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By Robert Thompson | January 4, 2006
Course preview: The Carrick, Loch Lomond, Scotland Doug Carrick is among Canada’s leading golf architects, having created Angus Glen, Bigwin Island and Eagles Nest, among others. In the past two years he’s had the chance to branch out a bit — including a project called, interestingly, The Carrick next to the Loch Lomond course in ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | November 7, 2005
There’s a fascinating article on the web about the changes to the Top 100 Courses list by Golf Magazine over the last few years. The list, which gives each course’s position since 1991, shows that while little has changed in the Top 10 (the holy triumvirate of Pine Valley, Cypress and Augusta will always be ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | October 28, 2005
On a day when I can’t really come up with a subject to write about, I determined it would be more interesting to have a photo montage of my trip to Ireland last month. Here’s some quick shots: Standing on the shoulders of giants — our group at Royal County Down. (left) Proving golf writers ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | September 29, 2005
As I’ve mentioned, two weeks ago I managed a trip to Ireland that included the likes of Portmarnock, the European Club, Royal County Down, County Louth and Carton House (more on these later.) But for what it is worth, I thought the best of the bunch was Harry Colt’s Royal Portrush. From the uphill first ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | September 24, 2005
For those interested, here’s a piece that appeared in the National Post today on the K Club. I love Ireland. Portrush is among the handful of best designs I’ve ever played. But the K Club is no Gleneagles. K Club choice worthy of an ‘F’: Irish course unworthy of hosting next year’s Ryder Cup National ... read more »
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By Gary Slatter | July 12, 2005
The Open Championship is my favourite of the majors. Perhaps not surprisingly given that, I’ve had a chance to play many of the venues. This story appeared in the National Post today — largely written about my two experiences at the Old Course. It is an amazing site and a great golf course, regardless of ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | April 25, 2005
Review: Crail, Balcomie Links, Crail, Scotland: One of the world’s oldest golf courses, Crail is sublime, strange, wonderful, whimsical and weird — all at the same time. It is also one of the truly great golf experiences to be experienced anywhere.#1 — Boathouse, 328 yards The opening hole is steeply downhill, a strange opener and ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | March 18, 2005
Two years ago, on my first trip to Scotland, my long suffering golf widow and spouse, Jennifer, had to write a story for the Globe and Mail during an evening of our trip. I used that as an excuse to take off down small, winding roads to find a place to play a quick nine ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | February 23, 2005
How can you truly review one of the wonders of the golf world? That’s the issue when it comes to North Berwick’s West Links, undoubtedly one of the world’s great golf experiences. Quirky? Yes. Remarkable? Surely. The first issue is finding the course — it is a hard left off the main road as you ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | January 31, 2005
A party on Golfclubatlas.com asked about how to get onto the Old Course. I’ve played it a couple of times — and have the photos to prove it. I wrote this story in 2003 after playing St. Andrews in an attempt to remove some of the myths about how hard it is to get a ... 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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