By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

British Columbia retained bragging rights after winning its second straight Indigenous Challenge Match with Ontario at the Bear Mountain Resort in Victoria.

Team B.C. outscored Ontario 9-7 in the two-day match-play event at Bear Mountain’s Valley and Mountain courses.

Taylor, Svensson, Sloan in field for fall season opener; Stouffer on to match play at U.S. Swomen’s Mid-Amateur; UBC men, women open their seasons

By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

The PGA Tour Americas season ended in the worst possible way for Stuart Macdonald. The Vancouver native’s final round turned into an absolute nightmare as he dropped from seventh to 11th on the Tour’s points list and missed earning exempt status on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour by one spot.

Macdonald shot an eight-over 43 on the front nine of his final round of the Fortinet Cup Championship at TPC Toronto. And although he played even-par golf the rest of the way, it wasn’t enough to keep him inside the top 10 on the points list.

The 2nd edition of the Indigenous Challenge Match between British Columbia and Ontario is set to take place on Monday September 9th & 10th at Bear Mountain in Victoria. 

Schedule

Monday Sep.t 9 (VALLEY COURSE)

• 11:00am – 1:00pm Fourball Matches

o Players paired based on net with net / gross with gross (captains picks)

Tuesday Sept. 10 (MOUNTAIN COURSE)

• 9:00am – 11:00am – Fourball Matches

• Awards Presentation

• Player Departure

For more information and to follow scoring click HERE

To read the wrap-up from last year's inaugural Challenge Match click HERE

Juvenile champ Tim Hachey commits to UBC; Stouffer third at Canadian Seniors: Jenny Guo second, Tyson Valk third at Canadian U15 Championships

By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

(September 2nd, 2024) - Vancouver’s Stuart Macdonald took a big step toward securing a promotion to the Korn Ferry Tour with a tie for 12th finish at the PGA Tour Americas’ CRMC Championship in Brainerd, Minn.

That finish moved Macdonald up two spots to seventh on the Fortinet Cup points list. Just one event remains on the PGA Tour Americas schedule — this week’s Fortinet Cup Championship at TPC Toronto —and if Macdonald can remain inside the top 10 on the points list he will have full Korn Ferry Tour status in 2025.

By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

BOWEN ISLAND (August 29, 2024) - It was not a question of whether Maggie Zhang would win the B.C. Bantam Girls Championship at Bowen Island Golf Club, but rather what her margin of victory would be.

The 13-year-old Richmond resident had opened up an eight-shot lead following a first-round 73 and when she opened her final round with a birdie, it became clear that everyone else was playing for second place.

A very distant second place, as it turned out.

By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

BOWEN ISLAND (August 29, 2024) — Noah Reddicopp had a big lead and then suddenly he didn’t. Not just once, but twice.

The 14-year-old Abbotsford resident earned the B.C. Bantam Boys Championship the hard way, bouncing back from a pair of triple-bogeys to win the title for players aged 14 and younger by one shot.

“I feel quite relieved that it is finally over,” Reddicopp said with a smile after his final round at Bowen Island Golf Club.

By Mike Masaro/Golf Canada

Two-time champion Terrill Samuel grabs lead in both the Senior and Super Senior divisions following a 71 on Wednesday

Georgetown, Ont. (August 27, 2024) – Team British Columbia battled to the end to claim the Inter-Provincial Team title for the second time in three years at the 2024 Canadian Women’s Senior Championship, presented by BDO on Wednesday.

The team of Shelly Stouffer of Nanoose Bay, B.C., Jackie Little of Procter, B.C. and Sandra Turbide of Maple Ridge, B.C. won together in 2022 at Breezy Bend Country Club in Headingley, Man. and have done it again this year at The Club at North Halton in Georgetown, Ont. finishing with a combined score of 16-over to win the Katherine Helleur Trophy by two.

 BOWEN ISLAND, B.C. (August 28, 2024) — Abbotsford’s Noah Reddicopp fired an even-par 70 and has a four-shot lead after the first round of the B.C. Bantam Boys Championship at Bowen Island Golf Club.

Reddicopp’s round included five birdies and put him in strong position to claim the title in the 36-hole competition for players aged 14 and under.

Brooks Lancaster captures Canadian Mid-Master Championship; Stouffer goes for Canadian Senior Women’s hat trick; Macdonald hanging on to top-10 spot on PGA Tour Americas points list

By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

It was a five-foot putt, the kind Delta’s Jace Minni has spent countless hours practising on the putting green while imagining he needed to sink each one for a big win.

This time it was for real and Minni rolled it in to win the Odlum Brown Vancouver Open. “It was probably half a ball outside right,” Minni said of his winning birdie putt on Fraserview Golf Course’s 18th green.

“I have practised my putting so much this past year. I’d be on the putting green going, ‘this is a putt to win, this is a putt to do it,’ and now it finally came to fruition.”

By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

SECHELT, B.C. (August 22, 2024) - Other than the circumstances, it was not a particularly difficult approach shot that Tim Hachey faced on the final hole of the B.C. Juvenile Boys Championship.

It was 91 yards, so Hachey grabbed his 56-degree wedge and after a couple of deep breaths, took dead aim at the pin and let it fly. “I thought it was long, to be honest with you,” Hachey said.

Turned out it was nearly perfect.

By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

SECHELT, B.C. (August 2, 2024) - It was not exactly love at first swing for Jenny Guo and the game of golf. 

When she took up golf four years ago as an eight-year-old, the West Vancouver resident much preferred swinging a racket. “Her favourite sport was tennis, not golf,” her mom, Yu Na, said as she watched her daughter blow away the field at the B.C. Juvenile Girls Championship at Blue Ocean Golf Club in Sechelt.

Golf and the now 12-year-old have clearly come to love one another. Guo put in a most impressive display over the three-round competition, which she won by 11 shots with a score of eight-under par. Not bad for a kid about to start Grade 7.

Tim Hachey Of Osoyoos Holds One-Shot Lead In Juvenile Boys Championship

By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

SECHELT, B.C. (August 21, 2024) - She is still only 12 years old, but West Vancouver’s Jenny Guo is playing like a seasoned veteran.

Guo fired a bogey-free, six-under 66 in Wednesday’s second round and has a seven-shot lead heading into the final round of the B.C. Juvenile Girls Championship at Blue Ocean Golf Club.

By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

SECHELT, B.C. (August 20, 2024) - Tim Hachey of Osoyoos and Noah Reddicopp of Abbotsford both fired four-under 68s and share the lead after the first round of the B.C. Juvenile Boys Championship at Blue Ocean Golf Club in Sechelt.

The 14-year-old Reddicopp had seven birdies in his round, while Hachey, 16, had five of his own. They hold a one-shot lead over YuDa Nam of Coquitlam and Luke Bernakevitch of Victoria. Three players — Troy Gadalla of Vancouver, DJ Crowe of Armstrong and Jeffrey Jung of Surrey— are tied for fifth at two-under par. The 54-hole Juvenile Championship is for players aged 16 and under.

Crisologo birdies last three holes to tie for fifth; Taylor knocked out of PGA TOUR playoffs, while Hadwin moves on; 18th edition Vancouver Open set for City of Vancouver courses

By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

(August 19, 2024) - In one week, A.J. Ewart has gone from relying on sponsor’s exemptions to get into PGA Tour Americas events to now being tantalizingly close to earning Korn Ferry Tour status.

The 25-year-old Coquitlam native changed his professional golfing life in a big way with an impressive wire-to-wire win at the Elk Ridge Saskatchewan Open. That victory moved Ewart up to 14th spot on the PGA Tour Americas’ Fortinet Cup points list.

Three events remain and the top 10 on the points list at season’s end earn Korn Ferry Tour status for 2025.

By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

QUALICUM BEACH (August 13, 2024) - For the last several years, every step Walter Vanderrijst takes is accompanied by considerable pain due to a debilitating ankle problem.

There have been times when the 66-year-old Victoria resident has felt sorry for himself. But that hasn’t happened nearly as often since competing in B.C. All Abilities Championships.

By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

QUALICUM, B.C. (August 12, 2024) — Johannes Grames says golf has helped give his life balance, which is a tad ironic given that maintaining his stability while he swings the club is perhaps the biggest challenge he faces on the course.

Grames, a musician who just turned 60, lost his right leg above the knee to a form of cancer when he was 22. His professional life as a guitarist is a busy one and, especially in his younger days, he spent considerable time on the road.

“Golf really did help me,” says Grames, a Vancouver resident who is competing in this week’s B.C. All Abilities Championship at Qualicum Beach Memorial Golf Course.

via British Columbia Golf

QUALICUM BEACH, B.C. (August 12,2024) - The 2024 British Columbia Golf All Abilities Championship is underway at Qualicum Beach Memorial Golf Course on Vancouver Island.

Qualicum Beach Memorial is one of Canada’s most scenic golf courses, with views of Mt. Arrowsmith, the Coastal Mountain Range and the Georgia Strait.

This beautiful seaside course is the driest on Vancouver Island, lending it to year round play. As host of the 2nd annual British Columbia Golf All Abilities Championship, Qualicum Beach has a history dating back over 100 years (click HERE to see a brief history of the layout).

This year's event takes place August 12th & 13th, live scoring can be found HERE  (or by clicking the Leaderboard tab on the BC Golf Home Page). 

Click HERE to see the announcement story of last year's inaugural event at McCleery GC in Vancouver. 

Click HERE to see the final round wrap-up of last year's Championship. 

Sloan posts season-best finish at Wyndham Championship; Wyatt Brook cherishes Willingdon Cup win; Lauren Kim knocked out in Round of 16 at U.S. Women’s Amateur; Ames repeats at Boeing Classic

By: Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

(August 12, 2024) - A spirited playoff push by Surrey’s Adam Svensson fell just short at the PGA Tour’s Wyndham Championship. Svensson entered the final regular-season event at No. 82 on the FedEx Cup points list and needed to move inside the top 70 to qualify for the lucrative three-event playoffs.

He came close with a tie for seventh finish that moved him to 75th, just short of where he needed to get. Fellow British Columbians Adam Hadwin and Nick Taylor, both of Abbotsford, had no such worries about making the playoffs.

August 9th, 2024 (DELTA, BC) - British Columbia Golf is pleased to announce the members of the 2024 Eddie Hogan Cup Team that will compete for the  Eddie Hogan Cup title in August 10-11th. 

The 56th annual Eddie Hogan Cup tournament is scheduled to take place at the Riverside Golf & Country Club in Portland, Oregon and British Columbia has been represented every single year since its inception in 1969.

By Mike Massaro/Golf Canada

Saskatoon, Sask. (August 6, 2024) – The battle for the Willingdon Cup came down to the wire as Team British Columbia pulled away from Team Ontario to claim the Inter-Provincial team title at the 119th Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship, presented by BDO in Saskatoon, Sask.

Team British Columbia was led by Wyatt Brook of Heffley Creek, B.C. who shot a 4-under 68 on Tuesday to help push his team to a collective 9-under, four shots clear of Team Ontario.