• Victoria's Gorge Vale GC To Host 2025 B.C. Junior Girls Championship & 2027 B.C. Amateur

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, BRITISH COLUMBIA GOLF

    VICTORIA, B.C. (November 4th, 2024)  - Gorge Vale Golf Club in Victoria has been selected by BC Golf as the host site for the 2025 B.C. Junior Girls Championship, set to take place from June 30th to July 4th, 2025. The Club will also host the 2027 B.C. Amateur to commemorate their 100-year anniversary.

    “We are thrilled to hold the 2025 B.C. Junior Girls and 2027 B.C. Amateur at Gorge Vale Golf Club and showcase an exceptional golf course for all different skill levels,” said William McKenzie, BC Golf Events Manager.

  • Shelly Stouffer, Vancouver Island’s Top Senior Women’s Golfer Honoured

    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.

  • Meet Hélène Delisle: Fairwinds' "New" HP

    Hélène Delisle has called the island home since 2006 becoming the Head of Instruction at Fairwinds 12 years ago. This year she has been promoted to the position of Class “A” Head Teaching Professional. Read on to find out more about this impressive Quebec native plus get three of her best tips...
  • Meet Hélène Delisle: Fairwinds' "New" HP

    Hélène Delisle has recently been promoted to the position of Head Professional at Fairwinds. Find out more about this impressive Quebec native plus get three of her best tips HERE
  • News From Zone Five: Victoria & Region

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

  • This Shouldn’t End Well But Somehow Does

    Canada’s #1 golf influencer recently posted this Instagram reel that shows him daring the golf gods on Olympic View’s iconic 17th hole…

  • Top Five Images From Social Media

    Our round-up of eye-catching images from social media and websites up and down the island...

  • 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 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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  • Campbell River G&CC Adds Hotel & Enters Market At Top End

    The addition of a hotel to the existing golf course at the Naturally Pacific Resort puts an exclamation point on a development that has been on the mark since day one…

  • GoFundMe Page Started To Assist Golf Workers Losing Homes In BC Wildfires

    With the terrible wildfires that are wreaking havoc in our province many from all walks of life are suffering and those who work in the golf industry are also being affected.

    Adam Blair, the General Manager of the Vernon Golf & Country Club and past General Manager of the Talking Rock Resort at Quaaout Lodge, has started a GoFundMe page to assist friends and past co-workers who have lost their homes due to the Lower Adams Lake Fire/Bush Creek East.

  • AV Macan Profiled On Firm & Fast Podcast

    Well regarded Canadian golf architect Jeff Mingay recently was interviewed  by Shane Derby about our region's most prolific designer...

  • Mid & North Island News & Notes

    Moves, deals and details of what is happening from Nanaimo to Gold River...

  • Pheasant Glen Submits Plans for New Clubhouse and Lodge

    Pheasant Glen Golf Resort announced at the start of March that plans for its new Clubhouse and Lodge have been submitted to the Town of Qualicum Beach.

  • Meet Jamie Moran

    Crown Isle’s new Director of Golf (left) has returned to BC after more than a decade in Atlantic Canada and he brings an impressive resume...

  • Zone Five Men’s Championship Setting Up For Big Turf War

    Look for some really fast and super-smooth greens at both Olympic View and Arbutus Ridge during the Zone Men’s Championship later this month, not to mention some serious trash talking...

  • Video Clip: Vertical Mowing to Increase Surface Firmness

    The top-rate manicure of Uplands GC is no accident. Here, master Superintendent Brian Youell explains how they make their fairways run firm and fast...

  • Mount Brenton GC Celebrates 75th Anniversary

    Mount Brenton Golf Course celebrated their 75th-anniversary by installing a legacy flagpole with three flags unfurled, one of which is the new MBGC banner. 

    This official dedication took place on April 23, the original opening date of the course. Also, two celebratory “feather” banners were be installed, one on the first tee, and the second one on the 10th.

  • Another Victoria Golf Club Caddie Lands Prestigious Evans Scholarship

    By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

    When he began caddying for members at Victoria Golf Club two years ago, Aleksej Milojevic had no idea how profoundly it would change his life.

    He was 15 and as green as the grass he walked on to complete his first caddying loops on the scenic oceanside layout. Milojevic knew very little about golf or life...