Sharp’s Looking Sharp at PGA Women’s

Hamilton’s Alena Sharp leads the first round of the PGA of Canada’s Women’s Championship in Thornhill, Ont., after setting a new women’s competitive course record with a six-under-par 67. After birdies on the first three holes, Sharp finished the front nine at four under to set the  pace for the rest of the round.  “I [...]

PING Putter App Adds More Versatility

After introducing the iPING putter app in June, PING has added an “iPING Fit” application that is geared towards the industry and focused on putter fitting. You can read about the original iPING app by clicking here and here. The latest addition is a free app available through the App Store that quickly offers stroke [...]

Woods Had An Important, But Subtle, Impact On Golf

It is human tendency when somebody exits this realm to be maudlin about the dearly departed, but that just wasn’t Norm Woods’ style, so syrupy isn’t suitable for the personable proprietor of GolfScene Magazine, who died Monday after a brief battle with cancer. He was 67. In the Southern Ontario golf circles in which he [...]

Norm Woods, 1944-2011

A celebration of the life of GolfScene publisher Norm Woods will be held this week. It will take place at Whistler Bear Golf Club near Cambridge, Ont., on Thursday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.  For directions to Whistle Bear, click here. For more on Norm, check out Hutch’s Blog.

Kane WDs From PGA Of Canada Event

Lorie Kane has withdrawn from the PGA of Canada Women’s Championship. The Charlottetown native has gone to Florida for therapy on a sore hip after playing in the CN Canadian Women’s Open last week at Hillsdale Golf and Country Club in Mirabel, Que., where she tied for 63rd at three-over for the tournament. The PGA [...]

Life Takes A.J. In A Different Direction

Former Canadian amateur champion A.J. Eathorne of Penticton, B.C., always looks forward to getting back home to Canada, but her latest return ended in victory for the 10-year LPGA Tour veteran turned caddie for Brittany Lincicome, who won the CN Canadian Women’s Open Sunday at Hillsdale Golf and Country Club in Mirabel, Que. Below is [...]

An Extended Season Would Help Everybody

I’ve heard that we might get an extended golf season this year, which is good because I think that it’s critical for everybody considering the late spring that we got. At the end of July, we were down just over 1,800 rounds and that’s compared to last year, which wasn’t exactly stellar either. You get [...]

Women’s Championship Set To Tee Off

The PGA of Canada Women’s Championship gets underway on Wednesday with a strong field that includes Lorie Kane, Alena Sharp, Stephanie Sherlock, Jessica Shepley and Samantha Richdale, to name just a few. The event takes place at Bayview Golf and Country Club in Thornhill, Ont. For tee times and pairings, click here. It’s in PDF [...]

Is HST Battle Just Heating Up?

They were successful in killing the Harmonized Sales Tax in British Columbia, where they kicked up enough of a protest to spark a province-wide referendum that took place between June and early August. Those results were released on Friday and showed that 54.73 per cent of people voted to get rid of the HST, while [...]

A Windy Win In Montreal

American Brittany Lincicome shot a final-round two-under-par 70 to win the 2011 CN Canadian Women’s Open at Hillsdale Golf and Country Club in Mirabel, Que. Sunday’s final round start times were bumped up to 7 a.m., with threesomes off the firstt and 10th tees in anticipation of extreme weather that affected the Montreal area late [...]

Shepley’s Low Canadian At Women’s Open

Jessica Shepley of Oakville, Ont., earned the Sandra Post award as low Canadian at the CN Canadian Womens’s Open, with a one-under 287 for the tournament, besting Maude Aimée-LeBlanc of Sherbrooke, Que., who finished at even-par 288, by one shot. Jisoo Keel of Coquitlam, B.C., was awarded the Marlene Stewart Streit low amateur medal after [...]

Tour Championship Decided In Playoff

Stuart Anderson of Victoria, B.C., drained a 25-footer on the second playoff hole to clinch a victory over Richard Scott at the 2011 Canadian Tour Championship in Windsor, Ont. Anderson fired a final round six-under-par 65 to post 21-under for the tournament, which was enough to force a playoff at the Ambassador Golf Club. Anderson. [...]

Familiar Name Back On Top; Weather Could Be An Issue

Defending champion Michelle Wie, fellow American Tiffany Joh and Japan’s Ai Miyazato lead the CN Canadian Women’s Open at 12-under-par 204 going into the final round Sunday at Hillsdale Golf and Country Club in Mirabel, Que. The tournament will get of to an early start on Sunday with inclement weather expected in the late afternoon. [...]

Quebec’s Own Rocks Montreal Event

Maude-Aimee LeBlanc of Sherbrooke, Que., shot a five-under 67 in Saturday’s third round and is tied for 13th overall and leading the six remaining Canadians at the CN Canadian Women’s Open being played at Hillsdale Golf and Country Club in Mirabel, Que. The following are the Canadian scores going into Sunday’s final round, which is [...]

Taking In The CN Canadian Women’s Open

In 2009, when the CN Canadian Women’s Open was in Calgary at the Priddis Greens Golf and Country Club, I had an opportunity to play in the Wednesday pro-am. Obviously an opportunity I never thought I would have, I jumped at the chance to play with two members at the club. We ended up drawing [...]

Women’s Open Getting Crowded At The Top

Ai Miyazato of Japan and American Angela Stanford are tied for the lead at 11-under-par 133 through 36 holes at the 2011 CN Canadian Women’s Open at Hillsdale Golf and Country Club in Mirabel, Que. After posting an opening-round 65, Miyazato, a seven-time winner on the LPGA Tour, carded a round of four-under 68 on [...]

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