Jim Little, the marketing executive at RBC who developed the company’s golf strategy, is leaving, according to an email circulated to staff. Little ran sponsorship and marketing for...
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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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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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Canadian Open for King’s Forest is an infeasible concept
So a city politician in Hamilton not only wants the Canadian Open, they want Golf Canada to move to one of their courses as well:...
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Golf Canada loss shrinks, membership program falters
Golf Canada held its AGM over the weekend in Montreal, and released its annual report at the same time. Always interesting reading, there are some items worth noting both on the positive...
Monday Morning Wakeup: Levin's dart habit, Hockey...
While sitting in Florida last week with my friend Lorne Rubenstein, we flipped back and forth between a tennis match and Kyle Stanley’s apparent win in San Diego. I’ll admit we...
RBC: 2012 a pivotal year for Canadian bank in golf
My story on RBC’s involvement in golf appeared this week in Golf World this week, discussing how important 2012 is to the bank. The bank’s deals all end in 2012, though the...
Canadian Open course setups suck: PGA Tour pros
Interesting to see the latest issue of Golf World, which includes Geoff Shackelford’s survey of PGA Tour pros commenting on what their favourite courses are. Two of the three regular...
Holiday wishes for the Canadian golf business
G4G Xmas wishes – my thoughts on appropriate gifts for the Canadian golf industry: Mike Weir: A year where he’s healthy, so we can see if it is his body or his head that’s caused his...
Angus Glen owner Gordon Stollery passes
Angus Glen Golf Club owner Gordon Stollery, whose courses won basically every award in the business, passed suddenly today while in the Bahamas. Details are few at this time. He was 64...
Andrew and Weir make progress at Laval
There aren’t many golf courses being built in Canada — let alone those being tipped as potential sites for the RBC Canadian Open even before they are complete. But that’s...
Saturday Feature: Canada's disappointing PGA Tour...
Symaptico launched a Saturday feature a month or two back and my second attempt has just gone live. For this one I spoke with Mike Weir, Adam Hadwin and David Hearn about the state of...