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It’s easy to say that Greg Forbes went from looking for a hole in one, to drilling several holes in many.

After growing up playing golf in Oakville, Forbes earned a golf scholarship to study at Coastal Carolina University, playing at storied courses at Myrtle Beach in South Carolina. He completed his Bachelor of Business Science degree with a major in marketing, returning to Canada to tee off a career with retail giant Golf Town that ultimately brought him to Kelowna.

“I had been opening stores across Ontario, and the opportunity came up to move to Kelowna. I couldn’t resist,” he recalls.

He began taking the game more seriously and created a name for himself. At one time, he was ranked in the top 100 in Canada for amateur golfers and played in the Canadian Amateur Golf Championship three times. Forbes eventually earned his pro card and began playing a lot of PGA of BC events, especially on the Interior Tour.

“It was a goal I had to see if I had what it takes to turn pro, and see if you can make some money doing it. I did it,” Forbes says, adding that that achievement was enough for him. “Those guys on TV are a special breed. I found that out a few years ago.”

In 2013, he shifted energies more t