Golf

Some of my Best Places to Live and Gawf

all based on my opinion of course! the following are on my current “wish-list”, however we are in Calgary where it’s heel cracking cold, with full body dandruff common place. 1. St Andrews, Kingdom of Fife, Scotland, UK Who wouldn’t want to live in a magic kingdom? You have to live in the town of ... Full Story »

Your New Year’s Resolution: Sail to Cabot Links

It’s hard to know for sure, but the twinkle in Ben Cowan-Dewar’s eye — the one that would take nearly eight years to grow into Cabot Links, the brightest light to adorn the Canadian golf landscape in a very long time — probably first appeared on a gloriously un-wintry December day in 2004 on the ... Full Story »

A tale of shopping

Last week we were in Florida, Orlando for our family reunion, Boca Raton to recover. Before we left I bought New Balance walking shoes at the local Sports Mart outlet. The first pair were 50% off the regular $89, the second pair were a further 50% off, two pairs for just under $70.00. In Orlando ... Full Story »

Bunker Month

November has turned out to be bunker month on TV. Last week we watched Royal Melbourne host the President’s Cup matches between the USA ‘s PGA TOUR players and the Greg Norman ALLSTARS. Unfortunately Greg proved again that Australian players don’t stand up under pressure, not since Gallipolli. But the course was the star, and ... Full Story »

Malaysia: A long way but worth the trip!

Malaysia for golf!! Put it on your bucket list or whatever list you may have of things you want to do. Yes, for Canadians it is a long way to go (about 22 hours flying time from Toronto through Vancouver and Taipei) just to chase that dimpled ball up and down fairways. But it is ... Full Story »

It’s not Easy (or Cheap) being Galvin Green

A golfer who’s only in it for the Saturday-morning sunshine and the hot dog combo at the turn has probably never heard the name. But it’s a safe bet that the heavy-weather, who-cares-about-the-forecast player knows thing or two about Galvin Green. Either way, the Swedish outerwear maker — best known for high-quality, high-visibility outerwear that ... Full Story »

Quagmire Golf lures the young ones with kaleidoscopic kid’s wear

As the youngest son of a golf-mad dad, I know a thing or two about the lengths to which a father will go to get his kids out on the course. And while you can accomplish quite a bit with browbeating and brute force, the preferred approach these days — assuming you want your children ... Full Story »

as usual, LORNE is right, however

In today’s GLOBE AND MAIL Lorne Rubenstein’s piece (not a column as it’s too infrequent) is about the dirth of coverage given Canadian professionals in the most recent PGA TOUR events. Lorne is right, as he always is, however I feel Golf Channel doesn’t deliberately ignore Canadian players – they try to cover as much ... Full Story »

How bad is Tiger’s golf ?

as Jay Leno might say it: “How bad is Tiger’s game right now? It’s so bad that three Canadians finished ahead of him in a PGA TOUR event.” Congrats to their fine play! We hope they do great in the next two events on the 2011 Tour.

The DUNHILL is the best tourney for spectators

The DUNHILL LINKS CHAMPIONSHIP, version 2011 finished on Sunday past, is to me the best possible professional golfing event to watch in person. Why – great field (5 of the top 6 in the World Rankings, plus countless others), great courses (Carnoustie, The Old Course, and Kingsbarns), not crowded (first three rounds very light, final ... Full Story »