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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 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 9, 2010
Course: The Ridge at Predator Ridge Resort
Designer: Doug Carrick
The business of building new golf courses basically ground to a halt in 2008 and has yet to recover. That’s likely why there’s been such interest in Doug Carrick’s latest – a rebuild of nine ghastly holes at Predator Ridge and the addition of nine new ones. ... read more »
Tagged: British Columbia Golf, Doug Carrick, Humber Valley, Muskoka Bay, Okanagan Golf, Predator Ridge Golf Review, Predator Ridge Ridge Course |
By Robert Thompson | July 12, 2010
My fondness for links courses is well known. I’ve traveled to Scotland four times in the last decade, and flown to Ireland, England and Wales in the same period, all to seek out seaside golf. Golf without trees might seem like a contradiction to some, but to my way of thinking it is the way ... read more »
Tagged: Canadian golf links, Fox Harb'r, Nova Scotia, Osprey Valley Heathland |
By Robert Thompson | July 8, 2010
Sometime last year a French publisher approached me about assisting with an ambitious project it was undertaking. In conjunction with Rolex, the publisher was looking for rankings and descriptions of the Top 1000 courses in the world. In turn they asked if I could do the Canadian reviews and then the written descriptions. The reviews ... read more »
Tagged: Rolex, Rolex World's Top 1000 Golf Courses, Royal Montreal |
By Robert Thompson | June 2, 2010
Spent the day out at the terrific St. George’s G&CC this morning, first playing the course as part of a media outing, then spending some time with Mike Weir, defending champ Nathan Green, and finally interviewing RBC CEO Gord Nixon for a magazine story. Yep, been a busy day.
First and foremost, let’s talk about the ... read more »
Tagged: bill haas, Camilo Villegas, Golf, Jeff Overton, Jim Little, Luke Donald, Matt Kuchar, Mike Weir, Nathan Green, PGA Tour, RBC Canadian Open, rickie fowler, Ryan Palmer, Scott Simmons, steve stricker, Tim Finchem, Valarie McMurtry |
By Robert Thompson | May 28, 2010
In celebration of Old Macdonald’s opening at Bandon Dunes in a couple of weeks, I’m running a story I wrote on the course that appeared in last year’s National Post Think Golf magazine. Interesting to note that co-designer Jim Urbina has recently parted ways with Tom Doak:
Sitting in McKee’s Pub just steps from the main ... read more »
Tagged: Bandon, bandon dunes golf resort, Chicago Golf Club, golf designer, golf magazine, Jim Urbina, McKee’s Pub, Mike Keiser, Old Macdonald Golf, Oregon Coast, pacific dunes, tom doak |
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 |
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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