Fairview Mountain set to host Club Professional Championship

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

RICHMOND, BC (PGA of British Columbia) – A field of 46 Club Professionals will take to Oliver, BC next week to compete in the 2022 Srixon/Cleveland Golf PGA of BC Club Professional Championship presented by Oakcreek Golf & Turf LP & Nike Golf at Fairview Mountain Golf Club.

Club Professionals are defined as PGA members working in the capacity of Head, Executive or Head Teaching Professionals at PGA approved facilities. The 2022 event will take place September 19-20th and marks the 17th annual edition of this championship, which is contested over 36 holes of medal play with a purse of nearly $15,000. The winner will take home $2,700 and etch their name in the Dick Munn Memorial Trophy.

It’s a terrific opportunity for key decision-makers in the province’s golf community to reconnect near the tail end of another year while fiercely contesting an exclusive provincial crown. Fairview Mountain Golf Club will host its first Club Professional Championship as the event returns to the Interior region for the first time since 2019 when it was hosted at Kelowna Golf & Country Club.

The par 72 golf course is no stranger to hosting PGA of BC tournaments, having last hosted a stroke play event in 2015 when it put on the PGA of BC Championship. That event saw Seymour Creek Golf Centre’s Bryn Parry win his third of four PGA of BC Championships in a one-stroke victory over Dave Zibrik (Point Grey Golf & Country Club). With rounds of 66-70, Parry finished the championship at 8-under par.

Host Professional Rob Tadey says there are keys to scoring well on the golf course that is continually ranked by SCORE Golf as one of the best public golf courses in Canada.

“The greens are very tricky as it’s the only protection for the golf course given that it’s not overly long or tight in certain areas. You have to hit it in the right spots and make some putts. If you short side yourself, you’ll be playing for bogey”.

Tadey adds that players can expect ideal tournament conditions at the Les Furber design when they arrive on site on Monday.

“It was slow and wet start to the spring but the golf course has since shaped up nicely throughout the summer. We are looking forward to hosting golf professionals from all over the province”

The 2021 PGA of BC Club Professional Championship was hosted at the historic Royal Colwood Golf Club in Victoria where The Fairmont Chateau Whistler Golf Club Executive Professional Padraic O’Rourke claimed his first PGA of BC title.

In difficult conditions, O’Rourke tamed the AV Macan design, finishing as the only player to post in red figures. His 2-under par total after back-to-back rounds of 69 on the par 70 golf course helped him to a convincing 5-strokes victory over Zibrik and Jesse Crowe (Overland Golf & Events Centre).

“Last year’s CPC was special and it’s a huge honour to be defending a PGA of BC Championship”, O’Rourke says. “I’m looking forward to this event at Fairview Mountain as it’s a great golf course for this type of event and the atmosphere of this championship is pretty stressless.

“My preparation will be similar to last year where I won’t have played as much heading into the tournament but hopefully I just find my game again. It’s been a really busy year for us.”

This will be the last event for O’Rourke while representing The Fairmont Chateau Whistler Golf Club. He was recently named as Head Professional at Marine Drive Golf Club as long-time Head Professional Tim Tait sets to retire later this fall. He begins his new role on November 1st.

Zibrik won the 2016 Club Professional Championship at Richmond’s Quilchena Golf & Country Club but has posted four-straight runner-up finishes in this event, dating back to 2018.

“You can’t say I’m not consistent”. Zibrik jokes.

“I always look forward to this event because it takes place towards the end of the season and amongst other Club Professionals. The (PGA of BC) Championship is a little different as it’s in a busy time of year where I find it’s hard to make time to prepare my game. I always feel more prepared heading into the CPC which could explain the success”.

Other notables include in the field include host Executive Professional Brian McDonald, who is a past winner of the PGA Club Professional Championship of Canada. Also vying for the title are past champions Rob Anderson (Kelowna Golf & Country Club, 2007) and Mark Kitts (Shadow Ridge Golf Club, 2019). Two-time Women’s Champion Ashley Zibrik (2012, 2018) is also in the field, as are Myles Johnson (Hillview Golf Course), and Tadey, both fresh off top 10 finishes in last month’s PGA of BC Championship. To view Monday's round 1 pairings, please click here.

Although considered one of the Association’s premier stroke play championships on the event calendar, Tadey knows that this championship has a special meaning to the group of competitors.

“This is an event that Brian (McDonald) and I have wanted to host because of the demographic of Club Professionals. We know it’s near the end of the season and everyone has worked so hard all season that it’s a great way to wind down. We know a lot of competitors will make a holiday out of the trip and take advantage of activities such as wine tours with spouses so there is always more than just the golf when you come to this part of the province”, Tadey says.

For full details on this championship including a listing of the field, please click here. Live scoring for this event can be found by clicking here.

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For more information or media inquiries, please contact:

Donald Miyazaki
Executive Director, PGA of BC
(604) 303-6766
donald@pgabc.org

 

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