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...
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Should Canadian Open become a WGC event?
Should we sacrifice the RBC Canadian Open? That seems to be what Golf Canada executive director Scott Simmons was raising while...
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Yesterday began bright and early, with my appearance with Leslie Roberts on Global’s morning show to talk about the...
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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...
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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...
A Great Month to be Canadian!
I’m suffering from a serious case of “Dumper’s Remorse” today. No, I didn’t attend a member-guest at a fancy schmancy private course this weekend and ignominiously shart on the front nine. ...
The Open Championship (is all you have to say)
And…I’m back. After an unexpected week off, welcome back to Poolside; your home for whatever the hell it is that I do here. If you missed me last week, your time has run out. Sorry...
Patron Saint of Morons?
Broadcasting live from the 43rd floor of the Phlegm Building in beautiful downtown Losertonia, welcome to this week’s edition of “Moron Minute.” Moron Minute is brought to you by that...
The Best Golfer Ever…PERIOD!
True confessions time; I just walked out of two straight days of Marketing strategy meetings (8am-6pm on day 1 and 9am – 9:30pm on day 2…plus a full 2 days of prep and research...
Mini-Me…Hogan's Alley Style
“I was torn between Dufner, Wagner, Pettersson and Harrington for this final spot, but in the end, decided to go with the defending champ instead.” Famous last words from last week’s column...
Honouring One of the Game's Best!
Wow…you insult and threaten a guy with baldness and look how well he does! (Hmmm…I wonder if I could pull the same therapy on Kevin Na to help him with that massive case of...
The Island of Doctor Dye Sade
Apparently the one thing that Rickie Fowler needed to finally step into the winner’s circle was actually three things. And, it looks like last week, when I picked Fowler to win at Quail...