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 [...]
Brad Pelletier, the managing director of IMG Sports in Canada, and the man behind the recent business dealings of Mike Weir, is departing the company. He told staff today about this resignation. Pelletier, 43, has been with IMG for 13 years, having previously worked in the golf business in BC, including the launch of Nicklaus [...]
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, SaskatchewanÂ
DeLaet split his time in 2009 between the South African Sunshine Tour and the Canadian Tour. He [...]
Vancouver Province writer Kent Gilchrist, last seen interviewing Richard Zokol and bashing the RCGA’s player development program, does an about face given the success of both Vernon’s Chris Baryla, who made the Top 25 on the Nationwide Tour, and Graham DeLaet, who won in South Africa a couple of weeks back
“Could it be that the [...]
I was having a conversation with Scott Simmons, executive director at the RCGA today, and we finished with a discussion about how many Canadians could make the cut out of the 15 in the field. Seemed quite possible that up to nine have a good chance — and that seems to be the case after [...]
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