Another Moe Story, Controversial Calls And More …

Season 2 | Show 16 | Aug. 20, 2010.

• Ken Tarling: The well-known Canadian PGA member from Ontario joins the show to talk about his latest victory at the Ontario PGA Seniors Championship, playing in the Mr. Lube – Canadian PGA Seniors and he shares his favorite story about the legendary Moe Norman.
• Brent McLaughlin: The director of rules, competitions and amateur status for Golf Canada joins the show to talk about training rules officials and tells us if his American counterparts made the right call on Dustin Johnson at the recent PGA Championship at Whistling Straits.

Sherlock, Kim Turning Pro At CPGA

Stephanie Sherlock of Barrie, Ont., and Sue Kim of Langley, B.C., have announced that they will be making their professional debuts at the Canadian PGA Women’s Championship, which begins Tuesday at Burlington Golf and Country Club.
Along with Jennifer Kirby of Paris, Ont., Sherlock made it to the semi-finals of the U.S. Women’s Amateur in Charlotte, [...]

Veteran Superintendent Leaving Royal Mayfair

After 30 years with Royal Mayfair in Edmonton, Debbie Amirault is leaving the club to pursue other interests.
Besides her duties at the club, she has also spent the last five years on the board of directors of the Canadian Golf Superintendents Association. She currently sits as vice president and will assume the role of president [...]

Audio: The Champ Is Here

Albin Choi won the Canadian Amateur Championship yesterday at London Hunt and Country Club in London, Ont. Hear what the champ had to say about his victory in which he shot all four rounds in the 60s. Just click play below to listen to this interview by Terry Lenyk of Golf Canada.
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Tales Of Two Tournaments

Season 2 | Show 15 | Aug. 10, 2010

• George Sourlis: The director of business development and client manager for Landmark Sport Group joins the show to talk about running the Jane Rogers Championship this week on the Canadian Tour and representing rookie PGA Tour player Graham DeLaet.
• Colin Thompson: The head professional at St. George’s Golf and Country Club talks about hosting the RBC Canadian Open a few weeks ago.

Preparing For My Second Major At St. George’s

Keith Bartlett, the superintendent at St. George’s Golf and Country Club, has been contributing a regular GNN blog as he prepared the course for last week’s RBC Canadian Open. In this contribution, he looks back at the week that was and ahead to getting the course ready for the club championship, which gets underway Aug. [...]

Open Was A Positive Experience For St. George’s

Joe Murphy, general manager of the St. George’s Golf and Country Club, has been writing a regular blog leading up to this year’s RBC Canadian Open and now that it’s over, he deals with the experience from a club perspective and the question of whether St. George’s would consider hosting the national championship again.
 
I haven’t [...]

Survey Says …

What’s your policy on staff play?
Many golf courses see it as a way to reward a job well done, but it can be a challenge if you have members out on the course.
Golf Business Canada, the magazine of the National Golf Course Owners Association of Canada, recently surveyed its readers to see how they felt [...]

Responsible Wildlife Management

With increased urbanization, exposure to wildlife is on the rise, leading to golf course damage and more incidents of chance meetings with the public and staff members.
What’s the best way to deal with wildlife issues, while maintaining a healthy balance with the environment? The new July/August issue of GreenMaster, the digital magazine of the Canadian [...]

Saskatchewan Hall Announces Inductees

The Saskatchewan Golf Hall of Fame has announced the following people will become its first inductees at a ceremony on Saturday, Sept. 18, at the Willows Golf and Country Club in Saskatoon.
Information is available by clicking here.
The inaugural class will include the following:
Gayle Borthwick (Player)
Hubert Cooke (Builder)
Barbara Danaher (Player)
Margaret Elliott (Player)
Pat Fletcher (Player)
Frank Fowler (Player)
Joanne [...]

Skura Joins Core Academy

Former Canadian Tour player Bob Skura has been named director of mental performance by the Core Golf Junior Academy.
“Bob brings the level of experience and expertise that we look for in our directors,” said Tom Jackson, director of instruction and founder of Core, which is based in Orlando.
“We have long recognized the impact a strong [...]

Luke Donald -12

Luke Donald chats about how he moved into third place in the final round of the RBC Canadian Open at St. George’s Golf and Country Club despite struggling on slower greens. Click play below to watch the video.
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Adam Hadwin: Low Canadian

Adam Hadwin of Abbotsford, B.C., longs to relive his RBC Canadian Open experience, which saw him take tournament low Canadian honours, but it’s back to the Canadian Tour for the 22-year-old. Hear what he had to say by clicking play.

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Champ Was True To His Word

Carl Pettersson, the 2010 RBC Canadian Open champ, kept a promise made to Dave Lafleur, chief financial officer for Golf Canada, in 2007.
Pettersson hitched a ride on a Royal Canadian Golf Association charter plane coming back from the British Open, but told Lafleur that he wouldn’t be playing the Canadian Open that year with the [...]

Pettersson Flirts With 59

Had Carl Pettersson’s putt on the 18th green at St. George’s Golf and Country Club veered slightly, he would have reached the legendary 59 mark in the third round of the RBC Canadian Open on Saturday. Petterson still posted a 10-under 60 and sits at 11 under for the tournament going into Sunday’s final round, [...]

Mills Changes Philosophies

Jon Mills of Belleville, Ont., chats about a new putting philosophy he took into the third round of the RBC Canadian Open on Saturday when he shot a four-under 66 and why he elected to play at St. George’s Golf and Country Club instead of on the Nationwide Tour, where he is in contention for [...]

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