Author Archives: BC Golf House

Wood Valance Championship This tournament is the oldest championship in the Kootenays that is still being played. The first regional championship was the Crow’s Nest Golf Championship. It commenced in 1920 at Cranbrook and ended in the 1970’s     … Continue reading →

A Comparison between the 1969 and the 2023 LPGA Events at Shaughnessy While attending the recent 2023 CNKC LPGA championship at Shaughnessy, I began to reflect back to my recollections of caddying in  the September 1969 Molson’s LPGA championship.  Wearing … Continue reading →

The Brian De Biasio Story “First player from the Kootenays to be inducted into the Golf Hall of Fame of BC” Brian credits his parents for making certain their three children had every opportunity to play all sports. These were … Continue reading →

Mt Brenton Golf club Celebrates 75th Anniversary in 2023. John Alexander Humbird In 1909 A. E. Collyer purchased the Horseshoe Bay Inn.  He used his Collyer farm to supply  fresh produce, dairy products, and fruit to their Horseshoe Bay Inn. … Continue reading →

A Capsule History of the First Golf Course in Chemainus     The St Paul Daily Globe newspaper reported the recent purchase by John A. Humbird, John E. Glover and William H. Phipps as follows: February 29 1892 (Leap Year) … Continue reading →

NAKUSP RECREATIONAL GOLF CLUB (1930 – 1937) While researching the history of the Slocan GC we discovered another lost golf course for BC – the Nakusp Golf Club. Similarly during this research another lost golf club appeared – West Demars. … Continue reading →

New Denver (Slocan)  Golf Course circa late 1930’s 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 … 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 →