2004
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By Robert Thompson | December 23, 2004
David McLay Kidd, the delightful Scottish golf architect who created the wonderful Bandon Dunes in Oregon, appears to have a busy year ahead of him. He’s apparently working on another course in Oregon, the 7th course at St. Andrews and another in San Francisco. Of course there’s also the new one near Machrihanish, which could ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | December 23, 2004
Syd the Kid, my daughter aged four months, demonstrates her fine taste in golf course architecture through her Bandon Dunes hat!
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By Robert Thompson | December 22, 2004
More on Michelle Wie and her quest to compete with those on the PGA Tour. Apparently she’ll be back at the Sony. Quite interesting, considering my post about Shawn O’Hair from earlier this week.
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By Robert Thompson | December 22, 2004
Well, it is only nine holes, but for the lowly price of $1.5-million you too could have your own golf course and “resort” in rural Saskatchewan. Check it out here.
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By Robert Thompson | December 21, 2004
Here’s an amazing story about Sean O’Hair, once a teenage phenom nicknamed “The Cruiser,” who struggled under family pressure and other issues before finally making it through Q-School earlier this month. Check out the story here.
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By Robert Thompson | December 21, 2004
New York entertainment lawyer Jay Flamma has a blog worth checking out called A Walk in the Park — he spends a lot of time reviewing public golf courses, a worthwhile concept I fully support . Give his blog a read here.
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By Robert Thompson | December 17, 2004
According to the Scotsman, the Open Championship is poised to return to Turnberry. Go here for the story. I’m all for it — having played the course, I found it to be one of the most amazing places to play golf. It would make an amazing venue for the British Open and apparently the road ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | December 12, 2004
This story, taken from the www.unison.ie website, presents a pretty bleak picture for golf tourism in Ireland. Note the figure about golf tourism falling by half over the past five years, mainly from the UK. That said, Scotland’s courses were pretty quiet as well when I was there for two trips in the last two ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | December 9, 2004
As a Golf Digest panelist, I was intrigued by the list that first appeared yesterday. You can find it here — http://www.golfdigest.com/bestnew/. Interestingly, GD published the actual voting totals for each course. I found this particularly interesting when it came to the Canadian courses, all of which I’ve played. It is still hard to imagine ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | December 8, 2004
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A bestselling author and award-winning columnist, Robert Thompson has been writing about business and sports, and particularly golf, for almost two decades. His reporting and commentary on golf has appeared in Golf Magazine, the Globe and Mail, T&L Golf and many other media outlets. Currently a columnist with Sympatico.ca and Ontario Golf, and a contributing writer to ScoreGolf, his blog, Going for the Green, was launched in 2004. 
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