On the same day the Golf Journalists Association of Canada voted Matt Hill in as the top Canadian male amateur, the RCGA named Nick Taylor as the country’s top college male player. So...
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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...
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 Hamilton for the Open? Cherry Hill in the mix?
First Score referenced it. Then I got wind of an e-mail that went out to members and had someone close to the RBC Canadian Open...
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Terrebonne project sold, RCGA investigate other...
When it was announced in 2002, the Terrebonne project (sometimes called CCQ), owned by Angus Glen proprietor Gordon Stollery and his business associate, Mike Columbos, was expected to hold...
Baryla and DeLaet Equal RCGA Success?
Vancouver Province writer Kent Gilchrist, last seen interviewing Richard Zokol and bashing the RCGA’s player development program, does an about face given the success of both...
RCGA Adds New COO, Deals with CanOpen Golf Range Issue
It has been a long time coming, but the Royal Canadian Golf Association today announced a new chief operating officer, with Peter Beresford replacing Rick Desrochers, who apparently remains...
MSN/Sympatico Column: Daly at the Open
Okay, this is the last thing I write about John Daly for the next two weeks — at least until he arrives in Canada or wins the British Open. My latest Sympatico column is online with...
New Sympatico Column: Canada's Golfing Future
My latest MSN/Sympatico column went live yesterday. Here’s a taste: UXBRIDGE, Ont. – Maybe it is a sign of the insular and self-reflective nature of golf, but both Nick Taylor...
Course Review: Black Bear Ridge (Belleville, Ont.)
Course Review: Black Bear Ridge (Belleville, Ont.) Designer: Brian Magee Sometimes even when you haven’t seen a course, you have an impression of it. And those impressions...
Sympatico/MSN column: CN train prepared to leave LPGA...
My latest MSN/Sympatico column is now live — stemming from a tip I received that CN wasn’t altogether thrilled about the way it has been treated by the LPGA, which has a half...
Mike Weir Enters Canadian Golf Hall of Fame
That was the word that came down from the Royal Canadian Golf Association this morning. Let’s start here — Mike Weir, at 38, is the best Canadian golfer in history. He’s...