicopp spends on the golf course these days is to watch his two sons play competitive junior golf. This week is different. All three of the Reddicopps — Dean, 16-year-old Isaiah and 15-year-old Noah — are...

Austin Krahn And Noah Reddicopp Tied At The Top After One Round At BC Amateur

(KIMBERLEY) - It’s the B.C. Amateur, not the B.C. Junior, but nothing has changed. Everyone is still chasing Austin Krahn. Well, almost everyone. Just days after his impressive win at last week’s B.C. Junior Boys Championship, the 17-year-old...

Family-Friendly Approach Has Business Booming At Bootleg Gap

(Kimberley, BC) - The deal closed in February of 2021 and Harold Simkins and his son Trevor, both seasoned golf industry veterans, were suddenly golf course owners. That acquisition of Bootleg Gap brought with it incredible excitement and...

Austin Krahn Wins Back-to-Back B.C. Junior Boys Titles With 3-Shot Triumph At Quilchena

Austin Krahn started the final round of the B.C. Junior Boys Championship with a three-shot lead and that is exactly the way it ended at Quilchena Golf & Country Club in Richmond. That makes it sound like a routine victory for the 17-year-old...

Stroke Survivor Brad Thomas Returns To The Game He Loves And Calls His Therapy

Recently British Columbia Golf Writer Brad Ziemer, already a Golf Canada Distinguished Service Award recipient, received another accolade with an award from the Golf Journalists Association of Canada for his feature story June 13, 2023 on stroke...

Two From BC Just Miss PGA Tour Americas Cards

A pair of British Columbians came close but missed out on earning exempt status at last week’s PGA Tour Americas qualifying school in Prince Edward Island. That means Kimberley’s Jared du Toit and Chris Crisologo of Richmond will be on the outside...

Amazing Stories From Past B.C. Junior Boys' Championships

The B.C. Junior Boys Championship is being played this week at Quilchena Golf & Country Club in Richmond. The tournament has a rich history that includes some notable past winners. Here are our choices for the best stories... Fred Couples won...

Ziemer's BCers Around The World - July 7th, 2025

Jeevan Sihota, Gavyn Knight second at Mickelson National Invitational; Langley’s Erin Lee qualifies for U.S. Women’s Amateur; Eli Greene new golf coach at University of the Fraser Valley 

Zhehui Yu’s Dream Comes True With Impressive Win At B.C. Junior Girls Championship

Zhehui Yu did not save her best for last, but it didn’t matter. The 17-year-old Burnaby resident still won the B.C. Junior Girls Championship at Gorge Vale Golf Club in Victoria by 13 shots.  “I dreamed of this moment, I’m not sure what else to...

Burnaby’s Zhehui Yu Continues To Dominate B.C. Junior Girls Championship

(VICTORIA, B.C.) - Zhehui Yu’s expectations were not exactly sky-high as she came to Victoria’s Gorge Vale Golf Club for the B.C. Junior Girls Championship. “I am a bit of a pessimistic person when it comes to my golf, so I think I came here with...

Phyllis Laschuk, Dave Mick, Bryn Parry & Kris Jonasson To Be Inducted Into B.C. Golf Hall of Fame

When Phyllis Laschuk left the family farm in Smoky Lake, Alta., at the age of 17 and headed west to Vancouver, she never would have imagined that one day she would be inducted into the British Columbia Golf Hall of Fame. After all, it was more...

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