{"id":176,"date":"2023-04-13T12:36:34","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T16:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blindgolfcanada.ca\/?page_id=176"},"modified":"2024-04-23T22:10:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T02:10:49","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blindgolfcanada.ca\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"176\" class=\"elementor elementor-176\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a82d077 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a82d077\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7168358 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7168358\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 30-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Blind Golf Canada<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b31b29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0b31b29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 30-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Blind Golf Canada was officially founded in 2012, and in 2022 we celebrated our 10th anniversary. Blind Golf Canada was founded as a not-for-profit organization, and we are currently in the process of securing our charitable status with the Government of Canada.<\/p><p>The organization is run by the Board of Directors, all of whom are visually impaired and\/or\u00a0blind. BGC has a Constitution, Bylaws and we are responsible for maintaining and providing the\u00a0rules of blind golf for any Canadian blind golf organization, and competitions hosted in Canada.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27d0d43 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"27d0d43\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-512939e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"512939e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.02em; text-align: var(--text-align); font-size: 1.2rem;\">Canada is a member country of the International Blind Golf Association, and along with thirteen\u00a0other member and five associate-member countries, we host events in Canada, and our eligible\u00a0blind golfers participate in tournaments held around the world.\u00a0 Our own Canadian Open Blind\u00a0Golf Championship, hosted inaugurally in 1997, is a bi-annual event and is always a\u00a0prominent\u00a0stop on the IBGA tour.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>Canada has hosted two of the most successful World Championship events held to date; Winnipeg, Manitoba in 2002, in Truro, Nova Scotia in 2012, and we are pleased to announce we will be hosting the 2025 IBGA World Blind Golf Open at The Greens at Renton, in beautiful Simcoe, Ontario.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d4f4cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9d4f4cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 30-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blindgolfcanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/wp2353895-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-238\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blindgolfcanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/wp2353895-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/blindgolfcanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/wp2353895-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/blindgolfcanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/wp2353895-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/blindgolfcanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/wp2353895.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10ae587 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"10ae587\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6e824e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b6e824e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #222222; font-size: 2rem; font-weight: 630; text-align: var(--text-align);\">At Blind Golf Canada it is our mission to:<\/span><\/p><ul><li>To develop and promote competitive golf along with true sportsmanship amongst blind and visually impaired golfers in Canada wishing to play at a provincial, regional, national and\/or international level.<\/li><li>To establish and maintain a calendar of national and international events as a member country of the International Blind Golf Association.<\/li><li>To establish and maintain a handicap system so that members of Blind Golf Canada may compete at IBGA sanctioned events, or other international blind golf events.<\/li><li>To establish a Canadian Blind Golf Open Championship for blind and visually impaired golfers from Canada, the USA and other IBGA member countries.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Blind Golf Canada Blind Golf Canada was officially founded in 2012, and in 2022 we celebrated our 10th anniversary. 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