Hill Reaches For His Next Summit

Great expectations are logical when a young player posts eight collegiate wins in one season, including the ACC Championship, NCAA East Regional and NCAA individual titles, but Matt Hill of Bright’s Grove, Ont., understands the importance of not getting caught up in that as he ventures into the professional ranks. A year after his brilliant [...]

Telecom Exec Joins Tour Board

Telecommunications executive Pierre Blouin has been named to the board of directors for the Canadian Tour. Blouin is chief executive officer for MTS Allstream Inc. and Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. Before joining MTS in 2005, Blouin spent 20 years at BCE Inc., including his role as Group President, Consumer Markets for Bell Canada, where he [...]

Matt Hill Turns Pro

In an announcement that is more official than breaking news, Matt Hill of Bright’s Grove, Ont., will make his professional debut this week at The Memorial. Hill has also announced that he has signed with IMG and has selected Nike as his equipment provider. Last year, while playing with North Carolina State, Hill won eight [...]

Guest Blog: Jamie Kureluk

If Kevin Costner had his “Field of Dreams” in baseball, Jamie Kureluk, the associate pro at Cottonwood Golf and Country Club near Calgary had a “Nine of Dreams” in the first round of last week’s RBC Insurance Alberta Open, played at Carnmoney Golf Club, where Kureluk shot a ridiculous 25 with seven birdies and two [...]

Your Turn To Chime In On The Economy

While tapping out my last contribution about the state of the overall economy, I was careful to weigh different sides equally while discussing what would happen in the next few months as Canadians dig their way out of the pit we found ourselves in last year. That’s why the optimistic outlook of GNN blogger Kevin [...]

Canuck Tops Q-School

Four Canadians earned their Canadian Tour cards at last week’s Spring Qualifying School at Morningstar Golf Club in Parksville, B.C. Six players overall were awarded full exempt status, with another six securing non-exempt or conditional status. Richard Lee, 19, earned medalist honours with a final round two-under 70 that gave him a one-stroke margin over [...]

Prairie Event Will Continue

The Canadian Tour will have a Saskatchewan stop through 2013 with a new agreement with the title sponsor, Dakota Dunes Casino. The tournament will be renamed the Dakota Dunes Casino Open and will have a purse of $250,000 beginning this year, up from $150,000 the first two years of the agreement. The tournament was known [...]

Talking A 25 On CPGA Radio

Season 2 | Show 8 | May 29, 2010

• Jamie Kureluk: Canadian PGA member from Cottonwood Golf Club in Calgary joins the show to talk about his round at the Alberta Open that included a world record score of 11-under under par 25 on the back nine.
• Vity Gomes: The director of marketing for Nike Golf Canada joins the show to talk about everything and anything Nike Golf, from how the company plans on marketing Tiger Woods, how Nike Golf became a major player in such a short period of time and why Stephen Ames is one of the nicest guys on tour.

Canadian University / College Championship Set for Kingswood Park

via Golf Canada – Canada’s top University and College golfers will convene at Kingswood Park in Fredericton, N.B., from May 30-June 3 to compete in the eighth playing of the University/College Championship, conducted by Golf Canada. In all, 156 male and female golfers from post-secondary institutes across Canada will travel to Fredericton to compete for [...]

More To Vegas Than Just The Strip

LAS VEGAS – In an expansive locker room seemingly the size of three basketball courts, I sat down to change shoes and when I stood back up again, I noticed the name on the plate of the door next to my stall – Michael Jordan, 23. That renowned name shouldn’t have surprised me considering the [...]

Where Are They Now? Vince Gillis

Vince Gillis, the former executive director of the Canadian Golf Superintendents Association, is leading an active retirement, traveling Canada and the United States by train and volunteering with the Alzheimer Society of Canada. Gillis spent 13 years as executive director and his efforts made him the winner of the 2009 John B. Steel Distinguished Service [...]

Praxis Woods Are Adjustable

The new Praxis Fairway Wood Series from Henry-Griffitts has a thin, lightweight, hard Carpenter Custom 455 Stainless Steel face, that is a high-tensile strength material to provide a better weight-to-strength ratio, allowing for a thin, light face to be plasma welded to the 17-4 stainless steel body. The combination of the welding technique and lighter [...]

Cautious Optimism About Economy Is Wise

I tend to learn towards Tiffany Gordon’s view of the economy, which she said recently in her GNN blog that she approaches with cautious optimism. It’s not that Tiff is being negative, which is what you can be accused of when voicing an opinion in a public forum such as GNN. She realizes the sun [...]

Canadians Will Just Get Used To HST

I’ve been told about a movement in British Columbia to at least stall the imminent kick-in of the Harmonized Sales Tax there, but I haven’t heard of anything like that here in Ontario, where it is also due to come into effect on July 1. I don’t know if a revolt across the country against the [...]

Bio-Kinetic Shoe Goes For Comfort

Bio-Kinetic shoes have a soft, full-grain leather upper with Callaway Comfort Technology in the midsole and tongue. Other features include Triangular Traction Design using nine new Chevron Comfort Spikes for stability, Callaway Rainsport / Drysport waterproof technology and 30-day comfort and two-year waterproof limited warranties.

Start Communicating Golf’s HST Message Now

With little more than a month until the Harmonized Sales Tax goes into effect in British Columbia and Ontario, resistance to the new tax appears to be growing. In B.C., former premier Bill Vander Zalm is convinced that the tax is not a done deal and is traveling that province to get enough voters in [...]

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