• Video: Fred Astaire Dancing & Playing Golf

    In this video the late Fred Astaire, one of Hollywood's most talented dancers of all time, makes the game of golf...while dancing up a storm...look very easy.

    Maybe not at PGA TOUR level, but you can see the great man could play and had a low handicap of 10.

    Astaire wanted to incorporate golf into a dance routine. "Fooling around at Bel-Air one day," he recalled, "I did a few impromptu rhythm steps just before hitting one off the tee, and was surprised to find that I could really connect that way."

    So, maybe the game isn't so difficult after all. It's all about the footwork...

     

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  • How Far Do You Hit Your 7-iron? The Answer Will Tell You Which Tees To Play

    Playing golf from the appropriate set of tees is a great way to derive a lot more enjoyment from the game.

    At the same time, how do we really know how to determine credibly what those tees should be for each of us?

  • Know Your Rules: Tom & Chip Rules Cartoons

    Whether you are a 'seasoned veteran' or relatively new to the game, all golfers know that the pursuit of the little white ball around some not-always-fully-cooperative landscape lends itself to the most diversified rules book in sport. 

    The rules of golf were originally intended to be simple and straightforward...and with only 13 of them to start off with, for all intents and purposes they were. Of course as time went on and the influence of mother nature became more and more apparent with respect to the eventual resting places that a golf ball would find, more additions to and interpretations of the rules became necessary. 

    As a way of helping us learn, re-learn or remember the rules of golf, we are pleased to present 'Golf Rules Cartoons with Tom & Chip'. In 80 cartoons, all the official rules from 1-24 are explained in an amusing and easy-to-understand way.

    Do you know the answer to the Rules Question Below? 

  • Women's Tournament Schedule

    Sun Peaks Resort GC, Site Of The 2024 BC Senior Women's Championships - Image Credit KJ Miller Media

    To have your event added, please email details to Jerome Goddard at jerome@britishcolumbiagolf.org

    Contact the club or the zone to find out more information. 

    • Zone 1 Women's Fixtures for 2024 will be available here in early 2024
    • Zone 2 Women's Fixtures for 2024 will be available here in early 2024
    • Zone 3/4 Women's Fixtures for 2024 will be available here in early 2024
    • Zone 5 Women's Fixtures for 2024 will be available here in early 2024
    • Zone 6 Women's Fixtures for 2024 will be available here in early 2024

    To view association schedules, please visit the following links:

    BRITISH COLUMBIA GOLF

    GOLF CANADA

    PNGA

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  • Men's Tournament Schedule

                           Golden GC, Site Of The 2024 BC Men's Mid-Amateur - Image Courtesy Facility

     

    To have your event added, please email details to Jerome Goddard at jerome@britishcolumbiagolf.org.

    Contact the club or the zone to find our more information.

    To view association schedules, please visit following links:

    BRITISH COLUMBIA GOLF

    GOLF CANADA

    PNGA

     

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  • Junior Tournament Schedule

        Gallaghers Canyon GC Will Host The 2024 BC Golf Boys & Girls Jr. Championships - Image Courtesy Gallaghers Canyon

    This sheet will be updated as tournaments are confirmed so please check back regularly for tournaments in your area or ones in which you'd like to participate or attend.

    Contact the club or the zone to find out more information.

    To have your event added, please email details to Jerome Goddard at jerome@britishcolumbiagolf.org

    To view zones and association schedules, please visit following links:

    BRITISH COLUMBIA GOLF

    GOLF CANADA

    PNGA

    Canadian Junior Golf Association 

    Maple Leaf Junior Tour

    ZONE 1  ZONE 2   ZONE 3   ZONE 4  ZONE 5 ZONE 6  ZONE 8

  • The R&A and USGA Announce 2023 Rules of Golf Update

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    Via Golf Canada

    The R&A and the USGA have unveiled a regular update to the Rules of Golf as they continue to make the Rules easier to understand and apply. The new Rules went into effect on January 1, 2023.

    The 2023 edition continues the modernization process, with an emphasis on both inclusion and sustainability. For the first time, the modified Rules for players with disabilities have been fully incorporated into the playing rules without the need to adopt a local rule.

  • A Parent's Guide On How To Watch Your Child Compete In Golf

    Photo Courtesy Golf Canada/Youth On Course

    By Brad Ewart

    Casper the friendly ghost would make a good golf parent.

    As an invisible ghost he could always remain out-of-sight and out-of-mind allowing his golfer to play without distraction.

    Often when parents think they are helping or doing what’s best for their player — they are doing the opposite. Negatively getting into their player’s mind and disruptively into their game.

    Perhaps as a parent-spectator you don’t realize that you could adversely affect your golfer and their result. Let’s hope that moving forward you will begin to help and not hinder your player.

  • 9 Tips For Your First Time Golfing

    By John Gordon (Courtesy Golf Canada)

    The game of golf is booming like never before and, if you’re reading this, you likely are one of the thousands who are taking up the game for the first time.

    The allure of golf is obvious: it’s fun exercise, it’s a chance to enjoy the outdoors and it’s very social. Like any sport or recreational pastime, it requires you to learn a bit about the fundamentals and to practise if you want to enjoy the game to its fullest.

    Here are nine tips to help you enjoy the game. (Coincidentally, nine holes is just the right number for beginners.)

  • British Columbia Golf Covid-19 Information

    COVID-19 Resources for the British Columbia Golf Industry

    Please click here for the most recent comprehensive provincial update, as provided December 30th, 2022

    Please Click HERE to see AGA-BC Covid-19 resources page

    AGA-BC Best Practices Manual For BC Golf Operations Amidst COVID-19
    (These were still in effect and current as of February 1, 2022)

    Please click HERE to view Allied Golf Association (AGA) Best Practices Manual For BC Golf Courses.

  • Golf Tips From Paradise With Claude Brousseau

    Three-foot putts shouldn't be complicated, but some golfers put too much pressure on themselves when standing over short putts.

    In this latest Morning Golf Read series from the shores of Maui, Claude Brousseau says to stop thinking of three feet as a "puking zone," and start using this simple mental trick to give yourself a jolt of confidence.

     

  • 10 Ways To Improve Your Golf Game From Home This Off-Season

    With the winter season upon us, not everyone has the ability to get outside to practice and play. And while this break may not be your first choice, there are still things you can do to improve in the off-season.

    GOLF.com Top 100 Teacher Kellie Stenzel shares 10 tips.

    Click here to read the full story...

  • Ideas To Make Your Course More Accessible

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    Written by Leslie Dunning/Courtesy Golf Canada & CSCM

    The Invictus Games, held in Toronto in September 2017, included a golf event hosted by St. George’s Golf Club where spectators were treated to outstanding performances by the athletes. Those of us fortunate enough to attend the event could not help but imagine the opportunities of engaging more people with disabilities in golf.

    “This was the most memorable and inspirational event we have been a part of,” said Jason Clarke, CCM, who was general manager at St. George’s during the Games.

  • New Evidence Indicates Golf Improves Muscle Strength And Balance

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    Written by The R&A/Courtesy Golf Canada

    An international research study backed by The R&A has found new evidence to suggest golf can provide significant health benefits to older participants in the form of improved muscle strength and balance.

    Muscle strength and balance exercises form an important part of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) recommended guidelines to tackle physical inactivity in older people about which little was previously known for golf.

    The Strength and Balance Study, carried out with two sample groups over two years by Professor Maria Stokes OBE at the University of Southampton and Dr George Salem at the University of Southern California (USC), has indicated that older golfers have and develop strength and balance benefits.

  • Women’s Golf Tips: The 2 Keys For A Great Bunker Game

    The truth is, you need two things to be a good greenside bunker player as a woman: sand and speed.

    GOLF.com Top 100 Teacher Kellie Stenzel shares two very important fundamentals to help you to take sand before under and after your golf ball come from your setup.

    Click here to read the full story...

  • Helpful Golf Specific Tips To Work On At Home

    During this time of uncertainty and disruption to our regular routines both at home and in the community, we'd like to make this space available for readers to access the many golf tips on line that can be done away from the golf course or driving range, so either at home or in the back yard. 

    We'll search for informative and hopefully entertaining articles and share the links with you in this section. Check back regularly to see what's been newly posted to help get you ready for when we head back out to the golf course.

  • Video: Callaway 'Wedgeducation' How To Hit The Flop Shot

    Arguably the best wedge designer in history, Roger Cleveland, and PGA TOUR pro Wesley Bryan show you how to hit a flop shot.

    Many golfers would love to hit this shot, watch as Cleveland and Bryan show you it really isn't as difficult as you think...

     

     

  • British Columbia Golf's H2F (Home To Fairway) Program

    Presented By Tyler McKay/British Columbia Golf, Manager - Participation

    The following 7 drills are adapted drills from British Columbia Golf’s Playground 2 Fairways (P2F) school golf program and can easily be done at home.

    In fact, we call this program “Home to Fairway” or H2F. Each drill comes with a written explanation on this page along with a video demonstration which will be linked here next to the explanation.

    There are also written reasons on why each of the skills focused on in these drills will help with golf and other sports.

  • BC Golf's Fitness And Wellness Page

    During this time of uncertainty and disruption to our regular routines both at home and in the community, we'd like to make this space available for readers to access the many fitness tips on line that are useful for golf as well as everyday life. 

    We'll search for informative and hopefully entertaining articles and share the links with you in this section. Check back regularly to see what's been newly posted to help get you ready for when we head back out to the golf course.

  • World Handicap System To Roll Out In 2020

    For Immediate Release

    (4 November 2019, St Andrews, Scotland and Liberty Corner, N.J., USA): The World Handicap System (WHS) is ready to be launched from January 2020 and will provide golfers with a unified and more inclusive handicapping system for the first time.

    Though many countries are planning to adopt the new system in January, the system will go live in other parts of the world throughout the year to accommodate different implementation plans and variations in the golfing calendar.