Lots happening in golf now, though it seems like the season is winding up in Ontario. I know this is the case when my instructor, the venerable Bruce McCarrol, starts announcing his last lesson (last week of Sept., in case you were wondering).
Anyway, here’s thoughts that could become columns:
Adam Scott. Come again? Adam Scott? Yep, Greg [...]
So the “brand lady,” as fellow blogger Geoff Shackelford coined her, is done. That’s right — LPGA commissioner Carolyn Bivens is toast after failing to stop a revolt by some of her key stars. My only encounter with Bivens happened a few years back — when she made an exceptionally odd remark about Lorne Rubenstein. [...]
My latest MSN/Sympatico column is now live — stemming from a tip I received that CN wasn’t altogether thrilled about the way it has been treated by the LPGA, which has a half dozen tournaments without sponsors. Can’t imagine they can afford to lose CN, but we’ll see…
Could the CN Canadian Women’s Open announced yesterday [...]
So the LPGA is in Ottawa, and I think it is telling that neither of the national newspaper golf columnists are at the event. Not sure why Lorne Rubenstein of the Globe isn’t there, but I wanted to go. Budget restraints, coupled with Olympics coverage and the proximity of the Ottawa Citizen means I didn’t [...]
The CN Canadian Womens Open should have it all. Lorena Ochoa will defend. Annika will make her final appearance, and most of the remaining Top 50 in womens’ golf will be coming to Ottawa for the tournament in August.
With all that fire power, it surprises me that the RCGA and CN announced yesterday that it [...]
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