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Photographs courtesy of British Columbia Golf
Canada's westernmost province has a long and storied history in the game of
golf that dates back to the opening of the first course in British Columbia at
Vancouver's Jericho Beach in 1892. Just a year later, the BC Golf Association,
now known as British Columbia Golf, was formed with the mandate to hold a
provincial championship. In 1894, BC's first amateur golfing championship was held at the
Victoria Golf Club. The winner was awarded a trophy donated by Hewitt Bostock, the lieutenant
governor of the province. The trophy, known as the Bostock Cup, is still awarded today and is
believed to be the oldest continuously competed for trophy in North America.
The first women's amateur championship was held in 1895, and 10 years later the champion was
awarded the Flumerfelt Cup, which continues to be raised high overhead by each BC amateur
women's champion. This trophy also boasts the title of North America's oldest continuously
competed for women's trophy.
That proud legacy continues with more than 300 golf courses gracing BC's incomparable
terrain. Some, like the venerable Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club, have celebrated their
centennials while others, like the spectacular Wildstone Golf Course on the edge of the BC
Rockies, are just starting to make history of their own.
In this remarkable chapter, some of the most beautiful and challenging golf holes in the world—
designed by some of the game's finest architects including Jack Nicklaus, Doug Carrick, A.V.
Macan, and others—unfold in their colourful splendour in one of the most historic and scenic
golf destinations in the world.
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