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By Robert Thompson | August 30, 2010
SCOREGolf unveiled their Top 100 Courses in Canada on TSN on Saturday, but don’t be heading to your local club in hope of picking up a copy of the magazine. This year the publication is only available on newsstands — and I’m not sure if the magazine is putting content up online. There are a ... read more »
Tagged: British Columbia,Canada, Cataraqui, Chris Baryla, Cobble Beach, Cobble Beach Golf Links, Doug Carrick mountain, Georgian Bay Club, Glen Abbey, Humber Valley, Mt. Kidd, Muskoka Bay, Ron Garl, Salmon Arm, ScoreGolf, Stephen Ames, taboo, Tarandowah Golfers Club, The National, Twin Rivers |
By Robert Thompson | August 28, 2010
If you saw SCOREGolf’s unveiling of its Top 100 today, then you might want to see the video follow-up that’s on Score’s website. Managing editor Jason Logan, editor Bob Weeks and myself discuss the highs and lows of the Top 100. See it here.
Tagged: bob weeks, Jason Logan, Managing editor, ScoreGolf, Sex Scandal |
By Robert Thompson | August 27, 2010
I’ve been hanging on the sidelines as others discussed SCOREGolf’s biennial ratings of Canadian courses. The list is floating around several spots online after the magazine was sent out early by accident. Anyway, if you’re keen on seeing me talk about the list, I’ll be on TSN tomorrow at noon, alongside SCORE editor Bob Weeks ... read more »
Tagged: Banff Springs Golf, Beacon Hall, Canada Golf Course Ranking, Capilano Golf, Highlands Links, Jasper Park Lodge Golf, Muskoka Bay Club, Sagebrush Golf and Sports Club, SCOREGOLF Top 100 Courses in Canada, The National Golf Club of Canada |
By Robert Thompson | August 19, 2010
My latest Sympatico column is now online. Interestingly, when I went to Carnoustie in 2003, people were still having their pictures taken standing in the creek Jean Van De Velde waded into without his socks. Wonder if Johnson’s bunker will have the same mystique?
Check it out here, and here’s the teaser:
It is the most discussed ... read more »
Tagged: Bubba Watson, Carnoustie, CN Women's Open, dustin johnson, Jean Van de Velde, Martin Kaymer, Paul Lawrie, The Open Championship, the PGA Championship, Whistling Straits |
By Robert Thompson | August 19, 2010
If you’re really keen on seeing me, Score managing editor Jason Logan and Score editor Bob Weeks preview the upcoming Top 100 course issue, check out the video that is now online at the magazine’s website. And if you’re not interested, just ignore this….
Tagged: Canada golf course rankings, Robert Thompson golf writer, ScoreGolf |
By Robert Thompson | August 18, 2010
Part of a week-long account of my recent trip to the interrior of British Columbia and Alberta.
Course: Golden Golf Club (Bill Newis, Les Furber); Radium Springs (Les Furber); Eagle Ranch (Bill Robinson)
My drive to Radium Springs from Vernon took almost five hours, though I doubt there are many more spectacular road trips anywhere. The mountains ... read more »
Tagged: Bill Newis, British Columbia, British Columbia Golf, Eagle Ranch, Eagle Ranch Golf, Geoff Cornish, Golden Golf Club, golf course, John Robinson, Les Furber, Mountain golf, Radium Springs Golf, Steven Haggard, Whistle Bear |
By Robert Thompson | August 17, 2010
I was meaning to write a teaser for SCOREGolf’s Top 100 courses in Canada issue that hits the streets on Aug. 30, largely because a week ago I taped the television special that will air on TSN on Aug. 29 to accompany the magazine.
Anyway, there was a bit of a mix-up and some of the ... read more »
Tagged: bob weeks, Hamilton Golf and Country Club, Jason Logan, ScoreGolf, St. George's Golf and Country Club, The National |
By Robert Thompson | August 12, 2010
Rarely do I get giddy like a school girl, but that’s exactly what happened when my new MyJoys Icons from Footjoy came to the door today. They were a prize for the Golf Journalist Association of Canada awards, and I must admit to loving the process of designing these shoes.
Yep, you’ll see me from one fairway ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | August 12, 2010
At the Canadian Open a couple of weeks ago, I sat with Sean Foley for nearly two hours and discussed his life, his swing theories and Tiger Woods for an article I’m writing for next year. I then spoke with Stephen Ames, Hunter Mahan, Sean O’Hair and Jon Mills about working with “Foles” as they ... read more »
Tagged: Jon Mills, Mahan, PGA Tour, sean foley, Sean Foley and Tiger Woods, Sean O'Hair, Stephen Ames, Tiger Woods |
By Robert Thompson | August 10, 2010
Interesting news coming from the PGA Championship, where the talk is that Canadian Sean Foley might start working as Tiger Woods’ swing coach, a rumor first reported here a couple of months ago:
Tiger Woods confirmed the possibility that he could begin working with swing coach Sean Foley, although to hear the world No. 1 say ... read more »
Tagged: Mahan, O'Hair, PGA Championship, sean foley, Sean O'Hair, Stephen Ames, the PGA Championship, Tiger Woods, Woods Foley |
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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