VGT -
GUILDFORD OPEN
After
course record tying 63’s on day one,
Seymour Creek’s Bryn Parry and
Victoria based Canadian Tour Pro
Stuart Anderson battled back and
forth on Sunday to decide the 2009
Guildford Open Champion in classic
style.
After round one on this newly
resurrected event, there were a
total of a dozen Professionals who
carded 68 (-4) or better. Round two
was a birdie shoot-out for those
within a handful of shots of the
lead, but none were up to the
challenge of Anderson and Parry on
this day.
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MAYFAIR LAKES CLASSIC
In
a field of 68 Amateurs including 37
players in the Championship Flight
(5.0 factor and under), Richmond’s
Gordon Swenson prevailed in
tough scoring conditions to win the
2009 VGT Mayfair Lakes Classic with
a score of 70 (-1). Swenson’s round
consisted of 7 birdies on the day
including a final birdie at the 18th
– good for a four shot victory over
Mayfair Lakes regular Michael Son
and McCleery’s John Othitis. This
was Swenson’s first VGT event
of the year and he plans to play
quite a few more events this year.
“It was great to get back to the
tournament scene” stated Swenson
after the round. “It’s been a while
since I’ve been in that situation
and it was great to finish off the
way I did to capture the win”.
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SPRING CHAMPIONSHIP
In
a star-studded field of 45
Professionals, including 26 past or
present Canadian
Tour players. Hazelmere’s own Teaching Professional
Phil Jonas showed them all how it’s
done, shooting 68 (-4) on a challenging
Hazelmere layout for a one shot victory
over Guilford Head Professional Dan
Swanson. Jonas’ lone bogey on the day
came on the long par 3 – 7th
hole, where he failed to get
up-and-down for what would be his
fault on the card. When
interviewed after the round, Jonas
owned up that it wasn’t the
prettiest of rounds, but as he is so
well known for, he made the very
most of his good play and ‘worked
his way around the golf course’ like
he knows how to better than most
anyone in the game, certainly here
in Vancouver. Jonas took home
$1,500 for his victory and vaulted
himself some $1,300 ahead of past
Nationwide Tour Player Bryn Parry.
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2009
VGT SWAN-E-SET CLASSIC
On
an uncharacteristically hot and
humid day in May, it was
Surrey
golfer Derek Wray who led the
field of 64 amateur golfers with a
score of 75 (+3) on the way to his
second amateur victory of the year
on the Vancouver Golf Tour
schedule. Wray persevered on
extremely difficult scoring
conditions as the hot weather over
the last two days made the smooth
Swan-e-set putting surfaces firm and
fast and unreceptive to anything
more than a sand wedge. “The golf
course was in perfect condition”
stated Wray. “The greens were
running with perfect pace and
incredibly smooth. The challenge to
the day was certainly getting the
ball close to the hole with the
greens getting firmer and firmer as
the day went on.
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2009
GREEN ROOM OPEN
I
guess he can thank his coach Phil
Jonas for the both the
pre-tournament work
and invite to play, as 19-year old
Dong Su of Surrey claimed his
maiden Professional Victory
yesterday, shooting 66 (-6) at the
2009 GREEN ROOM OPEN at Squamish
Valley Golf & CC. Su scorched the
front nine in 31 (-5) and made eight
birdies total on the day to edge out
Canadian Tour member John Shin by
one shot to win $1,100. Shin played
very steady with 5 birdies on his
card and no bogeys to shoot 67 and
win $800.
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2009
POINT ROBERTS CLASSIC
Hammering
his way through the front nine at
five under par (-5) in swirling
winds, Seymour Creek’s Dave
Zibrik cooled off somewhat on
the back nine, but managed to stay
ahead of his peers and win his first
VGT event of 2009 shooting 2-under
par 70. Zibrik outlasted all 93
competitors on the very challenging
yet immaculately conditioned Point
Roberts layout to win $1,400.
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2009
NORTHVIEW RIDGE CLASSIC
At
VGT’s Inaugural Amateur Series event
at Northview’s Ridge course this
Sunday, it was Maple Ridge’s
James Oliver who withstood the
rigors of “Championship Sunday Pins”
to outlast 81 Amateur competitors on
this day. Oliver’s round consisted
of five birdies enroute to an even
par 72 and a one shot victory over
his next competitors Chris Kobler of
Royalwood Golf Club and Coquitlam’s
Matthew Rohatensky. Some great
birdies on 16 and 18 by Oliver and
late bogeys by Kobler on 18 and
Rohatensky on 17 kept this event
from going into a sudden death
playoff. For his victory, Oliver won
$200 in Perfect Lies Gift
Certificates and a Galvin Green
Windstopper pullover.
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2009
NICKEL HEATING OPEN
After
a sluggish start to 2009 due to
family and teaching commitments,
Seymour Creek’s Bryn Parry
was in fine form this Monday
shooting 66 and winning VGT’s fourth
event at Ledgeview – the 2009 NICKEL
HEATING OPEN. Parry out-lasted 99
other golfers in Ironman like
scoring conditions, and finished in
style with a birdie-birdie finish to
top Shaughnessy’s Brandan Price by
one shot. Parry’s victory earned him
$1,400 and more importantly vaulted
him back into contention on the
CLEVELAND GOLF / SRIXON CANADA Order
of Merit, now only $300 short of
Phil Jonas who leads with $2,408.66.
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2009
SANDPIPER CLASSIC
Canadian
Tour Rookie James Allenby of
Chilliwack battled rain, wind and
hail at Sandpiper Golf Resort this
Monday to claim his maiden
Professional victory in VGT’s 3rd
VGT Tour stop in ’09. Allenby posted
7 birdies and an eagle on his card
en route to shooting 64 (-8) and a
four shot victory over fellow
Canadian Tour Pro John Shin and
University Golf Club Professional
Sergej Dronov. Allenby’s victory
earned him $1,000, but more
importantly the required tune-up he
was looking for in preparation for
his first Canadian Tour event in
Mexico next week. “It’s been great
to have VGT here to play the past
few weeks to provide me with some
great early tournament experience
for my Can Tour schedule”.
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2009 BRAD GARSIDE
OPEN
“Halpen is
happening in his first VGT Win”
It
seems like the Canadian Tour’s
Todd Halpen made the right move
to come out to the west coast in
preparation of his ’09 Canadian Tour
season. In blistering winds up to 60
km/hr at Boundary Bay’s King’s Links
by the Sea, Calgary’s Todd Halpen
stayed patient, carding two birdies
and an eagle for a well-earned round
of 71(-1). Halpen’s fine play earned
him the 2009 Brad Garside Open
Championship and $1,300 for his
victory over the other 82 golfers in
the field. Halpen plans to play in a
few additional VGT Spring events
before the Can Tour schedule
commences on April 20th in Mexico.
Halpen needed an eagle on hole #14
to hold onto a one shot victory over
local
Kings Links Teaching
Professional Dave Bolton who birdied
14 & 15 to shoot even par 72 and a
second place cheque of $900. 2008
Champion John Shin and former
Champion Tour player Norm Jarvis
fell two shots short with scores of
73 (+1).
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VGT
at the 2009 Vancouver Golf Show
This
year’s Vancouver Golf & Travel Show at BC Place
saw a record attendance of over 20,000 golfers
with many serious golfers expressing their
anticipation of the 2009 golf season. Along with
the many golf resorts & latest golf technologies
on hand, VGT showcased its Live Leader board
technology as well as its 2008 Year-in-Review.
This was a great opportunity for golfers to see
what VGT is all about, including the great
partners and products VGT has lined itself up
with for the 2009 season (VGT Commissioner
Fraser Mulholland pictured with GlobalBC Sports
Anchor Jay Janower).
At the show, VGT offered over $2,000 in
fabulous Sponsor’s Prizes in our 2009 Golf Show
Prize Draw.
Here are the six lucky prize winners:
1st: $1,000
GALVIN GREEN Gore-Tex Rainsuit – Rod Marr
2nd: $500 CLEVELAND GOLF Package – Mike
Braun
3rd: $250 VGT Membership/Entry Fees – Leo Gougeon
4th: $100 in FIRSTAR Golf Clothing – Trelawny Bell
5th: $100 in FIRSTAR Golf Clothing – Garry Hu
6th: $50 GC to GREEN ROOM Performance
Center - Mike Brown
All prizes are to be picked up at the VGT
Office located at Seymour Creek Golf Center in
North Vancouver.
Please call (604) 980-4653 to arrange for
pick-up.
Thanks for visiting the VGT booth and
congratulations to all winners!
Dear Golfing Friends:
It is hard to believe, but we are embarking on
our 3RD full season of Championship Golf on the
Vancouver Golf Tour!
We
are only a few weeks away from our
Opening Event
THE BRAD GARSIDE/PAINE EDMONDS
OPEN at Kings Links by the Sea
and we are pleased to announce that our Early
Bird Membership drive (which ended Jan.18th)
yielded forty new members to the tour! We are
days away from launching our complete
2009 Tournament Schedule and online
payment to the website and I thank-you all for
your patience.
The most recent copy of our 2009 schedule is
available here. As you'll see, we've
added some new Amateur Only weekend
events to our schedule and opened our events to
include all amateurs with a BCGA index of 0-16.
Our
continued thanks must go out to our Title
Sponsor MARKETPLACE IGA and many of our
supporting sponsors who have helped us develop
Western Canada’s Premier Developmental Golf
Tour. I am happy to announce that we will have
an estimated total of $250,000 in Cash and
Prizes to play for this year!!!
All 2009 VGT Membership details
including all the privileges offered can be
found by clicking the following link:
http://www.vancouvergolftour.com/2009/membership.htm.
2009
VGT MEMBERSHIP GIFT:
A reminder that the first 100 members
registered this year will receive a $30 shoe
bag courtesy of the
GREEN ROOM
(www.greenroomgolf.com).
With over 60 members signed up to date, I would
suggest signing up for your 2009 Membership as
soon as possible to take advantage of this great
gift!
FREE CLUB
ASSESSMENT from GREEN ROOM!
All 2009 VGT Members have until March 1st,
2009 to take advantage of this $125 Golf Club
Assessment – FOR FREE! Thanks once again to the
GREEN ROOM PERFORMANCE CENTER for stepping up as
a Platinum Sponsor this year and offering our
members these great membership perks.
2009
CANADA BREAD BC MATCH PLAY:
We are very excited to have CANADA BREAD back
as the Title Sponsor of the BC Match Play
Championship this year. Online registration for
this event will commence on Feb.10th - Please
sign up early for this event if you are to be
guaranteed the golf course of your choice for
the Qualifying Round.
Details and Schedule
2009
VANCOUVER GOLF MAP
Vancouver Golf Tour and BCgolfguide.com are
pleased to present the all new Vancouver Golf
Map for 2009. Funds raised will assist in
the development of VGT Junior Programs and
developmental aspects of the tour. We are
pleased to have Perfect Lies assisting in sales
for this cause. Contact me to inquire how you
can fundraise for your Charity of Choice with
the Vancouver Golf Map. Maps retail for $8 and
have $100's of golf savings to those that
purchase. Golf Maps will be available at the
Golf Show for purchase and to 2009 VGT Members
who are provided with one map FREE. Please
contact me directly to inquiry how you can
fundraise for your charity or organization with
this map. Maps retail for $8 and have $100's of
savings to those that purchase.
VOLUNTEERS
REQUIRED FOR ’09 SEASON
With the growth in our tour comes the
requirement of more volunteer support to make
our events run without a hitch. Thus, we are
looking for individuals to fill the following
roles at our events:
Hole spotting
| First
Tee Announcing |
Set-up and Take-down of event
Live Leader board scorekeeping
| Walking
scoring |
Registration |
Pace-of-play control
Please feel free to contact me directly by
phone or
email if you feel you are able to provide
some support in any of these roles for any of
our tournament dates.
Thank-you all for continuing to tune in to
the Vancouver Golf Tour and follow the progress
of our many great players who are making their
quest to play on the PGA Tour!! We will continue
to keep you all posted with our player’s
tournament results as well as picture and video
productions of our events so you can all say you
witnessed their development on their way to
becoming a PGA Tour Champion!
Let’s make it happen!!!!
Best regards,
Fraser Mulholland - Commissioner, Vancouver Golf
Tour
(604) 980-GOLF (4653) |
fraser@VancouverGolfTour.com |
www.VancouverGolfTour.com
HAPPY HOLIDAYS VANCOUVER GOLFERS!
With the 2008 year winding down, I would like
to take this time to wish all of our players,
sponsors and supporters a very Happy Holidays!!
It has been great to see the growth in our
tour the past two years and it has been my
pleasure working with all of you (players,
sponsors, volunteers, supporters) as we have
grown. I look forward to even bigger things for
our tour in 2009, including some new Amateur
Championship Events and Open Events on our
schedule. With that said, I am excited to
release our 2009 Membership Program and
Tournament Schedule as well as announce that we
have secured the GREEN ROOM PERFORMANCE
CENTER as our newest Premier Sponsor!
2008
THANK-YOU MESSAGE
I would also like to take this opportunity to
personally thank all of the people involved in
Vancouver Golf Tour’s first 2 ½ years of
operations – sponsors, volunteers, support
staff, golf courses and fan support. Please know
that you have all had an impact in giving
hundreds of local aspiring golfers the
opportunity to expand their tournament
experiences with Vancouver Golf Tour. Please
take a few minutes to click and see the list of
our supporting sponsors, volunteers, golf
community friends and staff that have helped
pave the way for golf excellence in our region.
click
here to view
The
Vancouver Golf Tour
and BCgolfguide.com
are pleased to present
the all new Vancouver
Golf Map for 2009. Maps
retail for $8 and have
$100's of savings to
those that purchase. Non
registered charities may
purchase for $4 each and
registered organizations
for $3 each. Minimum 100
map purchase. Contact
us at 604-980-4653
(GOLF) for
ordering.
