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By Robert Thompson | July 12, 2010
A few years ago I made the drive up to the Collingwood region for the inaugural Gretzky Celeb Nationwide Tour event. I interviewed Gretzky, spoke to one of the Nationwide Tour officials, and went home. Turns out most of my peers in the media did the same thing — only a couple actually went up ... read more »
Tagged: globe and mail, Golf CHannel, Gretzky Celeb Nationwide Tour, Nationwide Tour, Steve Buffery, Stuart Anderson, toronto sun, Wayne Gretzky |
By Robert Thompson | October 11, 2009
Vernon’s Chris Baryla hung on to win on the Nationwide Tour today, landing a spot at #20 on the Nationwide Tour’s money list. The Top 25 gain automatic entry to the PGA Tour. No certainty that Baryla will make it to the tour, but with only two tournaments left, including the tour championship, he has a ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | October 2, 2009
My latest Sympatico column, about the final weeks of the Nationwide Tour and the Canadians involved, is now online. Lorne Rubenstein in the Globe coincidently wrote on a similar topic that can be found here.
Here’s a taste from my column:
While the PGA Tour winds down after the $10-million FedEx Cup, a number of Canadian golfers ... read more »
Tagged: brantford, canadian golfers, david morland iv, Lorne Rubenstein, morland, Nationwide Tour, PGA Tour, s david, triple a baseball |
By Robert Thompson | July 3, 2009
My regular weekly MSN/Sympatico column is now online.
Here’s a taste:
A year ago, heading into the Nationwide Tour’s Ford Gretzky Classic in Collingwood, Ont., Chris Baryla was considered one of Canada’s rising golf stars.
In 2003, while an amateur, Baryla played in the U.S. Open and became the first amateur in a generation to play on the ... read more »
Tagged: Canadian Open, Chris Baryla, Nationwide Tour, PGA Tour, U.S. Open |
By Robert Thompson | July 2, 2009
It wasn’t that long ago that the CPGA Championship disappeared after merging with the Nationwide Tour and holding the event in Cambridge, Ont. at Whistlebear Golf Club. The reason? Hardly anyone paid any attention. So the event simply folded and the CPGA Championship has still not returned — despite a lot of talk about bringing ... read more »
Tagged: Canadian Open, Canadian Tour, Chris Baryla, David Hearn, G4G, Golf CHannel, Graham Delaet, jim balsillie, lora bay, Lorne Rubenstein, Nationwide Tour |
By Robert Thompson | November 23, 2008
The second stage of PGA Tour Q School is now finished, with veteran Jim Rutledge, Regina’s Kent Eger and former child star Richard Lee, all making it through to gaining at least conditional status on the Nationwide Tour. Interestingly Chris Baryla, once considered one of the top prospects in Canadian golf but who spent most ... read more »
Tagged: Canadian professional golfers, Chris Baryla, Derek Gillespie, Dustin Risdon, Jim Rutledge, Jon Mills, Kent Eger, Richard Lee |
By Robert Thompson | June 26, 2008
Today’s National Post column, on the Wayne Gretzky Classic in the Collingwood area, is now online.
Here’s a taste:
It is the tale of three golfers. There is Chris Baryla of Vernon, B.C., considered a rising star in Canadian golf circles, but whose career has been derailed in the last two years by various back ailments. Then ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | June 5, 2008
Yesterday was a day of driving. Up at six, out the door 45 minutes later. Two and a half hours later, and one Timmy’s double-double, I pulled up at the doors of the Georgian Bay Club in Collingwood. Fifteen minutes later Wayne Gretzky walked in, looking all dapper in a grey suit.
He wasn’t there to ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | May 8, 2008
Latest National Post column is now online.
Here’s a taste:
Bryan DeCorso isn’t used to all the attention. Standing on the driving range at this week’s tournament on the Nationwide Tour in Fort Smith, Ark., the Guelph, Ont., native is stopped every few minutes by his fellow golf pros. They all want to congratulate him on winning ... read more »
Tagged: Bryan DeCorso, Canadian Tour, Nationwide Tour |
By Robert Thompson | May 5, 2008
He’s 36 and from Guelph, though he’s long lived in Florida. The last time he won anything was more than a decade ago. He’s worked as a caddie — for Ian Leggatt. And gave up golf, to work as a contractor and as an on-course commentator on the Golf Channel covering Canadian Tour events from ... read more »
Tagged: Bryan DeCorso |
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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