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Robert Thompson

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

Posts about: clublink

ClubLink’s Lake Joe Club Loses Liquor License Over Crash

There’s been lots written about the accident two summers ago in Muskoka which resulted in three fatalities after the driver was apparently overserved at ClubLink’s Lake Joseph Club. The accident got a ton of media coverage, especially when the police charged the board of directors, resulting in headlines. There were a lot fewer headlines when [...]


Boismier Joins Deer Creek

One of the industry’s truly good guys, Jeff Boismier, is joining Deer Creek as its GM. For those of you who don’t know Jeff, he spent a significant amount of time at National Pines in Barrie before it was sold to ClubLink, and then joined Muskoka Bay. The job at Muskoka Bay went badly — [...]


RCGA, ClubLink Hook Up For The Betterment of Golf in Canada

Not like this pairing is new, but this afternoon, as the sixth and seventh tarts to come out and say they’ve had “encounters” with Tiger Woods, the RCGA announced a $4-million 10-year partnership with corporate golf giant ClubLink. Call had plenty of interesting tidbits, not all of them intended. For example:

Scott Simmons, RCGA executive director, [...]


Charges Go Forward in ClubLink Case

Thanks to reader Craig for tipping me off to coverage of the ClubLink/Mulcahy case.
The case involving Tyler Mulcahy, the 20-year old who died in a car accident along with two others after drinking at the Lake Joseph Club, is going in front of an open court on Nov. 5. According to a newspaper account, the [...]


OntGolf.ca Wins Twice at Inaugural Golf Journalism Awards

OntGolf.ca managed to scoop up two prizes at the inaugural Golf Journalists of Canada awards luncheon today at the fantastic St. George’s G&CC. I took home two awards — one for an obituary of Brampton caddie Steve Duplantis that appeared in the Globe and Mail last spring in the newspaper feature category, and another for [...]