British Columbia Golf Announces Canada Summer Games Coaches

With the Canada Summer Games back on the schedule following its postponement in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, British Columbia Golf is pleased to announce the selection of the coaches who will be in charge of our province’s team heading to Niagara, Ontario, on August 6th-21st.

Golf is being played the second week from August 14th-21st, and will feature two events. Both the team event and individual event will be played at the Legends on the Niagara Battlefield Course in Niagara Falls with four rounds of play.

In Conversation With BC Golf President Michelle Collens

BC Golf Senior Contributor Brad Ziemer recently spoke with Michelle Collens, who has been on the British Columbia Golf’s board since 2013 and the last two years as President.

Michael Kennedy Wins BC Seniors In A Playoff At Kimberley’s Bootleg Gap

By Bryan Outram, British Columbia Golf

North Vancouverite Michael Kennedy’s goal to start the day in the final round of the 2021 BC Senior Men’s Championship was just to put in a good performance and have a shot at maybe making the BC Senior Men’s Provincial Team. He most certainly accomplished both ... and more.

He started the day 3 shots back of the 36-hole leader and defending BC Senior Men’s Champion Norm Bradley, but a bogey-free 2-under par front nine by Kennedy closed the gap to one and helped set the stage for some real excitement in the home stretch.

B.C. Senior Men’s Championship Competitors Loving Bootleg Gap

By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

KIMBERLEY, British Columbia — John Gallacher recently turned 70 so the fact he shot a four-under 68 to share the lead after the first round of the B.C. Senior Men’s Championship at Bootleg Gap Golf Course was noteworthy. But Gallacher, a two-time B.C. Senior Men’s winner from Burnaby, was more interested in talking about the golf course than his impressive play.

“I think this is the best course we have been at since the Canadian Senior was at Capilano (in 2014) or maybe since I have been a senior,” Gallacher said of Bootleg Gap after his round, which left him tied with Jim Shaw of Sooke and defending champion Norm Bradley of Kelowna.

Shelly Stouffer Rallies To Win Her Second Straight B.C. Senior Women’s Title

By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

Shelly Stouffer’s second straight B.C. Senior Women’s Championship title didn’t come quite as easy as the first one. Nothing was easy about the final round for Stouffer, who saw an eight-shot lead evaporate before she rallied to win in dramatic style at Revelstoke Golf Club.

After surrendering the lead late in the round, Stouffer birdied the final two holes to force a playoff and then added another one on the first extra hole to beat six-time champion Jackie Little.