Guest Blog: Keith Bartlett

Keith Bartlett, superintendent for the St. George’s Golf and Country Club, will be a key man in the weeks leading up to the 2010 RBC Canadian Open. As the Open gets closer, Keith will be contributing a regular blog on GNN, describing his experiences and what goes into preparing the course for a PGA Tour [...]

Guest Blog: Joe Murphy, St. George’s G&CC

Joe Murphy is general manager of the St. George’s Golf and Country Club, the host site of the 2010 RBC Canadian Open next month in Toronto. Murphy will contribute a guest blog each week about operations at the host club leading up to the national championship. The first step towards the St. George’s Golf and [...]

Guest Blog: Jamie Kureluk

If Kevin Costner had his “Field of Dreams” in baseball, Jamie Kureluk, the associate pro at Cottonwood Golf and Country Club near Calgary had a “Nine of Dreams” in the first round of last week’s RBC Insurance Alberta Open, played at Carnmoney Golf Club, where Kureluk shot a ridiculous 25 with seven birdies and two [...]

What Makes Junior Aspirations A Reality?

Henry Brunton of Henry Brunton Golf is a Canadian PGA Master Professional, coach of the Royal Canadian Golf Association’s national men’s team and was recently named the winner of the Canadian PGA’s Junior Leader of the Year Award. Brunton writes that while many juniors say they want to become elite golfers, it’s a mixture of [...]

Deals, People, Unique Products Keep Them Coming

Bob Paley is head professional of the Kananaskis Country Golf Course near Calgary and was recently named Club Professional of the Year and Merchandiser of the Year by the Canadian PGA. Below, he chats about some of the merchandising practices in place at the Kananaskis shop. I haven’t been to pro shops all across the [...]

Establish Rapport With Students

Sean Casey is Teaching Professional at the ClubLink Academy at Glen Abbey in Oakville, Ont., and was recently named Teacher of the Year by the Canadian PGA. He discusses how the role of a teaching professional also involves developing a rapport with the student. At our facility, we’re getting an increasing number of girls and I [...]

We Can Learn From Everybody

Bob Paley is head professional of the Kananaskis Country Golf Course near Calgary and was recently named Club Professional of the Year and Merchandiser of the Year by the Canadian PGA. Below, he chats about learning from staff members of all ages. When I was an apprentice, there was a definite hierarchy at a golf [...]

The Time To Act Is Now

Chris Miranda is president of the Ontario PGA and director of golf / owner of the Cambridge Golf Club in Cambridge, Ont. He feels now is the time to make a move with capital expenditures instead of holding off until later in the year. I recently read a GNN blog by Kevin Thistle that illustrated [...]

My Winter Getaway: Ben Boudreau

Ben Boudreau, the head professional at Le Parcours du Cerf in Longueuil, Que., and winner of the 2009 Titleist and FootJoy Canadian PGA Club Professionals Championship, enjoys an affordable golf break at one high-profile public course in Orlando. At Orange County National in Orlando, I like the design of the two magnificent golf courses and [...]

My Winter Getaway: Lindon Garron

Being from St. Andrews, N.B., Canadian PGA president Lindon Garron says he is partial to the east for his winter golf getaway even if it considerably south of his location in Atlantic Canada. I’m partial to the east, only because of familiarity. I was in Phoenix last year for the PGA meetings and it’s an [...]

My Winter Getaway: Greg Dukart

Greg Dukart spent his formative years at the Wascana Country Club in Regina, a club he now serves as general manager. He says after working all over the world in places such as England, Prince Edward Island, Vancouver, Kamloops and Calgary, there is still one place that he regularly visits during the winter months. When [...]

My Winter Golf Trip: Henry Brunton

RCGA national men’s team coach Henry Brunton, the 2009 Ontario PGA Teacher of the Year for Juniors begins this series of GNN blogs from individuals within the Canadian golf industry talking about their favourite winter golf getaways. Brunton, who recently launched a new book “Journey to Excellence: The Young Golfer’s Complete Guide to Achievement and [...]

My Winter Golf Trip: Doug Hastie

Doug Hastie, director of golf at Highland Pacific in Victoria, recalls a quick sidetrip to one of the iconic golf destinations in the United States. He says he’d like to return one day and absorb the atmosphere of Pinehurst again. My favourite golf destinations are the ones that I would call pure golf destinations like [...]

Guest Blog: Danny King

Danny King, a teaching professional at the Academy Tee at Magna in Aurora, Ont., and a two-time winner of the Titleist and FootJoy Canadian PGA Club Professionals Championship, was at the first stage of PGA Tour qualifying school recently at Cypresswood Golf Club in Spring, Tx., recently where he missed advancing by four shots. That [...]

Guest Blog: Anney Fagan, Highland Pacific

Anney Fagan is marketing coordinator for Highland Pacific Golf in Victoria, which currently has nine holes open with another nine scheduled to open next June. As Highland Pacific anticipates having 18 holes open, it hasn’t forgotten the feedback it has received from golfers in the area about the merits of playing nine holes for a [...]

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