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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 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 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 | August 8, 2010
Day two started much more smoothly than day one. Apparently if one is out before the early-bird special, traffic isn’t an issue in Kelowna, though the Tim Hortons may have had the busiest drive-thru in the country.
Anyway, we arrived at Tower Ranch for our 8 am tee time to find the parking lot relatively deserted. ... read more »
Tagged: Black Mountain, Brad Pelletier, British Columbia Golf, Furry Creek, Kelowna Golf, Neil Schmidt, tobiano, Tower Ranch Golf |
By Robert Thompson | August 6, 2010
Sometimes the trickiest thing of any golf trip isn’t finding the bottom of the cup, but getting to the course. I arrived in Kelowna on Tuesday morning, excited about the possibility of a return to Sagebrush Golf and Sporting Club, Richard Zokol’s fascinating course outside Merrit, a couple of hours from the airport. Though everything ... read more »
Tagged: Kamloops Golf, Kelowna Golf, Richard Zokol, Rod Whitman, Sagebrush Golf and Sporting Club, the Champions Tour |
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 6, 2010
Course Review: Lookout Point
Architect: Walter Travis (opened in 1922)
Lookout Point is almost entirely unique among Canadian golf courses. From its magnificent topography to the slight greens, the course is at once a throwback as well as a modern day challenge. Either way it is tremendous fun, and one of the largely unheralded gems of the ... read more »
Tagged: Golf, golf course, Golf Course Reviews - Canada, Golf Course Reviews - Ontario, Golf Ontario, Lookout Point Country Club, Marlene Streit, Walter Travis |
By Robert Thompson | June 23, 2010
Hawtree’s bunkering is prominent on the par-3 14th.
Course Review: Toronto Golf Club
Architect: H.S. Colt
Renovation architect: Martin Hawtree
I’ve always found Toronto Golf Club to be a fascinating place, ever since I first set foot on it nearly 10 years ago. If ever there was a Canadian club that felt like it hadn’t changed in a century, ... read more »
Tagged: golf architect, harry colt, Howard Watson, martin hawtree, Toronto Golf Club |
By Robert Thompson | May 5, 2010
Course Review: Turnberry GC
Location: Brampton, Ont.
Designer: Doug Carrick and Cam Tyers
First impressions matter, and for most the initial element they’ll notice about Turnberry GC, which opened just over a week ago, is that it is only 3,200 yards long — from the tips. That immediately leads to some other thoughts. “Ugh,” some will say, “it’s ... read more »
Tagged: Golf Course Reviews - Canada, Golf Course Reviews - Ontario, toronto golf, Turnberry Golf Club |
By Robert Thompson | April 26, 2010
I went out to play Turnberry Golf Club last week just before it opened (which I previewed last fall). I’ll write about the course at more length when I get some free time, but I thought I’d post a video of playing the Biarritz hole, the club’s 13th hole, with its wild green. I know ... read more »
Tagged: Canadian Golf, Golf Course Reviews, Golf Course Videos, Ontario Golf Course Reviews, Ontario golf courses |
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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