Hadwin's Correction May Have Come Too Late
(May 18, 2012)
Shooting 8-over par 80 in the second round of the BMW Charity Pro-Am in South Carolina is the worst round Adam Hadwin has recorded so far in his rookie season on the Nationwide Tour, so unless he rebounds Saturday with his lowest score as a career professional the 25-year-old from Abbotsford, B.C. is likely to end his streak of having made six consecutive cuts
Going By The Numbers For the 112th U.S. Open
(May 18, 2012)
The numbers are slowly dwindling as the 112th United States Open Championship at the Olympic Golf Club in San Francisco June 14-17 draws closer for what former USGA Executive Director David B. Fay once called "the most democratic championship" in all of golf.
No Canadians Advance From Local WA U.S. Open Qualifier
(May 18, 2012)
With a field of 111 hopefuls teeing off in Cle Elum, Wash. in the hunt for just seven spots from Thursday's local U.S. Open qualifier, no Canadians survived to advance to the next round, a U.S. Sectional Qualifier.
Canadians On Tour - May 17/2012
(May 18, 2012)
Canadians are well back in the field of the PGA TOUR's Byron Nelson Championship in Texas, however, Brad Fritsch, Adam Hadwin and MItch Gillis are in the thick of the battle in South Carolina for the Nationwide Tour's BMW Charity Pro-Am which teed-off today with 11 Canadians competing including the Vancouver Canucks' newest team member.
16-Year-Old Jisoo Keel Captures CN Pro Tour Title
(May 17, 2012)
Proving that her phenomenal success of last season and selection as the Pacific Northwest Golf Association Junior Player of the Year was well earned, 16-year-old Jisoo Keel of Coquitlam, BC produced a highlight reel finish and captured the first event of the season on the CN Canadian Women's Tour at Richmond Country Club in Richmond, B.C. Wednesday.
U.S. Open Local Qualifying Thursday
(May 16, 2012)
A total of 15 British Columbians will tee it up at the Rope Rider course at Sun Cadia Resort in Cle Elum, WA Thursday among a field of 111 amateurs and professionals clinging to a dream of being one of 7 players to advance into sectional qualifying and eventually into next month's U.S. Open at The Olympic Club in San Francisco, Calif., June 14-17.
3 Canadians Chasing 3 Americans In CN Women's Tour
(May 16, 2012)
Three Americans share the lead and three Canadians are just one shot back following the opening round of the CN Canadian Women's Tour season-opening event at Richmond Country Club in Richmond, B.C.
Select MJT Events Join Golf Canada OFM Ranking
(May 16, 2012)
The Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour Odlum Brown Classic/PGA of British Columbia Junior Championship, scheduled to be held at Surrey, BC's Northview GC July 3-5, is one of eight MJT tournaments that will now be recognized by Golf Canada on the CN Future Links National Junior Order of Merit ranking system for 2012.
Two VGT Members Advancing Toward U.S. Open
(May 15, 2012)
A pair of Surrey, B.C., residents, Clark MacPherson and Ryan Williams, both members of the Vancouver Golf Tour, have safely advanced through to the final stage of qualifying for the United States Open Championship.
Meantime, here is a list of all Canadians who have advanced to Final Qualifying.
Sue Kim Qualifies For 2012 U.S. Women's Open
(May 14, 2012)
Sue Kim of Langley, B.C., the 2009 Pacific Northwest Golf Association Woman's Player of the Year, turned an eagle and three birdies into a flawless closing round of 5-under par and for the second year in a row has qualified to play the in U.S. Women's Open Championship, slated for Blackwolf Run in Kohler, Wis., June 5-8.
Kent 'Cookie' Gilchrist At Large - Here's A Thought!
(May 14, 2012)
The game of golf has recently put its best minds together to try and figure out how to keep more people in the game and attract new folks to it.
Perhaps they should take a ferry ride to Vancouver Island to inspect a simple solution the fairly new Highland Pacific course in Victoria has dreamed up to do both of the very things they have been furrowing brows over.
PHILIP JONAS - - - Life Begins At 50
(May 14, 2012)
Now that I have turned 50 I have some good opportunities as a player.
I won the Goodyear Classic on the South African Tour in 1990 and that win gives me an exemption into this year's British Senior Open.
My game needs to improve to take advantage of the first major I'm going to play in.
Kim, Anderson Future Links Pacific Medalists
(May 13, 2012)
From coast to coast Toronto's Anna Kim is on her way to becoming one of the most dominate CN Future Links Junior girls champions in Canada after coming from behind to capture the CN Pacific Championship in Parksville, BC Sunday to go with last year's Quebec and Atlantic Future Links titles.
Pacific N/W Golfer Recognizes Whistler's Par-4 16th
(May 13, 2012)
The par-4 16th hole at The Whistler Golf Club in British Columbia, Arnold Palmer's first Canadian designed course, this month has been recognized by Pacific Northwest Golfer magazine as one of the "Great Holes of the Northwest", one of just four holes selected each year by the largest and longest-running golf publication in the Northwest.
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(May 13, 2012)
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