Golf

Shelly Stouffer celebrates winning both the mid-master and the senior division titles at the Canadian Women’s Mid-Amateur and Senior Championships this week in Bromont, Que. (Bernard Brault/Golf Canada)

Vancouver Island golfer becomes a double Canadian champion

Shelly Stouffer wins mid-master and senior division titles in Quebec

 

Duncan’s Callum Davison earned his first career victory on the Mackenzie Tour at the Brudenell River Classic in P.E.I. (Submitted)

Vancouver Island’s Davison earns 1st win on golf’s Mackenzie Tour

Nine birdies in second round help Duncan golfer to one-stroke win

 

Newest member Sarah Armstrong was the winner. Photo supplied

Newest member wins Sunnydale Ladies tourney

15-year-old Sarah Armstrong takes the trophy and title

 

Nanaimo’s Matthew Wilson celebrates winning the B.C. Golf juvenile boys’ championship earlier this month in Pitt Meadows. (Bryan Outram/B.C. Golf)

Vancouver Island teen who played golf 130 straight days during pandemic wins B.C. title

Nanaimo’s Matthew Wilson wins B.C. Golf juvenile championship by five strokes

Nanaimo’s Matthew Wilson celebrates winning the B.C. Golf juvenile boys’ championship earlier this month in Pitt Meadows. (Bryan Outram/B.C. Golf)
Left, Melanie Florence Whittall, the granddaughter of Florence Filberg, presenting Phyllis Taylor, The Florence Filberg Memorial Trophy, right Janice Nicklin, club captain. Phyllis had a net score of 68, at the Comox Golf Course Aug. 3, 2021. Photo submitted

Taylor wins Florence Filberg Memorial Tournament at Comox Golf Club

Phyllis Taylor is the latest woman to get her name engraved on…

  • Aug 13, 2021
Left, Melanie Florence Whittall, the granddaughter of Florence Filberg, presenting Phyllis Taylor, The Florence Filberg Memorial Trophy, right Janice Nicklin, club captain. Phyllis had a net score of 68, at the Comox Golf Course Aug. 3, 2021. Photo submitted
Holly Sanders (left) and Susan Hawley were the gross winners at the Sunnydale Ladies Tillicum Golf Tournament, Aug. 7. Photo supplied.

Sanders and Hawley team up for Tillicum win at Sunnydale Golf Course in Courtenay

Holly Sanders and Susan Hawley survived a sudden-death playoff against Sue Fulkerth…

  • Aug 11, 2021
Holly Sanders (left) and Susan Hawley were the gross winners at the Sunnydale Ladies Tillicum Golf Tournament, Aug. 7. Photo supplied.
The Morningstar Golf Club has turned things around since going into receivership in 2018 and successfully staged its first major tournament, the B.C. Junior Golf Championships ,with member Gavyn Knight clinching the crown in June. (Michael Briones photo)

Former ownership group buys back Morningstar Golf Club on Vancouver Island

Parksville course on the upswing since going into receivership in 2018

The Morningstar Golf Club has turned things around since going into receivership in 2018 and successfully staged its first major tournament, the B.C. Junior Golf Championships ,with member Gavyn Knight clinching the crown in June. (Michael Briones photo)
Janice Nicklin (middle) presents the McQuinn Cup to winners Lorelei Banford (left) and Jean Kirby. Photo submitted

Banford and Kirby team up to win Comox Golf Club’s McQuinn Cup for 2021

On Tuesday, July 13, the Comox ladies participated in playing in the…

Janice Nicklin (middle) presents the McQuinn Cup to winners Lorelei Banford (left) and Jean Kirby. Photo submitted
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GOLF REPORT: Ladies battle the heat at Comox Golf CLub

The ladies battled the heat for 18 holes at the Comox Golf…

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Ladies golf results, Comox Valley

Glacier Greens Ladies day golf results for June 22: 1st low gross-Sarah…

  • Jun 23, 2021
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Comox Valley women’s golf

Glacier Greens ladies golf results, June 15: 1st low gross-Sarah Armstrong-72 1st…

  • Jun 20, 2021
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A group of Coquitlam golfers was interrupted on Tuesday, May 25, 2021, by a black bear who bit a player's ball and tossed it back towards the group. (Screen grab/Mark Pettie)

VIDEO: ‘Seriously annoyed’ black bear tosses ball, interrupts B.C. golfers

‘If the bears are chasing golf balls at least they are not chasing golfers,’ says Sgt. Todd Hunter, a B.C. conservation officer

A group of Coquitlam golfers was interrupted on Tuesday, May 25, 2021, by a black bear who bit a player's ball and tossed it back towards the group. (Screen grab/Mark Pettie)
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Comox Valley ladies golf

Results for May 25, Glacier Greens ladies’ golf: 1st Low Gross-Amber Dufour-…

  • May 26, 2021
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Phil Mickelson holds the Wanamaker Trophy after winning the final round at the PGA Championship golf tournament on the Ocean Course, Sunday, May 23, 2021, in Kiawah Island, S.C. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Ageless wonder: Mickelson, 50, becomes oldest golfer to win a major with PGA Championship title

Lefty makes history with two-shot victory over Brooks Koepka and Louis Oosthuizen

Phil Mickelson holds the Wanamaker Trophy after winning the final round at the PGA Championship golf tournament on the Ocean Course, Sunday, May 23, 2021, in Kiawah Island, S.C. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
On Friday, May 14 at Meadow Gardens Golf Club in Pitt Meadows, Michael Caan joined a very elite club of golfers who have shot under 60 (Instagram)

VIDEO: B.C. golfer shoots a 59, then jumps in the water

‘Oh, my God,’ said Michael Caan

On Friday, May 14 at Meadow Gardens Golf Club in Pitt Meadows, Michael Caan joined a very elite club of golfers who have shot under 60 (Instagram)
90-year-old Ed Prokopetz (green and white jacket) is flanked by the rest of his Comox Golf Course “condo foursome” Mike, Denny, and Bob. The group plays five days a week, all year long. Photo submitted.

90-year-old Comox golfer plays five rounds a week

Kevin Dobbelsteyn Special to The record It’s mid-January, 8:45 a.m., and the…

90-year-old Ed Prokopetz (green and white jacket) is flanked by the rest of his Comox Golf Course “condo foursome” Mike, Denny, and Bob. The group plays five days a week, all year long. Photo submitted.
A vehicle is towed away from the site of a crash involving golfer Tiger Woods, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, in the Rancho Palos Verdes suburb of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Tiger Woods was driving at twice the speed limit when he crashed SUV near LA

Woods was driving 84 to 87 mph (135 to 140 kph) in an area that had a speed limit of 45 mph (72 kph)

A vehicle is towed away from the site of a crash involving golfer Tiger Woods, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, in the Rancho Palos Verdes suburb of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland, centre, poses with Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers with the Championship trophy after winning the 2019 Canadian Open golf championship in Ancaster, Ont., on Sunday, June 9, 2019. The 2021 Canadian Open is set to be cancelled because of COVID-19 border restrictions. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

RBC Canadian Open cancelled for second year in a row

The Canadian national men’s golf championship was also cancelled in 2020 because of travel restrictions

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland, centre, poses with Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers with the Championship trophy after winning the 2019 Canadian Open golf championship in Ancaster, Ont., on Sunday, June 9, 2019. The 2021 Canadian Open is set to be cancelled because of COVID-19 border restrictions. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Parksville’s Joy McWhirter points to the ball after recording a hole-in-one at Brigadoon Golf Course in Parksville on Feb. 6, 2021. (Submitted photo)

Parksville woman joins 90-year-old dad in golf’s hole-in-one club

Joy McWhirter records ace at Brigadoon Golf Course

Parksville’s Joy McWhirter points to the ball after recording a hole-in-one at Brigadoon Golf Course in Parksville on Feb. 6, 2021. (Submitted photo)
Extensive water on No. 4 and 5 at the Mount Brenton Golf Course following heavy rains earlier this month. (Photo submitted)

Island golf course does a booming business in 2020

A total of 15,000 more rounds played than the previous year at Mount Brenton

Extensive water on No. 4 and 5 at the Mount Brenton Golf Course following heavy rains earlier this month. (Photo submitted)