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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 | January 4, 2010
On the same day the Golf Journalists Association of Canada voted Matt Hill in as the top Canadian male amateur, the RCGA named Nick Taylor as the country’s top college male player. So who is right?
I’d say the RCGA got this one correct. Anyway, here’s the details:
For the second year in a row, Nick Taylor ... read more »
Tagged: accomplishment, amateur golfers, brantford, Canadian Golf, Canadian Open, gjac, Matt Hill, Ontgolf.ca, RBC Canadian Open, RCGA, Royal Canadian Golf Association, U.S. Open |
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 |
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 | October 1, 2009
It has been a long time coming, but the Royal Canadian Golf Association today announced a new chief operating officer, with Peter Beresford replacing Rick Desrochers, who apparently remains in a position called “senior director, corporate planning.” Beresford is going to lead “development and implementation of all of the RCGAs strategic Membership and Brand Development ... read more »
Tagged: beresford, membership development, Private Golf Clubs, Royal Canadian Golf Association, Scott Simmons, senior executive management, senior management team |
By Robert Thompson | July 10, 2009
Okay, this is the last thing I write about John Daly for the next two weeks — at least until he arrives in Canada or wins the British Open.
My latest Sympatico column is online with my thoughts on Daly’s exemption into the Canadian Open.
Here’s a taste:
Over the past few years John Daly has been a ... read more »
Tagged: Bill Paul, British Open, Canadian Golf, Canadian Open, Glen Abbey, John Daly, PGA Tour, RBC Canadian Open, Royal Canadian Golf Association, trevor immelman |
By Robert Thompson | June 27, 2009
My latest MSN/Sympatico column went live yesterday.
Here’s a taste:
UXBRIDGE, Ont. – Maybe it is a sign of the insular and self-reflective nature of golf, but both Nick Taylor or Matt Hill seem stoic in the face of media attention rarely witnessed by golfers in this country whose last name isn’t Weir.
Standing in a room full ... read more »
Tagged: amateur golfers, Canadian Golf, Nick Taylor, royal and ancient golf club, Royal Canadian Golf Association, Scott Simmons, top amateur |
By Robert Thompson | June 5, 2009
Course Review: Black Bear Ridge (Belleville, Ont.)
Designer: Brian Magee
Sometimes even when you haven’t seen a course, you have an impression of it. And those impressions aren’t always positive. So though Black Bear Ridge has been open for several years now, I had made no attempt to go down to see it. After all, its owner ... read more »
Tagged: belleville, Black Bear Ridge Golf Club, golf course, Royal Canadian Golf Association, Stanley Thompson, toronto |
By Robert Thompson | May 28, 2009
My latest MSN/Sympatico column is now live — stemming from a tip I received that CN wasn’t altogether thrilled about the way it has been treated by the LPGA, which has a half dozen tournaments without sponsors. Can’t imagine they can afford to lose CN, but we’ll see…
Could the CN Canadian Women’s Open announced yesterday ... read more »
Tagged: canadian national railway, Golf CHannel, LPGA Tour, Royal Canadian Golf Association, st charles golf and country club |
By Robert Thompson | February 5, 2009
That was the word that came down from the Royal Canadian Golf Association this morning.
Let’s start here — Mike Weir, at 38, is the best Canadian golfer in history. He’s the only male winner of a major, and he continues to be among the best players in the world, currently ranked in the Top 20 ... read more »
Tagged: canadian golf hall of fame, Canadian Open, Lorne Rubenstein, Mike Weir, PGA Tour, Richard Zokol, Royal Canadian Golf Association |
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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