The Champions Tour returns to Canada for the first time since 2002 with an event in Montreal at Laval sur le Lac, according to multiple sources. The event will be put on by Synchro Sports, sources say, the Montreal sports events agency that runs the Canadian Tour’s Montreal Open. The firm has been aggressive in its [...]
Ottawa Sun writer Chris Stevenson has a good story about the round Mike Weir played with Andrew Parr and Nick Taylor on Monday at Bethpage. Despite lousy whether, the group managed to get out on the course. Weir joked that at 39 he could still compete with the pair, though Parr probably bombed it by [...]
My latest Sympatico column, on Saskachewan’s Graham DeLaet and his improbable rise over the past year, is now online.
Here’s a taste:
Graham DeLaet made a tough decision to skip this week’s Canadian Tour event in Mexico even before the tour itself decided to pull the plug on the event.
It wasn’t easy for DeLaet, from Weyburn, Saskatchewan, [...]
The second stage of PGA Tour Q School is now finished, with veteran Jim Rutledge, Regina’s Kent Eger and former child star Richard Lee, all making it through to gaining at least conditional status on the Nationwide Tour. Interestingly Chris Baryla, once considered one of the top prospects in Canadian golf but who spent most [...]
A handful of Canadians have played their way into a good position to move through to the final stage of Q-School, including Alberta’s Dustin Risdon and London, Ont.’s Alan McLean. Risdon carded five consecutive birdies on his back nine to vault up the leaderboard. Ian Leggatt also moved up the list to 11th spot, while [...]
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