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Golf Canada Hole-In-One Report – Month of February, 2025 - Golf Canada
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
Golf Canada Annual General Meeting concludes with Adam Daifallah elected as new President - Golf Canada
2024 Annual Report & Financial Statements are now available Longtime Rules Official Tom Forestell recognized as 2024 recipient of the Bruce Mitchell Volunteer of the Year Award Volunteers Lee Griffin, Jack McDonald, and Jean Stone-Séguin along with retired PGA of Canada professional Muncie Booth to be recognized with Golf Canada’s 2025 Distinguished Service Award Past
David McCarthy, Diane Barabé, Robert Laing and the late Teri Yamada appointed Honorary Life Governors by Golf Canada - Golf Canada
Four long-time Golf Canada contributors receive the organization’s highest volunteer honour Golf Canada is pleased to appoint immediate past president David McCarthy along with Diane Barabé, Robert Laing and Teri Yamada (posthumously) as Honorary Life Governors for the outstanding contributions to the organization as long-time volunteers. “On behalf of the Honorary Life Governors Selection Committee,
Golf Canada to recognize volunteers Lee Griffin, Jack McDonald, Jean Stone-Séguin and retired PGA of Canada professional Muncie Booth with its 2025 Distinguished Service Award - Golf Canada
The four recipients will be celebrated later this summerfor their outstanding contributions to Canadian golf Oakville, ON – Four accomplished contributors to Canadian golf will be acknowledged for their dedicated efforts in and around the game as the 2025 recipients of Golf Canada’s Distinguished Service Award. Long-time Golf Canada volunteers Lee Griffin of Cambridge, Ont.,
Tom Forestell named the recipient of the 2024 Bruce Mitchell Volunteer of the Year Award by Golf Canada - Golf Canada
Long-time Rules Official has been instrumental in Rules Education as well as officiating at the amateur and professional ranks Golf Canada is pleased to announce that Tom Forestell of Toronto, Ont. has been named as the 2024 recipient of the Bruce Mitchell Volunteer of the Year award. A passionate golfer and enthusiast for the Rules
Golf Canada set to host its 2025 Annual General Meeting - Golf Canada
Golf Canada will host its 2025 Annual General Meeting on Thursday, March 6 utilizing a virtual format as the National Sport Federation looks ahead to the 2025 season. The Annual Meeting brings together Golf Canada’s Board of Directors, staff, and volunteers as well as representatives from Canada’s provincial golf associations and other industry stakeholders. The
Dialling in your mindset for the start of golf season - Golf Canada
1. Accept That Rust is Normal Your swing might feel off, and that’s okay! Even the pros take time to get back into rhythm. Expect some bad shots and inconsistent rounds early on. Focus on shaking off the rust instead of chasing perfect shots. 2. Focus on Progress, Not Perfection Set small, realistic goals (e.g.,
Susan Wright-Cassan and Carly Crooks named 2024 recipients of the Lorie Kane Community Spirit Awards - Golf Canada
Wright-Cassan wins Community Leader Award; Crooks wins Future Leader Award following submission of nominations from the Canadian golf community Duo will be honoured during the RBC Hall of Fame Day in August at the CPKC Women’s Open Oakville, ON – Golf Canada and the Golf Canada Foundation are pleased to announce that Susan Wright-Cassan of Thunder
Richard Scott, Jerry Anderson and Charles Blair Macdonald to be inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame - Golf Canada
Trio will become the 87th, 88th and 89th inductees to receive the highest honour in Canadian golf as part of RBC Hall of Fame Day during the 2025 CPKC Women’s Open Oakville, ON – The Canadian Golf Hall of Fame announced today that accomplished amateur golfer Richard Scott, former professional golfer Jerry Anderson and renowned
Full Swing Season 3 Shines a Spotlight on Canadian Golf Duo - Golf Canada
Netflix’s hit docuseries Full Swing returns for its third season, and this time, Canadian golf fans have even more reason to tune in. The show follows the journeys of some of the biggest names in the sport, and among them are two of Canada’s own—Nick Taylor and Adam Hadwin. The pair, both hailing from Abbotsford,
2025 PGA Show: Footjoy bringing personality to modern classics - Golf Canada
Elegant, modern classics. Pick whatever description you’d like, but FootJoy continues to knock it out of the park – for everything from feet on the fairway to all-weather wearables – every year. For 2025, look for FootJoy gear from top to bottom to provide golfers with shoes, outerwear, polos, and even socks and belts that
Golf Canada announces professional athletes named to 2025 Team Canada - Golf Canada
24 professionals join the previously announced 28 amateur golfers to complete the Team Canada roster for the 2025 season Emerging Professional Players of the Year Award, presented by Andrew Cook announced OAKVILLE, ON – Golf Canada is pleased to announce the names of 24 professional athletes that will be part of the 2025 men’s and
Built from passion, sustained by community: The making of “The Black Masters” - Golf Canada
Filmmakers Brittney Gavin and Amy Mielke’s documentary, “Apex: The Black Masters” features interviews with 44 people. But Gavin says the main character of the film does not have a speaking role. It’s the community itself. The Apex Invitational Golf Tournament was the first Black golf tournament in Nova Scotia and began as a small affair
Golf Canada releases 2025 Championship Schedule - Golf Canada
Championship schedule to include 12 National Amateur Championships presented by BDO, six NextGen Championships, the World Junior Girls Golf Championship and two Canadian Collegiate Invitationals in addition to Canada’s National Open Championships – the RBC Canadian Open and CPKC Women’s Open Golf Canada will also conduct qualifiers for several USGA Championships including Local and Final
2025 PGA Show: The best ball in golf—It just got better for 2025 - Golf Canada
How does the No. 1 Ball in Golf continue to get better year-after-year? Well, 2025 marks the 25th anniversary of the iconic Titleist Pro V1 (with its sibling product, the Pro V1x not far behind) and it’s a product that continues to out-perform itself with each passing season – in the most impressive of ways.
RBC Canadian Open part of The R&A’s qualification pathway for The 153rd Open at Royal Portrush - Golf Canada
St Andrews, Scotland - The R&A has announced the qualification pathways for The 153rd Open at Royal Portrush, taking place July 13-20, 2025. The Open is one of the world’s greatest sporting events and attracts the best men’s golfers from leading professional tours and amateur championships to compete for the famous Claret Jug. Each year,
Canada’s Nick Taylor has a cure for the mid-winter blues: winning - Golf Canada
The mid-winter blahs are something Nick Taylor has only heard about. Taylor has won four of his five career PGA Tour titles in the winter months, most recently winning the Sony Open in Hawaii on Jan. 12 in a playoff with Colombia's Nico Echavarría. He'll defend his WM Phoenix Open championship this week, which he
2025 PGA Show: Yeti is your golf course companion for 2025 - Golf Canada
It’s funny to think that a container that has a singular purpose – holding liquid – could have differing levels of measured success. Turns out, when you’re Yeti, you take that particular job very seriously. And for years, Yeti has been doing that better than anyone. For 2025, Yeti has a collection of top-tier vessels
MacKids selected as 2025 CPKC Women’s Open charity partner - Golf Canada
Calgary – Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) said today that MacKids, the arm of Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation dedicated to fundraising for McMaster Children’s Hospital, has been chosen as the primary charity partner for the 2025 CPKC Women’s Open, to be held at the historic Mississaugua Golf and Country Club from August 18-24, 2025. “We
2025 PGA Show: Levelwear riding wave of momentum into 2025 - Golf Canada
There’s never been more momentum behind the Levelwear brand on the course and off. A long-time partner of Golf Canada, the RBC Canadian Open, and the CPKC Women’s Open – along with plenty of male and female Canadian stars in the pro game – Levelwear has entered the new year with a new tagline that
Apex: The Black Masters – A film highlighting the Apex Invitational - Golf Canada
This past summer, it was the 50th Anniversary of the Apex Invitational Golf Tournament, founded in 1974 by a young black resident of Truro, Darrell Maxwell. Over the years, this event has grown into a type of homecoming, celebrating the black communities around Truro, and their contributions, and bringing families and friends together from all
Team Canada NextGen member Anna Huang turns professional - Golf Canada
Team Canada NextGen member Anna Huang has announced that she has decided to turn professional. Huang 16, of Vancouver, B.C. has been a member of the Team Canada NextGen program the previous two seasons. She was part of Team Canada’s victory at the 2023 World Junior Girls Golf Championship in Brampton, Ont., the first gold
World no.3 and two-time RBC Canadian Open champion Rory McIlroy confirmed for 2025 RBC Canadian Open - Golf Canada
Full selection of ticket options for Canada’s two National Open Championships – the 2025 RBC Canadian Open and 2025 CPKC Women’s Open – are now available OAKVILLE, Ont. (January 23, 2025) – Golf Canada, in partnership with RBC is pleased to announce that world no.3 Rory McIlroy, a two-time RBC Canadian Open champion, is confirmed
Canada’s Sudarshan Yellamaraju wins in the Bahamas on Korn Ferry Tour - Golf Canada
GREAT ABACO, Bahamas — Sudarshan Yellamaraju shot a bogey-free 8-under 64 on Wednesday for a five-stroke victory in the Bahamas Great Abaco Classic, the second event of the year on the Korn Ferry Tour. The 23-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., began with a one-shot lead and pulled ahead with five birdies in a six-hole stretch on
Applications Open for the 2025 Women in Coaching Program - Golf Canada
Are you ready to take your coaching career to the next level? The PGA of Canada and Golf Canada are thrilled to announce that applications are now open for the 2025 Women in Coaching Program—and this year marks the program's fifth anniversary! This groundbreaking initiative is dedicated to increasing the representation of female high-performance coaches,
Golf Canada Hole-In-One Report – Week of January 6, 2024 - Golf Canada
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
Golf Canada announces addition of Women’s Canadian Collegiate Invitational to 2025 Amateur Championship schedule - Golf Canada
Oakville, Ont. – Golf Canada is pleased to announce the addition of the Canadian Collegiate Invitational women’s tournament that will take place at Beacon Hall Golf Club in Aurora, Ont. from September 21 – 23, 2025. The tournament will be conducted by Golf Canada and co-hosted by Kent State University and the University of Michigan.
Golf Canada saddened by the passing of Teri Yamada - Golf Canada
Golf Canada is deeply saddened by the loss of former colleague and recent Board member Teri Yamada of Collingwood, Ont. who passed away peacefully on January 8, 2025, at the age of 66 following a difficult battle with Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD). A personal obituary written by Teri Yamada along with visitation details is available here:
Sony Open win sets Canadian golfer Taylor up nicely as major tournaments approach - Golf Canada
Of the many congratulatory messages Nick Taylor received after his fifth PGA Tour win, there was one from Canadian golf legend Mike Weir. Weir was the Presidents Cup captain who omitted Taylor from the International Team last September, instead picking fellow Canadians Corey Conners, Mackenzie Hughes and Taylor Pendrith to play at Royal Montreal Golf
Nick Taylor comes through in the clutch. Now he wants more chances to be there - Golf Canada
HONOLULU — Nick Taylor never looked more clutch than when he birdied the 18th hole three times in the WM Phoenix Open, first to force a playoff and the last to win it. And then he went 23 starts over 11 months without a top 10. Who can forget that 70-foot eagle putt to win the Canadian
Nick Taylor wins another playoff with clutch play on the 18th in the Sony Open - Golf Canada
HONOLULU — Nick Taylor delivered another theatrical finish Sunday, this time chipping in for eagle on the 18th hole to get into a playoff at the Sony Open and winning with a superb pitch that set up birdie to defeat Nico Echavarria. Taylor, from Abbotsford, B.C., never looked like a winner at Waialae, especially after
Golf Canada Hole-In-One Report – Week of December 30, 2024 - Golf Canada
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
Canadian PGA star Corey Conners looks to build on top-5 finish, climb world rankings - Golf Canada
It’s not often Corey Conners is excited with a PGA Tour result where he finished 11 shots back of the eventual winner. But at The Sentry, the Tour’s season-opening event, no one was going to beat Hideki Matsuyama — who set an all-time, 72-hole PGA Tour scoring record at 35-under 257 — and Conners’ tie
Golf Canada Hole-In-One Report – Week of December 23, 2024 - Golf Canada
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
PGA of Canada names 2024 National Award Winners - Golf Canada
Golf Canada’s Amaya Athill recognized among the group of 12 distinguished honourees Golf Canada is pleased to congratulate the group of 12 distinguished recipients recognized with the PGA of Canada’s 2024 National Awards. Each year, a National Selection Committee for the PGA of Canada evaluates nominations from golf professionals across Canada. The 2024 PGA of
Team Canada NextGen members Shauna Liu and Clara Ding open 2025 with wins - Golf Canada
Liu starts and ends strong to win by six Team Canada NextGen member Shauna Liu has started the new year with a win, firing a four-day total of 8-under to win the 61st Junior Orange Bowl International Golf Championship at The Biltmore in Coral Gables, Fla. Liu of Maple, Ont. fired rounds of 64-74-72-66-276 to
Top 10 articles for 2024 from golfcanada.ca - Golf Canada
As 2024 draws to a close, Golf Canada reflects on the stories that captivated our readers throughout the year. Here are the top 10 most-read articles that highlighted significant moments and achievements in Canadian golf: 1. Final Field released for the 2024 RBC Canadian Open 2. Pendrith, Conners, Hughes named to International Team for upcoming
Golf Canada Hole-In-One Report – Week of December 16, 2024 - Golf Canada
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