Intro to Canadian Golf Architecture Review: Blame it on Stanley Thompson. It has been more than a half century since the death of Canadas greatest golf designer, and contemporary golf...
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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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Highlands Links: Seeing the Woods for the Trees
In September I had the opportunity to travel to Highlands Links in Cape Breton to give a speech as part of a symposium on Stanley Thompson. It was a great experience, as I had the...
The Restoration of Highlands Links Con't
I arrived home on Friday night quite excited by the possibilities of what might happen at Highlands Links on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. No guarantees of course — money will...
Stanley Thompson Symposium At Highlands Links Next Week
I’m heading to Ingonish, NS, next week to participate in a symposium on the life and work of Stanley Thompson alongside some of the game’s most distinguished Canadian...
Ian Andrew's The Caddy Shack Calls It A Day
I think the initial version of G4G on blogspot was the first golf blog of note in Canada (since then there have been several), but one thing is clear — I think Canadian golf architect...
Andrew on St. George's — Best Course...
Lorne Rubenstein has a good column on the selection of St. George’s for the 2010 Canadian Open. Among those he spoke with were Ian Andrew, the golf designer who conducted the...
Golfing With Rube, Weeksy and the Ian at Maple Downs
I had an intriguing morning, teeing it up with Score Golf editor Bob Weeks, Globe and Mail columnist Lorne Rubenstein and golf travel writer extraordinaire Ian Cruickshank. Needless to say...
Review: Islington Golf Club
Review: Islington Golf Club (Stanley Thompson); Toronto, Ontario Some have argued there are three tiers of Stanley Thompson golf courses. The first is obvious — the so-called...
Canada's 25 Best
I’ve been working on a list of the Top 25 courses in Canada alongside my Golf Club Atlas compatriots, Ben Cowan-Dewar, Ian Andrew and Jeff Mingay. We’ll eventually post a full...