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By Robert Thompson | January 17, 2011
Strange story doing the rounds that I initially tried to ignore. However, regular mainstream media seem to think it is a story that some Vancouverites are trying to get Tiger Woods to come to the RBC Canadian Open in July. Problem is that Woods never plays the week after a major — and the Canadian ... read more »
Tagged: Jack Nicklaus, Jeff Ciecko, RBC Canadian Open, Shaughnessy Golf, Tiger Woods |
By Robert Thompson | January 4, 2011
My latest Sympatico golf column is now online here. Here’s a taste in an attempt to get you to read further: The spectre of Tiger Woods’ sex scandal hung heavily on golf in 2010, enveloping and overshadowing almost everything in the game. For those more interested in watching putts fall instead of icons, the new ... read more »
Tagged: Golf, Hawaii, Hyundai Corporation, Sony Corporation, Tiger Woods |
By Robert Thompson | December 6, 2010
My latest Sympatico column, on Graeme McDowell’s win on Sunday, or Tiger Woods’ loss (depending on how you look at it), can be found here. Here’s a taste if that’s not enough to interest you: A year ago Tiger Woods backed his SUV into a tree, a mishap that led to the complete dismantling of ... read more »
Tagged: Chevron, Chevron Corporation, Graeme McDowell, Sports, Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods sex scandal, U.S. Open |
By Robert Thompson | November 30, 2010
And the stories keep getting more ridiculous. First there is Barbara Walters not putting Tiger Woods on her “most fascinating list.” “We try to keep it positive,” Walters said. Fred Couples, taking the appearance money to show up in Australia this week, also weighed in on Tiger. As an aside, is there any golfer who ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | November 27, 2010
In what I think is the most interesting account of Tiger Woods’ struggles over the last year, the Associated Press interviews the golfer heading into Thanksgiving and actually puts together a story that made me feel sympathetic towards him. I think, in some ways, this comment and quote really captures the essence of the fallout: ... read more »
Tagged: Associated Press, David Leadbetter, Ernie Els, geoff ogilvy, Lee Westwood, padraig harrington, PGA Tour, sean foley, Thanksgiving, Tiger Woods, U.S. Open |
By Robert Thompson | November 22, 2010
Three years ago, Sean Foley had a dream. Now it wasn’t some Martin Luther King dream. Nope. He told the Globe’s Lorne Rubenstein that he aspired to coaching Tiger Woods. I thought it a ridiculous thing to say. And I wasn’t the only one, though my blog on it comes up higher on Google than ... read more »
Tagged: Chris Armstrong, Gates Foundation, Ian Leggatt, jamie lovemark, Lorne Rubenstein, Mahan, Nick Taylor, sean foley, Stephen Ames, the PGA Tour, Tiger Woods, Warren Buffett, Wasserman Sports Group, www.seanfoleydvd.com |
By Robert Thompson | November 18, 2010
Yep, we’re nearing the one-year anniversary of Tiger Woods slamming his SUV into a fire hydrant outside his home and the snoring as the ambulance arrived. I know because he’s suddenly everywhere — on Twitter, writing for Newsweek (really?) and on ESPN radio. It is hard not to be cynical about it when he “writes” (and that’s ... read more »
Tagged: Augusta, Augusta,Georgia,United States, Chevron, Chevron Corporation, Men's major golf championships, Newsweek, one-year anniversary of Tiger Woods, pebble beach, the Ryder Cup, Tiger Woods, Twitter |
By Robert Thompson | October 4, 2010
Instead of writing the news (does anyone not know the Euros won today), I attempted an analysis of why they won. The resulting column is up at Sympatico, along with a post on Terry Matthews’ role at the Ryder Cup and five courses worth playing in Wales. Here’s a taste: On paper it looked like ... read more »
Tagged: Colin Montgomery, Corey Pavin, Francesco Molinari, Graeme McDowell, Hunter Mahan, Ian Poulter, Luke Donald, Martin Kaymer, padraig harrington, PGA Championship, Terry Matthews, the Ryder Cup, Tiger Woods |
By Robert Thompson | October 1, 2010
Apparently I’m in the minority of sports writers who think the Americans will prevail this weekend. Anyway, the Ryder Cup has started — with tons of rains and bunkers full of water, which can’t be the advertisement Wales was looking for. My take on the two teams can be found at Sympatico.
Tagged: Ryder System, Tiger Woods, Wales, Weather |
By Robert Thompson | September 30, 2010
I spent much of last week writing about Wales, Terry Matthews and the Ryder Cup. You’ll find it all at Sympatico whenever my fine editor gets back from some company-mandated sojurn and gets time to add it to the Web. Anyway, as part of those columns I wrote a short blurb on each player on ... read more »
Tagged: Celtic Manor Resort, dustin johnson, globe and mail, Luke Donald, Phil Mickelson, Ryder Cup, Terry Matthews, The Globe and Mail, the Ryder Cup, Tiger Woods, United Kingdom, Wales, Wales golf |
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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