Shaughnessy Golf & Country Club's Ashley Zibrik is the new leader of the PGA of BC PDP race. Ashley takes over first from Gallagher's Canyon Golf & Country Club's Tara Roden, who had led for the past two months.

Ashley gained 25 points in May by attending a three-day PGA of Canada seminar for female members at University Golf Club and volunteering as a hole spotter at the Tournament of Champions, also at University.

Ashley's cumulative total of 51 points is now 3 more than Roden's total of 48 and it's notable that the top 2 are both women and Ashley is trying to win the title that husband David Zibrik took by only 1 point in 2013.

Rounding out the Top 5 are: Chad Scott of The Harvest Golf Club at 39 points and Doug Hastie of Cordova Bay Golf Club and Jeff Palmer of Olympic View Golf Club tied for 4th at 38 points.

With the summer tournament season now starting, PGA of BC members will have multiple opportunities in June, July and August to accumulate more points toward this prestigious title.

Many members have already taken the initiative to submit their points for 2014. We encourage all members to take the time to familiarize themselves with the program as we are confident that the majority of members have already earned points in areas they have not yet realized.  

For additional information, including details of changes, schedule of points, extracurricular points submission form and full listing of the 2014 Order of Merit standings, please visit the PGA of BC Professional Development Program website at www.pgabc.org/pdp.