As both of you who read this column on a regular basis know, we moved to the Ottawa area back in November. For the sake of convenience, I usually just say “Ottawa” to people who aren’t...
Tag - Webb Simpson
We 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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Hoist With His Own Petard
I’ll be honest with you here folks. I’m not 100% sure what a petard is. I’m pretty sure I used to have one…but then my...
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Canadian Open Week Round Up — Day two
The Canadian Open round up starts with changes to the field — U.S. Open winner Webb Simpson, whose wife is due with their...
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After the Carnage…
Another nail-biting U.S. Open is in the record books. For most of the combatants, another 4 days of hell are now in the rear-view mirror. The only remnants of the week remaining are the...
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 cut. Stubbornly insist he couldn’t possibly miss 3 in...
Björn on the Bayou
Back in the late 17th century, when I was a wee lad, Björn Borg was the greatest tennis player to stalk the planet. He crushed everyone in his path on the way to 5 straight Wimbledon...
On Gizmos and Gators
Technology is a wonderful, miraculous thing. And I’ll be the first person to admit that I’m an unashamed, gob-smacked, star-struck fan of all things magical from the worlds of science and...
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...
"Abridged Too Far…?"
(With apologies to the veterans of Remagen) This column will be unusually short this week. Yes, I’ve promised that once before, but this time I really mean it! For reasons I won’t divulge...
Sugar Highs and Suntanned Thighs
It’s only the midpoint of the first month of 2012, and many of our friends south of the 49th parallel have suddenly gone into a complete tailspin during the last 24 hours. A disaster...
Shanghai Surprise!
Well folks, as hard as it is to believe, the professional golf season is coming to its’ final chapter this week. Oh sure, I realize that there are more events on the horizon between now...