• Team BC returns to Portland to defend title at the 46th Hogan Cup

    August 6, 2014
    Morgan Gibbens (British Columbia Golf)

    Richmond, BC (British Columbia Golf) – Team British Columbia is set to return to Portland, Oregon on August 8 – 10, heading Riverside Golf and Country Club to defend the title at the 46th Hogan Cup.

    Under the guidance of coach Todd Spring, a team of four BC junior boys will compete against some of the top juniors from across the western United States in the 36-hole event.

  • Hawaii declared champions at 42nd Junior Americas Cup

    July 31, 2014
    Erin Lennox (CJGA) 

     

    Vancouver, BC Golfers participating in the 42nd Junior America's Cup were faced with sunny skies again at Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club as they entered the third and final round of this year's tournament. The Shaughnessy course really challenged the players each day as they all battled to take home the title. Hawaii team members were able to read the greens and master the course to be declared champions and take home the title.

  • Patrick Murphy fires course record to lead Canadian Junior Boys Championship

    July 29, 2014
    Katrina Owens (Golf Canada)

    Niagara Falls, Ont. (Golf Canada) –Patrick Murphy of Crossfield, Alta. grabbed the opening round lead at the 2014 Canadian Junior Boys Championship at Legends on the Niagara after firing a 8-under 64 on Tuesday.

  • Yang Takes Medalist Honors in U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Qualifying at The Home Course

    June 10, 2014
    (Washington State Golf Association)

    DUPONT, WA. – Jennifer Yang of Coquitlam, B.C. shot a 5-under par 67 and took medalist honors in leading the field who competed today in sectional qualifying at The Home Course in DuPont, Wash.

  • Adam Svensson wins Jack Nicklaus Award

    June 1, 2014
    Morgan Bell (Golf Canada)

    The accolades keep rolling in for Team Canada’s Adam Svensson who recently captured his second straight NCAA Division II Team Championship with the Barry University Buccaneers.

  • Team BC takes fourth place in Lima

    April 26, 2014
    Morgan Gibbens (British Columbia Golf)

    RICHMOND, BC (British Columbia Golf) – Team British Columbia returned to Lima to defend their title at the XXVI International Amateur Tournament April 23-26, the team finished fourth at +14 after four days of competitive play.

    British Columbia Golf was represented by Kevin Carrigan and Brent Wilson at the Lima Golf Club in Peru. The pair beat 26 international teams.

  • Royal & Ancient Golf Club Of St Andrews

    ST. ANDREWS, Scotland – The Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews will vote in September on whether to have women as members for the first time in its 260-year history.

    A statement from the club Wednesday said all committees are “strongly in favour of the rule change and are asking members to support it.”

    The Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews has about 2,400 members from around the world and dates to 1754. The clubhouse is among the most famous buildings in golf, overlooking the Old Course at St. Andrews.

    Pressure has been building in recent years on the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews to change its men-only policy, especially after Augusta National Golf Club announced in August 2012 that it was inviting two women to join – former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and South Carolina financier Darla Moore.

    The British Open last year was held at Muirfield, one of three links courses on the Open rotation that does not allow female members.

    “This is welcome news from the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, and I urge its members to follow their committees’ recommendations and vote `yes’ for women members,” British sports minister Helen Grant said in a statement. “It would mark a step in the right direction for the sport and I would hope encourage the remaining golf clubs that still have anachronistic single-sex member policies to follow suit.”

    The next Open at a men-only club is in 2016 at Royal Troon.

    The Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews devolved responsibility for running the Open Championship and administering the Rules of Golf to a separate entity in 2004 known as The R&A.

    The R&A governs golf everywhere in the world except for the United States and Mexico. It also organizes the British Open and other championships.

  • AJ Ewart Claims Victory At Future Collegians World Tours Event

    A.J. Ewart, a 14-year-old from Coquitlam, claimed victory at the Future Collegians World Tour event hosted by the Sandpiper GC in Santa Barbara, CA from February 15-16.