Canada’s Savoie hopes to build on top-five result to start PGA Tour Americas season
Golf Canada
by John Chidley-Hill/ Canadian Press
16m ago
Canada’s Joey Savoie had a simple plan heading into the Bupa Championship: keep the driver in his bag. The strategy paid off for Savoie, from La Prairie, Que., as he tied for fourth on Sunday in the first event of the PGA Tour Americas season. Savoie said that the conservative approach was necessary on the crowded fairways of PGA Riviera Maya in Tulum, Mexico. “Jungle on both sides on every hole, water on every hole, pretty much, tough greens, fast greens, and windy,” said Savoie. “So it’s a mental test and a golf test second. “I think it’s an overall test of endurance so I think my game plan ..read more
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Golf Canada Hole-In-One Report – Week of March 18, 2024
Golf Canada
by Matei Barbarasa
16m ago
Each week we write to Golf Canada members who record a hole-in-one, congratulating them and asking if they’d tell us how it happened. These are their stories (edited for length and clarity). Have you recently accomplished the feat of a hole-in-one? Tell us about it! Share your story, picture / video and course information with us at holeinone@golfcanada.ca. Mark Chambers, Duncan Meadows Golf Club, Hole #7 Hole #7 at Duncan Meadows is a short 117 yards up hill playing about 135 yards on this day! Pin placement was a white flag on the second tier of a narrow green! There was no wind to s ..read more
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The R&A launches One Club membership initiative for golf fans worldwide
Golf Canada
by The R&A
2d ago
St Andrews, Scotland: The R&A today launched One Club, an evolution of its direct-to-consumer membership initiative designed to transform how fans and golfers around the world experience the sport year-round.  One Club is free to join and provides members with a comprehensive array of year-round benefits, rewards, exclusive content and unique access to The Open, AIG Women’s Open and other prestigious R&A Championships. This includes the launch of a new global streaming service, R&A TV, powered by Endeavor Streaming. It will also offer fans money-can’t-buy experiences ..read more
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Canada’s Selena Costabile learns from former NFLers during Epson Tour pro-am round
Golf Canada
by John Chidley-Hill/ Canadian Press
1w ago
Pro-am rounds can be a fun opportunity for serious golf fans to meet their favourite players and for the golfers to get some extra practice in ahead of that week’s tournament. But for Canadian golfer Selena Costabile and former NFL players Josh Scobee and Marcus Pollard it was a chance to get into the intricacies of the athlete’s mindset. The trio were grouped together for the pro-am on Tuesday ahead of the Epson Tour’s Atlantic Beach Classic and got into a lengthy discussion as they made their way around the course.  Costabile, who is from Thornhill, Ont., and Scobee bonded ove ..read more
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Mississaugua Golf and Country Club to host 2025 CPKC Women’s Open
Golf Canada
by Mike Masaro
1w ago
2025 marks the first time the historic club will play host to the stars of the LPGA Tour; The 51st playing of Canada’s National Open Championship returns to the Greater Toronto Area for the third time since 2001. In hosting the 2025 CPKC Women’s Open, Mississaugua Golf and Country Club will become only the eighth club to host Golf Canada’s four premier events: CPKC Women’s Open, RBC Canadian Open, Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship, and Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship. Through CPKC’s community investment program, CPKC Has Heart, the event will once again be making a significant contribu ..read more
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Golf Canada Hole-In-One Report – Week of March 11, 2024
Golf Canada
by Matei Barbarasa
1w ago
Each week we write to Golf Canada members who record a hole-in-one, congratulating them and asking if they’d tell us how it happened. These are their stories (edited for length and clarity). Have you recently accomplished the feat of a hole-in-one? Tell us about it! Share your story, picture / video and course information with us at holeinone@golfcanada.ca. Vicki Lacasse, Kanata Golf & Country Club, Hole #16 I was with two of my girlfriends and the two of them had gone ahead of me. I proceeded to ask my girlfriend what club they used and one of the girls said she had used a 5 hybri ..read more
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Brady McKinlay: On the Right Path to Success
Golf Canada
by David Li
1w ago
Brady McKinlay was introduced to the sport of golf by his parents during his early childhood and it’s become a life long passion. While he describes himself as a late bloomer, the 23-year-old has today emerged as one of Canada’s top amateur golfers and he has ambitions of carrying that success onto the professional ranks. “I remember my parents getting me a set of plastic clubs when I was five, it was a lot of fun to hit the ball around. It’s always been part of the family and I always enjoy playing golf,” recalled McKinlay, who describes his parents, Perry and Patti, as avid golfers. Growing ..read more
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Ellie Szeryk: A Positive and Confident Mindset
Golf Canada
by David Li
1w ago
Growing up Ellie Szeryk played a number of sports, but ultimately found her passion on the golf course. Today, with her sights set on playing golf at the highest level, the Canadian National Team member is confident she has the support and resources to reach that goal. “Golf was something I was always around. My dad played it a lot and Maddie played a lot. So I was just born into,” said Szeryk, whose older sister Maddie Szeryk is currently in her third year on the LPGA Tour. Szeryk – whose parents Neil and Karen relocated from London, Ont., shortly after being married – also played competitive ..read more
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What is The R&A 9 Hole Challenge and how could you qualify?
Golf Canada
by Mike Masaro
2w ago
Inaugural BDO National Golf League champions will gain an exemption into The R&A 9 Hole Challenge at Royal Troon Imagine walking the historic fairways of Royal Troon Golf Club; the same course where legends and global stars of the game have completed in pursuit of glory. For one lucky Canadian pairing, that dream will become a reality as The R&A 9 Hole Challenge is set to take place on Friday, July 12, just days before the 152nd playing of The Open in Troon, Scotland. The R&A 9 Hole Challenge is a 9-hole net Stableford scoring competition that features teams that have qualified in ..read more
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Sebastian Szirmak’s Mexican Tour win prepares him for European Challenge Tour
Golf Canada
by John Chidley-Hill/ Canadian Press
2w ago
Sebastian Szirmak won’t be coming home to Toronto this summer for the best possible reason — he’ll be playing golf in Europe. Szirmak won the Wipa’s Open in a three-way playoff on Sunday for his first victory on the Gira de Golf Professional Mexicana. That victory helps set him up on the Challenge Tour, the second-tier circuit for the European-based DP World Tour, by earning him valuable points on the Official World Golf Ranking and gaining experience at the professional level. “This is likely going to be the first summer I don’t come back to play in Canada,” said ..read more
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