MEN'S DIVISION - ZONE 2

Nk'mip Canyon Desert Canyon Golf Course will host the 2026 Men's & Sr. Men's Championship.  As in 2025 both the Men's and Sr. Men's will be 36 Hole Stroke Play Championships.  Entry will open on February 15th.  Players who played last year will be emailed a link to enter.  The link to register will also appear on this website.

 Adam Niles emerged the winner of the championship, shooting a fine 3 under par 141.  Adam said that he mostly kept the driver in the bag, choosing to keep the ball in play with irons due to the tight lay out.  Andrew Rouble finished 2nd at 143 and Mike Morgan finished 3rd, winning a 3 hole play off over Jeff Stashuk.Salmon Arm proved  a great challenge to the field of over 100 golfers.  Thanks are due to Golf North and all the staff at Salmon Arm Golf Club, as well as to our volunteers for ensuring a successful championship. 

On behalf of Terry and I, and all of  our Zone 2 Men's Executive, thank you for participating in our Zone  Men's & Sr. Men's Championship.  It was our biggest turn out in  quite a number of years, which coupled with the challenge of Salmon Arm  Golf Club, led to finishing close to dark on the 1st day.

This was the first year we tried  emulate British Columbia Golf's approach of including all players in the  main field then a separate division for senior aged golfers (similar to  what is done with the Senior and Super Senior Men).  Planning the draw  and deciding on the final days pairings were somewhat of a challenge and  definitely a learning curve for us.  We appreciate the recommendations  we received from a few players as well and it will be food for thought  moving forward.  As well, while we try to be accommodating it will be  necessary in the future to curtail specific draw requests as it seems to  lead to unnecessary situations that to some may seem unfair.  

Our thanks to Salmon Arm Golf Club, GM  Brad Kennell and Head Professional Brad Campbell and Tammy and her F  & B Staff for all of their support in making the event successful.   To our volunteer team including Erich Breitkreuz, George Horner, John  Nyermeyer, Ron Tate and Brian Schreiner, thanks for the long hours you  dedicated to the event.

Adam Niles emerged the winner of the championship, shooting a fine 3 under par 141.  Adam said that he mostly kept the driver in the bag, choosing to keep the ball in play with irons due to the tight lay out.  Andrew Rouble finished 2nd at 143 and Mike Morgan finished 3rd, winning a 3 hole play off over Jeff Stashuk.Salmon Arm proved  a great challenge to the field of over 100 golfers.  These three golfers will make up the Zone 2 Team to the BC Amateur.

Ken Oleschuk

Terry Nicol

For the first time the Zone Senior was a 36 hole event, given that BC Golf changed the qualifying criteria for the provincial championship.  The championship was hotly contested and Stewart Scott emerged as the winner with a 2 over 146.  Jason Monteleone and Doug Engbrecht finished tied for 2nd at 152, and these three men make up the Zone 2 Senior Team to the BC Senior Championship.

Zone 2 was well represented at the recently held Senior and Super Senior Men's Championship held at Pitt Meadows Golf Club.

Congratulations to Todd  Wiseman, a member at Salmon Arm Golf Club, who battled hard to finish at  2 under par and edge out Tom Kenny of Coquitlam.  He also won the  better ball competition, partnering with Trevor Van Hoof of Maple  Ridge.  Todd, together with Tom Kenny and Chris Jung will represent BC  at the Canadian Senior Championship.

Norm Bradley of Kelowna finished 8th while Jason Monteleone finished 21st. in the Senior Men's Division.

While Todd was battling to win  the BC Senior Men's, Norm Bradley was winning the Super Seniors Division  finishing 3 over par, 2 better than Frank MacKenzie of Victoria.  Norm  is a past champion of the Senior Men's Division and a perennial Zone 2 Senior Men's Champion.