Woods: “I made my share of mistakes.”
In what I think is the most interesting account of Tiger Woods’ struggles over the last year, the Associated Press interviews the golfer heading into Thanksgiving and actually puts together a story...
View ArticleWeir’s Caddie Loops For Sean O’Hair — Again
Interesting to note that Brennan Little, Mike Weir’s caddie for the last decade and a former Canadian Tour player, is looping for Sean O’Hair this week at Tiger’s event after carrying the bag at the...
View ArticleWeir’s Return: “The doc said they’re confident it’s completely healed.”
Having not played since August, his longest layoff from golf since he went to college, Mike Weir returns for the Shark Shootout, a silly season event that he’s using to test his injured elbow and be...
View ArticleWeir, Caddie Go Separate Ways
As first suggested on Dec. 1 in Canadiangolfer.com, Mike Weir and longtime caddie Brennan Little have parted ways. This comes as no surprise; Weir has been looking at all of the elements of his career...
View ArticleNationwide Tour Schedule Out — Gretzky Event is History?
The Nationwide Tour schedule is out today and perhaps not too surprisingly, Wayne Gretzky’s troubled celebrity eventin Collingwood is not listed. It looks like the end for the troubled event. I broke...
View ArticleThe Worst Kept Secret: ClubLink Acquires Glendale
Ahem, this story has been in the Hamilton Spectator for months, but the news is final: Hamilton’s Glendale, which I quite liked, has been acquired by ClubLink. I’m betting it is the only course in the...
View ArticleHighlands Links: Under Water
Thanks to reader Tom for this photo from earlier this week of the 6th hole at Highlands Links. And people wonder why the course occasionally has some conditioning issues…
View ArticleSympatico: Holiday Gift Guide
Christmas is still more than a week away, and to help golfers out Sympatico put up my holiday gift guide a few days back. All the goodies are there — Titleist’s 910 driver, Quagmire’s ColorFusion...
View ArticleThe Last-Minute-Do-It-Yourself-Not-So-Subtle Christmas Wish List
All right, gentlemen — there’s only a few shopping days left before Christmas, and if you’re anything like me, you’ve left everything to the last minute. That’s OK – there’s no shame in...
View ArticleMerry Christmas from Canadiangolfer.com
Thanks to all of my readers for making 2010 such an interesting year. Santa has been kind to me over the past few days. First the postman showed up with these: And under the tree there were a couple of...
View ArticleMike Maves Gives Up Insurance
A career change usually doesn’t result in a blog post, but Mike Maves wasn’t just any insurance salesman. The golf savant from the Niagara area garnered cult status through his “Sevam1″ videos (Maves...
View ArticleRBC Announces Els, Furyk, Kuchar as Part of “Team RBC”
First there was Anthony Kim, Mike Weir, Fred Couples, Stephen Ames, Luke Donald and Morgan Pressel. Today Royal Bank of Canada added some big guns to its “Team RBC” package, including two-time Canadian...
View ArticleWeir: “Confident” but “Realistic” heading into 2011
Just got off a conference call with Mike Weir, whose well-reported injury of his elbow forced him to shut his golf season down in September. Weir announced he has a new caddie — veteran Pete Benderwho...
View ArticleAmes, Barlya, Pressel Join Wasserman
As expected, Stephen Ames has left IMG for Wasserman Media Group, the agency that launched in Canada when sports agent Chris Armstrong left IMG late in the summer. Former tour pro Ian Leggatt had...
View ArticleIn Honor of Robbie…
James at the London Free Press sent me the column below, which I wrote in 1996 when I was at graduate school. This blog rarely ventures away from golf, but I must admit it was nice to be witness to a...
View ArticleGrand Bahama Island is Still There
We just spent 10 days on Grand Bahama Island. It’s probably our home away from home, having lived there in the 60’s, the 70’s, the 80’s, the 90’s and most recently, 2006. I guess you could say we like...
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SPRING IS HERE
How can you tell it’s spring in Scotland? The rainsuits are a different colour, all winter we “locals” wear black tops, black bottoms, black wool caps. Now the courses are once again covered with the...
View ArticleRoyal County Down Pilgrimage
In 1889 Old Tom Morris left St. Andrews to go across to Northern Ireland’s County Down, to remodel and extend the existing popular 9-hole course to 18 holes. His journey to collect the 4 pound fee was...
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Askernish Hack and Hunt re-opens
another beauty Askernish photo Askernish has now reopened, a new Old Tom Morris classic lovingly restored. Search the web for more details! beat the rush, go this summer!
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