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...
Tag - Weir Golf Design
Richard Zokol takes gig at Predator Ridge
First it was former LPGA pro AJ Eathorne coming to Vernon’s Predator Ridge to teach, and now Richard Zokol, the former PGA...
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Andrew and Weir make progress at Laval
There aren’t many golf courses being built in Canada — let alone those being tipped as potential sites for the RBC...
Read More Back to the Future
While the sun blazed in the sky yesterday, I spent the day indoors, participating in the RCGA’sGolf Canada’s latest...
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Five Questions with Ian Andrew on Bethpage: "The...
Restoration expert and Weir Golf Design partner Ian Andrew played Bethpage Black last fall on a trip to Long Island. As I’ve never played the state park course that will host this...
Ian Andrew on CPGA radio show
Ian Andrew, Mike Weir’s design partner and Canada’s foremost authority on golf restoration, will appear on the CPGA radio show Saturday at 10 am. You can catch all the details...
National Post Golf Guide in Today's Paper
I might not be writing regularly for the National Post any longer, but I did act as the editor of the paper’s golf magazine, which is a supplement in today’s Financial Post...
Stanley Thompson Symposium May 30 In Oakville
Last year I attended a symposium on Stanley Thompson’s work that was held at Highlands Links. I had several people ask why it wasn’t better publicized and whether we’d...
New Weir Design Site, Blog by Ian Andrew
I’m still touring around for one more day at Bandon Dunes, and hope to blog about Old Macdonald, the resort’s fourth course, tomorrow. In the meantime, there’s a new...
All About Andrew: Weir's New Designer
I’ve posted several times about the newfound association between Mike Weir and Brantford golf designer Ian Andrew which was informally announced last week. Well if you want to know...
Mike Weir Partners With Golf Architect Ian Andrew
Yesterday’s Globe contained a column by Lorne Rubenstein on Mike Weir’s decision to partner with Ian Andrew on his new design firm, Weir Golf Design. Weir and Andrew made...
Canadian Golf Architecture Review: Final Designers and...
My Canadian golf architecture review was meant to show just how many designers are currently operating in Canada — a fact some were surprised by when Weir Golf Design said it...