The Sayward Cup is named in honour of our Founder and first President of Royal Colwood, Mr. Joseph A. Sayward.  It was the brainchild of Mr. Richard Austin, a past Captain, after a visit by a team from Royal Aberdeen in September 2000.

Since that inaugural international match, we have had the pleasure of hosting teams from New Zealand, The R and A, and most recently, The Lucifer Golf Society. Over the past 25 years, RCGC has been fortunate to be hosted for informal matches by the finest clubs in Scotland, Ireland, and England. This trip marks our 7th journey 'across the pond'. The Sayward Cup has been contested 60 times, with each match commemorated on the trophy.

The 2025 Sayward Cup Tour made stops in South London and Kent areas for more friendly matches.  Big shoutout to this year’s Captain John Ainsworth for leading the tour. 

Our fourth Match was at Royal St. Georges Golf Club on 10 September 2025.  Thanks to Shaun Paterson for taking time to discuss our game and experiences at Royal St. Georges.

https://www.instagram.com/royalst.georges/

Sound editing done by Todd Mason.

The Sayward Cup is named in honour of our Founder and first President of Royal Colwood, Mr. Joseph A. Sayward.  It was the brainchild of Mr. Richard Austin, a past Captain, after a visit by a team from Royal Aberdeen in September 2000.

Since that inaugural international match, we have had the pleasure of hosting teams from New Zealand, The R and A, and most recently, The Lucifer Golf Society. Over the past 25 years, RCGC has been fortunate to be hosted for informal matches by the finest clubs in Scotland, Ireland, and England. This trip marks our 7th journey 'across the pond'. The Sayward Cup has been contested 60 times, with each match commemorated on the trophy.

The 2025 Sayward Cup Tour made stops in South London and Kent areas for more friendly matches.  Big shoutout to this year’s Captain John Ainsworth for leading the tour. 

Our third Match was at Royal Ashdown Forest (old course) on 8 September 2025.  Thanks to Ken Beaumont for taking time to discuss our game and experiences at Royal Ashdown Forest.

https://www.instagram.com/royalashdownold/

Sound editing done by Todd Mason.

The Sayward Cup is named in honour of our Founder and first President of Royal Colwood, Mr. Joseph A. Sayward.  It was the brainchild of Mr. Richard Austin, a past Captain, after a visit by a team from Royal Aberdeen in September 2000.

Since that inaugural international match, we have had the pleasure of hosting teams from New Zealand, The R and A, and most recently, The Lucifer Golf Society. Over the past 25 years, RCGC has been fortunate to be hosted for informal matches by the finest clubs in Scotland, Ireland, and England. This trip marks our 7th journey 'across the pond'. The Sayward Cup has been contested 60 times, with each match commemorated on the trophy.

The 2025 Sayward Cup Tour made stops in South London and Kent areas for more friendly matches.  Big shoutout to this year’s Captain John Ainsworth for leading the tour.  

Our second Match was at West Sussex Golf Club on 6 September 2025.  Thanks to Tom Coutts for taking time to discuss our game and experiences at West Sussex.

https://www.instagram.com/westsussexgolfclub/

Sound editing done by Todd Mason.

The Sayward Cup is named in honour of our Founder and first President of Royal Colwood, Mr. Joseph A. Sayward.  It was the brainchild of Mr. Richard Austin, a past Captain, after a visit by a team from Royal Aberdeen in September 2000.

Since that inaugural international match, we have had the pleasure of hosting teams from New Zealand, The R and A, and most recently, The Lucifer Golf Society. Over the past 25 years, RCGC has been fortunate to be hosted for informal matches by the finest clubs in Scotland, Ireland, and England. This trip marks our 7th journey 'across the pond'. The Sayward Cup has been contested 60 times, with each match commemorated on the trophy.

The 2025 Sayward Cup Tour made stops in South London and Kent areas for more friendly matches.  Big shoutout to this year’s Captain John Ainsworth for leading the tour.  

Our first Match was at Royal Wimbledon Golf Club on 4 September 2025.  Thanks to John Arseneau for taking time to discuss our game and experiences at Royal Wimbledon.

https://www.rwgc.co.uk/

Sound editing done by Todd Mason.

Ewan Baldwin claimed his first Men’s Open Division Club Championship in 2025 at 15 years old.  Ewan had never played in the Open Division prior to this year, only competing as a Junior (3 time Champ) before.  It was great talking about Ewan’s golf successes for 2025.

The Royal Bay High School Golf Academy is new for Ewan this year and he hopes to compete for a spot on the Golf Team.  Another major highlight for Ewan this year was the Notah Begay III (NB3) Boys Junior National Championship in Louisiana.  He won two qualifying events (BC Provincial Championship and the Washington State Regional Championship) to reach the finals.  Ewan was 5th overall in his Division – well done!

https://www.nb3canada.org/

https://www.instagram.com/nb3jgnc/

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Royal Colwood was proud to host our Fircrest Golf Club friends in the 52nd edition of this event.

Guests on this episode:
01:53 – 06:40 – “2025 Horse Race Winners”
Brian Beal - Member, Fircrest GC
Derek Parkinson - Member, Royal Colwood GC

06:41 – 10:13
 Daniel Shepherd - Head Professional, Fircrest GC 

10:14 – 17:20
 Tyler Green – Men’s Captain, Royal Colwood GC
 Ryan Chamberland - Member, Royal Colwood GC

17:21 – 24:21
 Stan Lowe - Member, Royal Colwood GC
 Brian Beal - Member, Fircrest GC
 Sean Meehan - Member, Fircrest GC

24:22 – 30:32
 Bud Livingstone - Member, Royal Colwood GC
 Gene Dielschneider - Member, Royal Colwood GC

30:33
 Closing Remarks 

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Royal Colwood General Manager Terry Yacyshen has completed his first year in the position of GM and he generously took some time to come visit the podcast studio and talk about Royal Colwood and his golfing background.  Terry’s first professional round was with Steve Stricker in the old Payless Open.

Terry also shares some of his experiences while working at other golf facilities around British Columbia and further abroad.  How many holes-in-one do you think Terry has made and is it possible he missed out on the $10,000?

Keep up the good work Terry.

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Jordan was elected to the Board of Directors in early 2024 as the Club Captain.   His position gives him a seat on the Executive Committee and is bound to keep him busy.  Jordan really enjoyed campaigning for the position and speaking directly to the members.  Jordan talks about the importance of keeping priorities straight in his position of Captain and tries to keep his personal preferences separate.  

Jordan grew up in Cranbrook, BC and played some golf as a junior but really took it up seriously about 25 years ago.  He played several other sports as a kid but was more competitive in soccer right up into college.   We chatted about the great successes of the Royal Colwood Junior Golf Program.

Jordan talks in detail about his current job where they capture wildlife for scientific research.  Very interesting!

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Enjoyed speaking with current Men's Division Captain - Tyler Green.  Tyler has been a member of Royal Colwood since he was 12 years old and credits family influence for being able to play golf at Royal Colwood for so long.  In this episode, you'll be lucky to hear a great hole-in-one story from Tyler while playing at Inglewood Golf Club.

Tyler encourages more young members to consider being part of the Men's Division team.  

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Thanks to Nolan for giving us an update on how things went the past couple of years since our last episode.  We get some insight into his time as Assistant Coach of the Oregon State Golf Team.

Nolan is currently looking for work – he has an undergraduate degree in accounting, holds a minor in supply chain logistics management and then he did his master’s degree in financial analytics.  

While working Nolan would still like to keep his competitive game in order and continue playing in some amateur events.  Despite knowing that it could be a stretch, some amateur events have qualifying spots in golf’s Major events, so that dream is still alive!

We spent a few minutes talking about professional golfers; it was interesting to hear Nolan’s views.

Sound editing done by Todd Mason.