Though I’m in Cape Breton for one more day (and there’s lots coming on that tomorrow), my latest National Post column, stemming from a conversation with Mike Weir on Tuesday, is in today’s paper and online here. Here’s a...
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My latest National Post column, on Paul Azinger’s picks for the Ryder Cup team, is now online (and a full day earlier than the print edition!). Here’s a taste: Paul Azinger used his Ryder Cup captain’s selections Tuesday to...
I’ve spent the day thinking about this issue with the LPGA demanding its players speak proficient English by 2009, or 2011 if they are rookies next year. It is a fascinating matter. The lines were ablaze on sports radio this afternoon as...
My latest National Post column is online here. Like last week’s column, space considerations resulted in a number of cuts to the column. So here is the unedited version: Robert Thompson On Golf Though Paul Azinger won’t be playing...
My latest National Post column, with my picks for the PGA Championship and a look at Oakland Hills, is here. Here is a taste: That monster. In 1951, after winning the U. S. Open, Ben Hogan told reporters how thrilled he was to have won, to have...
Michelle Wie played a fine round yesterday, shooting 1-over par. She’ll still struggle to make the cut, and tends to wilt under pressure, but she’s put herself in position. Good for her. That said, a number of people took issue with...
My latest column, in today’s National Post, is about the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open and its need to invite Michelle Wie to its event this week. Now I don’t think Wie should have gotten an invite, but I understand why the tournament...
For once during this Canadian Open, it didn’t rain. Thank God. Let’s start with Mike Weir. Six shots back at the beginning of the day, I always thought Weir was a longshot. But there was lots of positive thoughts Weir could take...
After filing an opus on Canadians who made the cut (Weir, Mills, Hearn, Risdon, Taylor, DeCorso, Leggatt, etc.) and those who didn’t (Ames, Short, Parr, etc.), I wandered down into Glen Abbey’s valley holes to watch Mike Weir play...