New Sponsor, High Profile Names Expected At CPGA Senior

The Canadian PGA will make an announcement Thursday morning about a new title sponsor for the Canadian PGA Senior Championship, sources have told GNN. The tournament, won last year by Ray Stewart of Abbotsford, B.C., will be played July 5-8 in the Toronto area and it’s believed the field will include several high profile Canadian [...]

Get To Know Students And Set Comfort Zone

One of the ways for women to feel comfortable is through group lessons. There has to be a trust level and a comfort level established and asking a few questions, getting a feel for who they are, what they’re about and what they do for a living helps establish that. They need to feel comfortable [...]

California, Here He Comes

TaylorMade veteran Todd Fraser is heading to Carlsbad, Calif., to take a new position at TaylorMade-adidas company headquarters as senior director of product marketing. Fraser has been with TaylorMade-adidas Canada for five years, most recently as director of marketing, after spending seven years at La Mode and four years at Gen-X. Fraser will begin his [...]

Imagine A Weir-Woods Pairing

Despite a stellar 67 in the first round of last week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational, Mike Weir hasn’t exactly been lighting it up in the weeks leading up to the Masters. Weir tied for 26th at the Honda Classic and Doral before following up with a T40 at Bay Hill to finish off the Florida swing, [...]

CPGA Goes Multi-Media

Just a day after the Canadian PGA announced the return of its radio show in 2010, the association announced that Canadian PGA TV will be shown regularly on cpga.com. Canadian PGA TV will include features, tips and interviews from association events after launching as a pilot project last November at the Titleist and FootJoy Canadian [...]

FlightScope Introduces New Software

The FlightScope Kudu and Prime 3D Doppler tracking radar units have received a softwear update. “Our previous version of software was very good and feature-rich, make no mistake, but our new update takes it up another level,” said FlightScope director of sales Warren Mapé. “Among other things, we’ve added four new range screens with high-resolution [...]

Spring Fever’s Just What The Doctor Ordered

Here at Coppinwood, we’re planning to open April 23, but the weather’s been perfect, so we’ll see what happens as far as opening earlier. I think we’re off to a good start to the season. I talk to my greenskeeper almost daily and he feels that last year, we had six thaw/freezes – when it [...]

Golf Ball Patent Dispute Continues

Acushnet has won a jury verdict in U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware in its ongoing dispute with Callaway over patents used in previous generation Titleist Pro V1 golf balls. Callaway argues that four patents originally owned by Spalding, which was acquired by Callaway, were infringed, with Titleist claiming that position was invalid. [...]

CPGA Radio Back On The Air

The Canadian PGA Radio Show will return on Talk 820 in Southern Ontario and with live streaming on www.cpga.com and www.talk820.com. “The Canadian PGA Radio Show represents a fantastic opportunity and platform to showcase the many success stories created by Canadian PGA members, programs and partners from across the country,” said Canadian PGA executive director [...]

Can You Afford To Retire Comfortably?

Former Bank of Canada governor David Dodge hit new levels of obnoxious with his statement a couple of weeks ago that Canadians should be squirreling more away for their retirements. For the record, Dodge is absolutely correct in his belief that we need to be socking away 10 to 21 per cent of our pre-tax [...]

What Makes Junior Aspirations A Reality?

Henry Brunton of Henry Brunton Golf is a Canadian PGA Master Professional, coach of the Royal Canadian Golf Association’s national men’s team and was recently named the winner of the Canadian PGA’s Junior Leader of the Year Award. Brunton writes that while many juniors say they want to become elite golfers, it’s a mixture of [...]

PACE Questions Were Answered Before Vote

I was pleased to see the passing of the PACE program because I think in the long run, it’s going to be very beneficial for the Canadian PGA and its zones. It’s like anything else that’s new. There will be some detractors and there will be some people who are a little standoffish about it, [...]

New President Has Immediate Priorities

Only two days into his term as Canadian PGA president, Glenn Cundari understands the urgency of bolting from the gate and balancing that with the knowledge that he can’t try to “change the world in 24 hours.” “Literally, it’s a historic day for the Canadian PGA,” he said in Moncton, where he named president on [...]

New GM At Rebel Creek

Kevin Purcell, who spent the past 12 seasons as director of golf operations at Caledon Country Club, has taken over as general manager of Rebel Creek Golf Club in Petersburg, Ont. “In a short period of time, Rebel Creek established itself as one of the premier public facilities in Southwestern Ontario and the No. 1 [...]

Tiger’s Return Raising Interest: Bill Paul

Bill Paul, tournament director for the RBC Canadian Open, says the return of Tiger Woods to the Masters after the infamous sex scandal that changed his life will increase the profile of golf, but that doesn’t guarantee any direct impact on the Open. “There is no downside to Tiger coming back, especially when you consider [...]

Weir’s In For Skins

Mike Weir has become the first player confirmed to participate in the 2010 Telus World Skins Game to be played June 21-22 at Bear Mountain Resort in Victoria. It will be Weir’s eighth appearance in the event. In his previous Skins Games, Weir won 22 skins for a total of $450,000. More player announcements are [...]

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