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The Enchanting Wedding at Westwood Plateau Golf Course Sampler

Gillian and James’ wedding at the Coquitlam Westwood Plateau Golf Course was a day filled with unforgettable moments and a touch of unexpected charm. The morning started with a hint of rain, but it couldn’t dampen the spirits of the bride and groom as they prepared for their special day.

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The Enchanting Wedding at Westwood Plateau Golf Course Sampler September 23, 2023 Gillian and James' wedding at the Coquitlam Westwood Plateau Golf Course was a day filled with unforgettable moments and a touch of unexpected charm. The morning started with a hint of rain, but it couldn't dampen the spirits of the bride and groom as they prepared for their special day.

As the wedding day unfolded, it became evident that nature had its own plans. By the afternoon, the rain had intensified, forcing a change of plans. Instead of an outdoor ceremony with picturesque views of the golf course, the wedding was moved indoors to a grand stately room adorned with chandeliers and large windows. Despite the change in venue, the atmosphere was electric with love and anticipation.

One of the most memorable moments occurred during the detail shots when the groom, James, almost walked under Gillian's stunning wedding dress. It was a heartwarming and humorous moment that added a unique touch to the day's narrative.

The international flavor of the wedding was evident with guests flying in from as far as Ireland to celebrate this union. Their presence added a wonderful sense of unity and cultural richness to the event.

After the heartfelt indoor ceremony, the rain finally let up just enough for some formal photos to be taken outdoors. The couple, their bridal party, and family braved the light drizzle, capturing beautiful moments against the backdrop of the lush green golf course.

The day culminated in a sumptuous dinner that delighted the senses. The guests were treated to an incredibly delicious feast, and the room was filled with laughter and clinking glasses as toasts were made in honor of the newlyweds.

As the evening drew to a close, a magical scene unfolded outside. The fog descended and gracefully rolled over the surrounding forest, creating an enchanting atmosphere. This provided the perfect backdrop for the final photos of the evening, capturing Gillian and James in their element, surrounded by the ethereal beauty of nature.

Gillian and James' wedding day may have been marked by unexpected weather challenges, but it was a testament to their love and resilience. The moments of laughter, love, and shared experiences made it a day to remember, and the misty forest provided a dreamlike setting for the final chapter of their wedding story.

Vendors Photographer ERIC DRAHT

Venue Westwood Plateau Golf`;

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Become A Master Of Your Chosen Pursuit.

In a world constantly offering us quick fixes and easy, step-by-step programs to achieve goals in no time with little effort, it can be easy to forget that to become not just good, but truly great at something takes time. This is where the concept of mastery becomes especially relevant.

True mastery isn’t just about reaching goals; it’s just as much about internalizing a philosophy that will keep you learning even after you’ve reached your goals. In short, true mastery is a lifelong journey.

But what constitutes true mastery? How can you find it in yourself and what can you do to make sure you stay on your path, even when the going gets tough?

Most of the time, we take on new activities with a singular aim – to master them. Be it tennis, chess or a new job, new pursuits can go from exciting to frustrating once we reach the point where our lack of talent seems to be staring us in the face. It’s tempting to give up, but you shouldn’t; you might still have a shot at mastery if you change the way you think.

The first step here is to rethink your motivations for learning a new skill. Many of us are seeking simple recognition from others and the gratification that comes with it. But if you practice tennis until you can do a handful of impressive shots, beat a few of your friends and be congratulated by spectators, you’ll only have the motivation to improve up to a point.

Once you’ve reached a level of skill that’s sufficient to earn you a bit of recognition, you’ll find yourself stuck in your comfort zone. Attempting new shots or competing against more challenging opponents becomes daunting, as you fear you won’t look as good while playing. A true master develops her talents by pushing forward for the sake of it, rather than chasing praise and encouragement.

Another key to mastery is your approach to learning itself, namely by cultivating a certain respect for the process. If you want to master tennis, you’ve got to accept that it’ll take time, patience and perseverance to perfect your forehand. Learning isn’t something you do for a while until you’re good enough – it’s an ongoing journey.

By shifting your mindset, you’ll find that you’re capable of mastering whatever you set your mind to. After all, you were a baby once! Babies enter the world incredibly vulnerable, with very few of the skills adults need to survive.

And yet, they learn at their own pace to crawl, walk, communicate, understand and think for themselves. Some infants learn to walk between nine and ten months of age, while others don’t master it until much later. Children are capable of learning motor skills despite their lack of physique and often slow learning speed.

In this way, learning isn’t about how fast you acquire new skills or how talented or fit you are when you start out; rather, it has much more to do with the journey you take along the way. So, the student who shows the most promise during the first few tennis lessons might not be the one who excels, while an initially clumsier player with a mastery mindset is far more likely to go on to be a pro.

But while a mastery mindset offers us a clear path to excellence, our society seems to reject it at every turn.

American society, like most Western societies, seems to be waging war upon mindful mastery. We’re bombarded with slogans like “Get fit in two weeks!” or “Hit the jackpot!” as advertisers try to convince us that buying their products will allow us to “master” something instantly. Unfortunately, this couldn’t be further from the truth.

Mastery is built on long periods of practice without tangible results, which lead to bursts of improvement, which then give way to steady, deliberate practice once again. The journey toward mastery isn’t shaped like a steep incline, but rather a series of plateaus punctuated by spurts of progress. Learning to love these plateaus is essential to achieving mastery.

For example, George decided to attend Aikido school. He soon began to enjoy the ritual of classes and the seemingly endless repetition of exercises. While his classmates dropped out, he stuck around through the plateaus and worked his way toward mastery.

Why do many of us find these plateaus so hard to bear? Well, typically because we’re one of three personality types that struggle with mastery – dabblers, obsessives and hackers. Which one are you?

Dabblers tend to approach new hobbies with a lot of enthusiasm. They might pick up an expensive tennis racket, dress like their favorite pro and pat themselves on the back after their first improvements. But they aren’t able to handle the plateaus and end up dropping out, justifying their decision with excuses along the lines of “It just wasn’t the right sport for me . . .”

The obsessive is determined to master his forehand in just one tennis lesson. The learning journey doesn’t matter to him, it’s results that matter. Most of the time, the plateaus after the first small spurts of progress will discourage obsessives enough for them to quit.

Finally, hackers are perfectly comfortable spending the rest of their time in the plateau. They’re happy just to hit the tennis ball over the net a few times when playing against a superior opponent, and aren’t particularly motivated to push themselves to improve any further.

If, to your dismay, you’ve identified yourself as a dabbler, obsessive or hacker, don’t fret! Recognizing the behaviors that prevent you from mastering the skills you’ve always wanted to have is the first step to overcoming them. So what’s the next step?

Of course, there are many skills you can teach yourself without too much help. But on the road to mastery, finding great instruction is a must. Instruction can come in many forms, from video tutorials, computer programs, real-life experiences or even a good old-fashioned book. They’re all valid, but social contact is particularly crucial to great learning experiences. For this reason, one-on-one or group instruction is definitely worth pursuing.

But how can you know if your instructor is worth sticking with? The best way is to observe how they treat their students. Take UCLA basketball coach John Wooden, otherwise known as the “Wizard of Westwood” and one of the best basketball mentors in history.

Wooden’s respect for his players is what made his coaching stand out, as did his balanced focus on the team’s strengths and weaknesses. He would split training sessions fifty-fifty between correcting problems and reinforcing what the team already did well.

Practice, like instruction, is vital in your journey to mastery – but not practice as you know it. While most of us think of practice as repeating a task until we’re good at it, mastery requires us to think of practice as more than a simple action. Instead, think of practice as a noun, as a synonym for “path” or “journey.”

To illustrate this, consider why a martial arts master would continue to train even after receiving his black belt, the highest qualification. The answer is simple: the black belt is just another milestone along the journey, and a license to continue practicing for as long as you wish. Here, the black belt doesn’t represent practice as the act of repetition, but the notion of practice as a noun that captures the joy of ongoing learning.

Now that we’ve explored the roles of instruction and practice in mastery, let’s explore three more key elements that’ll help you on your way to excellence: surrender, intentionality and edge control. These terms are a little less familiar than instruction and practice, so let’s take a closer look.

What does surrender have to do with mastery? Well, it refers to the need to surrender to your teacher and the demands of your discipline. Sometimes this means sacrificing your pride, too.

Say your top-notch tennis instructor, who you respect and trust, asks you to stand on one foot and hold the other foot against your back with one hand, while your other hand rotates in the air above your head. You’ll have to do this for five minutes at the start of every class for your entire first month.

You could, of course, refuse and complain that you’d look ridiculous. But by doing so, you’ll miss out on what the exercise teaches you – improved balance, for instance. Though your instructor might sometimes ask you to do things that you don’t understand, if you trust their wisdom and want to benefit from it, you’ll need to put your pride aside and surrender to them.

Let’s turn now to intentionality.  This element focuses on the power of the mind in mastery. Intentionality is the ability to visualize yourself succeeding, and is a technique that golf professionals, for example, rely on heavily. Take international golf legend Jack Nicklaus; he believes that a successful shot consists of 50 percent visualization, 40 percent set-up and just 10 percent swing!

Finally, edges are those moments when you’re confronted with a challenge and, therefore, the opportunity to exceed your own expectations. Masters recognize an edge as a chance to grow, and they’ll concentrate their efforts to make sure they make the most of it.

How do you know when you’re facing an edge? It’s a pretty familiar feeling. For dabblers, the plateau is an edge. For the obsessive, it’s their inability to understand their own limits, while hackers rarely stay on a path long enough to reach an edge in the first place.

The next time you feel you’re facing a task that you simply can’t complete, you’ll need to choose between giving up or focusing hard to overcoming the obstacle. The master will always choose the latter.

Say you decide to follow the path of the master. You’ve told your friends, have gotten into the rhythm of practice and feel great. But then, all of a sudden, it happens: a backslide.

Let’s imagine, for instance, that you’ve decided to run five kilometers every morning as part of your practice routine. But after a little while, beyond the first successful mornings, breathing becomes difficult and your heart races like never before.

This is your body sending you a clear signal – you’ve pushed yourself too far out of your regular state and your body can no longer keep homeostasis going. Homeostasis is a process by which organisms regulate their internal systems, ensuring they function in balanced conditions and avoid drastic changes.

Despite all the well-intentioned resolutions you made, your body wins and interrupts your practice. This will happen for almost anyone learning a new physical skill. So how can you prevent your resolutions from falling apart?

Well, there are three steps you can take.

The first is to surround yourself with people who have already made it through the same challenges you are currently facing. They’ll understand exactly what’s going on when you push up against your body’s natural limits, and can offer advice on how to overcome these limits in your practice sessions.

The next step to take is to ensure you have the right approach to your goals. Remember how our desire for instant success and recognition is counterproductive to mastery? The master finds joy in practice itself, and that should be your focus too. In other words, if you reach the top of the mountain, keep on climbing!

Finally, work hard to stay consistent in your practice and learning. You can even make routines more engaging by turning them into rituals that give you time to reflect on the task at hand. Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi observed that this is what master surgeons do when they wash their hands the exact same way prior to every operation – they create a ritual for themselves to focus their minds more deeply.

The last thing you’ll need to ensure a successful journey toward mastery is energy to sustain yourself. Humans are considered to be like machines, full of energy. Unfortunately, troublesome behavior and social mores prevent us from using this energy to its full potential.

This inhibition of natural human energy begins when we’re kids. Think of how curious young children are – they won’t rest until they’ve explored and experienced everything for themselves. But parents, keen to ensure their children’s safety, quickly limit this exploration with rules; from “Don’t touch that!” to “Be quiet!” to “Not until you eat your vegetables”, we grow up listening to negative commands that curtail our natural curiosity and drain our energy.

Luckily, we’re all capable of reclaiming this childlike energy through a few simple practices.

One of these is maintaining physical fitness. By making sure we walk or cycle instead of driving, for instance, we can remind ourselves of the strength our bodies possess and put it to good use.

Another step is to set your priorities well. Focusing our energy toward one main goal means we may have to let go of other goals, but this is by no means a disadvantage; rather, prioritization gives us a better understanding of our energy levels and helps us learn to work within our limits. And priorities can always be shifted according to how you perceive your needs.

Finally, learning to accept your commitment to a goal, rather than fighting it, can give you an unparalleled energy boost. By diving into a new endeavor wholeheartedly, and by recognizing and welcoming the work that comes along with mastery, you’ll give yourself plenty of fuel for the entire journey.

Mastering a new skill isn’t about the results you achieve, the recognition you get from your peers or  even repetitive practice that helps you get there. Instead, mastery is a path that you can follow to ensure your new endeavors are shaped by ongoing learning, passionate and patient practice and a rediscovery of your own human potential.

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Westwood Plateau

My first summer job was working for my dad as a general labourer on his job site. It was the new Mercedes - Benz dealership in Burnaby. My dad thought that it would teach me the value of hard work, and he was right. At just fifteen years of age, I would spend my entire day carrying a large amount of lumber upstairs or sweeping the showroom floor. I hated it and vowed that the next summer I would get a job that I actually enjoyed. 

I lived five minutes away from the Westwood Plateau Golf and Country club and when I was a kid I thought that working there would be the coolest job ever. That next summer I applied and got the job! Some of my closest friends and I all applied together and a lot of us got hired. There was me, Spencer, Lucas, Adam, Liam, and many other guys that we soon also became good friends with. The best way to describe working at the golf course is by imagining it in a movie. In all movies, kids work at awesome places in the summer, a waterpark or carnival often times, but I worked at the golf course and it was a blast. 

One of our favourite pastimes was going to lock up the course as a group. There were many gates along the course and we had to go at the end of the night to lock them up. A few of us would go lock up and we always brought a big bucket of golf balls and a rental set of clubs with us. These were the top of the line, newest Callaway clubs and definitely were too nice for us. We would play our favourite holes while locking up and I always brought my portable speaker with us, usually playing some kind of country music. Wagers would often take place on these lock-up trips, placing our hard earned tip money on the line to see who could hit the ball further, or closest to the hole. The cart that we took on these trips was gas-powered and significantly faster than the other carts, causing us to rip around the course. This resulted in more than one accident throughout the years.

My best-friend Spencer was responsible for the worst accident that I saw during my time at Westwood. While locking up one night, he was driving around on the course and I jumped on the side of the cart. To joke around with me he turned the corner really hard to try and knock me off. He did this a few times and I was still holding on tight. Now, going as fast as the cart would allow, he pulled a quick U-turn for one final attempt and nailed a pole. I went flying off the cart onto the ground, but so did he. After we got up, we slowly approached the front of the cart to assess the damage, and it wasn’t good. The wheel axis was completely destroyed, and Spencer had to pay for the cart repairs out of his paycheque. To this day we still laugh about that memory, as well as many others that we experienced while working at Westwood.

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Harmonix Live Head Putter Test Confirms Less Skid and More Pure Roll

The Harmonix™ Golf Corporation, an Alberta, Canada, based company, announces the results of recent radar testing of the effectiveness of the unique Harmonix™ Live Head putter.

On April 11, 2017 Dorn Beattie, CEO and President of Harmonix Golf Inc. met with James Laidlaw, Canadian Director of Sales for TrackMan Golf (www.trackman.com) at the Westwood Plateau 'Executive Course' in Coquitlam, British Columbia.

About TrackMan Golf TrackMan Golf has a long history of working with golf radar technology. The company was established in 2003 with the sole purpose of helping golf professionals understand more about this critical moment in time. The TrackMan golf radar not only helps map these key data parameters - ball speed, attack angle, club path, face angle, etc. - it also captures the golf swing with a built-in HD video camera or with the use of external cameras.

About the Test The TrackMan 4 Putting System tested the Harmonix Live Head putter on a practice green. For testing purposes, two high-end brand name putters, one mallet style and one blade style were compared to the Harmonix Live Head Putter.

Target flags were set at 30 feet and several participants performed a series of putts with all three putters at 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 feet, recording each series. Several golfers selected randomly, including amateur and PGA professionals, were involved in the test, each using all three putters.

The Harmonix Live Head Putter consistently out-performed the other two brand name putters by delivering 33% less skid. These ratios were consistent at all distances showing that the Harmonix Live Head Putter had 33% less skid and 12.5% longer pure roll, a significant advance in putter technology.

“I am delighted that this test confirms our claim that the Harmonix Live Head putter offers less skid and more pure roll, resulting in more accuracy and improved putting performance”, stated Dorn Beattie, CEO and President of Harmonix Golf Inc.

An Exclusive Offer This is an exclusive opportunity to request an invitation to reserve a Harmonix Live Head Putter with a $100 discount code. Please link to the invitation form for an opportunity to receive a limited edition, custom built Harmonix Live Head putter with a $100 discount. A personal invitation is waiting at:  http://woobox.com/np3diw

About Harmonix Golf Calgary, Alberta, Canada based Harmonix Golf Inc. designs, develops, and manufactures the Harmonix Live Head putter for global distribution and is currently developing a mobile golf training aid. For more information please visit www.harmonixgolf.com

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Golf Preview & Picks - European Masters

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After the drama and incredible quality of the FedExCup we move to the scenic Swiss Alps this week as the race to grab early Ryder Cup points continues.

At another time, two-time course winner Alex Noren would have been a strong fancy but his results of late have been a tad disappointing and, having taken last week off to get married, doubts linger as to whether he is bringing his A-game to the mountains.

Messrs Fleetwood and Westwood will  surely be popular with punters but I prefer to look elsewhere for the winner.

With six Top-10 finishes this year already, Ross Fisher has become Mr Consistency and is widely available at odds of 33/1. His Crans Sur Sierre track record includes rounds of 63, 64 and 65 so he is well capable of producing the goods and, sitting 8th in the Race For Dubai, he will be fired up for his first outing since the USPGA.

Speaking of Quail Hollow brings us to our second selection. The top placed British player there was a young man with a huge future in the game. Jordan Smith may not be a household name yet but he has all the credentials needed to win in Switzerland in a tournament which is often won by a player bang in form, who is solid from tee to green and who can scramble. A quick glance at Smith's Tour stats would suggest he is well worth backing at odds of 40/1 with Unibet who offer 1/4 the odds for a top six finish.

If talent equated to titles, the name of  Victor Dubuisson would feature on more trophies than it has. The former Ryder Cup star has been striking the ball as well as anyone of late but has the habit of throwing in the odd poor round. He comes with a risk attached but has some fine previous course form to his name and can be backed at 80/1 with Bet Victor or, more appealingly, at 70/1 with Sportingbet who offer 1/4 the odds for a top-five placing

The Green Reader  

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Only Augusta National has staged the same professional golf tournament more than Golf Club Crans-Sur-Sierre: The Masters having been played on 81 occasions, The European Masters now being played for the 71st time.

Why does the Tour keep returning here? The setting is stunning: no course is more spectacularly situated. The altitude - 5,000 feet - brings something a little different to the game, not that anyone here needs the extra 10% carry found at this height. The atmosphere is exceptional too, with cowbells galore ringing in Switzerland's biggest money sports event. But more than all of that, the course is truly excellent, a parkland track on a lush mountain plateau which has lakes and rivers and risk-reward galore. Above everything, golf is fun in the thin mountain air.  

Winners here include Price, Faldo, Woosnam, and Olazabal. Three-time winner Severiano Ballesteros tightened up the course and rebuilt the greens in the 1990s. Inevitably, the course was renamed in his honour.

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a question of rules

Bunkers. Bunkers. The devil to a good round. You're  playing the game of your life and then get stuck in one with a  lip the size of Everest. After a couple of attempts to play out, you end up hitting out backwards. Suddenly you're recording a near double-digit figure on your otherwise solid round. Bunkers can be bad  enough at the best of times, but then you step in to discover that your  ball is nestled next to a huge pine cone or massive twig. Under current rules, nothing can be done. You cannot touch or move loose impediments in a bunker. Well, you can, but you suffer the consequences. However, this rule is  being amended. The powers that be have decided the challenge of a bunker is playing from sand within the confines of the design of the bunker and shouldn't be concerned with the additional challenge of dealing with a loose impediment. Moving forward (as of 1st January 2019), there will no longer be a penalty and you will be permitted to remove loose materials.  

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