I think the answer to the question is no. On its premise, the announcement that the PGA Tour was enveloping the Canadian Tour was not a surprise. The PGA Tour spent too long doing due...
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2016 RBC Canadian Open: Day’s star turn and RBC’s renewal
This is, by my estimation, my 20th Canadian Open, either attended as a fan or a journalist. Hard to imagine, really. This year...
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Mike Weir: What’s next?
I found it fascinating that Mike Weir announced he was working for TSN, commentating on the Masters after his rounds. When a...
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Global Golf Post: Canadian PGA Tour pros struggle in 2015
I wrote about the struggles of Canadian PGA Tour pros in Global Golf Post this week, where there’s barely one Canadian in...
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Mongo Like Candy…and Golf
It’s a sad day in the world of entertainment today folks. Alex Karras, the actor who played “Mongo” in Blazing Saddles, died this morning. And in the spirit of the funniest movie ever made...
Looping on the Canadian Tour
Standing on the 5th tee at Scarboro G&CC, I reach down and push the button on a water jug. Nothing comes out. Nothing to drink and no water to wet my towel. This isn’t the...
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...
Canadian Open: Round Two Wrap Up
Mike Weir looked dejected, Scott Piercy played well despite not being a big fan of classic courses, and Ernie Els took the weekend off. In all, Hamilton Golf and Country Club played easier...
Canadian Open wrap: Round One
I spent part of the day walking with David Hearn’s father, Geoff, while watching the Brantford golfer play the back nine at Hamilton. Hearn played nicely when the course was at its...
Canadian Open round up — Wednesday —...
I was busy yesterday, talking to Sean Foley for a GlobalGolfPost column, talking to Stephen Ames for the same story, and sitting in on a bunch of press conferences, including Ernie Els and...
RBC Canadian Open wrap Wednesday — exemption...
Interesting to see the controversy raised by the exemptions given at the last minute to Abbotsford’s Nick Taylor, but more specifically to Chris Ross. Ross, for those who don’t...
Top 10 Canadian Moments on PGA Tour
With the 2012 edition of the RBC Canadian Open kicking off tomorrow at Hamilton Golf and Country Club hopefully some new historic moments will be produced. But in anticipation here is a...