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Golf Time

TIME is always in the top 2 reasons not to play golf. At Cordova Bay we are blessed with the ability to offer golfers some form of golf to fit just about every time frame 15 minutes – small basket of balls at the Driving Range 30 minutes – 18 holes at the Putting Course […]

The Foursome

The very best part of my job is the fact that I get to bear witness to ‘the foursome’. Four golfers who week after week, at the same time, meet for hours of companionship, competition, exercise, good natured ribbing, and oh yes, they play a bit of golf as well. Some Cordova Bay foursomes have […]

THE SUMMER LEAGUE

The Cordova Bay Summer League is a team competition celebrating the Birds of The Bay. You will be randomly placed on a team of  10 players. The teams are named after birds you see on the golf course.  The best 4 scores out of 10 determine weekly winners and the entire team is paid  in […]

Scottish Foursomes

The tournament that “almost wasn’t” teed off ON TIME at 8AM Sunday February 25. Just 24 hours earlier all 18 greens were covered with snow.  Thanks to the grounds crew for having the course ready to go in such a short period of time. Thirty three teams of two battled the Scottish elements, (minus the […]

Men’s Club Massacre

Men’s Club Gang heads out for a Massacre   by Shivas Irons Men’s Club Staff writer Cordova Bay – The last men’s club event of the year (the first of the calendar year) always creates a stir amongst our club faithful. New hope, new resolutions, new equipment, new swing, or old watch? We’re not sure […]

Playing in the rain

From November to April in Victoria one could state “nae rain, nae golf”.    Goretex, winter golf boots, rain pants, and rain gloves do the job of keeping your body, feet, hands and head dry. The real challenge is to keep your grips dry so that you retain control of your club. A cotton towel soon […]

Thank you for your input

In early November we sent out a call for opinions on how we’re doing. We asked for comments and suggestions on how we could improve. Many of you suggested more targets at the driving range, in particular the scoring distances. New yardage flags have been added at 40,60,70,80,85,and 125 yards. Now get out there and […]

PRO-SPECTIVE: The Practice Swing

  Practice Swings are a very important part of improving your game. When you are working on a swing change or swing improvement, the more swings you make in practice without the ball, the faster you will learn to feel the changes you are making.   This is the only time you should think and swing the club at the same […]