Danny Fritz, the sharp dressed co-managing director of IMG Canada, whose clients included Mike Weir, Matt Hill and Eugene Wong, is leaving his role. Reached on his cell phone, Fritz...
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Global Golf Post: Canadian PGA Tour pros struggle in 2015
I wrote about the struggles of Canadian PGA Tour pros in Global Golf Post this week, where there’s barely one Canadian in...
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RBC Canadian Open Day 2: SportBox, Canadians, Ogilvy at TGC, and Weir...
I’m working the week for Global television as a golf analyst and writing for their website. I’ve done a few things...
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Global Golf Post: Hadwin's U.S. Open Hopes
This week’s Global Golf Post column focused on Adam Hadwin, who tips it up today in the U.S. Open. Does Hadwin have a...
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Canadian Open round up — Wednesday —...
I was busy yesterday, talking to Sean Foley for a GlobalGolfPost column, talking to Stephen Ames for the same story, and sitting in on a bunch of press conferences, including Ernie Els and...
RBC Canadian Open wrap Wednesday — exemption...
Interesting to see the controversy raised by the exemptions given at the last minute to Abbotsford’s Nick Taylor, but more specifically to Chris Ross. Ross, for those who don’t...
Where should the RBC Canadian Open go next?
Golf Canada has finally gotten around to doing what we already knew was true – next year’s RBC Canadian Open is heading back the Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, Ont. Nothing...
Ames on Players: "Just another tournament"
I caught up with Stephen Ames for the first time since last year’s Canadian Open for a feature I was working on and also got him to talk about missing the Players Championship for the...
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 bank. The bank’s deals all end in 2012, though the...
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...
RBC Canadian Open Thursday: Weir, McQuillan and Fowler
Lots of media this week on the Canadian Open, even if the media facilities at Shaughnessy are as quiet as I’ve ever experienced in 13 years of coming to Canada’s top tournament...
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...