Canadian Tour Takes Steps To Enhance Its Image As A Development Circuit

The Canadian Tour has visions of being, if not on par with the Nationwide Tour, then a reasonable facsimile of the main development circuit of the PGA Tour.
As reported on GNN last week, the tour made official that it is enhancing its image in the chain of development tours on Monday with the first draft [...]

Canadian Tour Announces Record Purse Increases

As reported on GNN a week ago, the Canadian Tour officially announced on Monday some record purse increases for its 2010 schedule.
Events in Victoria, Edmonton, Saskatoon and Winnipeg, home of the Players Cup, will see purse increases and the Canadian Tour Championship will be played for $325,000, nearly double what it was in 2006.
“The highlight [...]

Callaway Diablo Gets Edgier

Callaway is getting edgier in 2010, with the introduction of its Diablo Edge family, including drivers, fairway woods, irons and hybrids.
Through face technology, a higher moment of inertia, deeper centre of gravity and better dynamics, Edge goes for distance in the Diablo Edge and Diablo Edge Tour drivers, which feature a four-piece modular design to [...]

Road Trips Show You Care

GNN blogger Kevin Thistle of Coppinwood in Uxbridge, Ont., just returned from a golf trip with members to Phoenix/Scottsdale and says he plans to get the club involved in such trips as he settles into the job as GM.
The trip to Arizona was with members who had invited me along, but I didn’t organize it.
For [...]

Can The CPGA Championship Be Revived?

Now that Steve Carroll has landed on his feet at the Royal Canadian Golf Association (see the GNN home page for more on that), the process is underway to find his replacement as executive director of the Canadian PGA.
The association is looking to get the new person in place by the end of this year [...]

Equipment Doesn’t Eliminate Teaching

One of the constant arguments I’ve heard against different equipment guidelines for recreational players and competitive/professional players is that we should be putting the emphasis on instruction to improve people’s games instead of getting them dependent on quick fixes through equipment.
In one sense, that argument is correct. Instruction is the best avenue to improving a [...]

Carroll Lands Key Role With RCGA

The timing of the announcement that Steve Carroll has been named director of membership and business development for the Royal Canadian Golf Association may lead to speculation that he had been recruited by the RCGA before announcing his resignation as executive director of the Canadian PGA.
The announcement of Carroll’s new position comes just a few [...]

Boudreau Wins CPC In Playoff

Ben Boudreau of Longueuil, Que., stole the show at the Titleist and FootJoy Canadian PGA Club Professional Championship after he birdied the 18th hole in regulation and again in a playoff to claim the title over first and second round leader Jeff Buder of Vancouver.
“I was two shots back on the final hole, but I [...]

That 18th Hole And I Don’t Get Along

GNN blogger Kyle German is back on familiar ground at the PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie in Florida where he won the 2008 Titleist and FootJoy Canadian PGA Club Professionals Championship. As he did at the RBC Canadian Open, Kyle will provide daily blogs to GNN from Port St. Lucie.
I got what I [...]

The Delicate Issue of Raising Prices

Tiffany Gordon is executive professional and general manager of Cottonwood Golf and Country Club near Calgary and currently serves as president of the PGA of Alberta. She also frequently lends her thoughts to GNN.
The topic of price increases is always a delicate one, especially in a tough economy.
I get the feeling that right now, everyone’s [...]

Weir’s Induction Is A Home Town Celebration

Considering his national profile, it seemed natural that 2003 Masters champion Mike Weir might be officially inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame during RBC Canadian Open week at Glen Abbey, where the hall is located.
“Originally, we talked about that, having it possibly around the Canadian Open,” said Weir, who already had a busy [...]

New GNN Series Reveals Your Favourite Escapes

Surprisingly, it didn’t take RCGA national men’s coach Henry Brunton long to reply when asked where his favourite winter golf getaway was located.
Brunton is first off the tee in GNN’s new blog series that features people within the Canadian golf industry discussing their favourite places to escape to once the snow flies. To find out [...]

My Winter Golf Trip: Henry Brunton

RCGA national men’s team coach Henry Brunton, the 2009 Ontario PGA Teacher of the Year for Juniors begins this series of GNN blogs from individuals within the Canadian golf industry talking about their favourite winter golf getaways. Brunton, who recently launched a new book “Journey to Excellence: The Young Golfer’s Complete Guide to Achievement and [...]

Buder Stays In Control at CPC

Jeff Buder of Vancouver followed his first round 64 with an even-par 72 on Tuesday to carry a three-shot lead into the final round of the Titleist & FootJoy Canadian PGA Club Professional Championship at the PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Fla.
Ben Boudreau of Longueuil, Que., and 2007 champion Eric Landreville of Melocheville, [...]

The CPC Sums Up My Entire Year

GNN blogger Kyle German is back on familiar ground at the PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie in Florida where he won the 2008 Titleist and FootJoy Canadian PGA Club Professionals Championship. As he did at the RBC Canadian Open, Kyle will provide daily blogs to GNN from Port St. Lucie.
I had another 73 [...]

B.C. Takes Charge At Club Pro Event

Jeff Buder of Vancouver fired an eight-under 64 in the first round of the 2009 Titleist and FootJoy Canadian PGA Club Professional Championship to open a four-shot lead over Scott Allred of Calgary.
Buder, the head professional at Point Grey Golf and Country Club, recorded eight birdies and 10 pars and only missed one green in [...]

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