BC SUMMER GAMES
Golf
British Columbia Golf uses the BC Summer Games as a stepping-stone for athlete development. In many cases, the athletes chosen by BC Golf to participate in the Games use the opportunity as a means to becoming familiar with competitive golf or a higher level of competitive golf.
At the BC Summer Games, athletes compete in two different categories: Individual and Zone Team Competitions. For the Individual competition, athletes compete in a two-day 36-hole stroke play gross score competition. The Zone Team Competition includes both males and females where team scores are based on the two-day total of the three lowest net scores posted each day from any member of the zone team.
Notable BC Games alumni include Kevin Kwon, 2013 Canadian Junior and 2013 Canada Games Champion and former LPGA professional player Sue Kim.
British Columbia Golf is the Provincial Sport Organization for golf in British Columbia and represents over 54,000 individual golfers at over 300 clubs and courses. See www.britishcolumbiagolf.org.
The game of golf dates back to the 15th century in Scotland where links course such as the Old Course at St. Andrews are the oldest golf courses in the world. Golf is played by amateurs as a recreational sport as well as professionals who participate in major tours such as the PGA and LPGA. Golf was in the Summer Olympic Games in 1900 and 1904 and will make its long awaited return to the Olympic program in 2016.
Golf is a participant sport in which a player, using up to 14 different clubs, hits a golf ball in an effort to get it in the golf hole in the least amount of strokes as possible. Golf courses usually consist of 9-18 holes, with some holes being more difficult than others. Golf does not use a standardized playing area but instead, each golf course has a unique design and set of attributes that allows the player to navigate different routes to completing each hole.
