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By Robert Thompson | June 21, 2010
What a remarkably sloppy U.S. Open final. Can anyone imagine Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Ernie Els all being in contention, as well as young bomber Dustin Johnson, all being near the top of the leaderboard and a relatively uninteresting Irish pro taking the title? Seems incongruous to me.
Johnson’s day was shot largely from the ... read more »
Tagged: dustin johnson, Ernie Els, Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, U.S. Open |
By Robert Thompson | June 16, 2010
My latest Sympatico column, with some comments from Richard Zokol, about the wonder of Pebble Beach is up at Sympatico:
There’s a lot of debate about who is the hottest star at this week’s U.S. Open.
Is it Phil Mickelson, who could usurp a struggling Tiger Woods as the best golfer in the world? What about Lee ... read more »
Tagged: Lee Westwood, Men's major golf championships, Monterey County, pebble beach, Phil Mickelson, Richard Zokol, the British Open, The Masters, The Open Championship, Tiger Woods, U.S. Open |
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 4, 2010
My latest Sympatico column is up — just as Matt Hill exceeds all other Canadians at the Memorial today. That column can be found on Sympatico’s sports site. Interesting to note that Hill always played Titleist clubs — but will be sponsored entirely by Nike now. Tough to make the move to the pros using the ... read more »
Tagged: justin leonard, Matt Hill, PGA Tour, Phil Mickelson, rickie fowler, Tiger Woods |
By Robert Thompson | June 2, 2010
Lots of coverage of yesterday’s unveiling of the field yesterday at St. George’s Golf and Country Club.
Toronto Sun writer Dave Fuller played with Nathan Green and found him amiable and great company.
Toronto Star’s Doug Smith, in typical Toronto Star fashion, finds the most interesting point about the tournament is it’s in Toronto:
You try to drop ... read more »
Tagged: Bill Paul, Canadian Open, Dave Fuller, Doug Smith, Garry McKay, Jeremy Sandler, Lorne Rubenstein, Mike Weir, Nathan Green, National Post, PGA Tour, Phil Mickelson, RBC Canadian Open, St. George's Golf and Country Club, Tiger Woods, toronto sun |
By Robert Thompson | April 11, 2010
My Sympatico column on Phil Mickelson’s Masters win went live last night. Here’s a taste:
The headlines starting the week at The Masters were strictly about the comeback of golf’s fallen star.
But it was the gutsy, dynamic play of Phil Mickelson that electrified Augusta National on Sunday as he charged past all of the pretenders in ... read more »
Tagged: Phil Mickelson, sympatico, The Masters, Tiger Woods |
By Robert Thompson | February 1, 2010
Okay, well not really. Or definitely maybe? Who is to say what John Daly will do next, and I’m not really sure I care.
After two more lousy rounds — Daly has rarely played well in the last six years — he apparently told the producer at the Golf Channel, who is doing the “Being John ... read more »
Tagged: G4G, Golf CHannel, IMG, John Daly, mickelson, PGA Tour, Phil Mickelson |
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 | 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 | November 12, 2009
My latest column for Sympatico tries to cut through the hyperbole about Phil Mickelson’s play and ask the bigger question: Is Phil really a rival for Tiger?
Here’s a taste:
Any time Tiger Woods wins it is good for golf. Could it be equally beneficial when he loses?
That surely isn’t always the case “ think Y.E. Yang ... read more »
Tagged: appearance, appearance fee, australia, australian masters, golf course, hsbc champions tournament, hyperbole, mano a mano, one of those days, PGA Championship, Phil Mickelson, shanghai china, sympatico, tiger, Tiger Woods |
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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