Golf

Wayne Vollmer lines up a putt during a round of golf with Alice Cooper (background) at Morgan Creek Golf Course in 2008. (File photo)

Longtime Morgan Creek golf pro set to retire after decades in the sport

Wayne Vollmer golfed with likes of Arnold Palmer, Alice Cooper over 60-year career

 

The 2020 Canada West Golf Championships have been cancelled due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.

Canada West Golf Championships cancelled due to COVID-19 travel restrictions

UBC, UBC-O, UFV and UVic athletes will not hit the links this year, Kelowna was set to host

 

Mike McNeill won Hazelmere Golf Course’s men’s club championship this month. (Contributed photo)

McNeill comes from behind to win Hazelmere men’s golf championship

Annual men’s club tournament held over two days earlier this month

 

Golfers take part in last year’s Semiahmoo Rotary Charity Golf Tournament. This year’s event is scheduled for Sept. 8. (Contributed photo)

Semiahmoo Rotary Golf Tournament to raise money for Sources

Long-running, once-delayed event set to tee off at Morgan Creek Golf Course

Golfers take part in last year’s Semiahmoo Rotary Charity Golf Tournament. This year’s event is scheduled for Sept. 8. (Contributed photo)
Landmark golf event celebrated at Surrey’s Northview course

Landmark golf event celebrated at Surrey’s Northview course

Pin placements will be the same as when Mike Weir won the ACC in 1999

Landmark golf event celebrated at Surrey’s Northview course
Surrey’s Jackson Wang was among division winners at the MJT Harry White Little Masters at Kings Links by the Sea in Delta on Aug. 10-11. (Submitted photo: Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour)

Surrey golfers shine at Harry White Little Masters tourney in Delta

MJT Mini Tour National Championship will be played Aug. 20-21

Surrey’s Jackson Wang was among division winners at the MJT Harry White Little Masters at Kings Links by the Sea in Delta on Aug. 10-11. (Submitted photo: Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour)
The Surrey Fire Fighters Charitable Society charity golf club committee from a previous year’s event. The 2020 event will be going ahead, with precautions for COVID-19. (Submitted photo: Dylan Van Rooyen)

Surrey Fire Fighters Charitable Society modifies annual golf tournament for COVID-19

Society first looked at hosting virtual event

The Surrey Fire Fighters Charitable Society charity golf club committee from a previous year’s event. The 2020 event will be going ahead, with precautions for COVID-19. (Submitted photo: Dylan Van Rooyen)
The 562 yard, par 5, 15th hole at Cabot Cliffs in Inverness, N.S. on June 1, 2016. If it seems like it’s been harder to get a tee time this summer, it’s not just your imagination.Golf Canada reports that there were 17 per cent more scores registered with the national sport body this June compared to the same month last year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

Canadians playing more golf in 2020 – once COVID-19 restrictions lifted

The upward trend comes even as Golf Canada had to cancel all of its amateur and professional championships

The 562 yard, par 5, 15th hole at Cabot Cliffs in Inverness, N.S. on June 1, 2016. If it seems like it’s been harder to get a tee time this summer, it’s not just your imagination.Golf Canada reports that there were 17 per cent more scores registered with the national sport body this June compared to the same month last year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
A young golfer drives a ball at Hazelmere Golf & Tennis Club. (submitted photo: Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour)

Free golf clinic for kids at Surrey course during MJT tournament

Hazelmere course to host event in July

A young golfer drives a ball at Hazelmere Golf & Tennis Club. (submitted photo: Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour)
Exploring Mountain Peaks and Towns in Southeastern BC

Exploring Mountain Peaks and Towns in Southeastern BC

Plan your visit to BC’s mountain towns

  • Jun 29, 2020
Exploring Mountain Peaks and Towns in Southeastern BC
(The Canadian Press)

Provincial amateur golf championships go ahead with COVID-19 safety protocols

Alberta began its championship season on Tuesday

(The Canadian Press)
The Pacwest conference has announced all fall sports have been cancelled. (Facebook photo)

B.C.’s Pacwest conference cancels all fall sports

Men’s and women’s soccer, golf, volleyball and basketball will not compete until 2021

The Pacwest conference has announced all fall sports have been cancelled. (Facebook photo)
Greg Pool (left), Quinn Vilneff (middle) and Theo Tanski in the new-look golf shop at Northview Golf & Country Club in Surrey. (submitted photo)

Northview’s new head pro tees up day-long Golfathon fundraiser with group

Annual event has raised more than $1.9 million in 15 years

Greg Pool (left), Quinn Vilneff (middle) and Theo Tanski in the new-look golf shop at Northview Golf & Country Club in Surrey. (submitted photo)
If golf tournaments are able to return this summer, they will be smaller, and without many of the bells and whistles typically associated with a charity or corporate event. (Thinkstock photo)

South Surrey golf courses makes plans for scaled-down summer tournaments

Smaller numbers, no closest-to-pin or long-drive contests among protocols: West Coast Golf Group GM

If golf tournaments are able to return this summer, they will be smaller, and without many of the bells and whistles typically associated with a charity or corporate event. (Thinkstock photo)
Tiger Woods. (AP File Photo/Mike Carlson)

Tiger, Brady shine in charity golf match

Exhibition raises millions for COVID-19 relief funds

Tiger Woods. (AP File Photo/Mike Carlson)
Golfers are joined by a feathered friend on a green at Guildford Golf & Country Club on Thursday (March 25). The photo was taken from the sidewalk along 152nd Street. Course general manager Corey Anderson emphasizes that because this photograph was taken with a telephoto lens, it may make it appear the golfers are closer together than they actually are. (Photo: Tom Zillich)

‘It’s day by day here’: Guildford golf course stays open as COVID-19 concerns grow

Patron limits in pro shop and power carts among the operational changes, GM says

Golfers are joined by a feathered friend on a green at Guildford Golf & Country Club on Thursday (March 25). The photo was taken from the sidewalk along 152nd Street. Course general manager Corey Anderson emphasizes that because this photograph was taken with a telephoto lens, it may make it appear the golfers are closer together than they actually are. (Photo: Tom Zillich)
South Surrey’s Hazelmere Golf Course remains open to the public during the COVID-19 pandemic. (File photo)

South Surrey’s Hazelmere Golf Course remains open during COVID-19 crisis

Social distancing, extra sanitation among steps taken by course to ensure safety

South Surrey’s Hazelmere Golf Course remains open to the public during the COVID-19 pandemic. (File photo)
A sunny spring day saw dozens of golfers lined up at the Belmont Golf Course in Fort Langley on Saturday, March 21. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)

All golf courses in the province should be closed to prevent virus spreading, British Columbia Golf says

One golf course operator blasts call as “overstepping”

A sunny spring day saw dozens of golfers lined up at the Belmont Golf Course in Fort Langley on Saturday, March 21. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)
Nick Taylor of Abbotsford follows his shot from the fourth tee of the Pebble Beach Golf Links during the final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, in Pebble Beach, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Abbotsford golfer Nick Taylor wins AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am

Second PGA Tour victory means spot in 2020 Masters

Nick Taylor of Abbotsford follows his shot from the fourth tee of the Pebble Beach Golf Links during the final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, in Pebble Beach, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
South Surrey golfer Lauren Kim tees off on the 18th hole of her round at Seymour Golf & Country Club Tuesday, where she qualified for the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship. (Bryan Outram/BC Golf photo)

South Surrey golfer qualifies for U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship

Earl Marriott Secondary student Lauren Kim, 13, to tee off at prestigious event in Mississippi

South Surrey golfer Lauren Kim tees off on the 18th hole of her round at Seymour Golf & Country Club Tuesday, where she qualified for the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship. (Bryan Outram/BC Golf photo)