Flight Centre is offering BCGA members two packages with tickets to attend the US Open at one of the best known courses in the world - Bethpage Black.  Packages include airfare from Vancouver, hotel accommodation in New York City and event tickets.

Aerification is a mechanical process in which a soil plug, also known as a core, is removed from the ground.  While its an inconvience for golfers, it is a necessary step in maintaining healthy turf.

It’s official. The Bear Mountain Resort Valley Course – the second of two Nicklaus Design golf courses at Bear Mountain – will make its debut on May 31st and positions Bear Mountain Resort as the only 36-hole Nicklaus Design golf offering in Canada. The Valley Course’s par 71, 6,807 yard, 18-hole Nicklaus Design is at a lower elevation than the Mountain Course, but boasts the same spectacular west coast rock and water features for which Bear Mountain has become renowned. The Bear Mountain Resort Valley Course is the 11th golf course to be added to the Vancouver Island Golf Trail. Victoria golf packages including 2 nights & 2 rounds, one at the Valley Course, are available from $285.

Book your tee times for many of the top BC courses on line.  Save time and hassles by checking on availability at any time of the day and look months in advance.  Check out Online Tee Time Bookings on the BCGA Travel Club site.

This golf season, experience what the media recently hailed as “the hottest market in Canadian golf”. Golf Kamloops.com showcases some of the best golf courses in British Columbia with its six diverse layouts.  Tobiano and Sun Rivers are two newer courses in the region that would remind the visitor of Arizona, both offering elements of desert canyons, native grasses and elevated greens and tees.  The Dunes and Rivershore are located on the banks of the Thompson River, and both offer more undulating terrain in parklands-style courses.  Sun Peaks and Talking Rock are mountain courses with some dramatic views and tree lined fairways.

The Okanagan is a great place to play golf anytime, but particularly so in the spring as the days get longer and warmer. 

Several new rules changes effective in 2009 reduce some of the penalties from some common situations, including lost balls.