It isn’t very often I would justify a drive of almost an hour to play a round of golf unless of course you lived in such an isolated remote area you had no other choice. That wasn’t the case with our golf day at Yocha Dehe GC. We actually...
Category - Going for the Green
Thoughts and writing on the world of golf and golf course architecture.
Looking out the window from our seaside home today reminded me of the last really bad bout of rainy windy wet weather we were anxious to get away from. It was March of 2016 and El Nino was up to its old tricks so we set off for warmer and drier...
Hot enough for you? You may think we’re through the worst of it, but the weather experts are saying that summer’s far from over, that the heat and humidity of one of the hottest Augusts in recent memory is going to stick around for a while —...
He’s 21, this is his first Canadian Open, and he didn’t fold. Jared du Toit, the 21-year old amateur from BC, continued to hold his spot on the leaderboard, despite taking an 8 on a par five. He finds himself one shot back of Dustin...
Tough day for some Canadians playing in the wind yesterday. But none had it tougher than Graham DeLaet, whose chipping yips seem to have returned for a couple of dreadful holes. With such an incredible ability to strike the ball as well as...
This is, by my estimation, my 20th Canadian Open, either attended as a fan or a journalist. Hard to imagine, really. This year has been interesting. Once again I’m working for Global News/Shaw Golf as part of their online and television team...
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...
There—I said it in a headline—the Masters was dull to watch. It is all about old bald guys in green jackets chattering away about the greatness of their tournament. It is about Jim Nantz talking in reverential and hushed tones about the...
“It is better to look good than to feel good,” Argentinian film star Fernando Lamas was famously credited with saying. Golfers know better. On the golf course, success demands that looking good and feeling good go hand in hand. Thankfully, the...