By Robert Thompson | July 3, 2010
I’ve been on holiday for a few days with the kids and working on completing my book on Eagles Nest. In the meantime, here’s a column from earlier in the week on the Champions Tour event in Montreal. Anyone watching? Has it appeared successful on Golf Channel? Does anyone care?
Tom Lehman. Fred Couples. Corey Pavin. ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | February 8, 2010
My latest Sympatico column, which went live on Friday, discusses the concept of a Champions Tour event in Montreal and its chances for success. Here’s the first few paragraphs:
It has been eight years since the golf circuit for old guys “ then called the Senior Tour, now referred to as the Champions “ has been ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | February 8, 2010
Given the $4.7-million that a Quebec-based sports marketing agency managed to draw out of the Federal and Provincial governments for a Champions Tour event in Montreal, I thought it was worthwhile to ask Royal Canadian Golf Association (Golf Canada?) executive director Scott Simmons whether or not the events the organization ran benefited from tax dollars. Turns ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | February 5, 2010
I spent some time on the phone yesterday with David Skitt, the founder of Synchro Sports in Montreal, which formally announced the Champions Tour event yesterday.Skitt will be the tournament director for the event.
“I don’t know how you found out about it, but nice job,” he joked at the end of the call, referencing the ... 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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