Sea-To-Sky News & Notes (Zone 4)

Whistler's RBC Scramble qualifier, new golf company opens in North Van machining putters, Seymour GC a busy host, recognizing Zone 4 contributors and more....

RBC Scramble Qualifier At Whistler GC

Whistler Golf Club is holding an RBC Scramble Qualifier at Whistler Golf Club on May 22nd. Entry for this four-person scramble event is limited, so be sure to secure your spot early.

The top two teams from the event will advance to the BC Regional Final at Crown Isle Golf Resort, with a chance to qualify for an all-expenses-paid team trip to Cabot Cape Breton in September.

Official registration opens in early April. To get your team on the early registration list, please email Jason, the Sales and Marketing Manager, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Learn more about the RBC Scramble team rules & regulations here. Or go to RBC Scramble 

Cove Golf Comes To North Van

Cove Golf is a new company based in North Vancouver manufacturing CNC machined putters and accessories. Club maker Martin Novak worked as a machinist for 5 years before opening his own machine shop in 2020.

He specialized in prototypes for the pharmaceutical and robotics industry and quickly earned an exemplary reputation for his acute attention to detail and workmanship. As a proud Canadian with a passion for golf, it became Martin's goal to develop a 100% Canadian-made, machine-milled putter of the highest quality....and Cove Golf was born.

Director of Sales at Cove Golf, Caree Sullivan, explains, "We provide great corporate opportunities to brand and customize putters ideal for client gifts, tournament prizes or employee perks.

Visit the website cove.golf for more.

 Sold Out At Seymour

It's been a busy start to the season for Seymour Golf & Country Club on the North Shore. This past weekend, April 12-13, Seymour hosted a British Columbia Golf Performance Camp for aspiring young players and the camp 'sold out' a few weeks ago. The camp was open to BC Golf Junior members aged 12 to 15.

The lead coach of the camp was Colin Lavers, a PGA of Canada Class 'A' Professional and long-time contributing coach for BC Golf. Colin was assisted at the camp by Scott Kerr, a professional golfer and the former Captain of Simon Fraser University’s Varsity Men’s Golf Team, Connor Rosenlund, a PGA Associate Professional and Tyler McKay a PGA of Canada Class A member and the Manager, Competitions and Member Events with British Columbia Golf.

The 2-day camp included:

• On course play
• National Testing protocols for putting, chipping, wedges, approach and driver
• Friendly competitions
• Information on the Competitive Pathway to help guide players on their golf journey
• Information on the Pillars of Performance and how/when to best utilize them
• Statistics and their importance in benchmarking and how players can utilize them to improve their game
• A parent info session on the best ways to support their golfer

Just prior to the performance camp taking place, Seymour also announced that the 17th annual North Shore Community Foundation Tournament, scheduled for Friday, June 7th, was also sold out. You can see more about what this event supports and is about here. 

Zone 4 Executive News - Recognition for Bill McDonald, Retirement for Bruce Main

- courtesy Jim Sutherland, Zone 4

There are two items of interest from the Zone 4 executive to report, according to their website, one happy, the other bittersweet.

The first is recognition for longtime director Bill McDonald (below, left). Bill has been competing in Zone 4 amateur and senior events for some five decades, and early in this century moved into an administrative role as a director.

For the past several years he’s been running their annual Amateur championship, and three years ago spearheaded the founding of the zone's new Mid-Amateur championship. For his dedicated service, he was recently awarded a Volunteer Recognition Award by then president of BC Golf, Greg Moody (above, right). Congratulations go out to Bill!

The other piece of news sees congratulations also go out to Bruce Main. Recently, after a quarter century of dedicated service, Bruce announced that he planned to retire as a Zone 4 director. Bruce joined the zone as a director in 2000, and ran the junior program for eight years, then moved on to the senior chair for another eight years.

During that time he also helped compile the roster book. Since 2017, he’s been running the zone's annual Tournament of Champions, in addition to lots of other duties. “I always enjoy meeting the Juniors at events that many still play in,” he says.

Bruce is handing over the Tournament of Champions to Sean Crowther, but promises to help out where needed while continuing to show up at many zone events, so please feel free to extend your thanks the next time you see him!

Chip shots...

Big Sky is Opening soon - The season starts May 3! Find up to the second tee time availability and the best green fee rates at Big Sky with their online booking program.

Arnie's Army Golf Giveaway - Enter to win golf for you and 19 of your friends at the Whistler Golf Club. Two draws a year!

Grand Prize includes:

• Golf for 20 players at the Whistler Golf Club including carts
• Complimentary practice balls at the driving range for all golfers