The Rock’s 12th hole
Arbutus Ridge GC
A recent day trip to Victoria ,BC to get our SUV serviced 2 hours south of our home in Parksville turned into over nighting in...
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Campbell River G & CC
Breaking The Mold You may have read once or twice in past reviews I have referred to Jack Nicklaus’ comments a couple of years...
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The Rock #1 New Course in Canada?
Though I haven’t seen it yet, apparently The Rock in Muskoka has won Golf Digest’s Best New Course in Canada. This is incredible for a number of reasons. Mainly, it is...
Pacific Dunes
So what makes Pacific Dunes so great and so hyped? Well, part of it is that the course is a throw back to another era, when land, not bulldozers, dictated how a links would play. A great...
7th at Pacific Dunes
Pacific Dunes’ famed seventh hole, and certainly one of the toughest at 464-yards from the tips. I managed to hold on here to make par on my way to shooting 68, my all-time low round...
Hearn makes the grade while Morland stumbles
Brantford’s David Hearn managed to narrowly make it through PGA Tour Q-School. Despite landing in second place heading into the sixth round, he fell apart, ending up one stroke inside...
North Berwick
Photo for a Monday night: An amazing day at North Berwick. Here’s the famed short four with the wall in front of the green. The first time I played this, I tried to drive the green...
Hearn makes it through?
David Hearn could be Canada’s nest Mike Weir, but today he’s struggling to hang on at the stadium course at PGA West. If he makes the top-30, which still looks likely...
Bill Haas' crack at Q School
I see Bill Haas is struggling to get his tour card this week in California. That led me to dig up this column I wrote on him from the Canadian Open. The kid has a great swing and was pretty...
Royal Montrose
Another example of the fine dunes at Royal Montrose, with my friend Steve standing in the background.