My latest Sympatico column discusses the field at the Canadian Open and the fact no one seems to be raising any questions this year about who isn’t coming, and focusing on who is: For...
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Should Mahan have withdrawn from Canadian Open?
The conventional wisdom says yes, Mahan should have taken off from the RBC Canadian Open yesterday when his wife went into...
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RBC Canadian Open wrap Wednesday — exemption controversy, Els...
Interesting to see the controversy raised by the exemptions given at the last minute to Abbotsford’s Nick Taylor, but more...
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Canadian Open Week Round Up — Day two
The Canadian Open round up starts with changes to the field — U.S. Open winner Webb Simpson, whose wife is due with their...
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Major to Major
Maybe there’s something fundamentally wrong with me? (Of course, if you’ve ever read this column before, you already knew that). Maybe I should have a much more cold-blooded...
RBC Canadian Open Wrap: Final Round
At the end of long week, I finally had the opportunity to watch golf. Sure I went out on Thursday and watched a round (Retief Goosen, Camilo Villegas, and Carl Pettersson, though I had no...
CanOpen Faux Pas: Tiger Not a "Premier"...
There are rumblings within the golf community about RBC Canadian Open tournament director Bill Paul’s remarks about Tiger Woods during the press conference to announce players and...
Canadian Open Media Day Roundup
Lots of coverage of yesterday’s unveiling of the field yesterday at St. George’s Golf and Country Club. Toronto Sun writer Dave Fuller played with Nathan Green and found him...
Rain, Rain Won't Go Away — Fourth Round in...
So the third round go started, and the plan was to play threesomes today and not re-pair the groups for the final round — just plow forward. Then the skies opened up with the leaders...
MSN/Sympatico Column: Daly at the Open
Okay, this is the last thing I write about John Daly for the next two weeks — at least until he arrives in Canada or wins the British Open. My latest Sympatico column is online with...
Daly in at CanOpen, Immelman out?
So John Daly, all garish pants with a thinner waste band, and apparently healthy despite his recent withdrawal on the European Tour, is coming back to the RBC Canadian Open. That was the...
RCGA Wants Tiger To Design Course
There may be plenty of problems with the idea, but Lorne Rubenstein is reporting today that RCGA Canadian Open tournament director Bill Paul has approached Tiger Woods about designing a...