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By Robert Thompson | May 22, 2010
Later next week, we’ll be announcing significant changes to OntGolf.ca. In fact, it won’t be OntGolf.ca at all!
I joined OntGolf.ca with my partner in the venture, Jeff Lancaster of Elevation Media, in March 2006, moving G4G over from blogspot. Since that point, I’ve posted 1,865 items on G4G, and had almost 6,000 comments. The site has ... read more »
Tagged: G4G, Ontgolf.ca, Robert Thompson, Robert Thompson golf writer |
By Robert Thompson | May 22, 2010
Just over a week ago, I had some time to talk to Michael Breed, the instructor who leads the Golf Channel’s The Golf Fix program that appears on Mondays. Breed was in town for a Titleist seminar on golf ball fitting and spent some time in the cold and high winds trying to demonstrate how ... read more »
Tagged: Golf CHannel, Jim "Bones" Mackay, Tiger Woods, Titleist |
By Robert Thompson | May 18, 2010
Golf Canada today announced next year’s CN Women’s Open — going to Hillsdale in Montreal, an interesting selection and a golf course with a neat history. Nice to see the women’s top event heading to interesting courses — now how about Scarboro G&CC in 2012?
At the same time, rumors have increased that Golf Canada is ... read more »
Tagged: Beacon Hall, Canadian Open, Glen Abbey Golf Club, Hamilton Golf and Country Club, RBC Canadian Open |
By Robert Thompson | May 17, 2010
While the sun blazed in the sky yesterday, I spent the day indoors, participating in the RCGA’sGolf Canada’s latest seminar series about golf design, a group of events co-sponsored by the Stanley Thompson Society. Rarely, I think, have we seen such a gathering of top names, including Doug Carrick, Graham Cooke, Stephen Johnston, Ian Andrew, ... read more »
Tagged: Canadian Golf, Canadian Golf design, Courses, Doug Carrick, Golf architecture, Golf Canada, Graham Cooke, Ian Andrew, Lorne Rubenstein, Mike Weir, Weir Golf Design |
By Robert Thompson | May 15, 2010
Since I’ve been bugging the organizers for weeks to set up an interview without luck, I guess the best I can do is let you know that Karl Morris, a sports psychologist who works with Lee Westwood, among others, is coming to Canada next week for appearances at Lionhead and Deer Creek:
Karl Morris will be ... read more »
Tagged: Doug Carrick, Golf Canada, golf course architecture, Ian Andrew, Lorne Rubenstein, Robert Thompson, Thomas McBroom |
By Robert Thompson | May 13, 2010
A column that came out of my recent travels to Wales is up at Sympatico. And Southerdown Golf Club, which I wrote about in a post here, has linked to G4G, which I admit was pretty cool.
Here’s a taste of the Sympatico column:
ABERDOVEY, Wales — Surveying the wild links from the raised green of the ... read more »
Tagged: Golf in Wales, Nefyn and District Golf Club, Royal Porthcawl, Royal St. David's Golf Club, Ryder Cup, Southerndown Golf Club, Terry Matthews, Wales |
By Robert Thompson | May 11, 2010
Adding to the odd rumor last week that Canadian Sean Foley was poised to take over as swing coach to Tiger Woods comes the news last night that Hank Haney, Woods’ current coach, has resigned:
Tiger Woods’ longtime swing coach resigned Monday night, leaving the world’s No. 1 player without one of his top advisers as ... read more »
Tagged: Hank Haney, Sean Foley golf instructor, Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods sex scandal |
By Robert Thompson | May 10, 2010
I failed to post the link to last week’s column on Sean Foley and the rumors of a link to Tiger Woods. Hard to say what was the truth in all of this — but now that Tiger is hurt, does it make Foley more attractive? After all, Stephen Ames credits Foley for helping his ... read more »
Tagged: Hunter Mahan, sean foley, Sean O'Hair, Sympatico Golf, Tiger Woods, TPC at Sawgrass |
By Robert Thompson | May 10, 2010
I’m not sure we’ve ever seen as interesting a panel on golf design in Canada as what’s been put together for the “About Golf Courses” series that takes place on Sunday at the University of Guelph. Among those talking are Stanley Thompson Society president and designer David Moote, Weir Golf Design architect Ian Andrew, Doug ... read more »
Tagged: Doug Carrick, Golf Canada, Graham Cooke, Ian Andrew, Lorne Rubenstein, Mike Weir, Rick Young, Thomas McBroom |
By Robert Thompson | May 6, 2010
The Nike Connection? Sean Foley appears to be Tiger Woods new swing coach.
The rumor du jour was that Canadian swing coach Sean Foley was about to ink a deal with Tiger Woods, a rumor my sources said had significant legs. The talk was that Tiger Woods will be letting longtime swing coach Hank Haney go and will ... read more »
Tagged: Hank Haney, sean foley, Sean Foley golf instructor, Tiger Woods |
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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