2010
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By Robert Thompson | December 31, 2010
We knew he’d hurt his back, but no one suggested it was this serious: Weyburn, Saskatchewan’s Graham DeLaet will undergo minor back surgery to repair a herniated disc. DeLaet suffered from a bulging disc for most of 2010, but it became herniated late in the season causing him to miss the final event of the ... read more »
Tagged: Graham Delaet, Justin Timberlake Shriners Open, PGA Tour, PGA Tour Fall Series, the Shell Houston Open |
By Robert Thompson | December 25, 2010
Thanks to all of my readers for making 2010 such an interesting year. Santa has been kind to me over the past few days. First the postman showed up with these: And under the tree there were a couple of great golf books, including To Win and Die in Dixie: The Birth of the Modern ... read more »
Tagged: Boxing Day, Cabot Links Golf |
By Robert Thompson | December 20, 2010
While I didn’t travel as much as I have in other years, I did get out to play some golf in the UK in April, travel through BC and Alberta in August, head to Cape Breton in September and see some of NY and Connecticut in October. Here are the highlights from 2010: All Alone ... read more »
Tagged: bandon dunes, Ben Eoin, bernard darwin, Connecticut,United States, Doug Carrick, Fishers Island, Gary Browning, Gil Hanse, Graham Cooke, Inverness, Lambton Golf and Country Club, Mike Keiser, Nova Scotia,Canada, the Ryder Cup, Tom Dunne |
By Robert Thompson | December 17, 2010
Christmas is still more than a week away, and to help golfers out Sympatico put up my holiday gift guide a few days back. All the goodies are there — Titleist’s 910 driver, Quagmire’s ColorFusion shirts, Mizuno’s Warmalite, Orange shoes from Puma…. The gift guide can be found here.
Tagged: Quagmire, sympatico, Titleist |
By Robert Thompson | December 16, 2010
Glen Gretzky chimes in on the downfall of the Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic Nationwide event: Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic Statement As Executive Director of the Wayne Gretzky Foundation, it has been my pleasure to work with the Nationwide Tour as well as our many volunteers and sponsors in bringing the Tour back to Canada for ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | December 16, 2010
Thanks to reader Tom for this photo from earlier this week of the 6th hole at Highlands Links. And people wonder why the course occasionally has some conditioning issues…
Tagged: Highlands Links, Nova Scotia |
By Robert Thompson | December 15, 2010
Ahem, this story has been in the Hamilton Spectator for months, but the news is final: Hamilton’s Glendale, which I quite liked, has been acquired by ClubLink. I’m betting it is the only course in the ClubLink stable where one plays a tee shot over the fairway of another hole… I like the bit in ... read more »
Tagged: clublink, Clublink Corp., Glendale, Glendale Golf, Gold-level Member Club, Hamilton,Ontario,Canada, Heron Point Golf Links, King Valley |
By Robert Thompson | December 15, 2010
The Nationwide Tour schedule is out today and perhaps not too surprisingly, Wayne Gretzky’s troubled celebrity eventin Collingwood is not listed. It looks like the end for the troubled event. I broke the story about the tournament in November, 2007, and the event was announced a few weeks later, with Gretzky making an appearance to promote it the ... read more »
Tagged: Golf CHannel, National Hockey League, Professional golf tours, the Nationwide Tour, the Toronto Sun, toronto sun, Wayne Gretzky |
By Robert Thompson | December 14, 2010
As first suggested on Dec. 1 in Canadiangolfer.com, Mike Weir and longtime caddie Brennan Little have parted ways. This comes as no surprise; Weir has been looking at all of the elements of his career and businesses since shutting it down at the end of August and Little had the opportunity to work for a player ... read more »
Tagged: Brennan Little, jim flick, Mike Weir, mike wilson, Sean O'Hair, swing coach, Taylor Made headquarters, The Masters |
By Robert Thompson | December 9, 2010
Having not played since August, his longest layoff from golf since he went to college, Mike Weir returns for the Shark Shootout, a silly season event that he’s using to test his injured elbow and be sure it has completely healed. Weir, who plays with KJ Choi in the event, says he’s 80-85% recovered (source): ... read more »
Tagged: David Hearn, george knudson, Mike Weir, Sports, U.S. Open |
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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