Richard Zokol (Hall of Fame member) Introducing MindLinkGolf……….a new easy way to Track your progress on the course www.mindlinkgolf.com . Become a better golfer.
Recent NEWS ….SEPT 16TH – 2017
History in the making on Sept. 16th. The first ever inaugural Jr. Linkster
Tour & First Tee young golfing members getting together at Queen Elizabeth
Park in Vancouver to play some golf and make some great friends and have
some sun. The first Tee does such a great job in teaching kids the game of
golf along with life learning lessons and believing in themselves. The Jr
Linkster tournaments gives these young golfers a place to come and enjoy
playing and testing out their skills what they have been taught at the First
Tee program. The event was very successful and everyone one went home with
prizes. The staff enjoyed themselves watching all the smiles on all the
golfer. The event was a very big success and many more to come in the
future.
British Columbia Team WINS Gold Medal at 2017 Junior America Cup… Captain/Coach Nitro is proud to be part of the wining team this year. Our players Tristan Mandur; Nolan Thoroughood; Keaton Gudz and Callum Davison shot a Team record 3 round 645 total and Nolan Won the overall Best score of -8 under total 208 with a blistering 67 in the second round to take the individual top honors. The boys did a great job in representing British Columbia at the cup this year. Next year’s Cup will be hosted in Montana. For further information visit www.junioramericacup.net and pictures at https://junioramericascup.
Fred Wellsby Junior Golf Tournament, Chilliwack
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WESTERN CANADIAN BLIND GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS – JULY 2ND TO JULY 6TH. 2017 – SASKATOON
What a successful Blind golf event it was at the Western Canadian Championships in Saskatoon. Over 80 golfers were in attendance and “The Legends” Golf Course in Warman, Sask. Hosted the event. Of the many winners Keifer Jones, from Calgary, a 24 year old B3 Blind golfer broke the World Record for blind golfers with a -4 under 68 from the White Tees. I am so proud of Keifer and what he accomplished. Another student Josh also from the Calgary area shot a 95 from the white Tees. He is such an inspiration to other golfers. You say 95 not bad for a blind golfer. Click on the video below….Josh is actually Blind, has a Disabled left arm and a prosthetic left leg…he swings with one hand, You think you can’t golf ..come out for lessons with me…”You can do it.”
Come see us at the Innovations Golf Booth and experience the most helpful Putter in golf..The “ClearBall” Putter and also test your putting skills with the ClearBall Putter and enter the British Columbia Putting Championships. SEE YOU ALL AT THE SHOW.
2015 LITTLE MASTERS – 48th Annual
The Jr.Linkster Tour 2015 LITTLE MASTERS was a great success. Held on
August 10th to 13th at 4 local Golf course…. Newlands – Langley Golf
Centre – Sunshine Hills – Kings Links. The event brought over 80 golfers
from ages 5 to 15 years old to the Masters. The event is a test of skill and
also having fun for all the golfers. This year’s Overall Champion and
Little Masters Title holder was Markus Yiu from Vancouver and the Ladies
Overall Champion was Michelle LIU from Richmond. The Jr. Linkster Tour puts
on golf tournaments for the young, up and coming golfers and everyone is
welcome to compete. The final day of competition after the cut was made had
approximately 40 golfers testing their skills with some up and coming future
professional golfers. In the 7-8yr group Lucas Ly from Langley was a stand
out as was Markus Yiu in the 11-12 yrs. group just returning from finishing
their debut last month at the Worlds Junior VERITAS Cup in Flagstaff,
Arizona. Our Canadian team did wonderful placing 4th overall with over 20
teams competing and we were all proud of them.
More information on this event visit www.jrlinkstertour.com
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43RD-ANNUAL JUNIOR AMERICA’S CUP AT PINE CANYON CLUB –FLAGSTAFF, AZ.
Junior America’s Cup Team British Columbia – 4th place, tied with Oregon. B.C.’s Roy KANG of Coquitlam is the third place medalist. Roy had no less than 17 birdies and 3 eagles at the exclusive and pristine Pine Canyon Country Club. Southern California Team JAC had a stellar performance to take the Gold medals, with Wyoming locking up the Silver medal and Colorado proudly taking the Bronze medals. The Junior America’s Cup is an Royal & Ancient Golf Association, World Amateur ranked event! Many College and University Golf Coaches were in attendance and took particular interest in Roy KANG(visit to University of Nevada Las Vegas) and Sy LOVAN(U of Arizona and Gonzaga) of Surrey. Both these athletes graduate from High School in 2016. Our other players, Alex PARK of Vancouver is heading to the University of California at Berkley and Diego San PEDRO of Richmond heads to Oregon State in August. Captains Harry White and Ed Lex, both of Vancouver accompanied the Team and look forward to the 2016 Junior America’s Cup in Guadalajara, Mexico at the Guadalajara CC. Roy Kang of Coquitlam has been awarded a “spot” on the 2016 JAC Team for BC, with the balance of three players up for competition next year. The Junior Golf Foundation of BC, fund and conduct this program and the Optimist Junior Linkster Tour and qualifying for Junior World in San Diego, Veritas World Championships in Los Angeles and Optimist International Junior in Florida.
Sincere thanks to our Optimist Clubs in BC, the Vancouver & Districts Inter-Club Golf Committee(1913), aka Zone 4 and other private donors who help so much! HW
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WINS 43RD-ANNUAL JUNIOR AMERICA’S CUP AT PINE CANYON CLUB
Team of Sam Choi (medalist), Chase Furey, Justin Kim and Joseph Chun prevails by 13 strokes
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The team from Southern California took top honors at the 43rd-annual Junior America’s Cup held in Flagstaff, Arizona at Pine Canyon Club, July 28-30. Team B.C. had a great showing with a 4th Place finish.
Click here for final results or visit the official tournament website for more information.
| 43rd-Annual Junior America’s Cup – Final Results | ||||||||
| Pos | Team | Today | Thru | Total | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total |
| 1 | Southern California | -5 | F | -25 | 209 | 203 | 211 | 623 |
| 2 | Wyoming | -3 | F | -12 | 206 | 217 | 213 | 636 |
| 3 | Colorado | -7 | F | -8 | 216 | 215 | 209 | 640 |
| T4 | Oregon | +3 | F | -6 | 206 | 217 | 219 | 642 |
| T4 | British Columbia | +1 | F | -6 | 208 | 217 | 217 | 642 |
| 6 | Northern California | -4 | F | -5 | 210 | 221 | 212 | 643 |
| T7 | Arizona | -2 | F | -2 | 216 | 216 | 214 | 646 |
| T7 | Hawaii | -3 | F | -2 | 217 | 216 | 213 | 646 |
| T9 | Idaho | E | F | +1 | 218 | 215 | 216 | 649 |
| T9 | San Diego | -3 | F | +1 | 210 | 226 | 213 | 649 |
| 11 | Washington | -6 | F | +2 | 221 | 219 | 210 | 650 |
| 12 | Montana | +2 | 12 | +6 | 215 | 221 | 143 | 579 |
| 13 | Mexico I | E | F | +9 | 227 | 214 | 216 | 657 |
| 14 | Nevada | +9 | 12 | +10 | 214 | 219 | 150 | 583 |
| T15 | Utah | +3 | F | +12 | 213 | 228 | 219 | 660 |
| T15 | Mexico II | +10 | 12 | +12 | 219 | 215 | 151 | 585 |
| 17 | Alberta | +16 | F | +38 | 224 | |||
Langley BC’s Lucas Ly (Boys Age 7) is 8th, Vancouver’s Nathan Szpakowicz (Boys 9) is 9th, Ryan Burns (Boys 9) of Abbotsford is 13th, Ethan Posthumus of Coquitlam, BC wins the Bronze Medal at the 2015 Veritas (Boys Age 10), Caleb Davies(Boys 9) of Langley is 21st, and Jennifer Gu of West Vancouver takes the Silver Medal in Girls Age 12 Division, Denby Carswell (Boys 11) of Burnaby is 26th, Lauren Boddington (Girls 13) is 4th, Nicolas Moretti (Boys 16-18) is 38th.
Great Experience & Well Done!
2015 IMG Academy Junior World Golf Championships Results
British Columbia’s Optimist Junior Linkster Tour (www.jrlinkstertour.com) golfers show their skills to the world at the 2015 Junior World Golf Championship in San Diego. Over 1000 junior boys and girls of ages 5-17 compete to gain glory and even more valuable “experience” at golf.
Here are the results of our players:
| Girls | 5-6: | 2nd | Anna Huang | (Vancouver) |
| Boys | 5-6: | 3rd | Eason Chen | (Burnaby) |
| 6th | Eamon chen | (Burnaby) | ||
| Girls | 7-8: | 9th | Michelle Liu | (Vancouver) |
| 16th | Elise Liu | (Vancouver) | ||
| 35th | June Hsiao | (Coquitlam) | ||
| 37th | Melinda Wang | (Richmond) | ||
| Boys | 7-8: | 10th | Jay Xu | (Burnaby) |
| 49th | Sky Sun | (Richmond) | ||
| Girls | 9-10: | 66th | Malaina Sidhu | (Burnaby) |
| Boys | 9-10: | 23rd | Ethan Posthumus | (Coquitlam) |
| 62nd | Aaron Huang | (Vancouver) | ||
| Girls | 11-12: | 28th | Victoria Liu | (Vancouver) |
| 64th | Jennifer Gu | (West Vancouver) | ||
| Boys | 11-12: | 22nd | Freddy Sun | (Richmond) |
| 30th | Jeevan Sihota | (Victoria) | ||
| 60th | Marko Banic | (Calgary) | ||
| Girls | 13-14: | 104th | Sandee Park | (Surrey) |
| Boys | 13-14: | 11th | Ethan Choi | (Pincher Creek) |
| 56th | Raymond Li | (Vancouver) | ||
| 69th | Henry Lei | (Surrey) | ||
| Girls | 15-17: | 35th | Hannah Lee | (Surrey) |
| Boys | 15-17: | 25th | AJ Ewart | (Coquitlam) |
| 29th | Tristan Mandur | (Mill Bay) | ||
| Missed Cut: | Mary Parsons | (Delta) | ||
| Kathrine Chan | (Richmond) | |||
| Diego San Pedro | (Richmond) |
2015 IMG Academy Junior World Golf Championships results. Tue, Jul 14 – Fri, Jul 17
at Colina Park Golf Course, CALIFORNIA
Want your child to enjoy the great game of golf??? British Columbia’s Optimist Junior Linkster Tour (www.jrlinkstertour.com)
Sign up anytime to the Junior Linkster Tour. Upcoming Event: August 10-13 Little Masters Golf Championship, a 72-hole day event for ages 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12, 13-15, 16-18, boys and girls. Cost: Just $75.00 for members and $90 for non members.
FOR INFORMATION (media only):
Phillip-Hansen
Tournament-Director
Jr.LinksterTour-Canada
778-898-0237778-898-0237
Email: jrlinkster@shaw.ca
2015 B.C. Junior Boys Golf Champion – Jake Scarrow (12 days ago)
Jake Scarrow of Dewdney, BC, wins the www.britishcolumbiagolf.org 2015 Provincial Junior Boys Golf Championship in Osoyoos, BC.
Jake is an Optimist Fred Wellsby and Junior Linkster Tour alumnus. Jake toured the Osoyoos GC in -13 (13 strokes under Par) over the 4-day, 72 hole event.
Congratulations Jake!
Once again, over 80% of the finalists in the BC Junior Boys and Girls Championship are Optimist Junior Linkster alumni.
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2015 WORLD BLIND GOLF MATCHES
On June 22nd to 25th 2015 I had the pleasure of attending the 2015 World Blind Golf Match Play Championships in Milan, Italy put on by the International ISPS HANDA Blind golf Association with 12 of the top blind golfers from North America, who were competing against 12 of the top golfers from the Rest of the World. The Championship was held at the famous “ Circolo Golf Villa D’este “ in the Como area of Milan, Italy. What a beautiful layout and scenery was magnificent. The Italian organizers, staff and volunteers were just wonderful and looked after everyone. The Competition was in all the 3 Vision Imparied categories in B1,B2, & B3. We had two B3 golfers from British Columbia. George Thirkill from Langley,B.C. and Darren Douma from Creston, B.C. The competition format were the same rules as the Ryder Cup format with 2 days of Team matches and the Last day of Individual matches. The Team Matches were fairly close for two days and on the third day in the individual matches the Rest of the World jumped ahead even though our closer George Thirkill won 3/2 to close off the tournament. What a wonderful experience for everyone that attended and look forward to the rematch in 4 years. If you know of anyone that is blind and interested in playing and learning golf, have them contact nitrogolf.
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