Interesting to see the controversy raised by the exemptions given at the last minute to Abbotsford’s Nick Taylor, but more specifically to Chris Ross. Ross, for those who don’t...
Tag - Canadian Professional Golf Tour
Canadian Pro Mitch Gillis goes crowdsourcing for Q School dollars
I first heard about Mitch Gillis when Richard Zokol brought him to my attention. Zokol was working with the aspiring Canadian...
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PGA Tour Canada: the courses and the veterans
The Canadian Tour PGA Tour Canada had a limited conference call last week — just four writers were invited to participate...
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Sympatico: Despite his stumbles along the way, Fritsch makes it to...
My latest Sympatico column went live this morning. It features an interview with Brad Fritsch, the latest Canadian member...
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Holiday wishes for the Canadian golf business
G4G Xmas wishes – my thoughts on appropriate gifts for the Canadian golf industry: Mike Weir: A year where he’s healthy, so we can see if it is his body or his head that’s caused his...
Canadian Tour struggles with financial issues, reaches...
The Canadian Tour is in trouble. But how much and what’s the solution? Well I detail a lot of the issues in a story that appeared on Golf World’s website yesterday. Unfortunately, at least...
Canadians at Q School: What about Hill and Taylor?
Richard Scott. Andrew Parr. Dustin Risdon. Brad Fritsch. Mike Mezei. All got through the first part of the PGA Tour’s grueling qualifying school, perhaps the last year that golfers...
Saturday Feature: Canada's disappointing PGA Tour...
Symaptico launched a Saturday feature a month or two back and my second attempt has just gone live. For this one I spoke with Mike Weir, Adam Hadwin and David Hearn about the state of...
Canadian PGA Turns 100
Sing happy birthday to your local golf pro. This weekend Canada’s golf professional organization — which represents 3,700 pros — hits the century mark. As part of the...
Canadian Open Adds Ogilvy, Singh, Villegas
In what continues to be an impressive array of talent for this year’s RBC Canadian Open — now just two weeks away — Golf Canada announced a couple of new names: The field...
Canadian Open Qualifying Needs More Players
Golf Canada is, kind of surprisingly, struggling to find enough competitors to make its regional RBC Canadian Open qualifying work. In past years all qualifying was done in Ontario —...
Kingston's McQuillan Makes Improbable Rise To PGA...
Just got off the phone with Kington, Ont.’s Matt McQuillan, who remarkably played his way onto the PGA Tour only a couple of years after giving up professional golf altogether...