Bravo B.C. On Your HST Fight

For all the jokes I make to GNN blogger Kyle German and other friends of mine from the Wet Coast, I must come clean and admit that I admire the folks in British Columbia who are fighting the HST. You can read about it here. I guess the reason that B.C.’s fight against the HST [...]

I Want To Believe Golf Is Rebounding

The first two weeks of August were probably the busiest I’ve ever seen it for that time of year. I’m not sure if the reason is the improving economy and, to be honest, I really don’t need an explanation. I’ll just take it. I think a big part of it is that we’ve had such [...]

Backdraft Offers A Visible Difference

The Backdraft GT+ putter from Tour Edge has a high-contrast head and jumbo grip size to combine the common goals of accuracy and forgiveness. The Backdraft GT+ uses Optic Technology to increase the contrast between the golf ball and green to help the golfer focus on the leading edge and alignment aids The white is [...]

Tendinitis Is Limiting DeLaet’s Swing

Graham DeLaet missed the cut at The Barclays last week and will be out for a month as the playoffs wind down on the PGA Tour, not a great thing to happen when you’re a rookie trying to keep your card. However, the forced layoff may be a blessing in disguise for DeLaet for two [...]

Entering A New Phase In My Career

We started another season down at The Core Golf Junior Academy in Orlando this past week and each year, we grow a little bit more in number of students and in solidifying our programs.  We have added Bob Skura as our director of mental performance. He will be there on a more consistent basis along [...]

Do Outsiders See Golf As Stifling?

As I mentioned in Thursday’s blog here, the outside world looking in at golf may not be as accepting of its traditions as those who have played or worked within the game for years. That statement may cause the purists – or those who want to be seen as purists – to bristle, citing the [...]

Wie By Three At Women’s Open

Michelle Wie shot a final-round 70 to win the 2010 CN Canadian Women’s Open at St. Charles Country Club in Winnipeg. Finishing at 12-under-par 276, Wie, 20, held off defending champion Suzann Pettersen, Jiyai Shin, Kristy McPherson and Jee Young Lee. The victory is the second of Wie’s LPGA career and the first of the [...]

Vancouver Club Lands 2012 Women’s Open

The Vancouver Golf Club has been named host venue for the 2012 CN Canadian Women’s Open, which will be played Aug. 23-26 that year. The announcement means that Canada’s lone LPGA Tour event will return to Vancouver for the first time since Beth Daniel won it in 2003 at Point Grey Golf and Country Club. [...]

Goldberg Continues Remarkable Year At Tour Championship

Aaron Goldberg officially put his personal stamp on one of the most dominating seasons in Canadian Tour history Sunday at the Canadian Tour Championship in St. Catharines, Ont. By claiming his third triumph in his last four starts at the $325,000 event, the 25-year-old Californian left little doubt of his place in the Canadian Tour [...]

Shin Catches Wie At Canadian Women’s Open

Michelle Wie and Jiyai Shin are tied for the lead at 10-under-par 206 entering the final round of play at the 2010 CN Canadian Women’s Open in Winnipeg. Wie, the first and second-round leader, shot even-par 72 on Saturday in rainy conditions at St. Charles Country Club. The 20-year-old has held sole possession or a [...]

The Leaders …

CN Canadian Women’s Open St. Charles Country Club, Winnipeg T1           Michelle Wie        -10 T1           Jiyai Shin               -10 T3           Na Yeon Choi       -6 T3           Jee Young Lee      -6 T3           Suzann Pettersen -6 T6           Catriona Matthew                -5 T6           In-Kyung Kim       -5 T6           Karine Icher          -5 T9           Paula Creamer       -4 T9           Morgan Pressel    -4 For a [...]

Leaderboard Stays Crowded At Tour Championship

Kane Hanson is turning the Canadian Tour Championship into a Cinderella story of sorts, while Order of Merit Aaron Goldberg will try to end the dream on Sunday in St. Catharines, Ont. Hanson, who shot a 70 in the third round, and Goldberg (66) will make up the final pairing Sunday as they share the [...]

Wie Maintains Three-Shot Lead

Michelle Wie added a three-under-par 69 to Thursday’s 65 and takes a three-shot lead into weekend action at the CN Canadian Women’s Open in Winnipeg. Wie got off to a shaky start with a bogey on the St. Charles Country Club’s 11th hole, her second of the day, and the same par three she aced [...]

Women’s Open Leaderboard

CN Canadian Women’s Open St. Charles Country Club, Winnipeg 1.             Michelle Wie        -10 2.             Jiyai Shin               -7 T3           Morgan Pressel    -6 T3           Suzann Pettersen -6 T5           Jee Young Lee      -5 T5           Na Yeon Choi       -5 T7           Sarah Jane Smith  -3 T7           Karin Sjodin          -3 T7           Karine Icher          -3 T10         Katherine Hull      -2 For a complete [...]

Top of Leaderboard Crowded at Tour Championship

Overnight leader Kris Wasylowich wasn’t able to give himself any breathing room Friday during the second round of the Canadian Tour Championship at St. Catharines Golf and Country Club in St. Catharines, Ont. With Wasylowich plodding his way through an even-par day, Minnesota native Kane Hanson elbowed his way to the top of the leaderboard [...]

Financial Information Is Not Mine To Give Out

There’s been plenty of discussion on this website over the past week or so about the Rounds Played program that the National Golf Course Owners Association and the Canadian PGA are running in partnership. In reply to the current poll being conducted on the home page, my answer is that if it’s confidential and our [...]

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