FAQ

Applicants can apply when they reach the age of 55 but cannot play until they reach the age of 60.

Regular Member - $150
Regular Life Member - $110
Associate Member - $75
Associate Life Member - $55

Have a look at this video explaining how to update your profile.

In short, sign in to the Portal, click on the "Handicap Module", click on "Settings", click on "Profile" or "Address" to make changes. Don't forget to click on "Save" after you make a change.

You can find contact information for all members on the Portal.

Two ways are demonstrated on the "How To Videos" page.

In short, we recommend that on the Portal front page, you click on "Schedule and Roster" in the sidebar. It will bring up a printable document with every member's telephone numbers and email address. You can print this to create your own booklet.

Each week when the draw is made, and you have received notification of your tee time and foursome, you will note that the first person in the draw is assigned as the "Group Captain". 

The Group Captain is responsible for recording the gross score per hole for each member of the foursome. 

You should record your own score as well. Pick up a Burnaby Mountain score card to do that. They are available in the Proshop.

At the completion of each hole, be ready to provide your gross score for the hole to the Captain.

At the completion of your round and at the turn, your Group Captain will verify your gross score with you. 

At the end of the round, you will be asked to sign the group card to verify that your gross score is correct. 

The Group Captain will take the scorecard into the Bistro and read the scores to the Scorekeeper who records your gross score in the Portal (Golfsoftware).  The software will, if necessary, adjust your score and then use your net and gross scores to identify event winners and to update your handicap.

Please Note: Whenever  you play elsewhere (including our Away Games), you are responsible for entering your scores into the Portal. Here's a video explaining how to do that.

If you are a member of Golf Canada, you will need to enter your scores into their system on your own.

We use two types of score cards: our specially designed "Club Score Card" and the "Burnaby Mountain GC Score Card".

Our Club Score Card is used only by the assigned Group Captains each Wednesday; they are available in the Club Room. However, you should have "one" copy of the Club Score Card in your golf bag for reference.  On the reverse side of the card you will see special instructions for playing each hole. 

If you are tracking your own score on a round, please use the Burnaby Mountain Score Cards provided in the Proshop.

Watch this video. It'll explain how to post your scores.

The short answer is "no".

If, for example, you plan to play golf in the BC Senior Games, you will need an official handicap recognized by Golf Canada.

Though our "Golfsoftware" handicap module uses the same World Handicap Method of calculating your Handicap Index it is not recognized by Golf Canada as "official".  

If you need an official golf handicap, you will need to join Golf Canada and record your scores in their system.

Calculating Your Handicap

At the end of this response you will find a link to a video explaining how our Portal calculates handicaps. But please read the rest of this note beforehand.

This can be a complicated topic. If you use the internet to understand how handicapping is done, you will encounter a wide range of explanations using a lot of terms that are often used interchangeably and sometimes incorrectly. Here are the basic terms, their definitions and the corresponding terms used in our Portal.

Course Rating –the playing difficulty of a course for scratch golfers under normal course and weather conditions. It’s expressed as number of strokes (e.g. 72.5)

Our Portal uses a different term. Course Rating = “Scratch Par”

Tee Course Slope Rating – How more or less difficult is the course and tees played compared to a standard golf course? (The lowest Slope Rating is 55 and the highest 155. A course of standard playing difficulty will have a Slope Rating of 113). So, this calculation is shown as
Tee Slope Rating/113
which results in a number slightly higher or lower than 1. (For example 121/113 = 1.070)

Our Portal uses a different term. Tee Course Slope Rating = “Tee Difficulty.”

So, getting back to the question…

How is my handicap calculated each week?

Here’s the formula that our Portal uses to do that:

iCap = Number calculated based on your recent golf scores (it is not your handicap!). If you wish, you can learn how an iCap is calculated here.
Tee Difficulty = The slope of the tees you play divided by the average course slope of 113, (Tee Course Slope Rating/113)
Scratch Par = Course Rating
Par = Par for the course as stated on the scorecard for the tees you play.

Here is a Burnaby Mountain Golf Course example from our Portal using an iCap of 26.9.

Your iCap will be different and will change throughout the season depending on how well you play.

With this in mind, now watch this video to see how your handicap is calculated each week.

Voucher prizes, that we awarded in the past, have been discontinued. The Proshop software does not allow them to issue small value vouchers. 

Instead, the club will track cash prizes throughout the season.

During the season you can check your winnings on the Portal.  Once the season starts you can click on the "Season Game Tracker".  Scroll down and click on your name. You will then see the accumulated winnings for the year. 

At the end of the season, the Treasurer will e-transfer or send a cheque with your winnings.

Regular members and Regular Life members are eligible to win any and all prizes throughout the season.

Though PNMs can sign up to play on any Wednesday they cannot compete for prizes in any of the Club’s Major Trophy Tournaments (Club Championship, Age Group Championships, Spring and Fall Handicaps, Charter Members Memorial Cup, Match Play, Putting Contest, Air Canada Trophy). However, they are eligible for other weekly prizes.

Each week the draw is set using the default tees a member has chosen. 

However, you may vary these tees on a weekly basis by simply informing your Group Captain on the 1st Tee.

The Group Captain will inform the scorekeeper in the Bistro of the tees you played that day. 

However, if you wish to make a more permanent choice of tees, inform either Steve Chow the Head Drawmaster (schow1959@gmail.com) or Peter Lagroix, Technical Administrator, (peterlagroix@gmail.com) and they will make the change. 

The tee choice is very flexible and you should always play the tees from which you get the most enjoyment.

There are many ways to fulfill your volunteer responsibility, such as: Board and Director roles, weekly scorekeeper, prize committee, competition committee, fundraising groups such as Prostate Cancer and First Tee junior golf, Club Room maintenance, putting contest, lesson organization, away game coordinator, winter golf coordinator, sale of club merchandise like hats, towels, and shirts.  Contact any Director on the Board for more information.

By design, the Club randomly assigns tee times and the members you play with each week.

However, if you have a legitimate reason to request a specific range of tee times, please email or phone the Head Drawmaster, Steve Chow (schow1959@gmail.com) and explain your situation.

Attendance at the October AGM is restricted to voting members only. There is no fee to attend.

Only Regular and Associate Members have voting privileges.

Prospective New Members do not have a vote and cannot attend. Likewise, spouses, partners and friends cannot attend.

The Men’s and Women’s clubs share a club room.

The club room is attached to the Proshop with the entrance to the right of the men’s washroom near the drinking fountain.  Outside you will see the Club's notice board.  If the Club room is locked, the proshop has the key.  Inside the room you will see the Club trophy case and many coveted trophies.  Also, you will see the library and will be able to pick up a copy of the club score card. 

The Spring Luncheon is a social event and all Regular, Associate and Prospective New Members are welcome to attend. There is no fee to attend.

The luncheon is a "plus one" event and for an extra fee, spouses and friends are welcome.