2020 BC Blind Golf ‘Cloud’ Championships A Big Success

The inaugural ‘Cloud’ Blind Golf Championship that took place at various golf courses across the country proved to be well received.

With the hard work of Creston, BC’s Darren Douma, president of the Western Canadian Blind Golf Association and the vice president of Blind Golf Canada, along with Doug Hastie from British Columbia Golf, sight-impaired golfers from BC to Ontario were able to play rounds at a home course or one near their residence and submit scores to be compared on the basis of the course rating.

Golf Canada Tees Up New All-In-One Golf App With Innovative Enhancements

By Brent Long, Courtesy Golf Canada

Canada’s largest golf community is about to become more connected with the launch of the new Golf Canada app.

The user-friendly app is now available to all golfers nationwide to record and track their scores, trace where they have played, and provide detailed game statistics as a game improvement tool. The app is free to download and can be used by golfers at any level of skill.

‘Super’ Dogs: Meet The Best Friends Of Many B.C. Golf Course Superintendents

By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

We’ll start with the obvious: The subjects of this story are all very good boys and girls. They are also very lucky dogs.

What a life they live. Up before the crack of dawn and free to run all day on the golf course with their owners.

Those owners — golf course superintendents all over British Columbia — are lucky as well. They get to go to work with their best friends, who often ride shotgun in their Gators when they are not racing alongside.

Kate Weir’s Golf Journey Takes Her To Rivershore

By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

Ask Kate Weir how she got started playing golf and the new head pro at Rivershore Golf Links will tell you that she really didn’t have a choice. 

Her parents golfed and they were determined their daughter would too, so Weir accompanied them to Rossland-Trail Country Club (now called Birchbank Golf Course). 

It wasn’t exactly love at first swing.

Golf, Played Well... Or Not So Well, Has Immense Health Benefits

By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

It was another frustrating day on the golf course, where a round that had shown considerable early promise was derailed once again by sloppy play. But my numbers were not all bad. Despite my less than stellar score, there were some positives about that recent round at Peace Portal Golf Course in Surrey.

When I checked the step counter on my phone, it told me that I had taken more than 13,000 steps during the round and walked about nine kilometres. (Clearly, I did not hit every shot straight down the middle).