My story on RBC’s involvement in golf appeared this week in Golf World this week, discussing how important 2012 is to the bank. The bank’s deals all end in 2012, though the...
Tag - Glen Abbey
In Photos: Day 1 of RBC Canadian Open
The 2017 RBC Canadian Open got underway Thursday amid rainy skies in Oakville, Ontario. A lush Glen Abbey Golf Club yielded many...
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Course review: Glen Abbey Golf Club
Course review: Glen Abbey GC (Oakville, Ont. — 1976) Architect: Jack Nicklaus Overview: It has held a boatload of Opens...
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What happens when a course falls out of fashion
Some courses are timeless. Others not so much. That seems to be part of the thinking behind the recently announced re-do of Angus...
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Canadian Open course setups suck: PGA Tour pros
Interesting to see the latest issue of Golf World, which includes Geoff Shackelford’s survey of PGA Tour pros commenting on what their favourite courses are. Two of the three regular...
Course Review: Heron Point Golf Links —...
RT’s Note: In the past I’ve always done my course reviews as essays. This season I’m going to try to put more of a structure to them. This is the first of several upcoming, including...
SCOREGolf Top 100 Courses in Canada — Overrated...
SCOREGolf unveiled their Top 100 Courses in Canada on TSN on Saturday, but don’t be heading to your local club in hope of picking up a copy of the magazine. This year the publication...
RCGA, ClubLink Hook Up For The Betterment of Golf in...
Not like this pairing is new, but this afternoon, as the sixth and seventh tarts to come out and say they’ve had “encounters” with Tiger Woods, the RCGA announced a $4...
CanOpen Sympatico Column: DeLaet's Rise, Tired...
I filed a story to Sympatico last night about the Canadians who made the cut — DeLaet, Baryla, and those that didn’t — Risdon, Taylor and Hill. Here’s a taste: ...
Weir-d Ruling: The Process that led to a birdie on 18...
A lot of people are probably wondering what happened to Mike Weir on the 18th hole of his second round today. It was pretty odd — he was in the middle of the fairway, all lined up to...
Sympatico at the CanOpen: Weir Finds His Comfort...
I continue on my quest to fill up Sympatico’s golf site with writing from the RBC Canadian Open. Today that includes the annual “can Mike Weir win at Glen Abbey” story...
MSN/Sympatico: Breaking Down Glen Abbey
As mentioned, I’m writing over at Sympatico this week — which is kind of neat since it gives me the freedom that I never had when I wrote for the space constrained National Post...