Perhaps the biggest news in golf heading into 2019 is the Rules Modernization.
The Rules are typically updated every four years through the work of the R&A and the United States Golf Association. A joint committee of these associations, on which the Chair of Golf Canada’s Rules and Amateur Status Committee sits, is charged with revising, modernizing and improving the Rules of Golf. Continue reading “Rules of Golf “Modernization” is here!”
For travelers to and from the Okanagan Valley via the Trans Canada Highway and then through Sicamous, there is a cute little golf course highly visible to drivers south of Armstrong, B.C. and just 20 minutes north of Vernon.
It’s the nine-hole Royal York Golf Club. Continue reading “Royal York Golf Club to be sold / closed”
Brian McDonald, the director of golf and general manager at Fairview Mountain in Oliver, British Columbia turned in a 5-under-par 67 in the final round to capture the annual PGA Head Professional Championship of Canada, presented by Titleist & FootJoy.
The event was played at the Wigwam Resort in Litchfield, Arizona, located west of Phoenix. The Robert Trent Jones Sr.-designed Gold Course, also known as the “Arizona Monster”, played host to 108 CPGA professionals from across Canada.
Continue reading “Fairview Mountain GC professional wins national title”