Back To Reality After Augusta Trip

As I mentioned in my previous blog, I’m back from a dream trip to Hilton Head and Augusta National and now the reality of getting settled into my new position as a teaching professional at Northview Golf and Country Club in Surrey, B.C., is taking over. The season has been slow in starting out here, [...]

Industry Notes: April 29, 2011

The royal wedding caught a lot of attention early today, but with that over early by North American time, it’s all about another milestone for Nike Golf with the launch of its new premium 20XI golf ball in Canada. Stewart Cink, the 2009 British Open champion, Canadian Stephen Ames. 2010 RBC Canadian Open champ Carl [...]

Canadian Tour Seeking Capital Gain

Gord Holder of Postmedia News says the Canadian Tour is looking for a return to the Ottawa area by next year. You can read his story here.

CPGA Rankings Are Even More Interesting Now

In one of my recent blogs, I mentioned how happy I was to see the Canadian PGA institute player rankings, but it turned out that those rankings we discussed were only half the story. A few days later, it was announced that the Canadian PGA Championship was coming back, this time in match play format. [...]

Galvin Green Is Prepared For A Rainy Day

The Limited Edition highlights Galvin Green’s summer and fall 2011 collections, with rainwear and jackets intended to perform in extreme conditions. The new collections for men, women and juniors features a new Gore-Tex stretch fabric “With Gore-Tex as its backbone and Galvin Green’s layering system, golfers who wish to play during bad weather could ask [...]

Courses Seem To Be Avoiding Worst Of Prairie Flooding

Janet Jones, the prairie regional director for the National Golf Course Owners Association, has been logging the kilometres on business lately and she describes a scene that many of us from outside of Manitoba and Saskatchewan may visualize about the situation in those provinces, where flooding has been a major concern. She was traveling between [...]

We Can Do Without A False Start

As I look out the window, I see a landscape that is half brown, half white. In the shaded areas, we still have some snow, but we had a good melting last weekend, so I’m a little more optimistic than I was a week ago, even though I heard a couple of centimetres are in [...]

Significant Swoosh At Skins Game

The Telus World Skins Game will have the Nike swoosh all over it when it takes place at the Fairmont Banff Springs July 25-26. The five-man field will include Nike players Anthony Kim, Paul Casey and Calgary’s Stephen Ames. It will be the first time at the event for Kim and Casey, while Ames will [...]

Golf Goes To Queen’s Park, Media Responsibility Vs. PR And More …

The Ontario Allied Golf Associations visited Queen’s Park recently to draw attention to the game’s impact on the provincial economy and what it calls responsible environmental practices. It’s all a part of a Canada-wide movement by the golf industry to meet with provincial and federal governments on various issues affecting the industry. Representatives of the [...]

Patent Dispute Isn’t Over Yet

Callaway says it will appeal a decision reached in U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware that ruled in favour of Acushnet in a long-running patent dispute between the two companies. That decision was reported by GNN here. “We are disappointed with the court’s decision, especially in light of our victory in the first [...]

Trio Signs Up For Women’s Open

A trio of high-profile LPGA Tour players have confirmed their intentions to play in the CN Canadian Women’s Open, which will be played Aug. 25-28 at Hillsdale Golf and Country Club in Mirabel, Que. Paula Creamer will be joined by Christina Kim and Jiyai Shin, ranked No. 2 in the world. “Our field is one [...]

If You Could Do It All Again, Would You?

It may be called hindsight now, years after you became part of the golf industry, but back then, it would have been called gazing into a crystal ball and what a great talent to have when you’re making decisions that affect the rest of your life. Back in your formative years, the career choices you [...]

Has Patent Dispute Come To An End?

Acushnet’s long-running patent dispute with Callaway Golf may have reached an end after five years. Acushnet has announced that the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware had provided its final judgement in its favour and has denied Callaway’s request for a new trial. Callaway has claimed that the Titleist Pro V1 golf ball [...]

ClubLink Adds Another Florida Course

ClubLink has confirmed a story that appeared recently on GNN with the acquisition of the 36-hole Woodlands Country Club near Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for approximately $5-million. The deal will also see equity members in Woodlands receive a ClubLink Gold Level membership, which will entitle them to reciprocal access to ClubLink courses. Last October, ClubLink acquired Heron Bay Golf [...]

Dress Code Debate Is Ongoing

The great Golden Bear was chatting just before the Champions Dinner at the Masters about older guys setting an example for the younger people who will carry the game’s traditions into the future. “Maybe that’s stuffy, whatever you want to call it, but it happens to be inbred in the game of golf,” said Jack [...]

You Never Tire Of Augusta

I just got back from a trip to Augusta National that was part of a charitable initiative. I estimate this is my 10th time to Augusta and I never get tired of it. This year, the weather was perfect, the course was perfect and there were four great rounds of golf. One of the things [...]

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