Patrick Weeks Prevails In Playoff To Win B.C. Men’s Mid-Amateur Championship At Talking Rock

By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

CHASE, British Columbia — Seven final-round birdies weren’t enough, so Patrick Weeks made one more. The longtime Shaughnessy Golf & Country Club member birdied the first hole of a sudden-death playoff to beat Brent Pound of Kamloops and win the B.C. Men’s Mid-Amateur Championship at Talking Rock Golf Course.

“This is amazing,” said Weeks. “I honestly can’t believe it is true. I have been second so many times — [in 2021] at the B.C. Amateur, then I lost in a playoff at Big Sky in the Mid-Am in 2014. This is redemption. I was two shots back the last time the Mid-Am was here at Talking Rock [in 2015] and they called off the final round due to rain. So this is poetic justice.”

Nonie Marler Goes Wire-to-Wire At B.C. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship At Talking Rock, Shelly Stouffer Wins Mid-Master Title

By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

CHASE, British Columbia — Nonie Marler led from start to finish at the B.C. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship, but that doesn’t mean she didn’t have to overcome a little adversity along the way.

During the final round at Talking Rock Golf Course, Marler was cruising along with a three-shot lead when her tee ball on the par 4 13th hole sailed slightly right, struck the top of a tall tree, and was never seen again. 

No one saw it come down — there’s a good chance it remained up in the tree V and suddenly Marler was under some pressure.

Nonie Marler, Ed Bellrose Grab First-Round Lead At B.C. Mid-Amateur Championships

By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

CHASE, British Columbia — Three back-nine birdies propelled Vancouver’s Nonie Marler to an even-par 72 and a four-shot lead after the first round of the B.C. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship at Talking Rock Golf Course.

Marler, the 2020 B.C. Mid-Am champion who plays out of Marine Drive Golf Club, birdied the 10th, 12th, and 15th holes to finish off her round nicely. Shelly Stouffer, the reigning B.C. Senior Women’s Champion from Nanoose Bay, is alone in second place after opening with a four-over 76.

The Pro’s Favourites: BC’s Interior Golf Courses

We offer here a look at 9 of the favourite golf holes found in BC’s interior according to golf professionals and executives from many of those facilities. Roy Wood spoke with Head Pros & Directors of Golf to get their input on what they consider their ‘favourites’ from their home tracks. Another 9 holes will be profiled later in the summer. - ed

By Roy Wood, British Columbia Golf

There are a number of factors that go into what makes a golf hole someone’s favourite — difficulty, risk/reward, natural beauty and much more. Inside Golf was curious about the views of folks with up-close relationships with various courses.

So we spoke with head professionals and directors of golf at a number of Southern Interior courses from the Okanagan to Kamloops, to the Kootenays. In the first of a limited series, here are responses from senior staff at nine courses. The interviews have been edited for clarity and length.

Lisa “Longball” To Host Ladies’ Golf Clinic At St. Eugene

St. Eugene Resort is thrilled to announce a Ladies’ Clinic and Lunch on Wednesday, June 22, hosted by eight-time Long Drive National Champion Lisa ‘Longball’ Vlooswyk.