The cape hole — the par four 9th — at Cabot Links. The second part of my look at Cabot Links, the new course by Rod Whitman in Inverness, NS. Day one (holes 1 through 6) can be...
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Global Golf Post: Calgary's golf disaster
My latest golf column for Global Golf Post is about the damage to Calgary area courses after the flooding. You can find it here.
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Highlands Links: The comeback isn't quite complete
Can you call it a comeback? Four years ago when I arrived at Highlands Links in Ingonish, NS, I was staggered. Sure it still had...
Read More Manulife Financial LPGA Coverage
I spent part of the weekend in Waterloo writing about the new LPGA event there. It was interesting to see how well the community...
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Course Review: Eagle Creek (Dunrobin, Ont)
Course: Eagle Creek Golf Club (Dunrobin, Ont) Designer: Ken Venturi, 1991 The Scorecard: I often hear complaints from various regions that their courses are overlooked when it comes...
Course Review: Oshawa Golf and Curling Club
Course Review: Oshawa Golf and Curling Club Architect: George Cumming/Bill Mitchell/others The Scorecard: Oshawa is one of those members’ clubs that doesn’t get the attention nor respect it...
Another Golf Course Closes
This time it is Owen Sound Golf and Country Club, three hours north-west of Toronto. Apparently there was a big debt problem: OSGCC president Bob Nicol said on Tuesday that the 90- year-old...
Isabelle Beisiegel Makes Grade at CanTour, Earns Right...
Not a lot was made of Quebec’s Isabelle Beisiegel making her way through Canadian Tour Q-School last week, and I think it is for a good reason. Beisiegelhas been through the Q-School...
Tiger's Injury Worse Than Initially Suspected...
An interesting day to be Tiger Woods. First he tried to blackmail reporters at a press conference for the AT&T National into not asking about his injured ankle tendon, and then it is...
Lucky Charms: 10 Lessons Learned from Irish Golf
So I’ve been back from the north-west of Ireland for a week now and have still only played one round in Ontario this year — can’t imagine the last time that happened...
Ireland Day One Review: Dooks (Glenbeigh)
Dooks Golf Club, Glenbeigh, Ireland It has been a long day. Not that I’m complaining. After all, my last overseas trip started with a cop threatening to knock out my teeth. So after an...
To Ireland I Will Go
Starting Monday, G4G is going overseas — to the western coast of Ireland for a lot of golf and a fair bit of driving. In the company of two golf architects, I’ll be traveling to...