A Nanaimo golfer is B.C. champion again in what he said might have been the most meaningful win in his career.

Sandy Harper, 65, won B.C. Golf鈥檚 senior men鈥檚 and super-senior men鈥檚 amateur championships at at tournament in late July at Uplands Golf Club in Victoria.

He won with a 54-hole score of three over par, two shots ahead of runners-up Norm Bradley and Stewart Scott, both of Kelowna. Harper went into the final round trailing by one shot, but his 鈥渕agnificent鈥� back nine play closed out an even-par round of 70 and earned him the title, noted a press release from B.C. Golf.

Harper suffered a stroke in 2020 and told B.C. Golf that it鈥檚 affected his vision and hand-eye co-ordination and it鈥檚 been frustrating not to be able to hit certain shots with the ease that he could before.

鈥淚f I didn鈥檛 play golf I don鈥檛 think I would have been as frustrated after having the stroke as I have been. Golf showed me that I am not the same person that I was in that regard,鈥� Harper said in the release. 鈥淏ut the flip side is the support you get from the golfing fraternity. That has been amazing.鈥�

His competitors gathered around the 18th green at the B.C. championships to watch Harper close out his round and give him bear-hugs afterward.

鈥淭his win means more to me than probably any other tournament that I鈥檝e won, given what I have been through,鈥� Harper said.

The top three finishers at the tournament will represent B.C. at the Canadian Senior Men鈥檚 Championship in Red Deer from Sept. 6-9.

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