Faces In The Fairway
Here are a few of the people and four-footed friends who have been making news or just hanging out on the golf courses of the Thompson-Okanagan....
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Kelowna Springs Still A Golf Course… For Now Or Forever?
The Denciti Development Corp. bought the Kelowna Springs property last year expecting to redevelop it as an industrial park… Not so fast.
BC Golf, Lieutenant Governor Announce First Indigenous Championship
British Columbia Golf, in partnership with the Office of the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia and the Osoyoos Indian Band owned Nk’mip Canyon Desert Golf Course, announce the launch of the inaugural Indigenous Championship British Columbia.
Nk’mip Canyon Proud To Play Host To Inaugural Indigenous Championship British Columbia
Nk'mip Canyon Desert Golf Course In Oliver, BC - Image Credit Steve Austin/Nk'mip Canyon GC
By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf
Dave George, the longtime general manager of Nk’mip Canyon Desert Golf Course, discovered golf relatively late in life.
Baseball and fast-pitch softball were his sports of choice in his younger days. Then he caught the golf bug and George is happy he did. “I started golf at a late age but when I finally did take up the game I fell in love with it so much I quit playing ball, other than occasional tournaments, so I could concentrate on my golf,” George says.
“It’s a therapeutic sport. It’s a sport that you can never, ever master. You are forever learning and it will frustrate you and then at another point it will make you ecstatic. The game has meant the world to me.”
Christina Proteau Doing Double Duty At Inaugural Indigenous Championship
Christna Proteau Holds The Canadian Women's Mid-Amateur Trophy In 2021 - Golf Canada Image
Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf
Christina Proteau is a multiple winner of national and provincial golf championships and also qualified to play in the 2011 U.S. Women’s Open.
She cherishes each of those victories and all of the special moments she’s had playing the game she loves, but perhaps none of those events will be as meaningful as the one the Port Alberni native will compete in at the end of May.
Proteau will not only play in the inaugural Indigenous Championship British Columbia, she has also agreed to serve as chair of the tournament, which goes May 28-30 at Nk’mip Canyon Desert Golf Course in Oliver.