Author Archives: BC Golf House

1969 CARLING GOLF TOUR 1969 ONTARIO OPEN    June 19 – 21, 1969              Host: St Catherines G&CC Champion: Nick Weslock 1 Weslock, N (A)                                 … Continue reading →

1968 CARLING GOLF TOUR 1968 ONTARIO OPEN  June 7-9 1968   Host: Pine Valley GC Champion: Gary Cowan 1 Cowan, G (A)                                       … Continue reading →

1967 CARLING GOLF TOUR 1967 MILLAR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP June 23-25 1967              Host Richmond Hill CC Champion: Wilf Homenuik. x Homenuik, W                                     215 2 Clayton, D                       … Continue reading →

1966 CARLING GOLF TOUR 1966 Tour included provincial championships in British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec. The Millar Cup and the Canadian Professional Golfers Championship concluded the summer events. NOTES: To compile these records we first searched the local newspaper … Continue reading →

CARLING GOLF TOUR – 1966 – 1970 In 1953, John Jay Hopkins, President of the General Dynamics Corporation, began a movement to use golf as a mechanism for players to create better international relations through golf.  He started by hosting … Continue reading →

THE GRAPHITE SHAFT STORY Introduction Until Frank Thomas conducted the research in 1967 golf equipment inventors spent little time researching and identify controllable features of the golf shaft.  This fact seems somewhat strange when you consider the fact the player’s … Continue reading →

Recently the Museum received the following inquiry. Do you know which provincal teams have won the Men’s Willingdon Cup Trophy and which Women’s RCGA Team Trophy?   After doing the research the Museum is posting the results to assist other … Continue reading →