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 [...]
The second year I wrote my Going for the Green column for the National Post I had the good fortune of playing a round of golf with Jack Poole, the force behind BC’s 2010 Winter Games bid. Poole was a lot of fun — interesting, humble — and we had a good time touring Capilano in [...]
I’ve written extensively about Cabot Links, the course being designed by Rod Whitman in Inverness, NS on Cape Breton Island. Construction started this past summer and here’s another shot of the course. For those interested, check out this thread on Golfclubatlas.com.
Course Review: Sagebrush Golf and Sporting Club
Designers: Rod Whitman, Richard Zokol, Armen Suny
Few courses in Canada have been so widely anticipated – and viewed as such precarious ventures – as Richard Zokol’s Sagebrush. Okay, maybe Tom Fazio’s Coppinwood had more hype, and I think most people heard Tobiano would be special, and clearly Cabot Links [...]
I’ll do a longer, more thorough discussion of what is going on at Cape Breton’s Highlands Links, which I’m now convinced is the best course in Canada, at a later date. But the one thing I did want to show was the remarkable changes brought about by tree removal on holes 7, 9, 12, and [...]
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