Is Golf in the Slocan Valley Celebrating 90 Years in 2023? Recently the museum received a postcard circa 1930’s showing an aerial view of the Slocan Golf Course. A search of the museum records indicated we had not determined a … Continue reading →
A Capsule History of the LPGA in Canada After WW2 Patty Berg gathered her pre-War golfing compatriots together for the purpose of forming a woman’s professional golf tour. This group included The Babe Zaharias, Betty Jamieson, Betty Hicks, and Hope … Continue reading →
KASLO GOLF CLUB HISTORICAL NOTES / RAINBOW GOLF TOURNAMENT Sources: Newspapers: The Vancouver Daily Province, The Vancouver Sun, The Nelson Daily News, and The Creston Review. Book: Kaslo The First 100 Years by George McCuaig. We did not have access … Continue reading →
Seniors Northwest Golf Association Celebrates 100 years in 2023 Capsule History of Senior Golf in North America Golf is a game of a lifetime. Today players can compete at the tournament level from ten to eighty years old. In particular … Continue reading →
WESTERN CANADA GOLF ASSOCIATION – A CAPSULE HISTORY After WW 1 golfers from the west showed important successes in the Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship. The Manitoba Golf Association led by HA Bruce, the Saskatchewan champion, lobbied the Royal Canadian Golf … Continue reading →
At the recent Golf Expo Show in Abbotsford, we constructed a display showing the opening day newspaper clippings for every golf course constructed in the Fraser Valley from 1924 – 2012. Here are the results of our research: Fraser Valley … Continue reading →
The Concave Wedge Question: In the last issue you investigated the illegal clubs with ribbed, slotted, and waffle face designs. When was the concave wedge introduced and when did it become illegal? This article traces the development of the clubs … Continue reading →
SLOTTED, RIBBED, DEEP GROOVED GOLF CLUBS 1920 – 1924 Since it is the festive season, this article is generated from a note that appeared in the Vancouver Sun newspaper December 20th, 1922. Alex Duthie, the professional at the Jericho CC, … Continue reading →
Golf courses formed in 1923. Most of these courses are still in existence. Hence 2023 will be their 100th anniversary. British Columbia Denman Island (closed in the 1930’s) Kaslo Windermere Washington Ellensburg Fircrest Goldendale (Tacoma ) Selah (Yakima Elks) Toppenish … Continue reading →
EARLY GOLF AT FORT NISQUALLY 1840’S – 1850’S – A New Strategy If the occupants of Fort Nisqually actually played golf in the 1840’s or 1850’s where would this fact rank on a chronological list of the earliest golf references … Continue reading →
