While many duffers are waiting for the snow to recede from the greens or heading indoors to simulators, Tom Zariski will be on some of the finest golf courses in the world next week.
Zariski is set to become vice president of the Alberta Golf Association (AGA). He will be going to the Masers Tournament at golf’s hallowed Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia. From there, he will be heading to Las Vegas for the Pacific Coast Amateur Golf Association annual general meeting.
He is being sent on the trip as part of his responsibilities for the AGA.
“Alberta Golf is a member of the Pacific Coast Amateur Golf Association and they have a championship every year. This year it is in Capilano,” said Zariski. “It kind of moves around the northwest states and British Columbia and Alberta.”
He said legends such as Fred Couples and Phil Mickelson have won this prestigious tournament as amateurs.
The AGM will be at Tournament Players Course Summerlin in Las Vegas. He will have the opportunity to golf as well as attend sessions and meetings representing Alberta Golf.
“It’s my kind of AGM,” chuckles Zariski. ‘This was my first time at this, I was asked to be a trustee by Alberta Golf.”
Zariski’s interest in golf goes beyond simply serving as a board member. He aspires to be a golf rules official at the Olympics. He just finished a four-day course to recertify as a Level Four official, which is the highest level. He expects to be one of the walking officials at the Capilano tournament.
“This is pretty exciting because you will have the amateur golfers from all of North America, and Capilano is regarded as one of the best courses in all of Canada,” he said.
