They are calling it the most rain to ever hit Toronto in one day. Judging by some photos found on Twitter of Weston and Islington, I’m not shocked. I hear some courses — like Scarboro — came through it largely unscathed. But...
Category - Architecture
In some ways driving up the laneway to Sagebrush is very familiar. After all, I’ve been to the course numerous times, first when it was in construction, and later to test my game against its devilishly large greens, firm fairways and the ever...
The more I play design Doug Carrick’s Ridge Course at Predator Ridge, the more I’m convinced it might well be the designer’s best work. It is a great deal of fun to play, it has enough challenge to be intriguing and the vistas...
Throughout my golf writing career, which is rapidly approaching 20 years, I’ve spent a lot of time taking the opportunity to see the best golf courses. In fact, I’ve traveled all over the world to do that — but few places are...
St. Thomas G&CC has long been one of the great hidden gems in Ontario. Partly a creation of Stanley Thompson with some work by Robbie Robinson, the course runs over exceptional ground, with several of the best holes in Canada (#3, #15, for...
I wrote about the opening of Laval’s new course near Montreal last week in Global Golf Post. It is the first project that combines the talents of designer Ian Andrew with Mike Weir. The result is pretty impressive judging by my tour of it...
Yes, two more Canadian course ratings are out — one by Canadiangolfmagazine.com, an upstart publication, and a new Ontario list by Peter Mumford’s Fairways magazine. Add this to SCOREGolf’s established Top 100...
Last week Thomas McBroom told me he thought the renovation market was heating up, with some well-healed clubs spending some cash to improve their facilities, including their golf course. He pointed to the work he was doing at Donalda, but Jeff...
I spoke to Thomas McBroom, the Toronto designer, on Monday. McBroom had just come from working on a project in Halifax called Brunello Estates. It is an ambitious project that has a value of $13.5-million as part of a real estate venture...