So the news hit last Friday that Clublink Corp. and owner Rai Sahi were seeking to rezone Glen Abbey, the home of far too many Canadian Opens, with the goal of turning it into housing. The request came from Glen Schnarr & Associates Inc...
Category - Golf Course Rankings
Interesting to see the news that Cabot Links received a $8.25-million loan from the provincial government to complete work on new hotel rooms and the second course, Cabot Cliffs: The government announced Sunday it will loan $8.25 million to...
I have a fondness for Hamilton G&CC. It is on a magnificent property, full of fascinating dramatic holes and intriguing green sites. The 5th hole is as good a short four as is found in Canada, and the 6th is a staggeringly good par three...
Golf Magazine unveiled it list of newcomers to its world Top 100 golf course list yesterday. Along with Donald Trump’s course in Scotland and a Coore/Crenshaw design in China, Cabot Links, located in Inverness, NS, cracked the list at 82...
Yes, two more Canadian course ratings are out — one by Canadiangolfmagazine.com, an upstart publication, and a new Ontario list by Peter Mumford’s Fairways magazine. Add this to SCOREGolf’s established Top 100...
I’m not sure it gets much notice here, but Golfweek, which ranks pretty much everything (Players! College players! Courses! Campus Courses! Caddies!) has come out with its second ranking of Canadian courses. It is split into modern and...
The Toronto Star golf guide hit papers (and pro shops) today and as has been the case in recent years, I wrote a couple of features for the paper. The one that might catch some attention is a story where I pieced together an 18 hole golf course...
Course Review: Royal Mayfair (Edmonton, Alberta) Designer: Stanley Thompson (with alterations by Les Furber and Ted Locke) Overview: Mayfair is the blue blood club of Edmonton, mirroring the likes of Rosedale in Toronto or Capilano in Vancouver...
Course Review: Rideau View (Manotick, Ont.) Designer: Howard Watson/Robbie Robinson Overview: Rideau View finally received some attention last year when it vaulted into SCOREGolf’s Top 100 courses list. Admittedly it was a course I...