I went out to play Turnberry Golf Club last week just before it opened (which I previewed last fall). I’ll write about the course at more length when I get some free time, but I...
Tag - Canadian Golf
Canada’s best golf holes: Experts weigh in on par 3s
Recently I saw a posting claiming to list the best 18 holes in the world, a seemingly impossible and herculean task that is...
Read More Back to the Future
While the sun blazed in the sky yesterday, I spent the day indoors, participating in the RCGA’sGolf Canada’s latest...
Read More CanOpen to Laval, Coppinwood or Devil's Pulpit?
The Globe’s Lorne Rubenstein raises some interesting possibilities when talking about where the Canadian Open may go after...
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RCGA Becomes Golf Canada — Now Do You Care?
The Royal Canadian Golf Association still exists — if you are interested in having your golf course rated for handicap purposes, or you happen to need a rules decision. But otherwise...
CanTour Commish Rick Janes Responds
Canandian Tour Commissioner Rick Janes responded to my commentary on the “pro gap” white paper his organization published, taking particular affront to the notion that the...
Canadian Tour Releases Study on "Pro Gap"
So the Canadian Tour has released a study documenting the so-called “pro gap,” that comes after Canada’s top golfers turn professional. The objective seems to be...
DeLaet Holds It Together, Finishes Third In Houston
Lest we forget the game of golf, is well, about what happens on the course and not off, Weyburn, Sask.’s Graham DeLaet demonstrated today that there are three PGA Tour pros from...
Humber Valley Resort Sold Out of Receivership
It didn’t get much notice outside of Newfoundland, but one of the best courses to be built in recent memory has come out of receivership. Doug Carrick’s Humber Valley Resort...
Toronto Golf Club: When is it a restoration and when...
To get up to speed on this topic, you might want to look at my other posts of the “restoration” of Toronto GC. The first can be found here, while the most recent is here...
Another Course for Niagara?
Reader Tom sent me this clip from the Welland Tribune about the potential for another high-end golf course in Niagara Falls, even though the last one built — Grand Niagara — is...
New York Times Magazine: The Economics of Tiger and...
The New York Times magazine has a really interesting story on the economics of the PGA Tour in the Tiger Woods era. I’d say it is mandatory reading for anyone hoping to understand the...