Author Archives: BC Golf House

ROSSLAND – TRAIL OPEN – First Pro-Am golf tournament in the Kootenays.   Peter McIntyre Plate awarded to low professional Pro-Made Trophy awarded to the low amateur   1946    Harry Donaldson 1947    Reg Stone 1948    Bill Mawhinney … Continue reading →

Cowichan G & CC  the 2nd course A.V. Macan Design A. Vernon Macan GA circa 1949 After WW 2 the Cowichan project represented the first full scale golf course design Vernon Macan (Mac) undertook since his executive Lloyd’s GC (Portland … Continue reading →

EARLY GOLF IN THE COWICHAN VALLEY The Maitland – Dougall family roots Admiral William Herriot Maitland Dougal On Christmas Day 1851 the village of Ferry-Port-On-Craig celebrated the union of the Maitland and the Dougall families. The Fife Herald reported the … Continue reading →

COWICHAN OPEN CHAMPIONS   1953               Jack Egger 1954               Bill McColl 1955               Bill McColl 1956               Bob Fleming 1957               Bob Fleming 1958               Art Donaldson 1959               Ron Cush 1960               Bill Wakeham 1961               Bill Wakeham 1962               Art Donaldson 1963 … Continue reading →

HUNTTING CUP COMPETITION 100 YEARS OLD ON MAY 7, 2022 Where does the Huntting Cup event rank in chronological order with other women’s championships in BC. This is not referring to club events. The oldest women’s championship is the BC … Continue reading →

HUNTTING CUP RECORDS The museum is attempting to add the missing information to these records. If you have played in this event in the past twenty years you could assist us by providing the Venue and the Names of the … Continue reading →

L.S. Jacobs Standing second from the right L.S. Jacobs  “British Columbia’s First Golf Professional” While researching the Ayton family for the Point Grey Centennial project, I found the above photo taken at the 1908 US Open.  Standing second from the … Continue reading →

CHEHALIS GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB “Vernon Macan’s best nine hole design” ‘Formed in 1922 Chehalis would celebrate their centennial in 2022” Vernon Macan GA (Golf Architect) Macan’s friends in Seattle and Victoria thought he had flipped when he announced in … Continue reading →

Formation of the British Columbia Golf Association (June 9th, 1922) To understand the history of the British Columbia Golf Association (BCGA)  it is necessary to study the history of the British Columbia Men’s Amateur Championship. Prior to WW 2, the … Continue reading →