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The junior hockey world famously underestimated the Victoria Royals last season. Nobody is making that mistake again.

Some sporting events are big enough in their own right and do not require home-country rooting interest. But it was still nice for the hosts to have Sidney Crosby’s overtime goal at Vancouver 2010 and Neymar’s goal in penalty kicks at Rio 2016.

Paul Goydos had a sneak peek at Bear Mountain Golf Resort’s Mountain course at a media day back in late June for this week’s PGA Tour Champions Pacific Links Bear Mountain Championship and the Long Beach, California, native liked what he saw.

What you see as a casual player or member at Bear Mountain Golf Resort is what the PGA Tour Champions pros will get this week at the Pacific Links Championship on the Mountain course — except for a subtle change.

One of the more popular players on PGA Tour Champions will not be in Victoria for the Pacific Links Bear Mountain Championship.

LOS ANGELES 9 SEATTLE 3 LOS ANGELES — Alec Ogletree and Case Keenum figure they’ll always remember the passion and excitement of the Rams’ first home game back in Los Angeles.

Organizing the upcoming Pacific Links Bear Mountain Golf Championship has been almost a homecoming for tournament director David (Skitty) Skitt.

COWICHAN 2 VICTORIA 1 The Victoria Grizzlies will head to the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Hockey League Showcase next weekend one game shy of perfection.

The sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Football Conference win streak is over at four games, but the Westshore Rebels remain undefeated in five as they were forced to settle on a 25-25 tie against the Vancouver Island Raiders at Caledonia Park on a wet Saturday afternoon.

VICTORIA 2 VANCOUVER 0 The Victoria Royals closed out their 2016-17 Western Hockey League pre-season with a 2-0 win over the Vancouver Giants on Saturday afternoon at the Langley Events Centre.