A Nanaimo golfer is B.C. champion again in what he said might have been the most meaningful win in his career.
Sandy Harper, 65, won B.C. Golf含羞草研究社檚 senior men含羞草研究社檚 and super-senior men含羞草研究社檚 amateur championships at at tournament in late July at Uplands Golf Club in Victoria.
He won with a 54-hole score of three over par, two shots ahead of runners-up Norm Bradley and Stewart Scott, both of Kelowna. Harper went into the final round trailing by one shot, but his 含羞草研究社渕agnificent含羞草研究社 back nine play closed out an even-par round of 70 and earned him the title, noted a press release from B.C. Golf.
Harper suffered a stroke in 2020 and told B.C. Golf that it含羞草研究社檚 affected his vision and hand-eye co-ordination and it含羞草研究社檚 been frustrating not to be able to hit certain shots with the ease that he could before.
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His competitors gathered around the 18th green at the B.C. championships to watch Harper close out his round and give him bear-hugs afterward.
含羞草研究社淭his win means more to me than probably any other tournament that I含羞草研究社檝e won, given what I have been through,含羞草研究社 Harper said.
The top three finishers at the tournament will represent B.C. at the Canadian Senior Men含羞草研究社檚 Championship in Red Deer from Sept. 6-9.
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