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On Friday I ducked away for a quick 27 holes in the lovely sunshine at Osprey Valley with my friend John. Given the sunshine and lovely warm temperatures, and the great company and courses (Osprey has long been among my Top 3 places in the province to play…), it was hard not to enjoy [...]
Note: Somewhere over the last year my golf game disappeared. It emerges every so often, but was clearly on life support. Drastic action was needed. Over the course of the summer, I’m heading to the terrific Golf Institute at Bond Head to rebuild my swing, with CPGA Master Professional Bruce McCarrol and my body with [...]
Golf is a difficult game even for the best in the world. So it should come as no surprise that it is difficult for me, someone who spends an awful lot of time behind a keyboard.
Lately, as I mentioned earlier in a post last week, the game has become even harder than it has been [...]
I spent part of yesterday as a lab mouse. More specifically, I went to the media opening for the new Golf Institute at Bond Head and was “picked” as the individual they would throw through a bunch of testing in front of my peers.
Part one of the press day involved Bond Head’s Nigel Hollidge talking [...]
Tonight at St. George’s Golf and Country Club in Etobicoke, a new book on the courses of Stanley Thompson, called aptly “The Golf Courses of Stanley Thompson — Celebrating Canada’s Historic Masterpieces,” will be launched.
The book was the creation of photographer Mike Bell and features a few dozen of Thompson’s best courses. Included alongside the [...]