By Robert Thompson | March 18, 2007
A kindly source sent the latest note to Marine Drive members through to me today in regards to the ongoing battle between a handful or female members and the club. Though I still favour the club’s right to do as it pleases, the optics of this are awful and aren’t going to get any better.You ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | March 15, 2007
Interesting to see the fight over the third hole at Islington G & CC has heated up again, with the club apparently not learning from past mistakes, and the Sammut family being as pigheadedly obstinate as ever. The history of the battle between the Sammut family, who built their home perversely close to the property ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | March 13, 2007
With Stephen Ross now out of the picture at the RCGA, whomever takes over as executive director will have to think long and hard about how they restructure the organization and what that means for the Canadian Open. One school of thought that I’ve had lengthy conversations about recently is the notion of “Canadianizing” the ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | March 11, 2007
I hope you are enjoying the changes at our revamped Ontgolf.ca. Our leader, Jeff Lancaster, has spent a great deal of time trying to make the layout cleaner and easier to navigate, though you should expect to see more tweaks in the coming weeks. Please let us know if anything isn’t working or if there’s ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | March 11, 2007
Beyond the firing of Stephen Ross, there was plenty of interesting news coming out of the golf show on Friday. Golf designer Thomas McBroom pulled my aside at the Raven at Lora Bay party to let me know he had big news — he’ll be designing courses with LPGA legend Annika Sorenstam. Sorenstam had made ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | March 10, 2007
In a very strange move, the RCGA decided to hold a conference call this afternoon with president Garry West and now outgoing executive director Stephen Ross. Ross, as everyone now knows, was asked to turn in his blue blazer earlier in the day after working for the RCGA for 30 years, the last 18 of ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | March 9, 2007
The Toronto Golf Show begins today, but there was a kick off party last night to promote PEI’s Legends of Golf, which Mike Weir will appear at this year. Lots of talk and gossip among those at the party: – ClubLink’s Chuck Lormier joking on the now bankrupt Mystic Golf Club: “Oh sure, the way ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | March 8, 2007
Shocking when the Michelle Wie camp does something that doesn’t involve splashy front page stories, but word is slowly leaking out that her wrist injury is likely more severe than first thought. Turns out she’ll miss the Safeway and the first LPGA major of the year because of the injury, which is taking longer to ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | March 7, 2007
Regular readers of Ontgolf.ca, G4G and Fairway Stevie will notice a big changes in coming days. First of all, there will be a general overhaul of the look of the site, including the home page and individual blog pages. The aim was to “clean up” the look of Ontgolf.ca to make it easier to navigate ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | March 2, 2007
As I mentioned yesterday, my summer will be taken up with writing a golf and business book for Key Porter Books. Today it was announced in Quill and Quire. [photopress:qqdeal.jpg,full,centered]
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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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