The National Post’s golf supplement came out yesterday — and it was written and edited by me, as it has been for the past several years. Never a big supplement, this...
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The crowds and the gear: Returning to the PGA Merchandise Show
A few years ago, when I’d yet to make an appearance at the PGA Merchandise Show (last year was the first time I’d...
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Going for the Green is Eight!
I started Going for the Green in 2004, as I was sitting one afternoon at the National Post discussing whether blogs would survive...
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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...
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RBC To Sponsor Heritage; Canadian Open Negotiations...
In news that was a little unexpected — if only because it hadn’t been discussed for a few months and it comes during the U.S. Open — RBC announced today that it will...
Canadian Open Media Day Roundup
Lots of coverage of yesterday’s unveiling of the field yesterday at St. George’s Golf and Country Club. Toronto Sun writer Dave Fuller played with Nathan Green and found him...
RBC/PGA Coverage — What Gives?
I was looking forward to seeing some of the perspectives on yesterday’s announcement between the PGA of America and Royal Bank. From my way of thinking, it is a significant deal, with...
Brad Pelletier, Managing Director of IMG Canada...
Brad Pelletier, the managing director of IMG Sports in Canada, and the man behind the recent business dealings of Mike Weir, is departing the company. He told staff today about this...
Going for the Green: Wilkins Was Mining Star
I picked up the Globe this morning to find an obituary of former Barrick Gold CEO Greg Wilkins, who died after a lengthy battle with cancer. I only met Wilkins once — playing golf...
Jack Poole in Going for the Green
The second year I wrote my Going for the Green column for the National Post I had the good fortune of playing a round of golf with Jack Poole, the force behind BC’s 2010 Winter Games...
A Return to Oviinbyrd
Every year since 2005 at about this time I’ve returned for a game at Oviinbyrd, the private club that was established by Peter Schwartz, the former CEO of tech company Descartes...
OG Reveals Top 10 Courses
I’ve written for Ontario Golf — or OG as it is known — since 2001 when Ted McIntyre took the position of editor and launched the publication. Today OG announced its fifth...