B.C. Names Its 2011 Award-Winners

The PGA of British Columbia has announced its 2011 award winners. A celebration to honour the following winners and award finalists will be held Monday, March 5 at the River Rock Casino Resort in conjunction with the Spring Education Seminar: Teacher of the Year Keri Moffat, Mayfair Lakes Golf and Country Club Coach of the [...]

Parr Hanging In At European Q-School

After four rounds of European Tour qualifying school in Spain, Andrew Parr of London, Ont., is tied for 34th at seven under after shooting a 72 on Tuesday. The top 30 and ties after the sixth round will have full status on the European Tour in 2012. Alan McLean, who was born in Scotland but [...]

Gordon Stollery Inspired Family Environment At Angus Glen

It was because Gordon Stollery loved life that he became larger than life when he was in a room, always laughing, always jovial and usually with time for everybody around Angus Glen. That’s how I will always remember him after the shocking news of his passing yesterday. When I worked at Angus Glen, I would [...]

Gordon Stollery Passes Away

Gordon Stollery, who built the renowned Angus Glen Golf Club in Markham, Ont., into a renowned Toronto golf facility that hosted Canadian Opens and LPGA Tour events, has died. Although details were still sketchy, reports say he was snorkelling while on vacation when he passed away suddenly at the age of 64. For more on [...]

Links To 2011: Part 1

Uncertainty is probably the politically correct word to use to describe the 2012 season from a golf industry perspective. It’s natural for any business person to want to keep themselves, their employees and faithful or potential customers interested and motivated to move the product they’re selling forward, without getting bogged down in recent negativity surrounding [...]

Parr Stays Hot At European Q-School

Andrew Parr of London, Ont., followed up his 66 on Sunday, with a 67 in Monday’s third round of the final stage of European qualifying school at PGA Catalunya Resort in Girona, Spain. That moved Parr up 13 spots on the leaderboard into a tie for 25th at seven under at the halfway point of [...]

Skins Game Moves East

The Telus World Skins Game will be played for the first time in Halifax when the event, celebrating its 20th anniversary, takes place at Glen Arbour Golf Course, July 29-31 “The Telus World Skins Game has a long history of visiting Canada’s top tourist and golf destinations and Halifax is the ideal city to host [...]

Do The Holidays Resonate More In Golf?

We’ll be gearing down for a couple of weeks for the holiday season, starting at the end of this week, but if anything should happen as far as breaking news, GNN will still respond. Last year, we began our traditional Christmas break and, sure enough, there were a few stories that required immediate attention, but [...]

Canadian T37 At European Q-School

Andrew Parr of London, Ont., shot a 66 in the second round of the final stage of European Tour qualifying school on Sunday at PGA Catalunya Resort in Girona, Spain. After shooting 72 in Saturday’s first round, Parr is tied for 37th at four under. Leader Sam Hutsby  of England is at 13 under. Alan [...]

Take Advantage Of The Holidays

Here on the Lower Mainland, winter’s not really cold, but it does get cold and dreary, not really inspirational to golfers wanting to take lessons. We’ve got a few people who have bought some packages. Remember when you were 15 or 16 and you really didn’t care about the weather? These guys are around 40 [...]

No Comment From OMERS On Bebis’ Departure

The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS), the majority shareholder in Golf Town, has confirmed that chief executive officer Stephen Bebis has left the company, as reported on Wednesday by GNN. The departure became official earlier this week, but John Pierce, vice president of Omers Public Affairs, said the company had no further comment on [...]

Technology Can’t Replace One-On-One Mentorship

I’ve done rants in previous blogs about technology such as e-mail and texting in respect to club operations, but let’s take a look at how it applies to mentorship. The word mentorship is powerful and you don’t become a mentor automatically. Being a good mentor comes from trials and tribulations, successes and failures, not being [...]

First Choice Is Golf, But Back-Up Plan Coming Together

Just a little update on the blog I wrote last month about looking outside the golf industry for employment. As I stated then, my first choice would be to stay in golf and there are some possibilities. As you may have heard, Scott Dickson is leaving Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club for the Mississaugua Golf [...]

Nike Goes Xtreme With Carry Bag

The new Xtreme Sport IV Carry Bag features a new, ventilated mesh back pad and updated Nike revolving double strap system. The Xtreme Sport IV also features the new Nike Grind zipper made from raw materials from the recycling of athletic shoes through Nike’s Reuse-A-Shoe program and from the scrap materials left over from the [...]

CEO Departing Golf Town?

Although there has been no official word or press release from Golf Town, industry sources said on Wednesday they’ve heard that chief executive officer Stephen Bebis is departing the company. Bebis’s background included Home Depot, Sears and Roebuck and Aikenheads before founding Golf Town in 1999, when it opened its first store in the Toronto [...]

PGA/Score Cozy Up, Zokol On The Ball And More…

It was an interesting use of words in a tweet from the PGA of Canada the other day about a “major business announcement” that would provide “more ammo to corporate Canada to PGA pro’s & the game of golf.” You can read that tweet here. Ammo? The connotation is that a gun will be pulled [...]

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