I’m not sure it gets much notice here, but Golfweek, which ranks pretty much everything (Players! College players! Courses! Campus Courses! Caddies!) has come out with its second...
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Canadian Pro Mitch Gillis goes crowdsourcing for Q School dollars
I first heard about Mitch Gillis when Richard Zokol brought him to my attention. Zokol was working with the aspiring Canadian...
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Returning to Sagebrush
In some ways driving up the laneway to Sagebrush is very familiar. After all, I’ve been to the course numerous times, first when...
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Canadian Golfing Heroes
Last Sunday, while conducting a junior golf session, using the wonderful CN FUTURE LINKS format, I asked the kids to name a...
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Predator Ridge named one of top employers in Canada
Interesting to see something you don’t regularly experience in a business as transitory as golf — a resort being recognized as one of the best employers in Canada. But...
Richard Zokol responds: Anchoring ban protects...
I received a phone call Sunday from my friend, Richard Zokol, a winner on the PGA Tour and Canadian Golf Hall of Fame member. Zoke and I disagree about the anchoring ban, and rather than...
What happens when a course falls out of fashion
Some courses are timeless. Others not so much. That seems to be part of the thinking behind the recently announced re-do of Angus Glen’s South Course, which will close on September 1...
Richard Zokol takes gig at Predator Ridge
First it was former LPGA pro AJ Eathorne coming to Vernon’s Predator Ridge to teach, and now Richard Zokol, the former PGA Tour winner, is coming on as the club’s executive...
Richard Zokol splits with Sagebrush
I remember the first time I asked Richard Zokol about the golf course he was planning on building. It was 2003, his last year in which he played with any regularity on the PGA Tour. He was...
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 column is about Weir, largely stemming from a phone call I...
Adam Hadwin, David Hearn, and Shaughnessy the stories...
Spent yesterday running around trying to catch as many groups as possible. Covering Thursday/Friday at the RBC Canadian Open is a real challenge — there’s so much going on and...
Canadian Open Wednesday: Foley on Tiger, Weir stacks...
Yesterday was spent at Marine Drive Golf Club where the Golf Journalists Assocation of Canada had its annual awards lunch and golf tournament. I won two second place showings — one...