G4G Xmas wishes – my thoughts on appropriate gifts for the Canadian golf industry: Mike Weir: A year where he’s healthy, so we can see if it is his body or his head that’s caused his...
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Canadian Open Day 3: Ogilvy on TGC, Weir's comeback, kudos to...
Yesterday began bright and early, with my appearance with Leslie Roberts on Global’s morning show to talk about the...
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Global Golf Post: Weir and Andrew's Laval success
I wrote about the opening of Laval’s new course near Montreal last week in Global Golf Post. It is the first project that...
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Coppinwood and the RBC Canadian Open
New/old Coppinwood owner Paul McLean has confirmed the Uxbridge-based club is seeking the RBC Canadian Open and Golf Canada CEO...
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Andrew and Weir make progress at Laval
There aren’t many golf courses being built in Canada — let alone those being tipped as potential sites for the RBC Canadian Open even before they are complete. But that’s...
Sympatico: Woods rebound comes at the right time
I’m off to Laval near Montreal today to see the work Ian Andrew and Mike Weir have come up with for a course hotly tipped to hold the Canadian Open down the road. In the meantime, for...
Parks Canada Comes Through for Highlands Links
I’ve been concerned about the lack of interest Parks Canada has had for Highlands Links for some time. In fact, I’ve been writing about it for almost a decade. Parks Canada only...
Sympatico: The restoration of Highlands Links
My weekly Sympatico column is now up, and this week includes a video interview with golf archtect Ian Andrew. What more can you hope for from free media? Contrary to at least one media...
Course Review: St. Thomas Golf and Country Club
Course Review: St. Thomas Golf and Country Club (Union, Ont.) 1923 Architect(s): Stanley Thompson (alterations by Robbie Robinson, Ian Andrew) The Scorecard: Long regarded as one of the...
Weir elbow injury requires surgery, out three to six...
Mike Weir will be out three to six months after undergoing surgery on his right elbow, his sports agents IMG announced this morning. Weir has struggled with elbow problems since injuring it...
Course Review: Highlands Links (Ingonish, N.S.)
Course Review: Highlands Links (Ingonish, NS) Architect: Stanley Thompson (1941 The Scorecard: I’ve been coming to Highlands Links for more than a decade, making six or seven pilgrimages...
Weir Golf Design: Laval Is the First
In one of the worst kept secrets — if everyone is aware of it is it really a secret? — Laval-sur-le-lac, the exclusive club outside of Montreal, will announce on Tuesday that it...