In what is surely unexpected news, Canadian golf journalist Lorne Rubenstein will be retiring from the Globe and Mail according to a column in the paper. “I always said that when I...
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PGA Tour Canada: the courses and the veterans
The Canadian Tour PGA Tour Canada had a limited conference call last week — just four writers were invited to participate...
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Shaw Communications lands as sponsor of Calgary Champions Tour event
As senior vice-president of brand strategy at Bell Canada, Jim Little helped involve the telecommunications giant in the Canadian...
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Unnecessary: Work to the Old Course and the "anchored"...
I’ve watched the debates over golf technology with some bemusement this week. And yes, I consider the renovation of the Old...
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Saturday Ticket: Lorne Rubenstein's Moe and Me
My Sympatico Saturday Ticket — a longer feature I write for the website every few weeks, is now live. The feature focuses on Lorne Rubenstein’s new book, Moe and Me, which I...
Richard Zokol takes gig at Predator Ridge
First it was former LPGA pro AJ Eathorne coming to Vernon’s Predator Ridge to teach, and now Richard Zokol, the former PGA Tour winner, is coming on as the club’s executive...
PGA Merch Day 2: True footwear, Quagmire rocks Arnie...
Like the first day of the merch show, I spent day two jammed in meetings for the new Pro:Files magazine, the soon-to-be-released publication of the PGA of Canada. By the time I was done...
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.”...
Welcome to 2012: Weir, Dunning, Quagmire and other New...
Welcome back to work! For me, most of January means getting through the writing of a coffee table book on Copper Creek, the Doug Carrick-designed golf course near Kleinberg, Ont. Like the...
Cabot Links: Top 100 hype?
On Monday afternoon I jump on a jet and fly to Sydney, NS, for the second time this year. The trip is only three days long and takes in only two courses — Highlands Links, and Cabot...
OG publishes Top 100 in Ontario, magazine ends
I was saddened to hear today that OG magazine, which has run under several names, but most notably Ontario Golf News, will not be continuing after its fall edition, which should be hitting...
Canadian Open Wednesday: Foley on Tiger, Weir stacks...
Yesterday was spent at Marine Drive Golf Club where the Golf Journalists Assocation of Canada had its annual awards lunch and golf tournament. I won two second place showings — one...