Hozzle rockets, shanks and the yips — phrases no golfer wants to hear. This week’s Sympatico column looks at the struggles of Ernie Els, victim of poor putting: “Ernie Els will...
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The Open Championship (is all you have to say)
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...
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For The Father Who Has Everything…
Take McIlroy to win…he misses the cut. Shrug it off as a glitch, take him again in the next tournament…he misses the...
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The Best Golfer Ever…PERIOD!
True confessions time; I just walked out of two straight days of Marketing strategy meetings (8am-6pm on day 1 and 9am –...
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Sympatico: Donald is tops
As if there was really any question, I suggest in my latest Sympatico column that indeed, Luke Donald isn’t just the best player in the world, but the best on the PGA Tour as well...
Major to Major
Maybe there’s something fundamentally wrong with me? (Of course, if you’ve ever read this column before, you already knew that). Maybe I should have a much more cold-blooded...
Review: One for the Ages — Jack Nicklaus and the...
Book Review: One for the Ages — Jack Nicklaus and the 1986 Masters (Tom Clavin) My shelves are littered with what seems like the most popular golf book concept — take a single...
Open Championship Week: The Scottish Golf Tour
In 2003 I went to Scotland for the first time — the tour consisted of rounds at Stonehaven (while my wife was traveling with me), Belleisle, Turnberry’s two courses...
Sympatico Column
I’ve been on holiday for a few days with the kids and working on completing my book on Eagles Nest. In the meantime, here’s a column from earlier in the week on the Champions...
Lessons of a Lifetime: Tom Watson
The last time the U.S. Open was at Pebble Beach, there was a symbolic passing of the torch between Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods — the former walking off an Open course for the last...
Champions Tour Returns to Canada for Montreal Event
The Champions Tour returns to Canada for the first time since 2002 with an event in Montreal at Laval sur le Lac, according to multiple sources. The event will be put on by Synchro Sports...
Brad Pelletier, Managing Director of IMG Canada...
Brad Pelletier, the managing director of IMG Sports in Canada, and the man behind the recent business dealings of Mike Weir, is departing the company. He told staff today about this...