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?

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? 

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:

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                       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:

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    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 

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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.

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.

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.)

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.

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.

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...

image credit Brad Ziemer/BC Golf

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.

image courtesy Golf Canada/R&A 

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.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

By DR. BARRY LOTZ, Inside Golf

This is the time to plan your gift giving for your favorite golfers to unwrap this year. These gifts are useful and different from just a generic sleeve of balls. They reflect your thoughtfulness and appreciation of the recipient.