By Robert Thompson | November 8, 2007
Ever wondered how a fitting works and how a clubmaker turns out your clubs afterwards? Well check out Fairway Stevie’s series on his fine new Callaway irons. The final two sections are here.
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By Robert Thompson | August 19, 2007
Gear Review: Adidas 360 (Adidas-TaylorMade) and Footjoy Dryjoy
What Adidas Says:
The highly anticipated, next generation Adidas Tour 360 II shoe pushes the performance envelope to its limits.
360WRAP+ for even greater stability and a new wider tour platform for a more stable base. The 360 Wrap, with its independent forefoot and heel, delivers exceptional support keeping your ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | August 18, 2007
What They Say:
» A tour-caliber player’s iron targeted at tour pros and low handicappers seeking workability along with consistent yardage from shot to shot – even on mis-hits
» Inverted Cone Technology expands the COR zone for increased average ball speed for consistently greater distance
» Minimal offset and flatter lie angle give players with tour-caliber ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | June 1, 2007
Note: Somewhere over the last year my golf game disappeared. It emerges every so often, but was clearly on life support. Drastic action was needed. Over the course of the summer, I’m heading to the terrific Golf Institute at Bond Head to rebuild my swing, with CPGA Master Professional Bruce McCarrol and my body with ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | May 30, 2007
Gear Review: TaylorMade Burner Driver
Price: $399
What They Say:
-SuperFast Technology reduces total club weight to 299 grams from average of 320 and promotes faster swing speed for added drive-crushing distance
-Advanced bullet-shaped clubhead incorporates far-back CG location to launch the ball high and super-deep
-Massive 460 cc clubhead combined with TaylorMade’s Inverted Cone Technology produces an extremely-high ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | May 21, 2007
We’ve been working for some time on a video component for Ontgolf.ca, and we’ve got our first segment up now. Fairway Stevie Waxman puts Dunning’s newest offerings through a rigorous workout — see it here and let us know what you think.
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By Robert Thompson | May 5, 2007
I spent a part of last week writing a series of stories for the National Post’s FP Weekend section.
The first is on the country’s best corporate golfers. I’m pretty certain the best is Dennis Kavelman, the COO at Research in Motion, who plays to scratch out of Oviinbyrd and Deer Ridge. However, there are a ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | March 5, 2007
As Fairway Stevie aptly noted in his blog last week, we had a peak at Callaway’s new gear. In my very rudimentary testing, I came away quite impressed by what I saw. I hit the X-Forged irons and found them quite unlike what I expected out of Callaway — more akin to the better irons ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | February 9, 2007
I had pictures last week, but now comes the official release:
Tour-Validated Product Enhancements Made to World’s Best-Selling Golf Ball Franchise
Fairhaven, MA (February 8, 2007) – Titleist applies innovation and advancements to make the world’s best-selling golf ball models even better. Product improvements to the tour-validated New Pro V1 and New Pro V1x have been designed ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | February 2, 2007
It is an interesting time in the golf industry, with Callaway, TaylorMade, Titleist, Nike and Ping all making significant new product announcements. I’ve spent some time lately talking to a variety of equipment companies about their new clubs, balls and shoes, and you’ll soon see much of this appear in the relaunched Ontgolf.ca with 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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