And…I’m back. After an unexpected week off, welcome back to Poolside; your home for whatever the hell it is that I do here. If you missed me last week, your time has run out. Sorry...
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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...
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Armstrong v. Armstrong – One Small Step, One Giant Turd
We lost a truly great one this week folks. And we also revealed a bad one. When I was a boy, my hero was Neil Armstrong. In...
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A Great Month to be Canadian!
I’m suffering from a serious case of “Dumper’s Remorse” today. No, I didn’t attend a member-guest at a fancy schmancy private...
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Honouring One of the Game's Best!
Wow…you insult and threaten a guy with baldness and look how well he does! (Hmmm…I wonder if I could pull the same therapy on Kevin Na to help him with that massive case of...
The Island of Doctor Dye Sade
Apparently the one thing that Rickie Fowler needed to finally step into the winner’s circle was actually three things. And, it looks like last week, when I picked Fowler to win at Quail...
On Gullibility…and Golf Ability
Did you know that if you say the word “gullible” very slowly, it actually sounds like “oranges?” Please, tell me you didn’t just sound that out in your head. PLEASE! Gullibility has been...
Long Live The King!
I saw an interview with John Cleese recently in which he was talking about the research of a friend of his, a fairly renowned professor at a very respectable US University (Cornell, I think...
Retribution and Bear Claws…uhh…Bear Traps
Seven short days ago I was wrapping away on these keys, bemoaning the bad hand the fates had dealt my daughter at the Northern Trust Open. All four picks from her D&D dartboard session...
Death Match…at Dove Mountain?
For the very first time since we started playing these silly reindeer games for CanadianGolfer, the fortunes of random chance completely crapped out last week. Snake eyes! For those of you...
The Calm Between the Storms
Hunter Mahan made a brief charge on the weekend…and we actually got to see him play. Luke Donald and Lee Westwood were crafting challenges for the lead…and were treated to...
On Semi-Majors and Circular Impressions
Note to self; if the tournament doesn’t really mean anything, don’t take Phil Mickelson…because he’ll probably play like it doesn’t mean anything! For those of you who read my last...