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Fritsch set for PGA Tour later this year

A couple of weeks back, after Brad Fritsch won on the Web.com Tour, I wrote about the likelihood that he’d return to the PGA Tour next year. He led this week through three rounds, before finishing second, assuring his return based on the...

Battle over the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame...

I suspect about five people in Canada care, which is unfortunate, but I’ve been amused to see the debate between Ian Hutchinson at Golf News Now and Jim Deeks at Fairways over the failure of the Hall of Fame nomination of Geordie Hilton...

Golf mom: After 50 is nifty for Judith...

  This ran as a feature last year for Thornhill G&CC. Given that Judith is again playing well at the US Women’s Senior Am, I thought it is worth revisiting. I think Judith represents one of those rare elements in golf these...

Global Golf Post: Canadian PGA Tour pros...

I wrote about the struggles of Canadian PGA Tour pros in Global Golf Post this week, where there’s barely one Canadian in the Top 100 (Graham DeLaet, who has fallen to 92), and only two others in the Top 200 (David Hearn, who is again...

Celebrity Pros

  MARK RYPIEN is at CHAMPIONS TOUR qualifying school, hoping to get his PGA card to play the Seniors Tour.   I met Mark when he was playing on the CPT (Celebrity PLayers Tour) event in Jamaica.  We hosted the event for 3 years and the...

Mongo Like Candy…and Golf

It’s a sad day in the world of entertainment today folks. Alex Karras, the actor who played “Mongo” in Blazing Saddles, died this morning. And in the spirit of the funniest movie ever made, I think they should serve up a 21-fart salute at his...

Burning Rubber and Olympic Flaming

Funniest Olympics-related gag so far: Last Tuesday 9 Olympians were sent home in disgrace, after being caught taking steroids and other performance-enhancing substances.  One of those cheats was Olympic medallist Nataliya Tobias. Apparently...

A Great Month to be Canadian!

I’m suffering from a serious case of “Dumper’s Remorse” today. No, I didn’t attend a member-guest at a fancy schmancy private course this weekend and ignominiously shart on the front nine.  Thanks for asking.  And no, I didn’t attend a posh...