I found it fascinating that Mike Weir announced he was working for TSN, commentating on the Masters after his rounds. When a player starts working as a commentator at tournaments where they are playing, they are practically admitting they are...
Category - Going for the Green
Thoughts and writing on the world of golf and golf course architecture.
So, you say you miss your belly putter? Say hello to Golf In Sync. You may have glimpsed this deceptively simple training aid earlier this year on Golf Channel, where it was featured in a series of commercials immediately preceding and...
Day 6 Haggin Oaks Mackenzie Course www.hagginoaks.com As is often the case when you plan and go on a golf review junket Mother Nature says ” Hope you brought your rain gear” and as we didn’t and we wouldn’t Day 6 in San...
I’ll say that as far as I know I haven’t worked at a paper with a union. Scratch that–I was part of the Niagara Falls-Review early in my career and they were unionized. Not that I noticed. But the National Post was never...
Day 4 – The Vineyard at Escondido www.vineyardatescondido.com Of the list of golf courses to be reviewed on our California trip The Vineyard at Escondido joined Coronado Golf Course as one of the two golf courses I had a historical...
For years I was told by a colleague that I needed to come to the Orlando PGA Merchandise show. I largely ignored him, simply because I didn’t write much about equipment, something that changed over the years. Truthfully, the show remains...
Day 3 – Park Hyatt Aviara Golf Resort www.parkhyattaviara.com We awoke on our third consecutive day of golfing with eager anticipation and very high expectations. In the weeks leading up to the trip to ” So Cal” we had this...
California Dreamin’ We don’t often get snow here in our region of Vancouver Island, it has actually been 3 winters in a row without the horrible white stuff and even when we do it is usually here today gone tomorrow. As was the case earlier in...
It was one of those once in a lifetime trips. I was invited to India, a place for one reason or another, always held a fascination for me. I inquired about playing some golf while there and was able to set up a few tee times. Now India is not a...