Amateur News

  • 110th Canadian Women's Amateur Championship Field Starting To Take Shape

    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…

  • Junior Girls Do Well At North Pacific Junior Ladies

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

  • News From Zone Five: Victoria & Region

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

  • News From Zone Five: Victoria & Region

    Father/Son win Island Open, Barb Rainey honoured, Karen Kloske wins and Evan Dyki joins the Golf Project...

  • Zone Six Island News & Notes

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

  • Zone Six Women's & Men's Championship Results

    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.

     



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  • Zone Six Women's & Men's Championship Results

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

  • Registration Now Open For April & May Women's Golf 'Cloud' Series

    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. 

  • UVic Golf Rounding Into Form With Local Addition

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

  • Nanoose Bay's Shelly Stouffer Chosen Sport BC Master Athlete of the Year

    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.

  • Victoria's Chelsea Truong Voted Zone 5 Junior Player of the Year

    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. 

  • Summer Of Shelly Continues As Stouffer Wins Canadian Senior, Mid-Am & Mid-Master Championships

    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....

  • Win BC Golf Swag: Make Sure Your Course Enters Your Ace!

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

  • A Deep Dive Into The BC Mens Senior / Super Senior At Upalnds

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

  • Two Years After Suffering Life-Changing Stroke, Sandy Harper Wins B.C. Senior & Super-Senior Men’s Amateur Championships

    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.

  • Former English Army Champion Stewart Scott Leads B.C. Senior Men’s Championship After Two Rounds

    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...

  • Lance Lundy Grabs First-Round Lead As Uplands Presents Stiff Test On First Day Of B.C. Senior Men’s Championship

    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...

  • Roxburgh Ready For B.C. Senior Men’s Championship After Impressive Play At B.C. Amateur

    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 Celebrates 100 Years

    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...

  • Shelly Stouffer Wins Third Straight B.C. Senior Women’s Title At Her Home Course

    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...