My latest Sympatico column went live over the weekend. In it I discuss the Ryder Cup selection — though I’ll admit I never thought of Charley Hoffman as a pick, though some...
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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...
Read MoreWe Don't Need Another Brookline…
Even though we still have several weeks left in the PGA golf season, the “big” season effectively ended last weekend with the...
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Sympatico: Love risks Ryder Cup on picks of Furyk, Snedeker
My latest Sympatico column looks at the decision by Davis Love to pick Jim Furyk, Brandt Snedeker, Steve Stricker and Dustin...
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For Whom The Bell Tolls…
We all should have expected the first week of the FedEx Playoffs was going to be a wild and wacky weekend, based on the way it started. But I can pretty much guarantee you that NO ONE with...
Sympatico Column: Ryder Cup for Sale
A column that came out of my recent travels to Wales is up at Sympatico. And Southerdown Golf Club, which I wrote about in a post here, has linked to G4G, which I admit was pretty cool...
Lessons Learned on the slight streets and fine...
I arrived back in Toronto on Saturday night after a week of chasing golf balls in Wales. It was a fascinating, eye-opening trip that proved far better, at least in terms of golf and...
Wales Day Four: Wonderful Porthcawl, Peculiar Pennard
I’m rushing to leave the wonderful Fairyhill Hotel this morning on a three-hour drive to Aberdovey, up the Welsh coastline, so this is more photo-oriented than written. Yesterday we...
Day Three: Celtic Manor 2010 Course and Southerndown
Our day started at the Celtic Manor’s main hotel, a relatively new, decidedly comfortable and quite North American facility that is long on convenience. Owner Terry Matthews, who has...
Wales Day Two — Celtic Manor
Not much to say yet, other than the hotel is really swish. And, interestingly, there is a clock on the wall that has the time in Ottawa, which, I suppose, isn’t all that surprising...
Wales Golf — Day One
I finally made it to Wales. After arriving at Pearson at 2 a.m., only to have Canadian Affair’s computer system go down. Eventually we made it onto the plane and arrived at Gatwick...
RBC/PGA Coverage — What Gives?
I was looking forward to seeing some of the perspectives on yesterday’s announcement between the PGA of America and Royal Bank. From my way of thinking, it is a significant deal, with...