• Gutschewski Leads By Two At Canadian Men’s Amateur In B.C.

    Canadian Men's Amateur 1st Round Leader Luke Gutschewski - Image Credit Golf Canada

    For Immediate Release/Courtesy Golf Canada

    VANCOUVER, B.C. – Point Grey Golf and Country Club and Seymour Golf and Country Club played host to 250 golfers this holiday Monday as play commenced for the 117th playing of the Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship, presented by BDO.

    Elkhorn, Neb. native Luke Gutschewski had a hot start, making eight birdies to shoot a 65 for the day. Heading into his second season playing for Iowa State's golf team, Gutschewski played a near bogey-free round, getting into the groove and making birdie on five consecutive holes in the middle of his round at Point Grey Golf & Country Club.

  • Ziemer's B.C. Golf Notes: Sloan needs repeat performance at Wyndham; Stouffer sets course record at U.S. Senior women’s Amateur; Du Toit top-20s at Ontario Open

    BC's Roger Sloan Has His Work Cut Out For Him This Week - Image Credit Marcus Oleniuk/Golf Canada

    By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

    Merritt’s Roger Sloan saved his exempt status on the PGA TOUR with a clutch finish at last summer’s season-ending Wyndham Championship. 

    Sloan needs an even bigger finish this week as he returns to the Wyndham, where he lost in a six-man playoff and tied for second last year. That finish moved him from 131st on the points list to 92nd, got him into the playoffs and secured his exempt status for this past season.

    Sloan enters this week’s event in Greensboro, N.C., in even more desperate straits than he was a year ago.

  • Port Coquitlam’s Yeji Kwon Dominates Field To Win Canadian Junior & Juvenile Girls Championships

    BC's Yeji Kwon Receives The Canadian Junior Girls Championship Trophy From Golf Canada President Liz Hoffman - BC Golf Photo 

    By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

    After shooting a three-over 75 in the first round of the Canadian Junior Girls Championship, Yeji Kwon really wasn’t thinking about winning the event. 

    She was more concerned about fixing her swing. “After that 75, I was really unhappy with my shots in general, so after the round I made a couple of changes to try and get my swing more on plane,” Kwon said. “That seemed to help.”

    Did it ever. The 16-year-old Port Coquitlam resident followed up with rounds of 67, 65 and 70 and not only won the championship, but beat the rest of the field by nine shots at The Marshes Golf Club in Ottawa.

  • Top Five Images From The 2022 BC Seniors At Uplands

    Here are our top five images from the 2022 BC Seniors' Championship held at Uplands GC in late July...

  • Two Years After Suffering Life-Changing Stroke, Sandy Harper Wins B.C. Senior & Super-Senior Men’s Amateur Championships

    Past President Of BC Golf, Patrick Kelly (Left) Presents Sandy Harper With The BC Seniors' Trophy

    By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf 

    VICTORIA - For the past two years, golf was a constant reminder to Sandy Harper that his life had changed and he was not the same person he once was.

    Harper, one of this province’s most decorated amateur players, suffered a stroke in 2020 and the road back has not been easy. Especially when it comes to his golf, the game he has played so well that he earned himself a spot in the British Columbia Golf Hall of Fame.

    “The funny thing about my stroke is the hardest thing has been the golf,” Harper said.

  • Former English Army Champion Stewart Scott Leads B.C. Senior Men’s Championship After Two Rounds

    BC Senior Men's 2nd Round Leader Stewart Scott

    By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

    VICTORIA -- Before immigrating to Canada from England nearly 14 years ago, Stewart Scott had quite a distinguished amateur golf career that included representing his country at international events.

    Then he joined the Army and while enlisted won the Army Championship. Long before that he had learned that the golf ball doesn’t follow orders and Scott has had an on-and-off affair with the game for the past three decades or so. “I have given up golf three or four times,” Scott says. “Every now and then I say I should try it again.”

  • Lance Lundy Grabs First-Round Lead As Uplands Presents Stiff Test On First Day Of B.C. Senior Men’s Championship

    Big Sky GC's Lance Lundy Is The First Round Leader At The BC Senior Men's Championship - Image Credit Sarah Magyar/Golf Canada

    By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

    Uplands Golf Club proved to be a rather inhospitable host during Monday’s first round of the B.C. Senior Men’s Amateur Championship.

    The venerable Victoria layout’s tight, tree-lined fairways and lightning-fast greens proved to be a considerable challenge to the 156-man field. No one broke par in the opening round of the 54-hole event.
    Pemberton’s Lance Lundy emerged as the leader after firing an even-par 70 that included three birdies and three bogeys.

  • BC Summer Games In Prince George A Big Success

    Image Courtesy George Sasaki/BC Summer Games

    The 2022 BC Summer Games held in Prince George went off beautifully these past few days and more tremendous memories and friendships were made by people from all over our great province.

    British Columbia Golf would like to acknowledge the medallists from the Golf Competition in the Girls, Boys and Mixed Team events.

  • B.C. Takes Team Title At Canadian Women’s Amateur, Where Surrey’s Lauren Kim Ties For Third

    BC's Interprovincial Women's Team Champions L-R: Ha Young Chang, Victoria Liu & Leah John - Image Credit Golf Canada

    By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

    British Columbia won the interprovincial team title and Surrey’s Lauren Kim tied for third at the 108th Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship at Westmount Golf & Country Club in Kitchener, Ont.

    The B.C. team of Leah John of Vancouver, Victoria Liu of Vancouver and Ha Young Chang of Surrey beat Quebec by five shots in the 36-hole team competition. It was British Columbia’s first interprovincial team title since 2018 and the 21st since the competition began in 1947.

  • BC Summer Games Underway In Prince George

    The 2022 BC Summer Games are officially underway in Prince George. 

    Of course one of the main sports being contested is golf and you can follow the live scoring by clicking on the link below.

  • Roxburgh Ready For B.C. Senior Men’s Championship After Impressive Play At B.C. Amateur

    Doug Roxburgh Is Set For The B.C. Senior Men's At Uplands Golf Club In Victoria - BC Golf File Photo

    By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

    Doug Roxburgh is heading to the B.C. Senior Men’s Championship feeling good about his game and the course the tournament is being played on. 

    Roxburgh has some pleasant memories, albeit well-aged ones, of Uplands Golf Club in Victoria. Roxburgh won his sixth of 13 B.C. Amateur Championships at Uplands in 1978, beating Brent Murray of Portland by six shots.

  • BC's Junior Skills Day At Northview GC A Huge Success

    All Photos By British Columbia Golf

    The Junior Skills event at Northview G&CC was a huge success this year. A total of 29 kids (23 boys and 6 girls) between the ages of 8 and 18 competed in driving, chipping, and putting on a beautiful July summer day in BC....

  • Ziemer's B.C. Golf Notes: B.C. Golf Hall of Fame member Bill Hobbis remembered for on- and off-course contributions; Another award for A.J. Ewart; Angela Arora makes final of PNGA Women’s Amateur; Pacific Coast Amateur set for Columbia Edgewater in Portl

    Bill Hobbis Was Made A Lifetime Member At Royal Colwood in 2020 - Images Courtes Royal Colwood

    By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

    Bill Hobbis, a member of the British Columbia Golf Hall of Fame and a life member of Royal Colwood Golf Club in Victoria, died July 15 after a lengthy illness. He was 80 years old.

    Hobbis represented British Columbia on two Willingdon Cup teams and was part of B.C.’s national championship team in 1975. He also played one Willingdon Cup for Alberta in 1978 when he worked in that province. 

    Hobbis won more than 60 invitational, open or amateur championships over his career. He won the Saskatchewan Amateur Championship in 1978 and the New Zealand Senior Championship in 1979. Hobbis collected many wins in northern B.C. while living in Prince George, including three Simon Fraser Opens.

  • Jackson Rothwell Wins BC Amateur In A Playoff At Christina Lake GC

    Jackson Rothwell, Shown Here With Christina Lake GC President Butch Besaro, Is The 2022 BC Amateur Champion Winning In A Playoff Over Tony Li - BC Golf Photo

    By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

    Winning seldom seems to come easy, something Jackson Rothwell can certainly attest to after capturing his second B.C. Amateur Championship title.

    The 21-year-old from Victoria began the final round at Christina Lake Golf Club with a three-shot lead courtesy of a pair of 67s and a 66. The way Rothwell had played the first three rounds, it seemed unlikely he was going to be caught.

    Except he was. And it didn’t take long. By the time Rothwell got to the fifth tee, that three-shot lead was history and he was instead down by two shots to Langley’s Caleb Davies.

  • Birdie Barrage Continues As Jackson Rothwell Extends His Lead At B.C. Amateur Championship

    Victoria's Jackson Rothwell Is Looking For His 2nd BC Amateur Title - BC Golf File Photo

    By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

    Par is not your friend at the 120th B.C. Amateur Championship at Christina Lake Golf Club. Birdies are what’s needed to contend for the title. Lots of them.

    Heading into the final round, six players are already double-digits under par. Everyone is chasing Victoria’s Jackson Rothwell, who is well positioned to win what would be his second B.C. Amateur.

  • Doug Roxburgh Turns Back Clock With Five-Under 67 In His 55th B.C. Amateur Championship Appearance

    BC's Doug Roxburgh 'Hung On' To Shoot 5-under 67 - Image Credit Jurgen Kaminski/JKam Photos/BC Golf

    By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

    Doug Roxburgh is no different from the rest of us mere golfing mortals in at least one respect. When he’s having a particularly good day on the course, Roxburgh starts thinking about his score.

    So when Roxburgh birdied the par 5 11th hole at Christina Lake Golf Club in the third round of the 120th B.C. Amateur Championship to go four-under par for the day, it’s safe to say it got the attention of the 70-year-old Hall of Famer.

  • Jackson Rothwell Leads At The Halfway Mark Of The BC Amateur

    2019 BC Amateur Winner Jackson Rothwell Has The Lead After Two Rounds In 2022 - BC Golf Photo 

    By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

    Jackson Rothwell’s first two rounds at the 120th B.C. Amateur Championship at Christina Lake Golf Club yielded identical scores. But the 21-year-old Victoria resident will tell you his back-to-back 67s that have him in the lead at 10-under par could not have been more different. 

    “It was a little less exciting today, in a good way,” Rothwell said. “It was a little bit less stressful, for sure.”

    Rothwell’s 67 in Wednesday’s second round included six birdies and just one bogey. In other words, it was pretty much smooth sailing.

  • 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.)

  • West Vancouver’s Manu Gandhi Grabs First-Round Lead At B.C. Amateur Championship With Six-Under 66

    West Vancouver's Manu Gandhi - File Image Credit Chuck Russell/Golf Canada 

    By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

    Manu Gandhi says he didn’t get much out of his game at the recent B.C. Junior Boys Championship, where the 17-year-old from West Vancouver finished sixth. 

    He felt like he was playing better than his score indicated. Finally, in Tuesday’s first round of the 120th B.C. Amateur Championship, Gandhi says his score reflected his solid play. The Seymour Golf & Country Club junior member fired a six-under 66 at Christina Lake Golf Club to grab the first-round lead.

  • Christina Lake Gets Its Major As Course Prepares To Play Host To 120th B.C. Amateur Championship

    Christina Lake GC, Site Of The 2022 BC Amateur -Image Courtesy YouTube/Christina Lake GC

    By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

    It would be difficult to find another course in the province that has played host to more British Columbia Golf championship events the past two decades than Christina Lake Golf Club.

    B.C. Juvenile and Junior championships, B.C. Senior Men’s and Women’s championships, the B.C. Mid-Amateur and B.C. Women’s Amateur have all been contested on the scenic layout. Now, Christina Lake is getting its biggest event as it prepares to play host to the 120th B.C. Amateur Championship, which goes July 12-15.