It is hard to determine whether a great geographic setting will turn into a great golf course. That much is certainly true. The world is full of courses that should have been great given...
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Cabot Links debuts in world Top 100
Golf Magazine unveiled it list of newcomers to its world Top 100 golf course list yesterday. Along with Donald Trump’s...
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Hockey's funny man in Palm Springs, and playing LA Country Club
Fourteen years ago I had just finished journalism school and was writing a weekly hockey column for the Hamilton Spectator. My...
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Course Review: Streamsong Resort (Polk County, Florida)
Course Review: Streamsong (Polk County, Florida) Designers: Red – Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw; Blue – Tom Doak...
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Government seeks lease deal for Highlands Links and...
Interesting that just as the restoration of Highlands Links nears completion, the Federal government and the Nova Scotia provincial government have announced they are seeking an operator...
The art of spinning — pureing catches on in...
Walking onto the range at Beacon Hall last week I was quite surprised to see a tour trailer parked on the end of the bent grass. I immediately recognized the trailer — its huge Mobile...
A new player to the ratings game
A couple of months ago my former editor at T&L Golf (RIP) asked me about participating in a new world Top 100 panel for course rankings. I was delighted — I’ve never been...
U.S. Open Week: Pebble Beach Overview
Here’s a repeat performance from a blog I wrote last year on playing Pebble Beach — one thing I’ve thought about a lot since last March is the cost. I’d bet that...
Fourth at Bandon Dunes Opens: Old Macdonald Scheduled...
In celebration of Old Macdonald’s opening at Bandon Dunes in a couple of weeks, I’m running a story I wrote on the course that appeared in last year’s National Post Think...
Review: A Son of the Game (James Dodson)
Book review: A Son of the Game: A story of golf, going home, and sharing life’s lessons Author: James Dodson (Algonquin books) The golf memoir is an intriguing concept. At its heart...