Profiles of Shirley Nasheim & Bob Russell, a GREAT charity tournament you can play plus Zone news...

New Hire At Morningstar, Sandy Harper Honoured, Special Dinners At Pheasant Glen, Junior Tour Info And 2024 Tournament Dates...

The 2024 golf season is upon us in many areas of BC and to help kick things off the Women's Golf Cloud Series events for April and May are now open for registration. See more information and the link for registration below. 

Recruiting local Maguire Lines to the 2023 roster has UVic Golf looking good going into the 2023 season…

By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

Nanoose Bay’s Shelly Stouffer was selected the Sport BC Master Athlete of the Year after an incredible 2022 season that saw the 53-year-old become the first British Columbian to win a United States Golf Association championship when she captured the U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur in Alaska.

Chelsea Truong Is The Zone 5 2022 Junior Player Of The Year - Golf Canada Image

On January 4, 2023, the Zone 5 Committee was proud to present Chelsea Truong, of Victoria Golf Club, with the 2022 Junior Player of the Year Award. 

Triple Title Winner Shelly Stouffer - Image Credit Golf Canada

By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

Shelly Stouffer keeps winning golf tournaments and making history. The Nanoose Bay resident not only defended her Canadian Senior Women’s Amateur title at Breezy Bend Country Club in suburban Winnipeg, she also won the Canadian Women’s Mid-Amateur and Mid-Master championships that were being played concurrently.

Call it golf’s version of a hat trick....

You get some great logo'd items and the Course that records the most aces gets a free advertising package...

Here we combine some illuminating stats and a few of our more memorable images from the tournament that took place in late July...

Above: Past President Of BC Golf, Patrick Kelly (Left) Presents Sandy Harper With The BC Seniors' Trophy

By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf 

VICTORIA - For the past two years, golf was a constant reminder to Sandy Harper that his life had changed and he was not the same person he once was.

 Harper, one of this province’s most decorated amateur players, suffered a stroke in 2020 and the road back has not been easy. Especially when it comes to his golf, the game he has played so well that he earned himself a spot in the British Columbia Golf Hall of Fame.

“The funny thing about my stroke is the hardest thing has been the golf,” Harper said.

BC Senior Men's 2nd Round Leader Stewart Scott

By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

VICTORIA -- Before immigrating to Canada from England nearly 14 years ago, Stewart Scott had quite a distinguished amateur golf career that included representing his country at international events...

Big Sky GC's Lance Lundy Is The First Round Leader At The BC Senior Men's Championship - Image Credit Sarah Magyar/Golf Canada

By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

Uplands Golf Club proved to be a rather inhospitable host during Monday’s first round of the B.C. Senior Men’s Amateur Championship...

Doug Roxburgh Is Set For The B.C. Senior Men's At Uplands Golf Club In Victoria - BC Golf File Photo

By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

Doug Roxburgh is heading to the B.C. Senior Men’s Championship feeling good about his game and the course the tournament is being played on. Roxburgh has some pleasant memories, albeit well-aged ones, of Uplands Golf Club in Victoria...

The Huntting Cup Teams From 1922 - Image used with permission courtesy The City Of Victoria Archives #M08036

Front row, L-R: Mrs. Nixon; Mrs. B.R. Philbrick (Captain and B.C. and City Campion for many years); unidentified; unidentified. Middle row: Dr. G.M. Luden; Mrs. C.E. (Dolly) Wilson; Mrs. Leslie Hadley; Jean Allen (?); Vera Hutchings; unidentified; unidentified; Eunice Mitchell. Back row: unidentified; Aileen Benson; Betty Fitz-Gibbon; unidentified; Constance Sheffield; unidentified; Ruth Jones (daughter of Dr. O.M. Jones); Nora Patterson (daughter of Harvey Coombe, founder of Victoria Golf Club); unidentified; Vivian Cousland (?); Mary and Helen Campbell (father owned Campbell's Drugstore).

The Annual Huntting Cup Competition Brings Together Top Female Players From Metro Vancouver And Lower Vancouver Island

By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

Some of the memories have faded with time, but when Donna Thompson reflects on playing in the Huntting Cup, she thinks about the great friendships that were forged along the way in the annual competition that features some of the best female players from the Metro Vancouver and Victoria areas...

NANOOSE BAY -- One of her sons works in the pro shop, her mom and dad had a house near the first tee and her late husband was the longtime head professional at Fairwinds Golf Club, so yes, this one meant a lot to Shelly Stouffer...

Golf Canada is adding new financial benefits available to competitors at the Canadian Junior Girls Championship, Canadian Junior Boys Championship, Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship, and Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship, each presented by BDO.

NANAIMO, British Columbia (Golf Canada) — After battling rainy conditions in Nanaimo, the final round of the NextGen Pacific Championship – fueled by JOURNIE Rewards wrapped up at Nanaimo Golf Club with Angela Arora and Eric Zhao each securing a one-stroke victory to win their respective divisions.  

NANAIMO, British Columbia (Golf Canada) — Golf Canada’s championship season kicks off in Nanaimo, B.C. with the NextGen Pacific Championship – fueled by JOURNIE Rewards, captaining the ship.

By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

To say Shelly Stouffer was looking forward to her singles match with Oregon’s Lara Tennant at the PNGA Lamey Cup would be something of an understatement. 

Quite simply, it was a match Stouffer had wanted since learning she would be a part of Team British Columbia at the 15th playing of the Lamey Cup at Bellingham Golf & Country Club. 

On Thursday, Stouffer got her wish and delivered in a big way, defeating Tennant 4&3 in cool, wet conditions. “She’s the three-time reigning U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur champion,” Stouffer said after her win. “Why wouldn’t you want to play her?”

Here are the news bites from up and down the island...