This week’s WGC-CA Championship at Doral will be a great tournament because in spite of all the “improvements” done to Dick Wilson’s superb design, Doral Blue is the...
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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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Brad Pelletier, Managing Director of IMG Canada...
Brad Pelletier, the managing director of IMG Sports in Canada, and the man behind the recent business dealings of Mike Weir, is departing the company. He told staff today about this...
$22M Burning a Hole in Your Pocket: Buy Grand Niagara...
Grand Niagara Resort, the once great development by the Sharp family (Four Seasons) and a Mississauga development group led by the Sorokolit family, have apparently run out of cash and...
Greg Norman, Crissy Evert Split
I guess that makes this segment of Golf in America on Golf Channel, where the unnaturally tanned Rich Lerner gets a lesson from Greg and Crissy, seem even stranger than it did before. The...
Sympatico Column: Miller Time
This week’s Sympatico column looks at Johnny Miller’s remarks about Tiger Woods in a recent issue of Forbes: Johnny Miller likes to hear himself talk. That isn’t shocking...
Presidents Cup International Team: Who Should Norman...
With Adam Scott mired in an awful slump, it appears clear he wasn’t likely the best choice for captain Greg Norman to pick. Some have suggested Norman picked Scott because of the...
Random thoughts that could become columns pt. 22:...
Lots happening in golf now, though it seems like the season is winding up in Ontario. I know this is the case when my instructor, the venerable Bruce McCarrol, starts announcing his last...
Norman to TaylorMade — What Happened To...
TaylorMade announced today that Greg Norman was switching to their equipment, just in time for his appearance at the Masters. Of course Norman doesn’t really play golf anymore –...
Weir, and Wonderfully Weird U.K. Weather
I’ve had the good fortune to play golf in the UK three times. I’ve experienced it all — 24 degrees and sunny at North Berwick in April; wind that meant I hit a 550-yard...