Memories from the Road

Winter is coming and hopefully, you will have time to find the sun and sneak in some warm weather rounds after a summer of 2008 that was rainy and cool in many parts of the country.
Writing golf travel stories is often therapy for a guy who has teed it up from the tropical shores of [...]

Tobiano Enhances Kamloops’ Golf Product

Tom McBroom may nibble, but doesn’t bite on the suggestion that Tobiano is the crown jewel among the premier golf courses he has designed over the years, although he admits he visualized something special when he first saw what had to work with in the interior of British Columbia near Kamloops.
That vision is now reality [...]

The Travel Grapevine

The World Golf Hall of Fame will pay tribute to late entertainer and golf enthusiast Bob Hope when the “Shanks for the Memory” exhibit opens on Saturday, Nov. 8.
“Dad would have loved the idea that things he saved and cherished will finally be shared with others who love the game of golf,” said Hope’s daughter, [...]

IHG Proceeds To Benefit Future Links

The Royal Canadian Golf Association and the Canadian PGA have announced a corporate partnership with InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) that will benefit the CN Future Links junior development program.
A portion of every room booked online through websites such as www.future-links.org, www.rcga.org and www.rcgagolfcard.org will be donated to the CN Future Links Program, which raises awareness [...]

Apparel Buyers Have Lots of Options for ‘09

As the golf industry looks forward to the next spring, the story in apparel each year usually revolves around a central theme, but 2009 is shaping up as a series of short stories.
If there is one central theme looking ahead to 2009, it is that buyers should book a little more time than usual with [...]