My latest Global Golf Post column went live this morning. I spoke to several PGA Tour Canada/Mackenzie Tour golfers about their feelings about Fort McMurray and the fire that largely destroyed the course where the tour played. There’s no...
Category - Canadian Tour
I first heard about Mitch Gillis when Richard Zokol brought him to my attention. Zokol was working with the aspiring Canadian Tour pro and had big hopes for him. A few weeks ago Gillis sent me a note telling me about his plan to raise money for...
Forward momentum. That’s what PGA Tour Canada seems to be making after taking over the financially-strapped Canadian Tour late last year. Last week I found myself in Saskatoon working on an assignment. I hadn’t been to the city in six years...
My latest Global Golf Post column went live in the magazine this morning. The column is based on an interview with Jeff Monday, the new president of PGA Tour Canada.
The Canadian Tour PGA Tour Canada announced its tournament schedule yesterday. Not shockingly it is relatively anemic, with two new events replacing two tournaments that have disappeared and seven tournaments in all, including one without a...
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...
After the first two days of caddying for Albertan Mike Mezei at the Canadian Tour’s Tour Championship, I had developed a comfort level with what I was doing. I realized I had to stay out of the way of Mezei when he was putting and making...
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...
Standing on the 5th tee at Scarboro G&CC, I reach down and push the button on a water jug. Nothing comes out. Nothing to drink and no water to wet my towel. This isn’t the Canadian Open, but my loop, Canadian pro Mike Mezei from...