Colin Snair’s passion for golf has allowed him to travel and work across Canada.
And now he feels like he’s won the lottery after his recent appointment as new head professional golfer at the Osoyoos Golf Club.
When he found out in December that Osoyoos Golf Club was hiring a new head professional after the departure of Drew Bolokoski, who left to return to Alberta after the recent death of his father, Snair didn’t hesitate applying for the job.
“I had wanted to come to the Okanagan for the past five or six years, but landing a job in this area isn’t easy because people come here and don’t want to leave,” he said. “I had an interview with Lee Sapach (general manager of Osoyoos Golf Club and former head professional) and board members over the phone in January and felt that went well.
“They invited me back for a second interview here in person in early January and the week after that I was offered the job.”
Snair came to Osoyoos on Jan. 25 and managed to rent a house near town and officially began his duties Feb. 1.
To say he’s excited would be a gross understatement, said Snair.
“I’ve been going to the Gorge Amphitheatre in Washington for concerts for many years and I would drive through Osoyoos and just marvel at how beautiful this place was,” he said. “I always said I would play that (Osoyoos) golf course, but, unfortunately, I never did manage to play any course south of Kelowna.
“I’ve lived and worked from coast to coast … in some beautiful places, but my heart was set on returning to the west coast and to land a head professional job here in Osoyoos is almost like a dream come true at this point in my life.”
