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Posts from category: Canadian Amateur Golfers

Richard Zokol in Canada Golf Hall of Fame?

On Thursday the RCGA will announce its latest addition(s) to the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame. I’m making a guess here, but since I know he’ll be in town on Friday for a talk at the Toronto Golf Show, I’m assuming B.C.’s Richard Zokol will be among those announced as entering the HOF, a year [...]


There Can Only Be One: Nick Taylor Canada’s Best Amateur?

On the same day the Golf Journalists Association of Canada voted Matt Hill in as the top Canadian male amateur, the RCGA named Nick Taylor as the country’s top college male player. So who is right?
I’d say the RCGA got this one correct. Anyway, here’s the details:
For the second year in a row, Nick Taylor [...]


GJAC Votes DeLaet, Hill, Meldrum, and Kirby as Top Canadians in 2009

The Golf Journalists Association of Canada, a group of 60 golf media members of which I’m part, today announced its top Canadian players for 2009. Some interesting results:
George Knudson Award for Best Male Professional of the Year:
Graham DeLaet,
Weyburn, Saskatchewan 
DeLaet split his time in 2009 between the South African Sunshine Tour and the Canadian Tour. He [...]


Sympatico Column: DeLaet’s Wild Ride to the PGA Tour

Been busy writing about Canadian golf lately, though it is December and it was damned cold taking my garbage to the curb this morning. Anyway, I touched base with Graham DeLaet on Monday afternoon, and here’s the story that came out of it for Sympatico. Interesting to note that all of the country’s rising stars [...]


RCGA, ClubLink Hook Up For The Betterment of Golf in Canada

Not like this pairing is new, but this afternoon, as the sixth and seventh tarts to come out and say they’ve had “encounters” with Tiger Woods, the RCGA announced a $4-million 10-year partnership with corporate golf giant ClubLink. Call had plenty of interesting tidbits, not all of them intended. For example:

Scott Simmons, RCGA executive director, [...]