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By Robert Thompson | May 26, 2010
Jamie Kureluk is hardly a household name, and somehow I think what he did at the RBC Insurance Alberta Open Championship will do little to change that. But it is remarkable. Kureluk, an assistant pro at a club in Calgary and a former Canadian Tour player, had one of the great back nines the game ... read more »
Tagged: Calgary,Alberta,Canada, Canadian Professional Golf Tour, Canadian professional golfers, Canadian Tour, Corey Pavin, Jamie Kureluk |
By Robert Thompson | April 22, 2010
Canandian Tour Commissioner Rick Janes responded to my commentary on the “pro gap” white paper his organization published, taking particular affront to the notion that the Canadian Tour is in trouble. I’ve always had a lot of respect for Janes, and so I publish his remarks unedited.
Here is his response:
This started out to be a ... read more »
Tagged: Canadian Golf, Canadian Tour, Mike Weir, Stephen Ames |
By Robert Thompson | March 14, 2010
I’ve been busy covering a conference this week, but I’m back at the blog now, catching up on some loose ends and actually thinking of digging my clubs out of hibernation this week. I had been planning on heading to FLA for some warm weather, and perhaps take in the ensuing hysteria should Tiger Woods ... read more »
Tagged: Canadian Tour, Chris Baryla, David Leadbetter, Henry Brunton, PGA Tour, sean foley |
By Robert Thompson | January 20, 2010
The Champions Tour returns to Canada for the first time since 2002 with an event in Montreal at Laval sur le Lac, according to multiple sources. The event will be put on by Synchro Sports, sources say, the Montreal sports events agency that runs the Canadian Tour’s Montreal Open. The firm has been aggressive in its ... read more »
Tagged: Canadian Open, Canadian Tour, Champions Tour, crenshaw, fred couples, Jean, John Daly, RCGA, ScoreGolf, tom watson |
By Robert Thompson | January 11, 2010
Brad Pelletier, the managing director of IMG Sports in Canada, and the man behind the recent business dealings of Mike Weir, is departing the company. He told staff today about this resignation. Pelletier, 43, has been with IMG for 13 years, having previously worked in the golf business in BC, including the launch of Nicklaus ... read more »
Tagged: Canadian Tour, Chris Baryla, Going for the Green, Greg Norman, Ian Leggatt, IMG Sports, Jack Nicklaus, Jon Mills, lorie kane, Mike Weir, National Post, Ontgolf.ca, Richard Zokol, Scott Simmons, tom watson, weir golf, Weir Golf Design |
By Robert Thompson | January 4, 2010
The Golf Journalists Association of Canada, a group of 60 golf media members of which I’m part, today announced its top Canadian players for 2009. Some interesting results:
George Knudson Award for Best Male Professional of the Year:
Graham DeLaet,
Weyburn, Saskatchewan
DeLaet split his time in 2009 between the South African Sunshine Tour and the Canadian Tour. He ... read more »
Tagged: Canadian Tour, Golf Media, Graham Delaet, Jack Nicklaus, Matt Hill, Mike Weir, Nick Taylor, order of merit, PGA Tour, PGA Tour Qualifying School, Presidents Cup, professional golf, saskatchewan, south africa, Stephen Ames, sunshine tour, Tiger Woods, Toronto Star, world golf hall |
By Robert Thompson | October 27, 2009
Vancouver Province writer Kent Gilchrist, last seen interviewing Richard Zokol and bashing the RCGA’s player development program, does an about face given the success of both Vernon’s Chris Baryla, who made the Top 25 on the Nationwide Tour, and Graham DeLaet, who won in South Africa a couple of weeks back
“Could it be that the ... read more »
Tagged: Canadian Tour, Chris Baryla, David Hearn, Dustin Risdon, Graham Delaet, Jon Mills, Matt Hill, Mike Weir, Nationwide Tour, Nick Taylor, PGA Tour, RCGA, Richard Zokol, Royal Canadian Golf Association, ScoreGolf, Stephen Ames |
By Robert Thompson | July 23, 2009
I was having a conversation with Scott Simmons, executive director at the RCGA today, and we finished with a discussion about how many Canadians could make the cut out of the 15 in the field. Seemed quite possible that up to nine have a good chance — and that seems to be the case after ... read more »
Tagged: Canadian Open, Canadian Tour, Graham Delaet, Nationwide Tour, PGA Tour, RBC Canadian Open, RCGA, Scott Simmons, south africa, sympatico |
By Robert Thompson | July 8, 2009
So John Daly, all garish pants with a thinner waste band, and apparently healthy despite his recent withdrawal on the European Tour, is coming back to the RBC Canadian Open.
That was the word today from the RCGA, along with several other names “ Canadians Graham Delaet, Dustin Risdon, Jon Mills, Chris Baryla and Ian Leggatt. ... read more »
Tagged: azinger, Bill Paul, British Open, Canadian Golf, Canadian Open, Canadian Tour, Chris Baryla, danny lee, Dustin Risdon, Glen Abbey, Graham Delaet, Ian Leggatt, John Daly, Jon Mills, Nationwide Tour, Paul Azinger, PGA Tour, RCGA, trevor immelman |
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 |
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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