Triathlon

The More You Know

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.

History

The game of golf dates back to the 15^th 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 made its return to the Olympic program in 2016.

Golf at the BC Games

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.