My latest column for Sympatico (or as it is now called, The Loop), is now live: The swoosh has a new home – in the middle of Irish golf star Rory McIlroy’s hat. And on the back of his clubs. And there’s a Nike logo on his shirt. For the money...
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My interview with Adam Hadwin a week or so ago was quite intriguing. Hadwin says he’s not trying to put too much pressure on himself as he knows he has a place to play — the Web.com Tour — regardless of whether he makes it...
Interesting to see James Lepp got through another round of Big Break. Anyway, I interviewed Lepp a week ago, and the resulting story appeared on Sympatico. Here’s a taste: James Lepp is a man who wears many hats – and not just because...
My latest Sympatico column went live this morning. It features an interview with Brad Fritsch, the latest Canadian member of the PGA Tour, having cracked the Top 25 on the Web.com Tour. Fritsch is an interesting, articulate and outspoken...
My column on Cabot Cliffs, the second course at Cabot Links on Cape Breton Island, is now live: It is safe to say no new course in Canada has captured the imagination – or the attention of reporters — in the way Nova Scotia’s Cabot Links...
That was the question I posed in my Sympatico column that was posted late last week: Tiger Woods cheated on his wife – so he kept his deal with Nike, worth an estimated $20-million a year. But Lance Armstrong cheated in his sport, and the...
My column on the U.S. Ryder Cup collapse appeared last night on Sympatico: Choke. It is a simple word, but in sports it comes with massive implications. But there is no other word that encapsulates the historic meltdown the American team...
My latest Sympatico column looks at the decision by Davis Love to pick Jim Furyk, Brandt Snedeker, Steve Stricker and Dustin Johnson, and pass Hunter Mahan by: Hunter Mahan’s timing is lousy. Two years ago a chunked chip made him the goat of...
Yesterday I wrote a column about Augusta National’s decision to admit two female members. Given the discussion the notion generated on this blog in the past, hopefully it’ll eclipse my remarks about Rob Ford and there will be talk...