By Jeff Lancaster | July 24, 2010
A tough week for Mike Weir at the 2010 RBC Canadian Open is now over, and not a moment too soon for the Bright’s Grove, Ontario native.
Struggling with tendinitis in his right arm he shot a two-day total of 6-over and wound up in a tie for 143rd and missed the cut. His dream of ...read more »
Posted in Canadian Open | Tagged Brights Grove, mike weir, rbc canadian open, st. george's
By Robert Thompson | June 8, 2010
Canadian Open Preview
St. George’s Golf & CC
Consider this not so much a review or preview, as a photo essay shot during my round at St. George’s last week.
For starters, the course is in exceptional condition, with thick rough that was dense, but not overly long. Apparently it will be grown and then cut back.
Some notes ...read more »
Posted in Canadian golf architecture, Canadian Open, Featured, Royal Bank | Tagged Golf, Keith Bartlett, Nathan Green, PGA Tour, rbc canadian open, st. george's, St. George’s Golf and Country Club, Stanley Thompson, the PGA Tour
By Steve Waxman | May 6, 2010
This coming July, Toronto’s storied St. George’s Golf Club will host the Canadian Open for the 5th time – it’s first since Bob Charles beat Jack by one stroke in 1968. Voted one of the world’s Top 100 golf courses, the 2010 RBC canadian Open will be the first chance for most Canadian golfers ...read more »
Posted in Canadian Open | Tagged rbc canadian open, st. george's
By Robert Thompson | October 22, 2004
I’ve been working on a list of the Top 25 courses in Canada alongside my Golf Club Atlas compatriots, Ben Cowan-Dewar, Ian Andrew and Jeff Mingay. We’ll eventually post a full-on piece on GCA, but in the meantime, I’ve spent some time working through my top 25 list. It is interesting — there’s very little ...read more »
Posted in Going for the Green, Golf Course Rankings | Tagged Fox Harb'r, Glen Abbey, Hamilton Golf and Country Club, Highlands Links, ian andrew, st. george's, Stanley Thompson
By Robert Thompson | October 14, 2004
With a baby in the house, I realize there is little chance I’ll play anything further in Golf magazine’s top 100 in the world. But it has been a good year nonetheless…. There had been talk of getting to Pinehurst No. 2 this year, though it didn’t happen. Next year I am very keen ...read more »
Posted in Going for the Green | Tagged Highlands Links, kingsbarns, Merion, muirfield, old course, Pine valley, Royal Dornoch, st. george's, turnberry