So, let's agree then that golf played at the professional level is a game of honour, integrity, honesty and good sportsmanship. PGA players are the white knights of the sporting world...and...
Tag - Greg Norman
Chances of a Weir comeback are more and more remote
What’s the worst shot I saw hit by a professional golfer this year? That’s easy. Standing on the 9th hole at Hamilton Golf and...
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I Do So Like Greens Jackets and Hams
Maybe I’ve just become spoiled. God knows I’m already jaded enough….and jaundiced and cynical and (add your choice of...
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Olympic Course's Canadian Connection
A lot of people in the industry were surprised today when it was announced that American Gil Hanse would create the Olympic...
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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.”...
A Visit From Auntie Climax
Somewhere in the cosmos, the ghost of Seve Ballesteros could be heard to laugh out loud and clap appreciatively...as he choked down on a 3-iron and stung an impossible recovery shot out of...
Sympatico: Tiger Hits New Lows
My latest Sympatico column went live this afternoon: How the mighty have fallen. When he returned to golf at the Masters in 2010 after five months away from the game, many thought Tiger...
Ireland Final Day: Lahinch and Doonbeg
Course Reviews: Lahinch (Mackenzie, Hawtree) and Doonbeg (Greg Norman) It had rained for at least one hole every round we’d played by the time we reached the end of our trip...
Review: One for the Ages — Jack Nicklaus and the...
Book Review: One for the Ages — Jack Nicklaus and the 1986 Masters (Tom Clavin) My shelves are littered with what seems like the most popular golf book concept — take a single...
Weir: "Confident" but "Realistic"...
Just got off a conference call with Mike Weir, whose well-reported injury of his elbow forced him to shut his golf season down in September. Weir announced he has a new caddie —...
DeLaet Ready To Shut Down, Hearn Gears Up and Weir...
I’ve had two interesting conversations — and one text — in the last couple of days. The first two phone calls came from Saskatchewan’s Graham DeLaet, who tied for...
Oh Canada…
I have to admit that Canadian Open week is always a bittersweet point in the golfing year for me. First, I have a strong sense of national pride, which can’t help but come to the surface...