Van Isle Golf News

Royal Beach Victoria Open Kicks Off 2023 PGA of Canada Season

First held in 1981 and now known as the Royal Beach Victoria Open, it is the longest running Professional Golf Tour Event in Canada.

From 1981 to 2008 the 'Open' was played on a rotational basis on 3 outstanding golf courses. However, in 2009 the Island Open Golf Society agreed to a contract with Uplands Golf Club that would provide host playing rights thru to 2013. The Society has since agreed to contracts though 2022 and again for this year.

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.

Victoria's Jim Rutledge Reflects On Hall Of Fame Call

Victoria, BC's Jim Rutledge - Image Credit Bryan Outram/BC Golf

By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf

A half-century golfing odyssey has culminated with what Victoria’s Jim Rutledge calls the highlight of his incredible career.

Rutledge was named in February as one of two new inductees into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame. “The list of honoured members is in itself almost overwhelming and to join that distinguished group is the highlight of my golfing career,” Rutledge told a media conference call...

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.

Greg Moody: Golf's Mr. Everything

President of British Columbia Golf, Greg Moody - BC Golf Photo

by Jim Sutherland

The Pacific Coast Amateur is easily one of the most illustrious championships in amateur golf.

For proof, one need only glance at results from the 2015 edition, held at the Eugene Country Club.

That year, current PGA TOUR player Aaron Wise topped the leaderboard, trailed in order by Beau Hossler, Maverick McNealy, Bryson DeChambeau and Will Zalatoris, with Scottie Scheffler and Collin Morikawa further down the list. Big names all, now on the pro circuit.

And that wasn’t a one-off.

Every year the leaderboard is sprinkled with big names. In 2016 and 2017, Wise was followed as winner by Zalatoris and Doug Ghim, yet another pro in waiting.

This year’s Pacific Coast Amateur will be held July 25-28, at Capilano Golf and Country Club in West Vancouver, and you’d expect Championship Chair Greg Moody to be stoked.

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