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July 9, 2020

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Make a donation!Golf is attracting new players and getting youngerIn the spring, golf was put on pause. Despite the madness of the pandemic, golf courses were ready towelcome you when the time came. Since the re-launch of golf last May, players have returned in largenumbers. We see many new golfers on the courses, children and families. This is good for the future ofgolf.

Golf Québec was instrumental to facilitating the return to play with a protocol that prioritizes everyone'ssafety.

We are committed to maintaining the presence and quality of our development initiatives. More than ever,your support is crucial to ensure that these new golfers keep on playing in the coming months and years.

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Québec's young golf elite shines bright like diamondsFrom sport discovery through camps and clinics, competition tours and the Golf-études program, GolfQuébec offers a complete development path to bring its young athletes to excellence. There's no doubtabout it. Our young players are talented! View the Radio-Canada report (in French).

Kinatex podcast | The C-shaped postureVéronique Lorquet, a TPI certified occupational therapist at Kinatex Beauport, explains how to correct a C-shaped posture (in French).

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Rules according to ÉdouardRelief from a cart path: Phil learns a new rule of golf!

In The Travelers, a PGA Tour event, Phil Mickelson benefited from arules unknown to him. Read more on Golf Martial Lapointe.

Increase your understanding of the Rules of GolfThere has never been a better time to brush up on and improve your knowledge of the Rules of Golf. GolfCanada’s Rules Education Program offers a fun, easy and FREE way to learn Rules of Golf basics. Readmore.

Do you need a rules book? A decisions book? Visit the Golf Canada online store.

Regional news

Montréal | Day camps at Le VersantAt Le Versant's golf camp, your vacation will be fun and challenging. Youngsters from 8 to 15 years old willlearn to develop their technique and acquire a good attitude according to their level.

2020, a festival of holes-in-one!Since the re-launch of golf last May, players have returned in large numbers and many have shared theirpride of make a hole-in-one... or many.

At Club de golf St-Jean, in the Montréal region, Ginette Choquette-Boulais is on cloud nine with threehole-in-one in 37 days!

At only 12 years old, Philippe Côté from Chicoutimi can already boast of having made a hole-in-one.Derek Lennon will remember his round of golf at La Tempête de Lévis for a long time. Luc Dionne, authorof the successful television series, District 31, just registered his first hole-in-one at the Balmoral golfcourse in the Laurentians. Max Lalonde, the friendly ambassador of the Get Out, Play Golf campaign, wasexcited at Le Versant where he made his first hole-in-one in 22 years of golf. Jean-Pierre Beaulieu, theExecutive Director of Golf Québec, even jumped on the momentum to add a new hole-in-one to hiscollection this Wednesday at Rosemère.

Then, Luc Pagé tells us the story of a friend, a new fan of our sport, who managed to make a hole-in-onethe very first time she set foot on a course in her life! Do you know a lot of people who have sunk thelittle white ball on their very first swing?

Competitive athletes and events

Summerlea will launch the season with the Junior Match PlayOn the competitive scene, Golf Québec is pleased to announce that Summerlea Golf and Country Clubwill be hosting the Junior Match Play Championship to be held on the Cascades Course from July 27 to29. The registration deadline is July 20. Read more on how to qualify for this first provincial event.

The RJT will serve as qualifying rounds for the juniorsThis year's Junior Regional Tour (RJT) events will be used to qualify for the Junior ProvincialChampionships. Be sure to check the eligibility requirements for each tournament:

Junior Match Play ChampionshipProvincial Junior Girls' ChampionshipProvincial Bantam, Pee-Wee and Mosquito ChampionshipProvincial Junior Boys' Championship

$30,000 in purses at the Bromont InvitationalThe Bromont Invitational will return to Château Bromont for a third year. All information about thetournament is online. With a global purse of $30,000, this is an event not to be missed!

Hugo Bernard, Joey Savoie on The Dakotas TourOur young Québec professionals, Hugo Bernard (T7) and Joey Savoie (T27), were participating this weekin a Dakotas Tour event at the Fox Run Golf Course in Yankton, SD.

2020 Golf Fore the Cure presented by Subaru registration nowopen!The Golf Fore the Cure program was created by Golf Canada to encourage women's participation in golfthrough fundraising and outreach activities in support of the fight against breast cancer. Golf clubs andinterested individuals can organize golf events (tournaments, ladies' days, women's golf clinics, etc.)under the Golf Fore the Cure banner at no additional cost to them or the host club. Read more.

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