The Golf Journalists Association of Canada, a group of 60 golf media members of which I’m part, today announced its top Canadian players for 2009. Some interesting results: George...
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In Photos: Day 2 of RBC Canadian Open
It was red and white day at the RBC Canadian Open today, but the star of the show today was actually Martin Flores of the U.S...
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In Photos: Day 1 of RBC Canadian Open
The 2017 RBC Canadian Open got underway Thursday amid rainy skies in Oakville, Ontario. A lush Glen Abbey Golf Club yielded many...
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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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Sympatico Column: DeLaet's Wild Ride to the PGA...
Been busy writing about Canadian golf lately, though it is December and it was damned cold taking my garbage to the curb this morning. Anyway, I touched base with Graham DeLaet on Monday...
Baryla and DeLaet Equal RCGA Success?
Vancouver Province writer Kent Gilchrist, last seen interviewing Richard Zokol and bashing the RCGA’s player development program, does an about face given the success of both...
New Sympatico Column: Canada's Golfing Future
My latest MSN/Sympatico column went live yesterday. Here’s a taste: UXBRIDGE, Ont. – Maybe it is a sign of the insular and self-reflective nature of golf, but both Nick Taylor...
Weir's Near Record; Taylor in the Hunt
Fascinating golf yesterday from Mike Weir. If a couple of putts had fallen that burned the lip on his front nine — he could have broke the US Open scoring record. If it makes the...
Taylor, Hill Are One, Two in the World
Fascinating news out the RCGA today regarding top amateurs Nick Taylor and Matt Hill: National Amateur Team members Nick Taylor and Matt Hill are currently ranked 1st and 2nd respectively...
U.S. Open Week — Weir on Young Canucks:...
Ottawa Sun writer Chris Stevenson has a good story about the round Mike Weir played with Andrew Parr and Nick Taylor on Monday at Bethpage. Despite lousy whether, the group managed to get...
Follow on the RCGA, player development and Zokol
Reader GolfGrrl raised some interesting points in a comment on Kent Gilchrist’s recent story about Richard Zokol and the state of the RCGA’s player development program. This is...
Gilchrist on RCGA: "Player development program...
In an interesting piece that reader Neo pointed out, Kent Gilchrist in Vancouver has posted an interesting story to Canada.com about the split between former PGA Tour pro Richard Zokol and...