Yesterday I wrote about the potential reworking of Angus Glen’s South Course and whether an extensive renovation would change the perception people have of the golf course. That led...
Tag - Doug Carrick
Predator Ridge's Ridge Course — Carrick's best?
The more I play design Doug Carrick’s Ridge Course at Predator Ridge, the more I’m convinced it might well be the...
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Thomas McBroom and the golf course rebound
I spoke to Thomas McBroom, the Toronto designer, on Monday. McBroom had just come from working on a project in Halifax called...
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Predator Ridge named one of top employers in Canada
Interesting to see something you don’t regularly experience in a business as transitory as golf — a resort being...
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On leaving Toronto
I’ve not been writing much on the site lately because I’ve been busy — not playing as much as unpacking boxes. For the past 15 years I’ve lived in Toronto. I went...
Course Review: Rosedale Golf Club
Rosedale Golf Club (Toronto – 1919) Designer: Donald Ross (and various including Bob Cupp, Doug Carrick and John Fought) Overview: Rosedale is like a debutante heading towards a...
Richard Zokol takes gig at Predator Ridge
First it was former LPGA pro AJ Eathorne coming to Vernon’s Predator Ridge to teach, and now Richard Zokol, the former PGA Tour winner, is coming on as the club’s executive...
Club love: Is merging the way forward for private...
I was intrigued to be told (by a Twitter follower no less) that Vancouver’s Shaughnessy and Point Grey are looking at a potential merger that would pair two of the city’s better...
Monday Morning Wakeup: Levin's dart habit, Hockey...
While sitting in Florida last week with my friend Lorne Rubenstein, we flipped back and forth between a tennis match and Kyle Stanley’s apparent win in San Diego. I’ll admit we...
I speak some coversational French, so I know a thing...
One of my favourite Kids in the Hall skits (yes, the underrated Canadian comedy troop that still gets together upon occasion) is called “Rod Torfulson’s Armada.”...
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...
Fave Fridays III: 54 Holes, Swing Coaches and...
Five Friday Faves (volume III) Osprey Valley – Every fall I play an annual match at Osprey Valley. It doesn’t matter how much I get thumped (though in this instance, I’d mention my partner...