Send us Fan Mail In this episode you will hear from Max Sear, Royal Colwood’s 2026 Men’s Club Champion. This is Max’s first Men’s Club Championship after he won a couple Junior Championships at his old club in Ontario. Max won the Ontario Amateur in 2016 and recruited to play golf at West Virginia University – “go Mountaineers”. He had two NCAA Individual victories while playing for the team. Max achieved his BA in Business. After ending his College Career Max turned profe...

Send us Fan Mail 2026 Men’s Club Championship – Medal Play The Men’s Club Championship includes two rounds of Medal Play prior to the Match Play the following week. Over 100 members from all age categories participated this year. Thanks very much to the Pro Staff and Grounds Crew for making sure the members experienced a good challenge and fun event. 00:42 – 05:33 Gordy Scutt – Head Professional 05:35 – 13:05&nbs...

Send us Fan Mail The 2026 Don Ross Derby was a great event this year. Congratulations to the winners Don Gowan and Gregg Campbell. This episode includes Don, Gregg and 3rd place winner John Story. We chatted about this year’s event, some of the strategy, some of the fun play that we all saw and a bit of chirping where necessary! We also take a bit of time to talk about our favourite Royal Colwood events, some reciprocal travel golf opportunities and a little more on c...

Send us Fan Mail The 2026 Lucifer Commonwealth Golf Tournament occurred July 5-10 in the Berkshire County area about 40kms West of Central London, UK. The event is organized and sponsored by the Lucifer Golfing Society, founded in 1921. The Lucifers visited Royal Colwood in September 2024 and regularly travel the Commonwealth encouraging golfers to attend their golf tournament. The golf tournament includes 2 days of Stableford scoring rounds as well as a few optional days of Match...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks to Scott Noble for swinging by to talk about golf and his experiences as a member of Royal Burgess Golf Club in Scotland. Scott is a regular user of the reciprocal opportunities between our clubs and loves to return to Royal Colwood. He likes our layout and the challenges that our greens present to golfers of all levels. Scott got the opportunity to play in the June Men’s Sponsor Night and really enjoyed himself. He noted that it was nice to see the m...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks to Dave Murrell and Jeff McArthur for sharing some memories of “Pedro” Peter Faulkner. We lost "Pedro" in April 2026. Dave became friends with Pedro 40+ years ago and Jeff first met him in 2014 when he moved into Sooke. Peter was sometimes called “Newf” by many of his hockey friends. We got a chance to chat about many of his friends from all walks of life. Pedro seemed to have such a positive influence on so many people. Thanks to Marv Ha...

Send us Fan Mail Learn a bit of Royal Colwood history on a new episode of the A.V. Macan Podcast with guest Mr. Richard “Dick” Austin. Dick has been a member of Royal Colwood since 1978. The Sayward Cup is named in honour of our co-founder and first Club President, Mr. Joseph A. Sayward. The Sayward Cup was created 26 years ago (by Dick Austin) to recognize the contributions of the Sayward family and to commemorate international friendly matches between Royal Colwood and Clubs fro...

Send us Fan Mail Bruce Brown chats about the Ukraine fundraising event held at the Royal Colwood Golf Club on 7 March 2026. Over 100 gracious and supporting people attended this event which will help send a blood transfusion unit for children to Ukraine. So many local businesses and community members stepped up to sponsor and donate towards this worthwhile cause. What a great meal and inspiring video tribute to help get everyone in the mood! Anyone interested in supporting t...

Send us Fan Mail The Sayward Cup is named in honour of our Founder and first President of Royal Colwood, Mr. Joseph A. Sayward. It was the brainchild of Mr. Richard Austin, a past Captain, after a visit by a team from Royal Aberdeen in September 2000. Since that inaugural international match, we have had the pleasure of hosting teams from New Zealand, The R and A, and most recently, The Lucifer Golf Society. Over the past 25 years, RCGC has been fortunate to be hosted for informal match...

Send us Fan Mail The Sayward Cup is named in honour of our Founder and first President of Royal Colwood, Mr. Joseph A. Sayward. It was the brainchild of Mr. Richard Austin, a past Captain, after a visit by a team from Royal Aberdeen in September 2000. Since that inaugural international match, we have had the pleasure of hosting teams from New Zealand, The R and A, and most recently, The Lucifer Golf Society. Over the past 25 years, RCGC has been fortunate to be hosted for informal match...