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Robert Thompson

Going for the Green

Robert Thompson's comments, criticism and opinion on the world of golf.

Posts from category: Golf Course Rankings

2009 In Review: Best Golf Courses

With golf showing for the holidays (and me tiring of writing about Tiger), I thought I’d take the time to reflect on some of my experiences in 2009.
As anyone who reads this blog knows, I have a passion for golf design and great golf courses. This year was a spectacular one for me in that [...]


ScoreGolf Top Public Courses in Canada Now Online

This summer ScoreGolf, where I’m senior writer, published a list of Canada’s top public golf courses. I had the good fortune of doing some commentary alongside Score’s Jason Logan on the list. The video can now be found online, broken into different regions of the country.

Atlantic Canada
Western Canada
Quebec
Manitoba

As far as I can tell, the Ontario [...]


Sagebrush Wins Golf Digest Best New in Canada

Golf Digest’s Best New in Canada was just announced, with Dick Zokol’s dream, Sagebrush near Merritt, BC, winning the top prize. Nice to see Dick Kirkpatrick’s Ottercreek come in second, so they can say they were the best new in Ontario in 2009! Nonethless, quite an accomplishment for Kirkpatrick on a relatively modest project.
Here are [...]


More Trees Come Down at Highlands Links

I’ve written extensively about what is going on at Highlands Links (including a recent ScoreGolf feature that I can’t find online or I’d link to it. This post from last year has 45 comments on it, so it must have resonated with some…) Anyway, thanks to reader Greg for a photo of the trees taken [...]


Postcards From Long Island: Ken Bakst, Bill Coore and Friar’s Head

It is always a real pleasure to get a chance to meet and speak with the best in the business — regardless of whether we’re talking high-finance, technology, entrepreneurism or, in this case, golf. With that in mind, I was very pleased to meet Bill Coore, half of the Coore/Ben Crenshaw design team, while on [...]