Course Review: Redtail GC (Union, Ont.) Architect: Donald Steel (1991) Previous review from 2008. Overview: Hard to imagine that Redtail GC is now more than 20 years old. When it first opened it was one of a kind in Canada — a...
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On Friday I ducked away for a quick 27 holes in the lovely sunshine at Osprey Valley with my friend John. Given the sunshine and lovely warm temperatures, and the great company and courses (Osprey has long been among my Top 3 places in the...
Note: Somewhere over the last year my golf game disappeared. It emerges every so often, but was clearly on life support. Drastic action was needed. Over the course of the summer, I’m heading to the terrific Golf Institute at Bond Head to...
Golf is a difficult game even for the best in the world. So it should [photopress:bondheadinstitute.jpg,full,alignright]come as no surprise that it is difficult for me, someone who spends an awful lot of time behind a keyboard. Lately, as I...
I spent part of yesterday as a lab mouse. More specifically, I went to [photopress:NigelandIan1.JPG,full,alignright]the media opening for the new Golf Institute at Bond Head and was “picked” as the individual they would throw...
[photopress:Thompsonbook.jpg,full,alignright]Tonight at St. George’s Golf and Country Club in Etobicoke, a new book on the courses of Stanley Thompson, called aptly “The Golf Courses of Stanley Thompson — Celebrating...
I’d heard rumblings for some time, but today it was confirmed — ClubLink Corp. has acquired the noted Montreal private club Islemere, a 27 hole former Canadian Open site. The press release doesn’t announce a price, but it is...
A G4G reader sent me this missive about a lawsuit between Laurel Oak Media, which published OG, a magazine I write a column for, and the RCGA. Interesting to see the note about “contending extortion.” All of this over Golf Canada...
This story, written for the National Post, is a couple of years old — written following my weekend trip to see Phil Mickelson win the Masters in 2004. Seems like a sensible time to pull out some of the back catalogue of material that...