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[Mike K.]

Good grief, eh?

It’s worth a lot, but not a billion bucks. C’mon, now.

[Victoria Watcher]

Gorge Vale will be golf central for some of the best players in the province over the next three years. It was announced the 2025 B.C. junior girls’ championship will take place at the Craigflower Road course from June 30 to July 4 and that the B.C. Men’s Amateur will also be hosted at Gorge Vale in 2027 to celebrate the club’s centenary.

 

“The centennial year of the Gorge Vale Golf Club is 2027 and what better way to celebrate than to invite the best amateur golfers in the province,” club president Bryan Thomson said in a statement.

 

“We are also proud of our commitment to junior golf and our junior girls in particular. We are very excited host the best junior girls in the province.”

 

Gorge Vale has a history of hosting championship tournaments, including at the pro level, with nine Victoria Opens held at the A.V. Macan-designed course from 1986 to 2007, with winners there on Craigflower that included future PGA Tour players Craig Parry, Steve Stricker, Brandt Jobe and David Hearn.

 

The B.C. junior girls’ championship next year will be 72 holes featuring the 39 best junior female players in the province. This year’s winner, at Gallagher’s Canyon in Kelowna with an astonishing record-shattering 18-stroke victory, was the 16-year-old prodigy Amy Lee of Langley, considered the next big thing coming out of B.C. female golf.

 

Gorge Vale GM Mike Heenan laid out the challenge his course will provide for Lee and the other hopefuls next year: “For golfers to score well at Gorge Vale, ball striking is key. Keeping your ball in play off the tee and finding the right spots on the greens will set the competitors up for a successful week.”

 

 

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This year’s winner, at Gallagher’s Canyon in Kelowna with an astonishing record-shattering 18-stroke victory, was the 16-year-old prodigy Amy Lee of Langley

 

 

 

Holy cow!

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 07 November 2024 - 04:41 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

https://x.com/Daniel...762105376653316

 

 

 

 

 

What a guy.

 

 

 

Bernhard Langer wins for 18th straight year on Champions

 

https://www.theglobe...ampions-austin/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bernhard Langer won on Sunday. Again. To break his own record for being the oldest PGA Tour Champions winner. Again. Golfers have longer careers than other professional athletes, but this is just ridiculous.

Langer has had a longer career than most if you just count his time on the senior tour. And he's certainly made more than most. Heck, the two-time Masters champ has made three times as much since turning 50 than he did on the regular PGA Tour. And the dude showed his longevity isn't stopping any time soon after his dominant win at the 43rd U.S. Senior Open.

 

https://www.golfdige...-by-the-numbers

 

 

 

With 46 career victories on the senior circuit, the 65-year-old German has passed Hale Irwin's seemingly unbreakable record. Here are some other numbers that tell just how amazing Langer's (long) run of dominance has been.

16: The number of seasons Langer has played as well as the number of seasons in which he's recorded a win.

11: The number of consecutive seasons Langer has won at least two tournaments. That's a decade straight of multiple victories. Since turning 55 and being eligible for senior discounts at most places.

6: The number of times he's won the season-long Schwab Cup. Bernhard was nice enough to let Steven Alker or Padraig Harrington win that this year.

40: Langer's number of career runner-ups on the senior tour. That's a lot of close calls on top of those 46 wins!

12: Langer's record number of career PGA Tour Champions majors. He's also the only golfer to have won all five of the senior tour's majors. Let's just call is the Bernhard Slam.

11: Langer's record for being the tour's money leader, including seven times in a row. Sorry for using the same number twice, but that's amazing.

10: The number of times Langer has won a tournament by at least five shots, including on Sunday. As if that's not crazy enough, consider he's separating himself from the field this much during mostly 54-hole events.

13: Langer's biggest blowout came over four rounds at the 2014 Senior Open Championship. As if you needed another example of why this dude is the Tiger Woods of the senior tour.

 

$34,367,569: Langer's career PGA Tour Champions earnings. And that doesn't even include all his Schwab Cup bonuses! Add in another $8.2 million for that and that puts him up to nearly $42 million!

 

 

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 11 November 2024 - 06:58 AM.