BC Open records The tournament operated under the name BC Open 1926 – 1994. When the CPGA of BC no longer sponsored the provincial open championship the organization retained the rights to the name “BC Open” From 1994 – 2017 … Continue reading →

HISTORY OF THE BC OPEN AND OTHER PROVINCIAL OPENS An examination of the BC golf records showed the first BC Open occurred in 1928. Research in the early 1990’s uncovered an earlier BC Open Championship played in conjunction with the … Continue reading →

Good Afternoon! The BC Golf Museum and The BC Golf House Society have changed their email address to: bcgolfhouse@gmail.com Our communications with you are important to us. Please make note of our new email address. Thank you BC GOLF HOUSE … Continue reading →

Galiano golf Course 90 years old in 2025 We recently received this inquiry. “My grandparents played golf on Galiano Island in the 1930’s. Do you think they played on the present course.” Because we have done very little research on … Continue reading →

Hastings Park GC – BC’s first municipal golf course – 100 years old if it still existed.  HISTORY OF FIRST MUNI COURSE IN BC WINDERMERE GOLF CLUB HASTINGS PARK GOLF COURSE, – EXHIBITION GOLF COURSE OPENED MAY 2nd, 1925 JEFFERSON … Continue reading →

Kettle Valley Golf 100 Years old in 2025 Sources: Vancouver Province, Grand Forks Gazette, Greenwood Ledge, Nelson Daily News; Map Ghost Towns & Mining Camps of the Boundary Country by Garnet Basque; Photos (coloured) Ted Gane In 1990 the Museum … Continue reading →

GOLF IN MISSION AREA CELEBRATES 100 YEARS IN 2025 Henry Alan Bulwer The Fraser Valley Record (FVR) October 11, 1967, published an article titled “Three golf courses have had short-lived successes.” The author claimed, “The first of these was a … Continue reading →

PACIFIC NORTHWEST GOLF CLUBS CELEBRATING 100TH ANNIVERSARIES IN 2025 BRITISH COLUMBIA Chemainus Denman Island Greenwood Kettle Valley Mission Prince George (1st course) Quilchena (Vancouver) Summerland WASHINGTON Kennewick Pasco Riverside (Wenatchee) Touchett Valley OREGON Bend Columbia (Portland) Lake Osewgo (Portland) Marshfield … Continue reading →

MAPLE RIDGE GOLF COURSE – CELEBRATES 100 YEARS in 2025 “BC’S OLDEST EXISTING NINE HOLE GOLF COURSE” In an interview with the Coquitlam Star on May 8th, 1912, John McIver Sr. described his journey from Lewis Island, Scotland to the … Continue reading →

JOHN BALL FAMILY “Builder of the first golf course west” In several publications during the 1920’s in the northwest, John Ball, the veteran golf course builder, is referred to as the “builder of the first golf course west of the … Continue reading →