a.v. macan podcast by Matt Waterman
Arthur Vernon Macan was a Champion Golfer, a World War I veteran and most notably a celebrated golf course architect. Macan is credited with designing numerous golf courses in the Pacific Northwest and is arguably the most important person to ever walk the fairways of Royal Colwood.
Thanks to Dave Murrell and Jeff McArthur for sharing some memories of “Pedro” Peter Faulkner. We lost "Pedro" in April 2026. Dave became friends with Pedro 40+ years ago and Jeff first met him in 2014 when he moved into Sooke. Peter was sometimes called “Newf” by many of his hockey friends.
Learn a bit of Royal Colwood history on a new episode of the A.V. Macan Podcast with guest Mr. Richard “Dick” Austin. Dick has been a member of Royal Colwood since 1978.
Bruce Brown chats about the Ukraine fundraising event held at the Royal Colwood Golf Club on 7 March 2026. Over 100 gracious and supporting people attended this event which will help send a blood transfusion unit for children to Ukraine.
The Sayward Cup is named in honour of our Founder and first President of Royal Colwood, Mr. Joseph A. Sayward. It was the brainchild of Mr. Richard Austin, a past Captain, after a visit by a team from Royal Aberdeen in September 2000.
The Sayward Cup is named in honour of our Founder and first President of Royal Colwood, Mr. Joseph A. Sayward. It was the brainchild of Mr. Richard Austin, a past Captain, after a visit by a team from Royal Aberdeen in September 2000.
The Sayward Cup is named in honour of our Founder and first President of Royal Colwood, Mr. Joseph A. Sayward. It was the brainchild of Mr. Richard Austin, a past Captain, after a visit by a team from Royal Aberdeen in September 2000.
The Sayward Cup is named in honour of our Founder and first President of Royal Colwood, Mr. Joseph A. Sayward. It was the brainchild of Mr. Richard Austin, a past Captain, after a visit by a team from Royal Aberdeen in September 2000.
The Sayward Cup is named in honour of our Founder and first President of Royal Colwood, Mr. Joseph A. Sayward. It was the brainchild of Mr. Richard Austin, a past Captain, after a visit by a team from Royal Aberdeen in September 2000.
The Sayward Cup is named in honour of our Founder and first President of Royal Colwood, Mr. Joseph A. Sayward. It was the brainchild of Mr. Richard Austin, a past Captain, after a visit by a team from Royal Aberdeen in September 2000.
Ewan Baldwin claimed his first Men’s Open Division Club Championship in 2025 at 15 years old. Ewan had never played in the Open Division prior to this year, only competing as a Junior (3 time Champ) before. It was great talking about Ewan’s golf successes for 2025.
Royal Colwood was proud to host our Fircrest Golf Club friends in the 52nd edition of this event.
Royal Colwood General Manager Terry Yacyshen has completed his first year in the position of GM and he generously took some time to come visit the podcast studio and talk about Royal Colwood and his golfing background. Terry’s first professional round was with Steve Stricker in the old Payless Open.
Jordan was elected to the Board of Directors in early 2024 as the Club Captain. His position gives him a seat on the Executive Committee and is bound to keep him busy. Jordan really enjoyed campaigning for the position and speaking directly to the members. Jordan talks about the importance of keeping priorities straight in his position of Captain and tries to keep his personal preferences separate.
Enjoyed speaking with current Men's Division Captain - Tyler Green. Tyler has been a member of Royal Colwood since he was 12 years old and credits family influence for being able to play golf at Royal Colwood for so long. In this episode, you'll be lucky to hear a great hole-in-one story from Tyler while playing at Inglewood Golf Club.
Thanks to Nolan for giving us an update on how things went the past couple of years since our last episode. We get some insight into his time as Assistant Coach of the Oregon State Golf Team.
Special thanks to the Members and Staff at Inglewood Golf Club for hosting the 2025 Interclub event with Royal Colwood. This year’s event between Inglewood and Royal Colwood was fantastic, and we look forward to continuing the tradition.
Host of the A.V. Macan Podcast, Matt Waterman, talks about the RBC Scramble Qualifying Event which took place at Royal Colwood on Sunday 20 July 2025. Congrats to Jeremy Cook, Tristan Story, Stephen Gaskin and Andrew Avis for winning the Colwood event with a winning score of net 55.
Alberta 2025 – AV Macan Road Trip
Huge congratulations to Don Singlehurst, Superintendent at Royal Colwood, who is retiring after 34 years of devoted service. Please enjoy listening to this episode of the A.V. Macan Podcast and with any luck you’ll get to know a little bit more about Don. For instance, most people wouldn’t know that Don was Junior Club Champion at Royal Colwood and Gorge Vale in 1978!
Since 2003, more than $2 million has been raised through this tournament to fund essential projects that help transform Veterans Memorial Lodge into a place that feels like home. In 2025, we are committed to completing the fundraising needed to renovate and revitalize courtyards and gardens at Veterans Memorial Lodge.
The Dr. Bryant event at Royal Colwood is the first Men's Division competition of every year. It features play in Chapman or Pinehurst stroke play, two players play as partners, each playing from the teeing ground and each playing the partner’s ball for the second shot. After the second shot, partners select the ball with which they wish to score and play that ball alternately to complete the hole.
In this episode of the AV Macan Podcast, we talk to two of the dedicated Beekeepers who work at Royal Colwood GC. This group of volunteers is better known as the “Bee Team” and they mind the beehives on the property.
To start 2025, I sat down with two long-time Royal Colwood members (Adam Trevor – 25 yrs and John McMillan – 48 yrs to chat about the coming year. We found that even though we wanted to talk about 2025, we still talked about the past!
In this episode of the podcast, you’ll meet Ewan Baldwin of Royal Colwood, he’s 14 years old and the 2024 BC Golf Association Zone 5 Junior Golfer of the Year. He’s also a 3-time Junior Club Champion and undoubtedly a golfer you’ll be seeing in the future.
Special thanks to the Members and Staff at Fircrest Golf Club for hosting the 2024 Interclub event with Royal Colwood. This was the 51st edition of the Fircrest/Royal Colwood Interclub and we look forward to continuing the tradition.
On this episode, we hear from Tom Martell (coordinator) about the "Train Wreck" event at Royal Colwood. The Train Wreck is a 2 man team event, where the team collects points and tries to avoid having a train wreck (which means both players score net bogey or worse).
Short trip to Portland, Oregon for a friendly match with a few members of Columbia Edgewater, special thanks to Ky Fullerton, Evan Wilson and Erik Bjorvik for setting this up and being gracious hosts.
Great conversation with 50-year members Mike Adamek and Tom LeQuesne. These two Royal Colwood members reminisce about the early years of their golf membership and later share some of their experiences of golfing other AV Macan golf courses over the past 40 years.
The Lucifer Golfing Society was created in 1921 by a small group of like-minded men who enjoyed golfing, fine dining and camaraderie. In September 2024, the modern "Lucifers" travelled to Canada and part of their itinerary included a trip to Royal Colwood to play in a friendly match and to enjoy great food prepared by Chef Sam Benedetto and his staff. Have a listen and learn a bit more about the Lucifer Golf Society.
Congratulations to Dale Jackson for being inducted to Royal Colwood's Wall of Honour, builder category.
Royal Colwood Golf Club proudly hosted the 110th Canadian Women's Amateur Championship, 30 July - 02 August 2024, presented by BDO.
Royal Colwood Golf Club proudly hosted the 110th Canadian Women's Amateur Championship, 30 July - 02 August 2024, presented by BDO.
Columbia Edgewater visits Royal Colwood
Royal Colwood is proud to host the 110th Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship, presented by BDO. Elaine Bobolo, Organizing Chair, Ruth McDougall and Barb Rainey join the host Matt Waterman in studio to chat about getting ready for the Championship!
Hope you enjoy this episode with Gordy Scutt, new Head Professional at Royal Colwood. We talk about his golf career from the very early days to current day. Gordy has played all over the world as a Junior representing Canada, throughout his College years as a Washington Husky and later as a professional. After playing as a pro for nearly 5 years, Gordy moved back to Victoria to begin working in the golf industry and build his resume to ascend to his new role at Royal Colwood.
For this episode, we took the podcast on the road and compiled 4 days of content with our group of 8.
Veterans Memorial Lodge is one of five Broadmead Care homes in Greater Victoria. An attractive, comfortable Home located in the pleasant Broadmead neighbourhood in Victoria, it provides long term care for veterans and seniors on Vancouver Island.
We celebrate Rupee’s 50 years of membership at Royal Colwood. “Mr. Pallan” is well known in the Westshore area after serving for 35 years in School District 62. Rupee’s initiation fee 50 years ago was $400 and the monthly dues were $50. The Pallan family has grown into golf life at Royal Colwood, both Rupee’s sons got involved as Junior’s and now two grandchildren have connections.
Kicking off Season 2 of the A.V. Macan Podcast, we're joined by Royal Colwood Member Doug Hastie. Doug is currently working for Golf Canada as the Director for Western Canada. Doug learned his golf from none other than George Knudsen at The National Golf Club, he obtained his Class "A" Professional designation in 1993 and has held numerous golf management and teaching roles over his career.
In our final episode of 2023, we're joined by Lori Lumley who has just finished her 1 year term as Women's Captain at the Royal Colwood Golf Club.
In episode 13, Royal Colwood Professional Craig Young joins me to chat about his 23+ years at our golf club. Craig and his wife come from competitive skiing backgrounds but his summer love of golf as a kid carried through to his working life. Craig’s skiing accomplishments include competing in the 1988 Winter Olympic Games in Calgary and at an FIS World Cup event in 1990 where he finished on the podium with a bronze medal.
In 2023, Royal Colwood celebrated 100 years of Club Championships and in this episode we are joined by Aaron Butters, Club Championship Committee Chair, to talk about the successes of the event. All the Divisions had medal play competitions over the main championship weekend, and on the second weekend the Men’s Division had match play games.
Jack Jenner is the creator and still manages the Don Ross Derby at Royal Colwood.
Alec Mackie is the Club Captain at Royal Colwood Golf Club, he is in his second year of a 3 year term. Alec has been a member of the Club since 1984 and is originally from Carnoustie, Scotland.
Dave Mick – Wall Of Honour - Royal Colwood Golf Club
Bruce Brown is our guest on episode 8 of the A.V. Macan Podcast, we chat about the Invasive Species Removal program that he and other volunteers at the Club have been working on for the past few years. Bruce has been a member at Royal Colwood for the past 17 years and has served as the Men’s Captain. Being a volunteer at our golf course is only a small part of the volunteering Bruce has done inside and outside our community, he talks about a few of those worthy charities he contributes to. Bruce accurately predicted in this podcast episode that team Europe would win the 2023 Ryder Cup in Italy.
Derek Senft is our guest on episode 7, he's a member of the professional staff at Royal Colwood Golf Club. Derek has 10 years experience at Colwood and previously learned some of the golf industry at Victoria Golf Club and at Cultus Lake.
John Rempel is our guest on episode 6, he's been a member at Royal Colwood Golf Club since 1980. John served his country for 25 years in the Royal Canadian Air Force. Once John retired from the military he decided to buy a donut franchise - which eventually became John's Donut House for the next 17 years.
In episode #5, Kevin Carrigan comes in to chat about his experiences at Royal Colwood Golf Club (RCGC). He is a “Wall of Honour” member and is previously a winner of the Men’s Club Championship eight (8) times in a row!
In episode #4, you’ll hear from Nolan Thoroughgood the 2022 Men’s Club Champion at Royal Colwood Golf Club (RCGC). He is a home grown golfer at RCGC and has been a high achiever throughout his playing career. The highlights include winning the BC Amateur Golf Championship in 2016 (at 15 yrs old) and playing college golf in Division I NCAA for Oregon State University.
In episode #3, Cynthia Adamek sits down to chat about her golfing career at Royal Colwood Golf Club (RCGC). She is the 2022 Women’s Club Champion and is a four time winner of the Championship. Cynthia grew up around Royal Colwood and spent many summers playing and competing as a junior member.
In episode #2, you’ll meet Rich Chlopan the Head Professional at the Royal Colwood Golf Club (RCGC).
In episode #1 you'll meet Winston Michell the General Manager of the Royal Colwood Golf Club.
The host, Matt Waterman talks about starting the A.V. Macan Podcast.
