NICOLA VALLEY, British Columbia, Canada -- The ScoreGolf Magazine national panel of distinguished golf course rankers has named the Sagebrush Golf and Sporting Club as the Best New Course in Canada for 2009.

"The ScoreGolf panel was clearly very impressed as it voted overwhelmingly in favour of Sagebrush as Best New Course," said Bob Weeks, Editor of ScoreGolf Magazine. "It's a great honour for what has been a labour of love for Richard Zokol."

The ScoreGolf Magazine Best New Course Award will be officially announced by host Bob Weeks on ScoreGolf TV on TSN August 30th at 8 am PDT.

"This is a tremendous honour for our entire team at Sagebrush," said Richard Zokol, chairman and co-designer of Sagebrush Golf and Sporting Club. "ScoreGolf is the leading golf publication in the country, and to receive this recognition from such a prestigious magazine and respected panel of experts is very gratifying. This Award is a tribute to co-founder Terry Donald, my co-designers Rod Whitman and Armen Suny, and everyone else who has worked so hard to make this dream a reality."

Overlooking beautiful Nicola Lake just outside Merritt in south central British Columbia, a three-hour drive from Vancouver, Sagebrush Golf and Sporting Club offers a truly unique golfing experience. Faithful to the spirit and origins of the game, while incorporating modern-era minimalist design philosophies and state-of-the-art agronomy, Sagebrush harkens back to the finest links courses of the British Isles in a spectacular, one-of-a-kind North American setting.

"We knew from day one that ours was a different approach, but one that we strongly believed in," said Sagebrush Golf and Sporting Club co-founder Terry Donald. " We have enjoyed tremendously positive responses from the golfers who have experienced Sagebrush this season, and to have the ScoreGolf panel recognize our effort and our vision is very satisfying."

About the Sagebrush Golf and Sporting Club:
Set in the spectacular and rustic Nicola Valley, Sagebrush commands panoramic views of Nicola Lake and the surrounding rolling ranch land that stretches as far as a cowboy can ride in a day. The wide sweeping fairways (where #11 and #14 pass each other, they span 150 yards); rugged fescue-topped bunkers (like original links courses, there are no rakes); massive greens (up to 22,000 sq. ft.); multiple tee boxes stretching the course from 4,934 yards to 7,372 yards (but no tee blocks, as the winner of the previous hole chooses the tee off spot), and no posted par (holes are rated against a Standard Scratch Score), combine to create a place where the game can be played as it was intended.

The Sagebrush experience is truly unique, from the seclusion to pausing to fly fish during the round to the variety of options to become part of the Sagebrush Posse.

To experience Sagebrush contact:

Brad Ewart Hal Quinn
604-808-GOLF 604-773-GOLF
brad@thegolfshow.com halquinn@shaw.ca