The Royal Canadian Golf Association still exists — if you are interested in having your golf course rated for handicap purposes, or you happen to need a rules decision. But otherwise...
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Easy Guide to the Etiquette and Rules of Golf
Golf Canada (RCGA as I remember them, as much as I love Canada I’d never drop using Royal) has a superb publication, about...
Read More Another RCGA Exec Jumps Ship — Carroll, Regional Membership...
First it was the McDonald’s guy, Peter Beresford, the RCGA’s former COO, and now the former executive director of the...
Read More CanOpen to Laval, Coppinwood or Devil's Pulpit?
The Globe’s Lorne Rubenstein raises some interesting possibilities when talking about where the Canadian Open may go after...
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CN Reups for Canadian Women's Open
In a sign of market value, CN paid less for its LPGA event than it had in the past. Note the purse for the event was cut from $2.75-million to $2.25-million. So figure CN bargained them...
New York Times Magazine: The Economics of Tiger and...
The New York Times magazine has a really interesting story on the economics of the PGA Tour in the Tiger Woods era. I’d say it is mandatory reading for anyone hoping to understand the...
Canadian HOF Inductees: Ben Kern, Graham Cooke, Brent...
In another of a series of unexpected moves by the RCGA and the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame, three new inductees were announced today: former PGA Tour pro and longtime club pro Ben Kern;...
Richard Zokol in Canada Golf Hall of Fame?
On Thursday the RCGA will announce its latest addition(s) to the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame. I’m making a guess here, but since I know he’ll be in town on Friday for a talk at...
Canadian Turf Conference — Brown is the new green
I’ve been crazy busy since returning from Mexico late last week, but yesterday I managed to find the time to head down to the Canadian International Turfgrass conference, generally...
RCGA: "Were very interested in the government...
Given the $4.7-million that a Quebec-based sports marketing agency managed to draw out of the Federal and Provincial governments for a Champions Tour event in Montreal, I thought it was...
CPGA Names Gary Bernard New ED
It has been five months since former CPGA executive director Steve Carroll left the organization (ending up with the RCGA, strangely enough), and while no one has ever accused the CPGA of...
RBC Antes Up, Puts Money into Tour Pros, Amateur Events
Interesting news this morning from Royal Bank, which is increasing its investment in golf, including investments in “Team Canada,” the RCGA’s national amateur golf teams...