Fresh Ideas Aren’t Hatched In Your Fiefdom

The term “thinking outside the box” has quickly become an overused cliché and anybody who uses it seems to be going against its original intent and that is to come up with new, fresh ideas instead of resorting to strategies (or in this case, terms) that have been used over and over again.
Let’s go beyond [...]

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 has [...]

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 reasons.

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 honour, [...]

Golf Needs To Listen, Not Talk

The consensus among hockey folks who I knew when I was closer to that game than now is that this week’s World Hockey Summit in Toronto will accomplish little, if anything of consequence.
That’s not unlike Canadian golf’s version of a summit that took place over five years ago in Toronto that led to the Play [...]

Confessions Of An Instant Info Junkie

In the past couple of months, I’ve gotten more into … oh, hang on a sec – just let me check this.
Sorry, as I was saying, in the past couple of months, I’ve gotten more into the Facebook account that I’ve had for about a year-and-a-half now and … excuse me just a minute…BRB.
LOL!!!
Okay, I’m [...]

Would You Divulge Your Numbers?

As discussed in a blog here last week, the main challenge facing the Rounds Played Program being run by the National Golf Course Owners Association and the Canadian PGA in a joint partnership is trust.
The fear of sensitive business information falling into a competitor’s hands as part of this program is a strong one, but [...]

Vegas Attendance Up. How About Orders?

Here’s an example of the mixed messages we’re getting on the economy.
Reed Exhibitions is reporting a 16 per cent increase in attendance at the PGA Fall Expo, which was held this week in Las Vegas.
The Vegas show moved to the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino and was held during “fashion week” in that city and while [...]

Data Program Promises Confidentiality

In this era when even having your e-mail address fall into the wrong hands results in an unwanted barrage of solicitations, there is an understandable reluctance to dish out information, especially with a perception that sensitive business information could fall into competitors’ hands.
That’s the challenge faced by the National Golf Course Owners Association and now [...]

Are You Ready To Go For It In 2011?

As I mentioned in a blog here last week, there are some economic storm clouds on the horizon lately, which may or may not mean a slip back into recession after just emerging from the one that hit late in 2008.
Disappointing unemployment numbers, a volatile stock market and uncertainty on how the Harmonized Sales Tax [...]

Foley Is At The Crossroads Of His Career

This may be very un-medialike of me, but not being at Whistling Straits for this week’s PGA Championship, I have no direct access to Canadian Sean Foley and therefore, no inside knowledge of his ties with the troubled Tiger, once again the centre of attention at the fourth and final major of the year.
The last [...]

Foley/Tiger Speculation Heating Up

The heat has been turned up again on speculation that Canadian Sean Foley is about to become the new swing coach for the troubled Tiger Woods.
My buddy Chris Stevenson is at Whistling Straits for this week’s PGA Championship and has the latest in his Sun Media column.
In the past few years, Foley has made quite [...]

Volatility Makes Forecasting A Gamble

I’ll be the first to admit that Canada pulled out of last year’s recession a lot faster than I expected and certainly better than the United States, which seems to sink in deeper every time it appears to be pulling itself out of its economic quagmire.
The U.S. situation is just one of the mixed economic [...]

What Will Golf Look Like In 2060?

I always get a giggle when each July, people say they refer to the third major of the year as the Open Championship, which apparently makes them purists, but I’m never quite sure why they feel the need to tell others about this apparently important decision in their lives.
Whether you call it the British Open [...]

The Doctor Retires And Other Notes

 As I mentioned in a previous blog in this little corner of GNN, I recently played in an annual event played in memory of the late Rick Fraser, a Toronto Star and Toronto Sun sportswriter who was admired as much for his bluster and personality as he was for his admirable prose.
It was the final [...]

Nelford Emphasizes Lower Body When Teaching

The Canadian Tour is generally regarded as a place for developing players to hone their skills, but when the ClubLink Jane Rogers Championship takes place next week near Milton, Ont., there will be one player in the field whose focus is helping other players develop.
The Jane Rogers Championship was started by sports agent Elliott Kerr, [...]

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