Is A Security Upgrade Due Where You Work?
May 20, 2013
As much as we don’t like to report such incidents, recent headlines on GNN have been about suspected arson, golf cart theft and joyrides that have damaged golf courses across Canada recently.
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Governing Associations Have Painted Themselves Into A Corner On Anchoring
May 20, 2013
The most interesting part of an 8 a.m. Tuesday press conference that is expected to announce the final decision on the proposed anchored putting ban is not the final decision itself, but how the USGA and... Read More »
With All Of These Controversies, How Does Golf Look From The Outside In?
May 16, 2013
One of the common themes voiced in the recent debate about anchored putting is that recreational golfers who use that method will continue to do so, no matter what the USGA/R&A say, so whatever happens... Read More »
McKay OK, But Faces Long Rehab After Accident
May 15, 2013
I spoke with veteran golf writer Garry McKay on Tuesday evening, a week after he was struck by a car while crossing Upper Gage Street in Hamilton. Now retired from the Hamilton Spectator, McKay was thrown... Read More »
Do You Feel The Same On May 2-4 As You Did Jan. 1?
May 12, 2013
From Mother’s Day to the May 2-4 weekend, the special days and holidays are starting to fly as we chug towards summer. Actually, May 2-4 is a bit of a misnomer, more about a case of a popular beverage... Read More »
Tiger’s Locked And Loaded At Sawgrass
May 10, 2013
The Players Championship changed dramatically between the first and second rounds as previously unknown first round leader Roberto Castro suffered a 15-shot swing, his opening 63 followed by a bloated... Read More »
Golf Isn’t Supposed To Be A Dictatorship
May 6, 2013
There’s no doubt that administering and amending the Rules of Golf is one of the toughest jobs in the game because you know that for every action, there’s a reaction in protest and you’re not always... Read More »
Should Governments Be In The Golf Business?
May 5, 2013
As I mentioned in this blog last week, I got started in the game at affordable public courses north of Toronto, so to hear so much recently about municipal courses coming under fire in cities across the... Read More »
Never Let The Human Side Of The Golf Industry Go
May 2, 2013
A few blogs on GNN particularly struck me this week, not because of their news value but more because they illustrated the human side of the golf industry, an aspect that can get particularly overlooked... Read More »
Munis Are Under Pressure, But They’re A Foundation For The Game
May 1, 2013
If we think of one common theme to the winter that just passed, certainly its refusal to release its grip on the golf industry is one of them in contrast to last year when many parts of the country saw... Read More »
USGA/R&A: Good Cop-Bad Cop On Anchored Putting Debate?
April 29, 2013
It’s almost as if USGA executive director Mike Davis and R&A chief Peter Dawson were playing good cop – bad cop on the 90-day comment period that was allowed on the controversial anchored putting... Read More »
NEWS NOW
Anchored Putting Decision Expected TuesdayA final decision on the controversial proposed USGA/R&A ban on anchored putting...
Winner Hopes Momentum Continues From First CN Canadian Women’s Tour TriumphSamantha Richdale of Kelowna, B.C., carded a final round one-over-par 73 to capture...
GMIC To Offer Golf/Resort Specialization Within Laurier MBA ProgramWilfrid Laurier University’s School of Business and Economics in Waterloo, Ont.,...
INDUSTRY
Links/Notes: Winnipeg Controversy Rages On, Break-Ins And Business ProspectsThe proposal to sell the John Blumberg Golf Course in Winnipeg and lease four other...
PGA Of Canada Rankings Leader Tops U.S. Open Qualifier; Canadian DQs HimselfBrian McCann of Mississauga, Ont., currently No. 1 in PGA of Canada national rankings,...
Links/Notes: Winnipeg Golf Course Saga Heats Up, Golf & Glam, Prairie Pints And MoreUpdate: An offer is on the table for Tobiano in Kamloops and the deal could be finalized...
HARD GOODS
Titleist Introduces New Forged Utility Iron
Titleist has added a new option for the long game with the introduction of the 712...
Adams Has Two Super Ideas
Adams Golf has introduced the Idea SUPER 9031 and Idea SUPER DHy to its family of...
Nike Verdana Goes Light For Faster Swing Speed
Nike Golf says its new Verdana club set for women is the lightest ever produced by...
Cobra Introduces The Junior AMP CELL Driver
Cobra has introduced a Junior version of the AMP Cell driver played by Rickie Fowler. The...
SOFT GOODS
Tiger Debuted New Nike Shoes In Players Win
Tiger Woods debuted new Nike shoes in his victory on the weekend at the Players Championship,...
Here Are Some Styles That Golfers Will Find In Golf Shops This Year
Hutch took a look at some of the trends and styles you’ll see on the fairways this...
Sunice Narooma Rain Pant Comes With Waterproof Guarantee
The new Narooma Rain Pant from Sunice features Gore-Tex and, like all pieces within...
Cobra Introduces New Fitting App
Cobra has introduced it’s Fit N Fly app for iPhone and IPad, with Android coming...
TRAVEL
Travel Links: Masters Win Might Benefit Oz, Golf In A Kingdom And More
Tourism Australia is hoping that Adam Scott becoming the first Aussie to win the...
Power Of Persuasion Needed To Get To Bandon Dunes
Jon McCarthy of the Toronto Sun writes about pulling off a coup by having an entire...
BLOGS
Does Being A Great Player Automatically Mean Leaving A Great Legacy?On Saturday at last weekend’s Player’s Championship, we had the next albeit minor controversy concerning Tiger Woods. Sergio Garcia...
What A Crock It Is To Blame Rory’s ClubsRory McIlroy has new clubs and has lost his game — what an insult to his clubfitter! Rory is one of the greatest naturally talented...





