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Going for the Green
Thoughts and writing on the world of golf and golf course architecture.
By Robert Thompson | January 8, 2012
The Scorecard: Vancouver GC is one of those courses that gets overlooked. Part of it is likely because the club isn’t hugely keen on publicity, though it is hosting this year’s CN Canadian Womens Open (which could still mean it isn’t interested in publicity, I suppose). In fact, I had to talk my way into ... read more »
Tagged: British Columbia Golf, British Columbia golf course reviews, Canadian Women's Open, Tom McBroom, Vancouver golf, Vancouver Golf Club, Vancouver private golf |
By Robert Thompson | January 6, 2012
My latest Sympatico column is live, detailing how I think we could use a longer break from professional golf: Death, taxes and the PGA Tour. All three are unavoidable, never-ending forces that continue in perpetuity. Given that, it should surprise no one that the PGA Tour kicks off another season this week with the Hyundai ... read more »
Tagged: adam scott, Brit Justin Rose, Charl Schwartzel, Darren Clarke, dustin johnson, Ernie Els, golf fatigue, PGA Tour, Phil Mickelson |
By Robert Thompson | January 5, 2012
The Golf Journalists Assocation of Canada today announced their players of the year. I’m not truly in agreement with Adam Hadwin getting the nod, though I understand why he’d have support. I still think it is hard to argue against David Hearn as professional of the year, though I don’t really have an issue with ... read more »
Tagged: Adam Hadwin, Alena Sharp, David Hearn, Mackenzie Hughes, Rebecca Lee Bentham |
By Robert Thompson | January 4, 2012
That’s what Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones’ (and former colleague at the National Post) Paul Vieira is reporting: Since 1971, Canadians have been barred from deducting greens fees for business-related golf outings. Canadian companies and businessmen can deduct hockey and other professional sports events, theater and concert tickets, and pricey meals at the country’s finest restaurants, ... read more »
Tagged: Geoffrey Hale, Jeff Calderwood, National Golf Course Owners Association Canada, Paul Vieira, the National Post, Wall Street Journal |
By Robert Thompson | January 3, 2012
Welcome back to work! For me, most of January means getting through the writing of a coffee table book on Copper Creek, the Doug Carrick-designed golf course near Kleinberg, Ont. Like the project I completed for Eagles Nest in 2010, the Copper Creek book details how the property was found, the battle to get appropriate ... read more »
Tagged: Bruce McCarrol, copper creek, dundas valley, Fishers Island, Lorne Rubenstein, national golf links of america, Shinnecock Hills |
By Robert Thompson | December 23, 2011
G4G Xmas wishes – my thoughts on appropriate gifts for the Canadian golf industry: Mike Weir: A year where he’s healthy, so we can see if it is his body or his head that’s caused his decline. Oh, and English-to-[insert language here] dictionaries for those trips to European Tour stops. Graham DeLaet: A strong back ... read more »
Tagged: Adam Hadwin, bandon dunes, bandon dunes golf resort, Bill Coore, Brad Fritsch, Cabot Links, Canadian Professional Golf Tour, Doug Carrick, Graham Delaet, Ian Andrew, Laval, Mike Keiser, Mike Weir, Nationwide Tour, RBC Canadian Open, Rick Janes, Sagebrush Sporting Club, sean foley, Tarandowah Golfers Club, The National, the Nationwide Tour, Thomas McBroom |
By Robert Thompson | December 22, 2011
There is little doubt that, for me at least, 2011 was a busy, productive year full of interesting stories and fascinating golf. Over the the year I visited the west of Ireland, Cape Breton (twice), British Columbia and Pittsburgh to see new courses. I created a new magazine, developed another, worked on my fifth book ... read more »
Tagged: 2011 year in review, Cabot Links, Highlands Links, Ireland golf, Tarandowah |
By Robert Thompson | December 14, 2011
That’s not quite what was announced — but that’s how it will be interpreted after the ailing Canadian Tour, which was struggling under a mountain of debt, sought financial assistance from the PGA Tour and the deal was approved tonight by the tour’s members. I first reported the story on Nov. 3, the same time my story ... read more »
Tagged: Brad Fritsch, Ed Moorhouse, Mike Weir, Nationwide Tour, PGA Tour, Rick Janes, the Nationwide Tour, the PGA Tour |
By Robert Thompson | December 14, 2011
Course: The Club at North Halton (Georgetown, Ont.) Designer: George Cumming, Bob Moote, Rene Muylaert The scorecard: North Halton is often discussed for all the wrong reasons. Insiders talk about the difficulty the club, which is located 45 minutes north of Toronto, has had in renovating its clubhouse, or gossip about supposed financial issues. I ... read more »
Tagged: Bob Moote, George Cumming, Rene Muylaert |
By Robert Thompson | December 12, 2011
Angus Glen Golf Club owner Gordon Stollery, whose courses won basically every award in the business, passed suddenly today while in the Bahamas. Details are few at this time. He was 64. Stollery, along with his sister, took over Angus after the passing of their father, Art. Under Gordon and Laurie, the course became the ... read more »
Tagged: angus glen, Angus Glen Golf Club, davis love III, Gord Stollery, RBC Canadian Open, The Bahamas |
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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