I recognized recently that the first time I wrote about Cabot Links, the new course in Inverness, NS, was almost seven years ago. I’ve been fascinated by the project and was very...
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Will Cabot Cliffs exceed Cabot Links?
It is hard to determine whether a great geographic setting will turn into a great golf course. That much is certainly true. The...
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Off to Casa De Campo
I’ve long wanted to see Pete Dye’s Teeth of the Dog in the Dominican Republic. I’ve read Dye’s...
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Weir's comeback starts this week
Lots of Canadian interest in Mike Weir this week, as the golfer makes his comeback six months after elbow surgery. My Sympatico...
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Ireland Day Three: Ballybunion Old and Cashen
Day Three Ballybunion Old and Cashen After a two-hour drive from Waterville, we pulled into Ballybunion in the late afternoon, scheduled to play the Cashen Course, a much-discussed design...
The Best Week of the Year!
That wonderful, magical time of year is suddenly upon us...and on Wednesday morning at the crack of yawn, I’ll be joining about 140 other frost-bitten Canucks as we stampede our way across...
Tiger's Anniversary
Yep, we’re nearing the one-year anniversary of Tiger Woods slamming his SUV into a fire hydrant outside his home and the snoring as the ambulance arrived. I know because he’s...
Course Preview: Cabot Links
Course Preview: Cabot Links (Inverness, NS) Designer: Rod Whitman Projected opening: Spring 2012 Few courses are as anticipated as Cabot Links. Being constructed between the town of...
Yankee? No Thankee!
The theme for my picks at St. Andrew can be summed up in one pithy little rhyme: “Yanks, no thanks.†It might not bump “Madam, I’m Adam†out of the Guinness Book of Records, but...
Poolside Is Brought To You By The Letter "M"
What a difference a few months and a few inches of grass can make on a golf course! Oh yes, there’s also the pressure of contending for one of golf’s biggest prizes too. Back in...
Lessons of a Lifetime: Tom Watson
The last time the U.S. Open was at Pebble Beach, there was a symbolic passing of the torch between Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods — the former walking off an Open course for the last...
All 3 Canadians hanging around cutline late on day 2...
All three Canadians competing at this week’s US Open at Pebble Beach are battling to make the cut and stick around for the weekend. After a wonderful first round Mike Weir has had...