Tiff’s In A Tiff With Constant E-Mailers

A chat with Tiffany Gordon is always an enjoyable experience considering the gregarious nature of the Alberta PGA president and noted GNN blogger, but she’s particularly fun to watch when she’s on a roll about a pet peeve. Such was the case last week when she got going on the joys of modern communications. It [...]

There’s More To Communicating Than E-Mails

I get the importance of e-mail and text messages in today’s business environment, but a pet peeve of mine is that we’re pushing the boundary with the use of such tools and getting away from core verbal and written skills. The reason I say this is because I will get correspondence or resumes sent to [...]

SuperLaunch Aims To Take Golfers Higher

The Burner SuperLaunch irons from TaylorMade have been introduced to help slower swingers and low-ball hitters achieve more distance, while offering generous offset to help straighten a slice and promote a draw. With high moment of inertia, the SuperLauch irons feature a wide multi-functional sole, the key to establishing low and deep centre of gravity [...]

A Pre-AGM Chat With Gary Bernard

When last we chatted with Gary Bernard, he had just switched from interim executive director to full-time executive director of the Canadian PGA and he has since been settling into his new role. “Things have been going great. I’ve had a lot of great support from members and industry people, lots of people calling me [...]

Player Development Is Intriguing

I’m intrigued to see the proceedings this weekend at Junior Golf-2010 and Beyond, being conducted by the Royal Canadian Golf Association and Canadian PGA this weekend at Old Ashburn in Halifax. The main topic will be the player development side and I’m interested to see where they’re going with it. They’re calling it a junior [...]

Sun Mountain Offers A Standing Ride

Sun Mountain has introduced the new Mantys, a four-wheeled, motorized cart on which the rider stands rather than sits and steers by shifting weight from one foot to the other. Mantys comes standard with turf-saver wheels, a universal bag mount, scorecard holder, ball and tee holder and drink holder. It’s equipped with two 500-watt electric [...]

Saving Big Expenditures For Later This Year

As I’ve mentioned in past contributions, I think there’s a good feeling in golf after the economic challenges of the past year or so. I think what’s happening is that people are realizing that the sky isn’t falling, but there’s a wait-and-see attitude as opposed to a “woe is me” attitude. A month ago, it [...]

Ping Has Pioneer Spirit

The Pioneer spirit from Ping is the goal of creating a lightweight cart bag that improves club organization and convenience. The Pioneer LC Cart Bag provides a new, 14-way mesh top with dividers for every club to provide separation and protection for every club in the bag. The external putter well is molded to ensure [...]

Super Show Offering Positive Vibes

In an earlier blog that you can read here, Ken Cousineau was speculating on how the economy might affect his members’ budgets, often the first to get cut in downturns such as the one just past, in 2010. A few weeks later, the executive director of the Canadian Golf Superintendents Association is still cautious, but [...]

Mansbridge To Speak At Super Show

Highly respected CBC news anchor Peter Mansbridge will be the keynote speaker at the Canadian International Turfgrass Conference and Trade Show, which gets underway with pre-conference seminars and discussions on Friday at the Sheraton Centre Toronto. Mansbridge will speak at opening ceremonies at 7:45 a.m. Sunday morning. “Pete is an avid golfer and knows the [...]

Perception Is Paramount For Golf Professionals

In my last blog, I talked about the need for the Canadian golf professional to embrace change and in continuing on that theme, I want to talk about the how the golf industry views the role of the golf professional.  While my views won’t be earth-shattering, I don’t think as golf professionals, we can pass [...]

Srixon Trispeed Offers Two Choices

The new Trispeed and Trispeed Tour golf balls from Srixon are designed to offer both distance and control. The Trispeed is a three-piece distance ball for all types of golfers featuring a soft mid-layer with a large and resilient Energetic Gradient Growth core for high launch angle with low spin for more distance and better [...]

Readers Are Keeping Past Stories Relevant

A significant milestone will be reached by GNN in approximately two to three weeks when we will publish our 1,000th story. To say the least, that leaves a very full archives section, but every piece that has been written dating back to our launch as Canada’s golf industry website is there for the reading should [...]

Golf Courses Are Living An Olympic Dream

As I began this blog, I looked out the window and saw not a cloud in the sky. I can see the Vancouver Mountains and, contrary to popular belief, they do have snow on them, not a lot, but there is some.  It was like an April day and it was expected to stay that [...]

Titleist DT SoLo Is Going Solo

Titleist has streamlined its DT golf ball offerings to a single model with the launch of its new DT SoLo. “The New Titleist DT SoLo provides golfers of varying abilities with soft compression, solid technology which delivers a balanced solution for distance, durability and soft feel, as well as short game control,’’ said George Sine, [...]

How’s Your Budget Compared To 2009?

There was a time, not so long ago, that the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando was the magic elixir that revitalized me and got the motor running as the golf season in Canada approached. Oh, the motor is running now. It’s impossible to be in neutral with the daily demands of GNN, but the truth [...]

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