Royal Colwood Golf Club proudly hosted the 110th Canadian Women's Amateur Championship , 30 July - 02 August 2024, presented by BDO. Congratulations to all the competitors, staff, volunteers and members for a successful Championship. Part 2 – List of Guests: 00:46 – 08:53 Emily Odwin – Competitor, Barbados Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 08:54 – 16:17 Alison Murdoch – Canadian Golf Hall of Fame Rules Official for the Championship 16:18 – 24:57 Jordan Monks – MOTUS Physiotherapy (Spo...
Aug 14, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Royal Colwood Golf Club proudly hosted the 110th Canadian Women's Amateur Championship , 30 July - 02 August 2024, presented by BDO. Congratulations to all the competitors, staff, volunteers and members for a successful Championship. Part 1 – List of Guests: 00:45 – 08:40 Ann Martyn – Tournament Volunteer Chair Gordy Scutt – Head Professional, Royal Colwood Golf Club 08:41 – 15:55 John Deneer – Director of Competitions & Athlete Development for Alberta Golf 15:56 – 20:42 Nikolina, Jordan &am...
Aug 14, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Columbia Edgewater visits Royal Colwood As Columbia Edgewater Country Club approaches its 100th Anniversary in 2025, Ky Fullerton and his friends John Delaittre and Evan Wilson visit Royal Colwood and graciously take time to join me for a quick podcast episode. They, along with other Club members, continue to re-build the Columbia Edgewater historical archives relating to A.V. Macan as part of the centenary celebration and as the new clubhouse is being completed. John discusses some of Columbia ...
Jul 17, 2024•30 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Royal Colwood is proud to host the 110th Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship, presented by BDO. Elaine Bobolo, Organizing Chair, Ruth McDougall and Barb Rainey join the host Matt Waterman in studio to chat about getting ready for the Championship! The Championship runs 29 July – 2 August 2024 and the field will include 156 golfers. Royal Colwood has a long history of hosting championships and this summer’s event is expected to be a hit. Later in the episode we talk about many of the competitor...
Jun 29, 2024•38 min•Season 2Ep. 6
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 fours...
Jun 22, 2024•47 min•Season 2Ep. 5
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 play...
May 21, 2024•41 min•Season 2Ep. 4
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 th...
Apr 01, 2024•33 min•Season 2Ep. 3
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 gett...
Feb 15, 2024•39 min•Season 2Ep. 2
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 prov...
Feb 01, 2024•50 min•Season 2Ep. 1
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...
Dec 21, 2023•39 min•Season 1Ep. 14
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 Clas...
Dec 14, 2023•49 min•Season 1Ep. 13
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 favourit...
Dec 07, 2023•28 min•Season 1Ep. 12
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 ...
Nov 30, 2023•54 min•Season 1Ep. 11
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 w...
Nov 20, 2023•37 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Dave Mick – Wall Of Honour - Royal Colwood Golf Club Dave joined Royal Colwood as a junior member in 1961 and over his golfing career he climbed the steps of recognition to be forever commemorated on the Wall of Honour at Royal Colwood. Hope you enjoy going through some of Dave’s competitive golf life with him. Wall of Honour Member Canadian Team – World Amateur 1978 Eisenhower Cup Silver Medalist Pacific Northwest Men’s Amateur Champion 1973 BC Willingdon Cup Team Member 1971-73, 77/78 National...
Nov 10, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Bruce Brown is our guest on episode 8 of the A.V. Macan Podcast, we chat about the Invasive Species Removal program that he and other volunteers at the Club have been working on for the past few years. Bruce has been a member at Royal Colwood for the past 17 years and has served as the Men’s Captain. Being a volunteer at our golf course is only a small part of the volunteering Bruce has done inside and outside our community, he talks about a few of those worthy charities he contributes to. Bruce...
Oct 27, 2023•47 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Derek Senft is our guest on episode 7, he's a member of the professional staff at Royal Colwood Golf Club. Derek has 10 years experience at Colwood and previously learned some of the golf industry at Victoria Golf Club and at Cultus Lake. Derek is big part of Junior Golf development at Royal Colwood, and he’s often seen leading young girls and boys in their exposure to the golf world. He is a graduate of the Golf Management Program at Camosun College and speaks highly of his educational experien...
Oct 15, 2023•51 min•Season 1Ep. 7
John Rempel is our guest on episode 6, he's been a member at Royal Colwood Golf Club since 1980. John served his country for 25 years in the Royal Canadian Air Force. Once John retired from the military he decided to buy a donut franchise - which eventually became John's Donut House for the next 17 years. John talks about his many years of golfing around Royal Colwood and cool memories of watching Dawn Coe and Steve Stricker play golf. The "Black Swan" story is also talked about as well as many ...
Sep 30, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 6
In episode #5, Kevin Carrigan comes in to chat about his experiences at Royal Colwood Golf Club (RCGC). He is a “Wall of Honour” member and is previously a winner of the Men’s Club Championship eight (8) times in a row! Kevin gives credit to Tiger Woods for creating huge interest in golf while he was learning the game as a Junior. After his high school graduation, Kevin went onto College in the United States for NCAA Division I competition. He plans to continue to compete at the amateur level an...
Aug 16, 2023•45 min•Season 1Ep. 5
In episode #4, you’ll hear from Nolan Thoroughgood the 2022 Men’s Club Champion at Royal Colwood Golf Club (RCGC). He is a home grown golfer at RCGC and has been a high achiever throughout his playing career. The highlights include winning the BC Amateur Golf Championship in 2016 (at 15 yrs old) and playing college golf in Division I NCAA for Oregon State University. Nolan has decided not to turn pro and remain in the competitive amateur ranks – likely a difficult decision for many golfers but a...
Aug 16, 2023•30 min•Season 1Ep. 4
In episode #3, Cynthia Adamek sits down to chat about her golfing career at Royal Colwood Golf Club (RCGC). She is the 2022 Women’s Club Champion and is a four time winner of the Championship. Cynthia grew up around Royal Colwood and spent many summers playing and competing as a junior member. Cynthia served in the Canadian Armed Forces as a musician performing in the Ceremonial Guard during her summer postings while attending UVic. After University she became a professional musician with severa...
Aug 16, 2023•46 min•Season 1Ep. 3
In episode #2, you’ll meet Rich Chlopan the Head Professional at the Royal Colwood Golf Club (RCGC). Rich has been an employee at RCGC for 8 years and has held the Head Professional position the past 4 years. He has been involved in the golf industry since 1989. Rich is from Regina, Sask. and played Junior Golf at the Wascana Country Club. The 2nd toast is made by Rich and is in honour of our golf course designer. “A.V. Macan” Sound editing done by Todd Mason.
Aug 16, 2023•30 min•Season 1Ep. 2
In episode #1 you'll meet Winston Michell the General Manager of the Royal Colwood Golf Club. Winston is 3 1/2 years into his role as the General Manager, he started the position at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic! He is a graduate of the Camosun College Golf Management Program. Winston looks forward to the future at Royal Colwood with lots of new projects underway and important golf tournaments coming soon. To appropriately kick off these episodes, Winston gives the Loyal Toast . "The Ki...
Aug 16, 2023•44 min•Season 1Ep. 1
The host, Matt Waterman talks about starting the A.V. Macan Podcast. Sound editing done by Todd Mason.
May 02, 2023•6 min
