Meet GNN’s Newest Blogger

GNN welcomes its newest blogger, who will join Tiffany Gordon, Kevin Thistle, Kyle German, Tom Jackson and GNN editor Ian Hutchinson with regular contributions. Reporting from Atlantic Canada, Ted Stonehouse is head professional and general manager of the Bell Bay Golf Club in Baddeck, N.S. Ted is a three-time Canadian PGA national award winner after [...]

Promotion Takes Priority Over Equipment Rules

The controversy about Phil Mickelson using the Eye 2 wedge is a PGA Tour issue, but it may cause unnecessary concern among golfers across the country. There is still not a lot of education out there about new groove regulations brought in by the United States Golf Association this year. People might start asking and [...]

Sunice Offers Multiple Options

Sunice has introduced three technical collections for 2010-2011. The Hurricane Collection sets the bar for Sunice next fall and is intended to position the brand with its Gore-Tex performance shell, Paclite and stretch inserts and a lifetime waterproof guarantee. Certain styles within the collection come with X-Static lining. Hurricane items are designed to be waterproof, [...]

Subtle Changes Make Good First Impressions

It’s about this time of year that golfers and people within the industry start to feel a little spring fever. The phones are beginning to ring, people are starting to ask about opening day, even if it won’t be tomorrow. We’re getting down to the wire, at least in Ontario, and we’re probably looking at [...]

RCGA Begins Olympic Preparation

The Winter Olympics in Vancouver seem like an odd place for a golf scouting mission, but Jeff Thompson, chief sport development officer for the Royal Canadian Golf Association, will be in town starting Saturday to pay attention to behind-the-scenes activities. Thompson is visiting the Games as part of the Olympic Familiarization Program conducted by the [...]

Tiger Talk Muzzles Media

I’m not sure what to make of this chat that Tiger Woods will hold with “a small group of friends, colleagues and close associates” at TPC Sawgrass on Friday morning, but it’s no surprise that it is already shaping up as an extra-secure environment that would make a presidential press conference proud. It’s already been [...]

Pros Should Embrace Change, Not Fear It

I never really contemplated the full possibilities of a blog and to be honest, my first few felt more like I was writing an article for a golf magazine than expressing what I really felt or thought about the golf business. However, as I have become a bit more comfortable with writing them, I realized [...]

Dunning Unveils Fall Collection

The fall collection from Dunning features high-performance tops, bottoms and multi-use layering pieces to provide clean fits, 60s-inspired tailoring and vintage athletic-prep looks in a variety of heritage colours. The collection incorporates a broad range of newly-developed proprietary fabrics, fibres and blends that are specifically geared to the autumn season and designed to provide functionality [...]

Readers Are Making GNN A Community

It warms the cold heart of a crusty editor when readers decide to go to the next level and let their thoughts be known on GNN. When Canada’s first golf industry website launched, the intention was to be more than a source for industry news, etc. The plan was also to make GNN a community [...]

Srixon Going Mellow Yellow

Srixon sought to incorporate visual perception with the psychology of colour effect on the human brain with the introduction of its Z-Star and Z-Star X Tour Yellow golf balls. In launching the new products, Srixon said science has proven that yellow is the most visible colour in the visual spectrum, while psychology has correlated green [...]

Kristmanson Continues His Olympic Experience

Alan Kristmanson, general manager and director of golf at the Whistler Golf Club, has found a unique way to spend the off-season, one that has included meetings with the Prince of Monaco and the Governor General of Canada, among others. By serving as co-mayor of the athlete’s village in Whistler during the Vancouver Winter Olympics, [...]

Shingle Creek Is More Than Convenient

ORLANDO, Fla. – It must be stated honestly that the first priority in considering the Rosen Shingle Creek resort was convenience, with its close proximity to the Orange Country Convention Center for the PGA Merchandise Show in January. “It’s not what you would call walking distance to the convention centre, but it’s a mile-and-a-half, two [...]

Titleist Introduces The NXT Generation

The new generation of Titleist NXT golf balls have been introduced and include the multi-layer NXT Tour and the NXT, featuring new solid technology. “Based upon comprehensive machine testing, as well as positive feedback captured during player testing with current NXT family loyalists and competitive golf ball users, we have delivered two exciting new ways [...]

How Critical Is Next Month’s CPGA AGM?

It’s difficult to argue with GNN blogger Tiffany Gordon of the Cottonwood Golf and Country Club near Calgary who wrote last week about the importance of the Canadian PGA’s annual general meeting being held next month in Moncton. You can read Tiff’s Blog here. As she pointed out, the biggie on the agenda is the [...]

Olympic Golf In Vancouver?

Canadians tuned into the opening ceremonies for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver on Friday, the start to what we hope will be a memorable couple of weeks despite weather that has felt more like spring than winter. It was probably the driest and warmest January that I remember. At Point Roberts, we’ve had few closures [...]

Another Honour For “Mr. Canadian Open”

Canadian Golf Hall of Fame member Dick Grimm has received yet another honour, with his induction last week into the Oakville Sports Hall of Fame in Oakville, Ont. Grimm, known as “Mr Canadian Open,” for his work on the national championship from 1965 to 1993, attended the ceremony in Oakville with his son Richard and [...]

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