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Golf — as it should be

Robert Thompson — Wed, 23 May 2012 13:09:40 +0000

Saturday afternoon of the long weekend I was down in London visiting family, and decided to play Tarandowah in the afternoon, a rarity for me since I don’t play many weekends and certainly not late in the day. I was glad I did. My fondness for Tarandowah, a links-style course designed by Martin Hawtree (who [...]

Mini-Me…Hogan’s Alley Style

Derek Aubrey — Wed, 23 May 2012 02:38:19 +0000

“I was torn between Dufner, Wagner, Pettersson and Harrington for this final spot, but in the end, decided to go with the defending champ instead.” Famous last words from last week’s column. Yes, there Dufner’s name, right at the top of my short list…and I decided to overlook him. Win some, lose some… stupid Derek! [...]

Golf Town’s Swing Lab introduces you to brand blindness

Steve Waxman — Tue, 22 May 2012 12:15:25 +0000

Golf Town have introduced a custom fitting program called Swing Lab. Using your own 6 iron, their computer program can analyze your swing from over 800,000 variables and determine what club you need in your hand for the best combination of distance and accuracy.

Canada’s Great Golf Holes: #7 at the National Golf Club of Canada

Robert Thompson — Tue, 22 May 2012 10:52:09 +0000

Hole #7 — National Golf Club of Canada (Woodbridge, Ont) 460 yards I have a lot of respect for the National Golf Club of Canada, even if I wouldn’t want to play it every day. That said, there is no denying it has several tremendous golf holes, and I happen to believe the course’s 7th [...]

Friday Faves: RocketBallz, Sligo, McCarrol, Hirzl gloves

Robert Thompson — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:37:21 +0000

Last year I did a series of Friday mini-reviews of products I’ve been sent or things I’ve tried that I really enjoyed. I’m hoping to continue it this year. RocketBallz. Yesterday I had the good fortune (there’s no other way to look at it) to play St. George’s on a perfect day with the course [...]

Cutten Fields: A Thompson gem in the heart of Guelph

Tom Peters — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:28:08 +0000

Cutten Fields, a Thompson gem in the heart of Guelph Over the years I have become a big fan of Stanley Thompson’s golf courses. Thompson’s Highlands Links in Cape Breton Highlands National Park remains my favorite. I have been fortunate to play courses in many different countries but when anyone happens to ask my favorite [...]

Canada’s Great Golf Holes: #2 at St. George’s G&CC (Toronto)

Robert Thompson — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:11:50 +0000

Hole 2, St. George’s Golf and Country Club, Toronto 478 yards What makes it great: I’m not the first to point this out, as Tom Doak noted the greatness of the second par four at St. George’s Golf and Country Club in his Confidential Guide to golf courses. What’s unique about the second — [...]

Canada’s Great Golf Holes: #16 at Beacon Hall

Robert Thompson — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:04:37 +0000

I’ve decided to take a look at some of Canada’s great golf holes in a series of posts over the next couple of weeks. This started with a note from someone connected to Beacon Hall yesterday who suggested I didn’t think there were any standout holes on the course, which is not in fact the [...]

Honouring One of the Game’s Best!

Derek Aubrey — Wed, 16 May 2012 02:29:57 +0000

Wow…you insult and threaten a guy with baldness and look how well he does! (Hmmm…I wonder if I could pull the same therapy on Kevin Na to help him with that massive case of golfing Tourette Syndrome he’s developed??? It sure as hell is worth a try, don’t you think?) As my dear old Aunt [...]

Writing Roundup: LPGA in Globalgolfpost; Irons on Sympatico.ca

Robert Thompson — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:50:45 +0000

When not battling over the quality of Blue Springs, I’m a busy writer these days. This morning my latest Global Golf Post column, on the situation involving the new LPGA tournament in Waterloo, is live: Richard Kuypers is convinced the inaugural Manulife Financial LPGA Classic will be a success. And he’s confident despite a series [...]

Ames on Players: “Just another tournament”

Robert Thompson — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:30:07 +0000

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 first time since he won it in 2006. Ames didn’t qualify this year and his exemption into the tournament has [...]

The Island of Doctor Dye Sade

Derek Aubrey — Wed, 09 May 2012 02:24:23 +0000

Apparently the one thing that Rickie Fowler needed to finally step into the winner’s circle was actually three things. And, it looks like last week, when I picked Fowler to win at Quail Hollow, I stumbled across the trifecta of ingredients to pour into the witches’ brew he needed to get the job done; a [...]

Course Review: Blue Springs Golf Club (Acton, Ont.)

Robert Thompson — Tue, 08 May 2012 13:49:12 +0000

Blue Springs Golf Club (Acton, Ont.) Designer: N/A – John Brison, who was involved in the Old Hide House in Acton seems to have had some involvement in creating Blue Springs, but it is tough to find documentation on that. Overview: Does absence really make the heart grow fonder? Or do you look at [...]

Mike Weir: “I don’t care what anyone else believes – I believe.”

Robert Thompson — Fri, 04 May 2012 11:55:44 +0000

Two weeks back I had an interesting conversation with Mike Weir for a feature I’m working on about the 20th anniversary of the Skins game. As is often the case with Weir, that conversation led to other things and inevitably questions about how he’s doing. The answer — struggling, and I’d suspect that’s still the [...]

Björn on the Bayou

Derek Aubrey — Tue, 01 May 2012 22:40:16 +0000

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 titles and 11 Grand Slam championships. Almost every kid with any aspirations toward being the very best at something, [...]