Pricey Golf Canada Members & Golf equipment,
With one other outstanding golf season winding down, I wish to share my heartfelt due to our 360,000 members and greater than 1,550 member golf equipment for making 2025 such a unprecedented yr for golf in Canada.
Golf’s reputation right here and around the globe continues to achieve new heights, together with multi-year successive development in rounds performed. A report variety of scores are being tracked by way of the Golf Canada Rating Centre — a mirrored image of the vitality of our sport and the passion of Canadian golfers. Scores posted so far are up 6% from final yr’s record-setting consequence (11M+ scores) and up an unbelievable 54% over pre-pandemic ranges in 2019. The game’s continued rise in participation speaks volumes concerning the partaking setting introduced by our member golf equipment and the eagerness of golfers who invite others to share within the sport.
And the long run appears even brighter. The game is seeing a wave of recent fanatics of all ages. Packages akin to First Tee – Canada have impressed greater than 200,000 younger folks in chapters throughout the nation, serving to to form the following technology of golfers. The growth of She Performs Golf can be partaking extra girls and ladies throughout a sequence of enjoyable and welcoming competition golf experiences.
Canadian athletes have given us a lot to cheer about on the world stage. What an excellent yr for Aphrodite Deng, the Calgary-born 15-year-old who turned the primary Canadian ever to win the U.S. Junior Ladies Championship after which completed T20 on the CPKC Girls’s Open in August. We’ve seen stellar performances by rising skills akin to Sudarshan Yellamaraju – a 24-year outdated who simply certified for his PGA Tour card – Myles Creighton, Anna Huang and others, reflecting the expertise and rising status of Canadian golf across the globe. Nick Taylor’s win on the 2025 Sony Open reminds us that Canadian depth on the PGA TOUR continues to impress, and naturally, no participant captivated us greater than 14-time LPGA Tour winner Brooke Henderson, whose victory on the CPKC Girls’s Open – her second victory on the occasion – furthers her standing as one in every of this nation’s all-time nice athletes.
Each the RBC Canadian Open in its first-ever go to to TPC Toronto and the CPKC Girls’s Open at Mississaugua Golf and Nation Membership delivered unbelievable moments, showcasing prime worldwide fields, rising Canadian skills and passionate Canadian golf followers. These championships, together with our nationwide novice competitions, are made attainable by way of the unwavering assist of our host golf equipment and the tireless contributions of volunteers — the true heartbeat of our sport. To these hundreds of volunteers who give again to the sport at their membership, locally or in assist of golf championships nationwide, your great contributions to the sport are immeasurable.
I additionally wish to acknowledge the invaluable partnership of our Provincial Golf Associations and the various nationwide golf organizations who share within the management and development of the game throughout the nation. Collectively, we’re constructing a stronger, extra inclusive golf group. Our gratitude additionally extends to Golf Canada’s company companions together with the donors and trustees of the Golf Canada Basis, whose beneficiant assist is elevating funding within the sport and creating significant impression at each degree. Because of the continued assist of the membership and our multitude of companions, Golf Canada is properly positioned for continued funding into the expansion of the game.
Thanks once more to our members and member golf equipment for being the driving power behind golf’s continued success on this nation. Your ardour for the sport and assist of Golf Canada make the whole lot we do attainable.
With honest appreciation,
Adam DaifallahPresidentGolf Canada
