Book review: A Son of the Game: A story of golf, going home, and sharing life’s lessons
Author: James Dodson (Algonquin books)
The golf memoir is an intriguing concept. At its heart, it is about our connection to golf, with the assumption that as golfers we will relate to the trials and experiences of other players. The [...]
Globe and Mail columnist Lorne Rubenstein will have my undying respect as someone who has pioneered golf writing in not only Canada, but the world, over the last three decades. Still going strong writing for the Globe and others, Rubenstein, 60, has just issued a collection of his columns and features from a wide variety [...]
The Toronto Star waded into the fray on the death of three young men who were drinking at the Lake Joseph Club and track down Jim Molenhuis, a ClubLink executive who left months before the accident, but was still charged in the case. They also talk to me, an apparently well-known blogger.
Here’s my take:
Robert Thompson, [...]
According to news reports that I confirmed this morning, Humber Valley Resort, with its terrific DougĀ Carrick-designed golf course, will go into bankruptcy after being unable to secure a working arrangement with a major hotel or government support.
I wonder if the course and resort is a victim of timing. It was only two years [...]
Being square is sexy — just ask Justin Timberlake.
So I’m in New York this morning, hanging with a crew of Canadian golf writers, heading to Callaway’s launch of its new FT-iQ driver. I’ll talk more about it later — but the driver is being endorsed by former boy band turned disco king/actor Timberlake. Or something [...]
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