By Robert Thompson | July 23, 2010
The fifth day of the Canadian Open starts with — drum roll please — rain. Play has been delayed until 9 am this morning, and looking at the radar, that might be optimistic.
Let’s start with me. My notes package on the first round for Sympatico and Reader’s Digest is here. My column featuring on Hunter ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | July 22, 2010
Interesting and very busy day at a warm RBC Canadian Open. First of all, in response to the blurb I wrote about a speed trap on Islington Ave. that pulled over a van with a player in it traveling to the range, turns out that player was Paul Azinger. And one driver told me Zinger ... read more »
Tagged: Anthony Kim, Canadian Amateur Championship, Club De Golf Laval Sur Le Lac, Dave Bunker, Garry McKay, Glen Abbey Golf Club, Ian Andrew, Lorne Rubenstein, Mike Weir, Nick Taylor, Paul Azinger, RBC Canadian Open, Scott Simmons, sean foley, Sean O'Hair, St. George's Golf and Country Club, Stephen Ames, Tiger Woods |
By Robert Thompson | July 21, 2010
For years they said they weren’t interested in a return engagement with the Canadian Open, but apparently a mounting clubhouse bill and plans for additional projects at Hamilton Golf and Country Club changed the minds of members. Last night 70% of them voted in favor of hosting the tournament, which should bring the club about ... read more »
Tagged: Hamilton Golf and Country Club, Jim Furyk, Mike Weir, RBC Canadian Open |
By Robert Thompson | July 20, 2010
Let’s start with me, since it is really all about me anyway. My column for Sympatico on great golf coursesmaking for great golf, is now online, along with some videos shot at St. George’s last month.
Word is that Hamilton Golf & CC members are voting on whether to hold the 2012 RBC Canadian Open. Hard ... read more »
Tagged: Canadian Amateur Championship, David Hearn, Hamilton Golf and Country Club, Nationwide Tour, RBC Canadian Open, Stephen Ames |
By Robert Thompson | July 8, 2010
… Nope, not Tom Watson, but Bubba Watson. And given his recent win, he’s a strong addition.
Golf Canada and RBC announced several new names that have entered the Canadian Open field. Jim Furyk, twice a winner in Canada, is probably the most notable, and would have a good shot at winning at St. George’s:
Furyk, currently ... read more »
Tagged: Cam Burke, Camilo Villegas, David Hearn, Graham Delaet, Jim Furyk, John Daly, Jon Mills, Matt Hill, Matt Kuchar, Nick Taylor, paul casey, Professional golf tours, RBC Canadian Open, rickie fowler, Ricky Barnes, tim clark |
By Robert Thompson | June 15, 2010
He may run the country’s largest bank, but RBC CEO Gord Nixon also has a lot to do with golf in Canada and abroad these days — especially with RBC sponsoring both the Canadian Open and the PGA of America, as well as a number of players, including Fred Couples, Luke Donald, Mike Weir, and ... read more »
Tagged: Anthony Kim, Canadian Professional Golf Tour, fred couples, Gordon Nixon, Luke Donald, Mike Weir, RBC Canadian Open |
By Robert Thompson | June 15, 2010
My latest Sympatico column went live last week — I just forgot to link to it. Here’s the first couple of paragraphs:
For years the Canadian Open has been considered the ugly stepchild of the PGA Tour
While other events were awarded better dates and in turn had bigger stars turn up, the Canadian Open was saddled ... read more »
Tagged: Camilo Villegas, Canadian Golf Association, fred couples, Graham Delaet, Lee Westwood, PGA Tour, RBC Canadian Open, rickie fowler, Royal Bank, Sean O'Hair, the PGA Tour |
By Robert Thompson | June 10, 2010
First Score referenced it. Then I got wind of an e-mail that went out to members and had someone close to the RBC Canadian Open confirm it, and the Hamilton Spectator wrote about it – and now Lorne Rubenstein has the club saying it is going to a vote.
So despite saying over and over that it didn’t ... read more »
Tagged: Canadian Golf Association, Canadian Women's Open, Cherry Hill, Cherry Hill Club, Garry McKay, Hamilton Golf and Country Club, Jeff Roy, Lorne Rubenstein, Ottawa's Hunt Club, RBC Canadian Open, Royal Canadian Golf Association, St. George’s Golf and Country Club in Toronto, The Open Championship, Walter Travis |
By Robert Thompson | June 8, 2010
It wasn’t that long ago that everyone was talking about the challenging of Canada’s young golfers. Now Canadian amateurs have won both of the top US college awards this year, and took one of the top two prizes last year as well.
Yesterday Eugene Wong was named as the Nicklaus Award winner, as voted on by NCAA golf ... read more »
Tagged: Canada, canadian golfers, charles howell III, Eugene Wong, Hunter Mahan, Jack Nicklaus, Jack Nicklaus Award, Luke Donald, Matt Hill, Nick Taylor, PGA Tour, Phil Mickelson |
By Robert Thompson | June 3, 2010
There are rumblings within the golf community about RBC Canadian Open tournament director Bill Paul’s remarks about Tiger Woods during the press conference to announce players and charitable donations on Tuesday. When asked about Tiger Woods and his absence from the event (yet again — he hasn’t appeared since 2001), Paul had this to say:
“Having walked ... read more »
Tagged: Bill Paul, Mike Weir, Nathan Green, RBC Canadian Open, steve stricker, Tiger Woods, toronto sun |
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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