Steve Marshman might just be the most significant person in Canadian golf that you don’t know. Marshman’s reach in the business is long – his Oakville, Ont. company, Catalyst Sponsorship Consulting manages the Canadian Open for RBC as well as...
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So the staff at the city of London, where I’m now living, has put a recommendation forward that River Road Golf Club, a horribly designed course that has haemorrhaged money for more than a decade, should stay open based on the best season...
I think the answer to the question is no. On its premise, the announcement that the PGA Tour was enveloping the Canadian Tour was not a surprise. The PGA Tour spent too long doing due diligence to walk away from the Canadian Tour. But beyond...
Slept in today, went to Tims for some free wi-fi and a double-double and then picked up Mike Mezei from my house with his big tour bag and made the short drive to Scarboro Golf and Country Club, host of this year’s Canadian Tour...
This morning’s Globe and Mail includes the op-ed that the paper asked me to write about the comparison between Toronto Ladies and the National and Augusta National. Here’s a taste: When you enter the parking lot of the National Golf...
I’ve not been writing much on the site lately because I’ve been busy — not playing as much as unpacking boxes. For the past 15 years I’ve lived in Toronto. I went there to seek employment after finishing my Masters...
I can’t say I was hugely inspired by Scott Piercy or his win at the RBC Canadian Open. He seems like a nice guy, but he’s so low key and appears so lacking in enthusiasm that he’s hardly a compelling interview. Runner-up...
I spent part of the day walking with David Hearn’s father, Geoff, while watching the Brantford golfer play the back nine at Hamilton. Hearn played nicely when the course was at its toughest with the wind swirling. Interestingly it would...
I was busy yesterday, talking to Sean Foley for a GlobalGolfPost column, talking to Stephen Ames for the same story, and sitting in on a bunch of press conferences, including Ernie Els and Mike Weir. Let’s start my round up of the...