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By Robert Thompson | January 18, 2010
Book review: A Son of the Game: A story of golf, going home, and sharing life’s lessons
Author: James Dodson (Algonquin books)
The golf memoir is an intriguing concept. At its heart, it is about our connection to golf, with the assumption that as golfers we will relate to the trials and experiences of other players. The ... read more »
Tagged: algonquin books, arnold palmer, author james, ben hogan, foursome, golf magazine, intriguing concept, james dodson, opti, professional golf, southern pines north carolina, writer in residence |
By Robert Thompson | April 29, 2009
Globe and Mail columnist Lorne Rubenstein will have my undying respect as someone who has pioneered golf writing in not only Canada, but the world, over the last three decades. Still going strong writing for the Globe and others, Rubenstein, 60, has just issued a collection of his columns and features from a wide variety ... read more »
Tagged: Jack Nicklaus, Lorne Rubenstein, Mike Weir, Royal Dornoch, The Masters, Tiger Woods |
By Robert Thompson | January 15, 2009
The Toronto Star waded into the fray on the death of three young men who were drinking at the Lake Joseph Club and track down Jim Molenhuis, a ClubLink executive who left months before the accident, but was still charged in the case. They also talk to me, an apparently well-known blogger.
Here’s my take:
Robert Thompson, ... read more »
Tagged: clublink, Lake Joseph Club, Robert Thompson, Toronto Star |
By Robert Thompson | December 3, 2008
According to news reports that I confirmed this morning, Humber Valley Resort, with its terrific Doug Carrick-designed golf course, will go into bankruptcy after being unable to secure a working arrangement with a major hotel or government support.
I wonder if the course and resort is a victim of timing. It was only two years ... read more »
Tagged: Danny Williams, Doug Carrick, Humber Valley, Humber Valley Resort, Newfoundland, Newfoundland golf |
By Robert Thompson | November 7, 2008
Being square is sexy — just ask Justin Timberlake.
So I’m in New York this morning, hanging with a crew of Canadian golf writers, heading to Callaway’s launch of its new FT-iQ driver. I’ll talk more about it later — but the driver is being endorsed by former boy band turned disco king/actor Timberlake. Or something ... read more »
Tagged: Callaway, Golf Equipment, Justin Timberlake |
By Robert Thompson | August 29, 2008
Canoe.ca has a fine story about my Going for the Green book courtesy of the Canadian Press.
Here’s a taste:
TORONTO – In a 1922 short story titled “Ordeal by Golf,” British humorist P.G. Wodehouse aptly illustrated one of the game’s most maddening secrets: a merciless, unfailing tendency to lay bare the unvarnished truth about even its ... read more »
Tagged: G4G, Going for the Green, Going for the Green: On the Links with Canada's Busines, National Post, Robert Thompson |
By Robert Thompson | August 21, 2008
An hour-long interview I did a month ago with Brad Brooks in Vancouver is now posted online. The interview was specifically about my book, Going for the Green: On the Links with Canada’s Business and Political Elite, and Brad made the discussion a lot of fun.
Hear it here.
Tagged: Going for the Green, Going for the Green: On the Links with Canada's Busines |
By Robert Thompson | August 21, 2008
Jeffrey Reed, who runs Londonontariogolf.com, has a nice plug for my Going for the Green book up on his site. Here’s a taste:
One of the things I admire about colleague Robert Thompson is his ability to ask the tough question. True, he sometimes pushes the wrong button, but its refreshing to see another golf writer ... read more »
Tagged: Book Reviews, Going for the Green Book, Going for the Green: On the Links with Canada's Busines |
By Robert Thompson | August 17, 2008
Andy Holloway at Canadian Business magazine has a quick review of my latest book, “Going for the Green: On the Links with Canada’s Business and Political Elite.”
Holloway writes:
The concept is pretty simple, and not dissimilar to the old Lunch with Jan Wongs articles. Everyone knows golf, money and power go hand-in-hand, except Thompson has discovered ... read more »
Tagged: Author Robert Thompson, Going for the Green Book, Going for the Green: On the Links with Canada's Busines, Key Porter |
By Robert Thompson | June 6, 2008
Neat to see Jeff Mingay, proprietor of Mingay Golf, and a budding golf designer, give a nice mention to my Going for the Green book:
I’ve since learned Going for the Green… is remarkably well-written, and very entertaining. In fact, the book’s tough to put down. Not that I expect anything less from Rob. He’s a ... read more »
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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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