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By Robert Thompson | August 18, 2010
Part of a week-long account of my recent trip to the interrior of British Columbia and Alberta.
Course: Golden Golf Club (Bill Newis, Les Furber); Radium Springs (Les Furber); Eagle Ranch (Bill Robinson)
My drive to Radium Springs from Vernon took almost five hours, though I doubt there are many more spectacular road trips anywhere. The mountains ... read more »
Tagged: Bill Newis, British Columbia, British Columbia Golf, Eagle Ranch, Eagle Ranch Golf, Geoff Cornish, Golden Golf Club, golf course, John Robinson, Les Furber, Mountain golf, Radium Springs Golf, Steven Haggard, Whistle Bear |
By Robert Thompson | July 6, 2010
Course Review: Lookout Point
Architect: Walter Travis (opened in 1922)
Lookout Point is almost entirely unique among Canadian golf courses. From its magnificent topography to the slight greens, the course is at once a throwback as well as a modern day challenge. Either way it is tremendous fun, and one of the largely unheralded gems of the ... read more »
Tagged: Golf, golf course, Golf Course Reviews - Canada, Golf Course Reviews - Ontario, Golf Ontario, Lookout Point Country Club, Marlene Streit, Walter Travis |
By Robert Thompson | May 4, 2010
The Globe’s Lorne Rubenstein raises some interesting possibilities when talking about where the Canadian Open may go after 2011 when it is at Shaughnessy in Vancouver. The piece doesn’t appear to be online yet, but essentially Rubenstein mentions the possibilities for courses beyond 2011. Those listed include Coppinwood, which the RCGA has taken a look ... read more »
Tagged: Canadian Golf, Chris Baryla, Coppinwood, golf course, Golf Design, Ian Andrew, Lorne Rubenstein, Mike Weir, PGA Tour, RBC Canadian Open, RCGA, Scott Simmons |
By Robert Thompson | March 29, 2010
To get up to speed on this topic, you might want to look at my other posts of the “restoration” of Toronto GC. The first can be found here, while the most recent is here.
Yesterday the Stanley Thompson Society and the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame held another in its ongoing series of golf ... read more »
Tagged: Canadian Golf, golf course, Golf Design, martin hawtree, toronto golf, Toronto Golf Club |
By Robert Thompson | March 8, 2010
I know people often complain that the Toronto Golf Show is nothing more than a travel show. I’ve never really had an issue with that — and I can rarely walk more than 10 feet without running into someone I know, so it makes the show a great networking event for catching up after the ... read more »
Tagged: Canadian Golf, golf course, Golf Design |
By Robert Thompson | January 25, 2010
Im always intrigued at what brings Old World media to the web. I say that noting the G4G blog started six years ago “ and that Ive been writing for the Web, either at PGATour.com, SCOREGolf.com or at G4G since 1998.
I occasionally get asked how I became a blogger. Generally I was exceptionally skeptical of ... read more »
Tagged: business in canada, Canadian Golf, cpga, G4G, golf course, Golf Design, Golf Equipment, golf industry, Ontgolf.ca, press release, ScoreGolf, Tiger Woods, toronto sun |
By Robert Thompson | January 8, 2010
Calgary resident Stephen Ames, known for his outspoken tendencies, apparently told Gord Holder at the Ottawa Citizen, that Tiger Woods isn’t the PGA Tour’s No. 1 issue — or at least that’s what the headline in the Montreal Gazette suggests and how Holder sets up his column:
Stephen Ames admits he has no idea when Tiger ... read more »
Tagged: appearance, Golf balls, golf course, mickelson, Nick Faldo, Ottawa Citizen, PGA Tour, Phil Mickelson, rickie fowler, rory mcilroy, Stephen Ames, steve stricker, Tiger Woods, Tim Finchem |
By Robert Thompson | January 4, 2010
Earlier this year I reported on the “restoration” that Martin Hawtree was undertaking at Toronto Golf Club. It had been billed as a restoration by a prominent member at Toronto who was involved in the project, as well as by construction company TDI and by Hawtree himself on his website. The problem is when you ... read more »
Tagged: fairway, golf club, golf course, harry colt, martin hawtree, Ontgolf.ca, Tarandowah, toronto, toronto golf |
By Robert Thompson | December 24, 2009
Let me take this opportunity to thank each of my readers who turned up on the site throughout the year. I always appreciate the comments — positive and negative. I hope each of you have a safe and happy holiday season. Not sure how often I’ll post over the next week or two — but ... read more »
Tagged: Canadian Golf, canadian golfers, Eagles Nest Golf Club, golf course, Mike Weir, Ontgolf.ca, PGA Tour, Phil Mickelson, Richard Zokol, sagebrush, Sagebrush Golf and Sporting Club, Sergio Garcia, steve nash, sympatico, Tiger Woods |
By Robert Thompson | December 14, 2009
When it was announced in 2002, the Terrebonne project (sometimes called CCQ), owned by Angus Glen proprietor Gordon Stollery and his business associate, Mike Columbos, was expected to hold the 2006 Canadian Open as part of a plan dreamed up by then RCGA executive director Stephen Ross. The plan called for two 18-hole golf courses, ... read more »
Tagged: angus glen, Canadian Golf, Canadian Open, golf course, RCGA, Royal Canadian Golf Association, Royal Montreal, Scott Simmons, stollery, toronto |
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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