Youthful Opinion Can Be Valuable Perspective

As 19th century author George Borrow once wisely stated … ”Youth will be served, every dog has his day, and mine has been a fine one.” A lot of the old dogs in the golf industry have seen fine days and before arguing that you’re far from old, I include myself in that category. Old, [...]

Q-School Gets Underway Wednesday

Check with GNN every day to keep an eye on Canadians at PGA Tour qualifying school, which gets underway Wednesday at Orange Country National near Orlando. The following is a list of Canadians and residents of this country who will be teeing it up at Q-School. For more information on Q-School, check out Hutch’s Blog [...]

Course Was Ready For Winter Before It Hit

As about everybody across Canada knows, Alberta got hit with its first real blast of winter recently. We shut down at Thanksgiving and we didn’t get snow until recently. There were days in late October when it was nice out and when the first snow hit, the golf course was still very green, but I [...]

Canadians Prepare For Q-School Final

Six Canadians head to the final stage of PGA Tour qualifying school starting Wednesday at Orange County National near Orlando, including David Hearn, who has already assured himself of a tour card, and Jon Mills, who is looking to make it on tour for the third time. Hearn qualified by finishing in the top 25 [...]

Growth Slowing In Europe

Gene Yasuda of Golfweek takes a look at a KPMG report on the slowing growth rate for golf in Europe. Many of the concerns and possible fixes over the ocean are applicable here in North America. To read Yasuda’s column, click here.

CPGA Veterans Named To Ontario Hall

A couple of veteran Canadian PGA members have found their way into the Ontario Golf Hall of Fame. Sam Young and Gar Hamilton will become the 56th and 57th members of the hall at induction ceremonies in May at the Wooden Sticks Golf Club in Uxbridge, Ont. Hamilton, who announced his retirement earlier this year, [...]

What’s Your Risk Tolerance This Year?

In a couple of months, I’ll be sitting down with my financial planner to discuss investments as part of an annual ritual that coincides with RRSP season. One of the questions he always asks is about my tolerance for risk. In other words, do I want to go for an investment that could have a [...]

Would You Rethink Your Course?

You may want to rethink your approach to bunkers, trees and forward tees at your golf course. GreenMaster, the digital magazine of the Canadian Golf Course Superintendents Association, offers food for thought in its latest issue with this story by Jeff Mingay, entitled Designing Greens. How Following Architectural Trends Can Improve Your Course. You can [...]

Tell Us About Your Great Escape

Starting early in the new year, I’ve got a busy January starting with a voyage to Portland, Ore., followed a couple of weeks later with the annual excursion to Orlando for the PGA Merchandise Show. From there, it’s on to Scottsdale, Ariz. All of these are business trips, although few would feel sorry for me [...]

Open Concept Atlantic Show Was Enjoyable

The 2010 Atlantic PGA Buying Show had renewed enthusiasm throughout the great hall of Hotel Beusejour in Moncton recently.  For the first time the Atlantic Show was in a pipe and drape open floor concept vs. the traditional hotel room style, something that has been talked about for the last 18 years that I have been [...]

Register Early For Turfgrass Convention/Show

Registration is now being taken for the 2011 Canadian International Turfgrass Conference and Trade Show being held March 4-8 at the Vancouver Convention Centre, which will feature a dozen day-long seminars featuring a wide range of national issues from bio-stimulants to pesticide reduction to nutrient management. Over 50 hours of education programming are on the [...]

Hutton Storms Back For CPC Crown

The man who was somewhat forgotten in the final round will end up being the one that everyone will remember as Brian Hutton of Burlington, Ont., rolled in a 12-foot putt  to win the 2010 Titleist and FootJoy Canadian PGA Club Professional Championship at PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Florida. The first round [...]

CPC Wrap-up

After watching Brian Hutton of Burlington, Ont., win the Titleist and FootJoy Canadian PGA Club Professionals Championship on Wednesday, Jeff Dykeman of the Canadian PGA and Scott Pritchard of the Ontario PGA sat down to discuss the final round and the entire week in Port St. Lucie, Fla.

CPC Final Leaderboard

Titleist & FootJoy Canadian PGA Club Professionals Championship Port St. Lucie, Fla. 1. Brian Hutton, Burlington, Ont.  (-7   209) 2. David Zibrik, Vancouver, B.C.   (-6   210) 2. Marc Girouard, St-Sauveur, Que.  (-6   210) 4. Daniel Swanson, Surrey, B.C.  (-5   211) 4. Danny King, Milton, Ont.  (-5   211) 6. Jeff Buder, Vancouver, B.C.  (-4   212) 7. [...]

CPC “Rookie” Holds Slight Lead

He might be a rookie on paper, but Vancouver’s David Zibrik  is certainly not playing like one. Zibrik, who shot four-under-par 68 in Tuesday’s second round, takes a one-shot lead over Marc Girouard of St-Sauveur, Que., into Wednesday’s final round of the Titleist and FootJoy Canadian PGA Club Professional Championship at PGA Golf Club in [...]

Round 2 CPC Wrap-Up

Jeff Dykeman of the Canadian PGA and Scott Pritchard of the Ontario PGA are in Port St. Lucie, Fla., for the Titleist and FootJoy Canadian PGA Club Professionals Championship. Dykeman and Pritchard discuss Tuesday’s second round and what could happen on Wednesday when the 2011 champ will be crowned. They file this report for the [...]

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