COURTESY MOUNT BRENTON RELEASE

MOUNT BRENTON, B.C. (October 22, 2024) - Mount Brenton Golf Club’s Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Shelly Stouffer has been awarded its first non-member honorary membership.  

Stouffer, a four-time Mount Brenton Women’s Amateur champion, won Canada’s 2024 Mid-Amateur championship for women 25 and above. She is currently ranked 796th in the WAGR, 16th in the Senior Women’s ranking, and third in Canadian Senior Women, behind Terrill Samuel and Judith Kyrinis.

The board chose to follow the criteria set by The New Golf Club at St Andrews to bestow this membership on Stouffer.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, BRITISH COLUMBIA GOLF

VICTORIA, B.C. (October 28, 2024) - Victoria Golf Club in Victoria has been selected by BC Golf as the host site for the 120th B.C. Women’s Amateur & Mid-Amateur, and Mid-Master Championship from June 23rd to June 26th, 2025.

“We are excited to host the Women’s Amateur and Mid-Amateur Championship at Victoria, which is one of British Columbia’s strongest and most historic golf courses,” said Jerome Goddard, BC Golf Director of Rules & Competitions. “Our long-awaited return to Victoria will be a memorable week for the membership and for British Columbia’s top female players.”

The Victoria Golf Club, founded in 1893, is the oldest 18-hole golf course in Canada in its original location, and second oldest in North America. Victoria Golf Club was recently ranked #13 in Canada in The Score Golf’s Top 100 ranking. 

For Immediate Release

VICTORIA, B.C. (October 16, 2024) - Highland Pacific Golf in Victoria has been selected by BC Golf as the host site for the 2025 B.C. Men’s Mid-Amateur & Mid-Master Championship from June 2nd to June 5th.

“We are excited to return to Highland Pacific, which is a fantastic golf course and boasts a strong community of pass holders and public players,” said Jerome Goddard, BC Golf Director of Rules & Competitions. “We are looking forward to this event and know that Highland Pacific will be an excellent host for British Columbia’s top Mid-Amateur Men.”

By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

SEATTLE, WA (September 26, 2024) — Shelly Stouffer found herself in an unfamiliar position in the final of the 62nd U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur Championship at Broadmoor Golf Club.

After playing with the lead all week, Stouffer was forced to play catch-up for most of her match with Australian Nadene Gole.

Stouffer had emerged earlier in the week as the stroke-play medalist and then played like the No. 1 seed as she breezed through her first five matches. The Nanoose Bay resident seemed to have momentum on her side heading into the final, but simply could not find any of it in the final before losing 3&2.

Seattle’s Paul Hogben Surprises Himself By Winning Senior Championship

By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

In these waning days of summer, Jim Shaw really enjoyed his final day at the Beach. Make that Beach Grove Golf Club. Shaw played a near-perfect round of golf, a bogey-free two-under 69, to win the Pacific Northwest Golf Association’s Super Senior Men’s Championship at the Tsawwassen layout.

“Two birdies and 16 pars,” Shaw said proudly of his closing round in the 54-hole championship for players aged 65 and over. The Sooke resident, a longtime member of Mission Golf Club, was proud of the way he battled down the stretch to secure his two-shot win over Michael Johnson of Sammamish, Wash. Shaw finished his round with 12 straight pars.

(September 22, 2024) - Successful teams from the BDO National Golf League (NGL) Provincial Championships in B.C. have been established. The BDO National Golf League regular season is a net Stableford points competition culminating in Provincial Championships to identify who will play in the National Finals.

For more information on the concept and how the NGL works, click HERE.

Provincial finals were held last week at Cordova Bay GC in Victoria (B.C. West) and at Tobiano GC (B.C. East) to determine who would receive an exclusive merchandise prize pack and an all-expenses-paid trip to play in the BDO National Golf League Championship, taking place at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley right before the 2025 RBC Canadian Open.

There, 52 two-player teams will go head-to-head over 18 holes in a best-ball net Stableford format to seize glory on the national stage.

By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

British Columbia retained bragging rights after winning its second straight Indigenous Challenge Match with Ontario at the Bear Mountain Resort in Victoria.

Team B.C. outscored Ontario 9-7 in the two-day match-play event at Bear Mountain’s Valley and Mountain courses.

Royal Colwood is getting ready to host some of the top female amateur golfers from across North America and around the world July 29th to August 2nd and there is a lot on the line…

B.C. sent a team to Oregon in May to compete in a storied tournament that has run since 1987…

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Stouffer and Spence Proteau dominated the women's competition while on the men's side Kurytnik and Harper used home field to their advantage...

Stouffer and Spence Proteau dominated the women's competition while on the men's side Kurytnik and Harper used home field to their advantage...

 Zone 6 Womens’ Amateur & Senior Tournament

Qualicum Beach Memorial Golf Club played host May 6th to both individuals and teams from across Zone 6 with spots in provincial championships on the line.

A shotgun format meant that all players finished simultaneously but two players had to keep playing to determine the winner. Alberni GC’s Christina Spence Proteau and Morningstar’ Shelly Stouffer both posted even par 72’s necessitating a four hole play-off to determine the overall Amateur winner.

The two then went to Balfour in mid June to represent Zone 6 at the provincial women’s championship where both wold finish in the top ten. See full results HERE

Stouffer also was the champion in the Senior division (aged 50 or older by August 30, 2024). This will qualify her to head to Sun Peaks in Kamloops July 1 - 4 for the provincial Seniors’ Championship. She will be joined by runner up Josee Deslaurier, also from Morningstar.

There is also a team competition where Clubs can send four person teams to compete. The team from Morningstar won the gross title with the home squad from Qualicum beach winning the net.

The overall tournament format is designed to be inclusive… The shotgun tee-times mean everyone finishes at the same time and prizes are awarded to one-third of the field. There are gross and net skins, Deuce Pot, KP’s and even a 50/50 draw.

Find full results HERE

Zone Six Men's Championship Results

The 2024 Zone 6 2024 Men's Amateur and Senior Championships went off May 25-26 at the Nanaimo Golf Club.

The Amateur Competition

Male amateurs were competing for 15 spots at this year's BC Amateur July 9-12, 2024, at Ledgeview Golf Club with the top three representing Zone 6 in the team competition.

Nanaimo GC’s own Samuel Kurytnik earned top honours posting 70-74 144 which bested runner-up Storey Creek GC’s Hunter Auramenk by four shots.
The net champion was Joe Knight who shot 73-77 150 gross.

The Senior Competition
The Seniors were also competing for three team spots on the zone team for the BC Senior Championship to be held in Revelstoke, July 23-25, 2024.
Not surprisingly, sharper shooter Sandy Harper took both the Senior and Super Senior titles besting fellow Naanimo GC member Al Jensen by five shots.

For information about Zone 5 Men, please contact Tim Cullen at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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...