In case you’re not paying rapt attention, this is a week of endings folks. First, and probably biggest; the interminably long US election is finally over! Second; for many of you in...
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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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RBC Canadian Open announces initial players
It seems a little later than normal, but Golf Canada has announced its initial batch of players and frankly, there are no...
Read More RBC continues its big bet on golf
Though it got little coverage – it is interesting to see the RBC isn’t backing down from the golf marketing business even after...
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Corgies in Costumes…and Fortune Cookies
It’s been a busy week friends. After I finished sorting through my latest batch of multi-million dollar inheritance offers from rich Nigerian princes and widows (it was down to a mere $68.5...
Americans choke in losing Ryder Cup
My column on the U.S. Ryder Cup collapse appeared last night on Sympatico: Choke. It is a simple word, but in sports it comes with massive implications. But there is no other word that...
We Don't Need Another Brookline…
Even though we still have several weeks left in the PGA golf season, the “big” season effectively ended last weekend with the wrap-up event of the FedEx Cup Playoffs; The Tour Championship...
Hoist With His Own Petard
I’ll be honest with you here folks. I’m not 100% sure what a petard is. I’m pretty sure I used to have one…but then my neighbour back in London borrowed it and never returned it to...
Golf Like Frenchman – Time to Mix Up Your Game
Warning; the following story is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the guilty. Over the years I’ve been extremely fortunate to have mixed myself in with a wacky, remarkably...
Armstrong v. Armstrong – One Small Step, One...
We lost a truly great one this week folks. And we also revealed a bad one. When I was a boy, my hero was Neil Armstrong. In fact, he still is to this day. Nothing, absolutely nothing...
5-Ring Fail(?) and Wyndham in Your Sail
Well, the quadrennial competition we know and love as the Olympic Games are now in our rear view mirror, and TV coverage notwithstanding, most people seem to agree that the games themselves...
Kisses, Curses, Crow and Kiawah
This week’s funniest Olympics-related gag: There’s a poster circulating on the Internet, showing a flummoxed Jean-Luc Picard, sitting in his command chair on the USS Enterprise...