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Hope you enjoy this episode with Gordy Scutt, new Head Professional at Royal Colwood.  We talk about his golf career from the very early days to current day.  Gordy has played all over the world as a Junior representing Canada, throughout his College years as a Washington Husky and later as a professional.  After playing as a pro for nearly 5 years, Gordy moved back to Victoria to begin working in the golf industry and build his resume to ascend to his new role at Royal Colwood.  
Gordy’s dream foursome includes Seve Ballesteros, Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy.  
He's married with 2 young daughters and looking forward to getting to know the membership, make sure you say hi if you haven't already.

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For this episode, we took the podcast on the road and compiled 4 days of content with our group of 8.

Our trip included:
Fircrest Golf Club 1923
Columbia Edgewater Country Club 1925
Inglewood Golf Club 1919
Beach Grove 1927

The first three courses were all designed by A.V. Macan and each had their own taste of what Macan liked to build into his course designs.  Specifically, the use of blind tee shots over a hill, sloped greens and fairways following the natural contours of the land.

Enjoyed playing with our group: Bill Coles, Bruce Brown, John Bodman, Ken Tucker, Kent Campbell, George Glover and Perry Carrigan.

PS George and Matt did take down Bruce and Ken in the match at Beach Grove on the final day!

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Veterans Memorial Lodge is one of five Broadmead Care homes in Greater Victoria.  An attractive, comfortable Home located in the pleasant Broadmead neighbourhood in Victoria, it provides long term care for veterans and seniors on Vancouver Island.

On June 6th 2024, the 21st Annual Broadmead Care’s Charity Golf Tournament will take place at the Royal Colwood Golf Club.

Joining me to talk about this year’s event is Derrick Bernardo (President and CEO of Broadmead Care) and Sean Midwood (Chair of the Golf Tournament).  We chat about the great work being done to support our many Veterans and the success of the golf tournament.

Special Recognition:
Mr. Rudolph “Rudi” Hoenson was a Second World War Veteran from Holland, a nuclear blast survivor, a prisoner of war for three-and-a-half years, and a philanthropist.  He spent part of his life giving back to charities that touched his heart.  Mr. Hoenson has donated millions of dollars to hospitals in British Columbia, and specifically he has given over 2.6 Million to the care of Veterans at Broadmead Care facilities in Victoria.  His kindness and his story has inspired many community leaders, businesses and donors to contribute.  See the link below for more about Rudi.
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/about-vac/who-we-are/department-officials/minister/commendation/bio/1649

Below are more links about the Charity Golf Tournament and more information on how you can support this worthy cause.
https://www.broadmeadcare.com/golf/
https://www.broadmeadcare.com/donate-charitygolftournament/ 

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We celebrate Rupee’s 50 years of membership at Royal Colwood.  “Mr. Pallan” is well known in the Westshore area after serving for 35 years in School District 62.  Rupee’s initiation fee 50 years ago was $400 and the monthly dues were $50.  The Pallan family has grown into golf life at Royal Colwood, both Rupee’s sons got involved as Junior’s and now two grandchildren have connections.

In his 50 years of membership Rupee has “not” had a hole-in-one at Royal Colwood but he tells another story of getting the first ever hole-in-one at the Tobiano Golf Course in Kamloops, BC.  We spend a bit of time chatting about Rupee’s life around golf and how much golf has changed over the years.

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Kicking off Season 2 of the A.V. Macan Podcast, we're joined by Royal Colwood Member Doug Hastie.  Doug is currently working for Golf Canada as the Director for Western Canada.  Doug learned his golf from none other than George Knudsen at The National Golf Club, he obtained his Class "A" Professional designation in 1993 and has held numerous golf management and teaching roles over his career.

Doug spends time on the podcast talking about Golf Canada's 1st Tee Program and it's mandate, he also provides details on the National Golf League (NGL) and then provides us with things we can expect at the Canadian Women's Amateur being hosted by Royal Colwood this summer (29 July - 2 August).  Doug is encouraging Royal Colwood Members to be an event volunteer by caddying, billeting or even sponsoring the tournament.

Doug has played nearly 300 golf courses around the world and rates Royal Dornoch and Spyglass Hill as very memorable.

https://www.nationalgolfleague.ca/

https://www.nationalgolfleague.ca/first-tee-canada/

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In our final episode of 2023, we're joined by Lori Lumley who has just finished her 1 year term as Women's Captain at the Royal Colwood Golf Club.

Lori played competitive fastball as a youngster and into her adult years but decided as retirement approached that golf would bring her some new athletic challenges, hence joining Royal Colwood in 2019 became her new aspiration .  Lori has already improved her game to a single digit handicap!

Lori served as a municipal police officer in both Ottawa and Victoria and has the distinction of being the 1st female police officer in Canada to serve in a full-time tactical unit (SWAT/ERT).  Lori retired out of the Detective Office and fondly recalls working in the historical case file section and managing  the Michael Dunahee file.

As Captain of the Women's Division, Lori felt it was important to rebrand the name of the Division and is proud of that accomplishment during her term.  Lori also takes a few minutes to highlight the annual activities of the Women's Division around Royal Colwood.

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In episode 13, Royal Colwood Professional Craig Young joins me to chat about his 23+ years at our golf club.  Craig and his wife come from competitive skiing backgrounds but his summer love of golf as a kid carried through to his working life.  Craig’s skiing accomplishments include competing in the 1988 Winter Olympic Games in Calgary and at an FIS World Cup event in 1990 where he finished on the podium with a bronze medal.

After competitive skiing, Craig went back to school and got into his Class “A” Golf Professional training with the PGA of Canada at the Oakdale Golf and Country Club.  Craig spends a lot of his time supporting Men’s/Women’s Division events and tournament operations as part of his regular duties.  You’ll have to listen for Craig’s answer to his favourite hole at Royal Colwood – he breaks it down very well.

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In 2023, Royal Colwood celebrated 100 years of Club Championships and in this episode we are joined by Aaron Butters, Club Championship Committee Chair, to talk about the successes of the event.  All the Divisions had medal play competitions over the main championship weekend, and on the second weekend the Men’s Division had match play games.

Later in the episode, Aaron talks about his own start in the game in golf and will celebrate 30 years as a member of Royal Colwood in 2024.  Aaron’s favourite hole from the Macan tees is #13!

Congratulations to all the 2023 winners in their respective Divisions.

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Jack Jenner is the creator and still manages the Don Ross Derby at Royal Colwood.  
This event is one of the most enjoyable tournaments on the schedule for the Men’s Division.  It consists of 2– nine hole matches on the Friday and then 3 – nine hole matches on the Saturday; these are played in 2 man teams taking the best ball score.  

The Flight winners at the end of the 5 matches (and two wild card teams) get to compete in the Derby “horse race” portion of the day.  The horse race takes place over 4 holes of elimination (in an alternate shot format) and the remainder of the field places their bets and follows along through the 4 holes.

Jack and his partner Kent Campbell are previous winners of the Derby!

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Alec Mackie is the Club Captain at Royal Colwood Golf Club, he is in his second year of a 3 year term.  Alec has been a member of the Club since 1984 and is originally from Carnoustie, Scotland.

In fact, his first golf was learned at Carnoustie Golf Links as a young boy with hickory shafted clubs.  Alec was present at the 2018 Open Championship as a volunteer.  His sister and niece are both successful golfers and far better than Alec.  In 1999, his sister was working at The Open as a volunteer and was a direct witness of the Jean van de Velde collapse on the 18th hole!

Anyone wanting to take on the position of “Club Captain” can connect with him for more details.

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