Luke Donald is one of the ultimate all-around sportsmen. He’s incredibly talented. He’s a hard worker. He’s resolved to achieve perfection in a sport that laughs at the very concept. He...
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Hoist With His Own Petard
I’ll be honest with you here folks. I’m not 100% sure what a petard is. I’m pretty sure I used to have one…but then my...
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Golf Like Frenchman – Time to Mix Up Your Game
Warning; the following story is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the guilty. Over the years I’ve been extremely...
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I Do So Like Greens Jackets and Hams
Maybe I’ve just become spoiled. God knows I’m already jaded enough….and jaundiced and cynical and (add your choice of...
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Death Match…at Dove Mountain?
For the very first time since we started playing these silly reindeer games for CanadianGolfer, the fortunes of random chance completely crapped out last week. Snake eyes! For those of you...
Bust the Busters, Beat the Cheaters…
So, let's agree then that golf played at the professional level is a game of honour, integrity, honesty and good sportsmanship. PGA players are the white knights of the sporting world...and...
"Abridged Too Far…?"
(With apologies to the veterans of Remagen) This column will be unusually short this week. Yes, I’ve promised that once before, but this time I really mean it! For reasons I won’t divulge...
On Being Bamboozled and Deported… and Torrey...
If you’re one of the people who has read this column for any amount of time (and I know who both of you are!), you’ll be aware that I run a golf pool. Even if you don’t, it’s over there...
Kelly on the Telly… and Where's Bob?
Much has been said and even more has been written in traditional media (TV and newspapers mostly) and the on-line world about what happened during the Golf Channel’s coverage of the...
Sugar Highs and Suntanned Thighs
It’s only the midpoint of the first month of 2012, and many of our friends south of the 49th parallel have suddenly gone into a complete tailspin during the last 24 hours. A disaster...
Tim Finchem Saves the Planet!
Greetings Crime Fighters…and welcome to another season of hanging-on-the-edge -of-your-coma action here in “Poolside.” I hope you had a fantastic Christmas…and that 2012 is...
Golf…Serengeti Style
If Marlin Perkins were covering this particular spectacle for Wild Kingdom, the only shot we would have seen of the elusive tiger would have been a quick glimpse of him licking his groin...