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By Robert Thompson | August 17, 2010
I was meaning to write a teaser for SCOREGolf’s Top 100 courses in Canada issue that hits the streets on Aug. 30, largely because a week ago I taped the television special that will air on TSN on Aug. 29 to accompany the magazine.
Anyway, there was a bit of a mix-up and some of the ... read more »
Tagged: bob weeks, Hamilton Golf and Country Club, Jason Logan, ScoreGolf, St. George's Golf and Country Club, The National |
By Robert Thompson | July 29, 2010
A few years ago I recall having a conversation with then RCGA ED Stephen Ross about why the organization had struggled financially that year. He pointed to poor attendence at Canadian Open at Shaughnessy in Vancouver. The suggestion was that the RCGA made it sound like the tournament was a near sellout and then, well, ... read more »
Tagged: RBC Canadian Open, Royal Bank, Scott Simmons, St. George's Golf and Country Club |
By Robert Thompson | July 27, 2010
While waiting for winner Carl Pettersson to show up for his post-round interview on Sunday, I spent some time digging through the Shotlink system the tour supplies to the media. Aside from remarkable number in regards to shot dispersal (someone hit a 360-yard drive on 11!), I found it interesting to look at the hardest ... read more »
Tagged: Cam Burke, Carl Pettersson, Pebble Beach Golf Links, RBC Canadian Open, St. George's Golf and Country Club |
By Robert Thompson | July 25, 2010
At the start of the week the talk was about a single-digit final score. Now the question is whether leader Dean Wilson can make it to 20-under par. Yep, like Saint George, these players have had little difficulty tackling the dragon.
I wrote a column about whether the course was too easy, based on all the ... read more »
Tagged: Camilo Villegas, Canadian Professional Golf Tour, Carl Pettersson, chez reavie, Dave Perkins, Glen Abbey Golf Club, John Daly, Mike Weir, RBC Canadian Open, St. George's Golf and Country Club, The Open Championship, tim clark |
By Robert Thompson | July 22, 2010
Interesting and very busy day at a warm RBC Canadian Open. First of all, in response to the blurb I wrote about a speed trap on Islington Ave. that pulled over a van with a player in it traveling to the range, turns out that player was Paul Azinger. And one driver told me Zinger ... read more »
Tagged: Anthony Kim, Canadian Amateur Championship, Club De Golf Laval Sur Le Lac, Dave Bunker, Garry McKay, Glen Abbey Golf Club, Ian Andrew, Lorne Rubenstein, Mike Weir, Nick Taylor, Paul Azinger, RBC Canadian Open, Scott Simmons, sean foley, Sean O'Hair, St. George's Golf and Country Club, Stephen Ames, Tiger Woods |
By Robert Thompson | July 17, 2010
Globe freelancer Ian Merringer interviewed me for a story about the impact of bringing the Canadian Open back to Toronto. The story can be found here in today’s Globe. I’m not a fan of media interviewing other reporters, but the story is interesting:
Just three years ago, the tournament had no major stars or sponsor, but this ... read more »
Tagged: RBC Canadian Open, Robert Thompson, St. George's Golf and Country Club, Toronto,Ontario,Canada |
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 | October 18, 2009
Course Review: St. George’s Golf and Country Club (Etobicoke, Ont.)
Designer: Stanley Thompson
On Friday, with the weather a little frosty for mid-October, I drove down to Etobicoke for a round at St. George’s Golf and Country Club, which will host next year’s RBC Canadian Open. Though I’ve written about it extensively (including a chapter in my book, ... read more »
Tagged: bunkering, Course Ranking, Going for the Green, RBC Canadian Open, St. George's, St. George's Golf and Country Club, Stanley Thompson, tom doak |
By Robert Thompson | April 14, 2009
Tomorrow the RCGA will announce Shaughnessy as the host site of the Canadian Open in 2011, according to a source in a Canadian Press story. This is a pretty badly kept secret — but a nice choice. I reported this on my blog last year — not sure why it took so long to ... read more »
Tagged: Canadian Open, Glen Abbey, RCGA, St. George's Golf and Country Club, Stephen Ames |
By Robert Thompson | September 24, 2008
This one got lost in the Ryder Cup hysteria, and I forgot to post it. Interesting to write a column generated by some of the comments on this blog.
Here goes:
On Golf in INGONISH, NS – Highlands Links will never hold a Canadian Open. Heck, it hasn’t actually had PGA Tour players walk to its tees ... read more »
Tagged: Canadian Open, Jasper Park Lodge, National Post, St. George's Golf and Country Club, Stanley Thompson |
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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