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...
Tag - the PGA Tour
Should Canadian Open become a WGC event?
Should we sacrifice the RBC Canadian Open? That seems to be what Golf Canada executive director Scott Simmons was raising while...
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Course review: Glen Abbey Golf Club
Course review: Glen Abbey GC (Oakville, Ont. — 1976) Architect: Jack Nicklaus Overview: It has held a boatload of Opens...
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Guest blog: Colin McDougall on the possibilities of long drive
RT’s note: Regular guest blogger Colin McDougall is an educator in the golf industry who formerly ran equipment maker...
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Monday Morning Wakeup: Levin's dart habit, Hockey...
While sitting in Florida last week with my friend Lorne Rubenstein, we flipped back and forth between a tennis match and Kyle Stanley’s apparent win in San Diego. I’ll admit we...
PGA Tour takeover of Canadian Tour?
That’s not quite what was announced — but that’s how it will be interpreted after the ailing Canadian Tour, which was struggling under a mountain of debt, sought financial...
Sympatico Saturday Ticket: Canadians at Q School
Sympatico’s Saturday ticket is now live. I interviewed Mike Weir, Adam Hadwin, Graham DeLaet, and Richard Scott for the story about the struggles of PGA Tour qualifying school, which...
Canadians at Q School: What about Hill and Taylor?
Richard Scott. Andrew Parr. Dustin Risdon. Brad Fritsch. Mike Mezei. All got through the first part of the PGA Tour’s grueling qualifying school, perhaps the last year that golfers...
Sympatico: Woods' latest comeback
It is the doldrums of professional golf — but glorious for anyone interested in playing, at least in Ontario where it feels more like June than October. Anyway, what else is there to...
Mike Weir: Trying to return for Masters
Canadian Mike Weir held a conference call with what seemed like three reporters yesterday — or at least only three asked questions — to discuss his return to the PGA Tour after...
RBC To Sponsor Heritage; Canadian Open Negotiations...
In news that was a little unexpected — if only because it hadn’t been discussed for a few months and it comes during the U.S. Open — RBC announced today that it will...
Sympatico: Canada's Best Need to Get Better
My latest Sympatico column, on the failure of basically any of Canada’s male PGA Tour pros to play well (with the exception of David Hearn), is now live: With six Canadian men teeing...