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By Robert Thompson | July 20, 2010
Let’s start with me, since it is really all about me anyway. My column for Sympatico on great golf coursesmaking for great golf, is now online, along with some videos shot at St. George’s last month.
Word is that Hamilton Golf & CC members are voting on whether to hold the 2012 RBC Canadian Open. Hard ... read more »
Posted in Breaking News, Canadian golf media, Canadian Open, Going for the Green, Mike Weir, RCGA, Royal Bank, Stephen Ames | Tagged Canadian Amateur Championship, David Hearn, Hamilton Golf and Country Club, Nationwide Tour, RBC Canadian Open, Stephen Ames
By Robert Thompson | March 2, 2010
I’ve been crazy busy since returning from Mexico late last week, but yesterday I managed to find the time to head down to the Canadian International Turfgrass conference, generally regarded as the annual meeting of Canadian golf superintendents. I was there to see the design panel, involving Ian Andrew of Weir Golf Design, Doug Carrick ... read more »
Posted in Architecture, Breaking News, Going for the Green, Golf Course News | Tagged Golf Design, Ian Andrew, RCGA, Scott Simmons
By Robert Thompson | December 2, 2009
First it was Kevin Thistle leaving for Coppinwood. Then it was former Bond Head top dog Nigel Hollidge joining. Then #2 JC Cunningham departed. Lots of change over a couple of months at the normally very stable Angus Glen GC. Then today the latest casualty was Dennis Firth, who was with the course for more ... read more »
Posted in Breaking News, Golf Course News | Tagged angus glen, Angus Glen Golf Club, bond head, Coppinwood, Nigel Hollidge, Ontgolf.ca, stollery, thistle
By Robert Thompson | October 23, 2009
I suspect it isn’t altogether surprising that changes in the industry occur during a year when many in the golf business are struggling. The most recent job announcements hit Angus Glen GC, which saw long-time president Kevin Thistle depart for Coppinwood earlier this year, and Nigel Hollidge from Bond Head move over to help run the ... read more »
Posted in Breaking News, Equipment, Golf Course News | Tagged angus glen, bond head, Callaway, Canadian Golf, Canadian Open, Coppinwood, Nigel Hollidge, richard sullivan, thistle, Titleist
By Robert Thompson | September 17, 2009
This will be short, as I’m heading off in less than an hour for a fundraiser at Hidden Lake, a golf course near Burlington. The fundraiser is for John Parker, the superintendent at Scenic Woods Golf Club, who recently suffered a brain aneurysm and is expected to have a long period of recovery. I don’t ... read more »
Posted in Breaking News | Tagged bond head, Canadian Golf, golf club, golf course, Golf Design, toronto
By Robert Thompson | July 23, 2009
Last night at the SCOREAwards I bumped into Nigel Hollidge, the former GM at Taboo and The Club at Bond Head. Nigel is always an interesting chap with strong opinions who really turned Bond Head around before the real estate market soured and the owners decided on a different strategy.
Anyway, Hollidge told me last night ... read more »
Posted in Breaking News, Business, Golf Course News | Tagged angus glen, Coppinwood, goodwood, stollery, taboo, thistle, toronto
By Robert Thompson | July 21, 2009
OntGolf.ca managed to scoop up two prizes at the inaugural Golf Journalists of Canada awards luncheon today at the fantastic St. George’s G&CC. I took home two awards — one for an obituary of Brampton caddie Steve Duplantis that appeared in the Globe and Mail last spring in the newspaper feature category, and another for ... read more »
Posted in Breaking News, Canadian golf architecture | Tagged bond head, British Open, clublink, Golf architecture, Golf architecture in Canada, Golf Design, jim barclay, Nike, RBC, TaylorMade, The Club at Bond Head
By Robert Thompson | May 19, 2009
Interesting news crossed my desk today that led me to consider the state of the Canadian golf course business. Not that this is new for me — I wrote about the matter in the latest issue of ScoreGolf (which I can’t find a link to online — hardest thing about the Score site is finding ... read more »
Posted in Breaking News, Golf Course News | Tagged Coppinwood, Humber Valley Resort, northern ontario, robert mcrae, ScoreGolf, seguin valley, The Club at Bond Head, vancouver island
By Robert Thompson | May 13, 2009
What is so significant about a club pro leaving for another club that it warrants its own blog post? If you have to ask that question you’ve don’t know Kevin Thistle.
Almost on his own, Thistle, who joined Angus Glen Golf Club in Markham, Ont. in 1994, has created a new perception of the course manager/head professional. With ... read more »
Posted in Breaking News, Business, Golf Course News | Tagged Angus Glen Golf Club, Canadian Open, clublink, copper creek, Coppinwood, IMG, paul mclean, private club, Tom Fazio, toronto
By Robert Thompson | April 7, 2009
As mentioned more than a month ago, The Club at Bond Head north of Toronto has now become part of ClubLink. I’ll do more on this later today, but here’s the news release for now:
THE CLUB AT BOND HEAD TO BECOME A CLUBLINK PREMIUM DAILY-FEE CLUB
King City, Ontario. April 7, 2009 “ ClubLink Corporation (ClubLink) ... read more »
Posted in Breaking News, Golf Course News | Tagged clublink
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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