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Posts about: Dustin Risdon

Sympatico Column: DeLaet’s Wild Ride to the PGA Tour

Been busy writing about Canadian golf lately, though it is December and it was damned cold taking my garbage to the curb this morning. Anyway, I touched base with Graham DeLaet on Monday afternoon, and here’s the story that came out of it for Sympatico. Interesting to note that all of the country’s rising stars [...]


Baryla and DeLaet Equal RCGA Success?

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 [...]


CanOpen Sympatico Column: DeLaet’s Rise, Tired Taylor

I filed a story to Sympatico last night about the Canadians who made the cut — DeLaet, Baryla, and those that didn’t — Risdon, Taylor and Hill.
Here’s a taste:
 
Chris Baryla and Dustin Risdon may represent Canada’s future in professional golf, but yesterday the pair were in very different moods after finishing their rounds in the [...]


Daly in at CanOpen, Immelman out?

So John Daly, all garish pants with a thinner waste band, and apparently healthy despite his recent withdrawal on the European Tour, is coming back to the RBC Canadian Open.
That was the word today from the RCGA, along with several other names – Canadians Graham Delaet, Dustin Risdon, Jon Mills, Chris Baryla and Ian Leggatt. [...]


O’Hair, Mahan and Goosen Coming to RBC Canadian Open

The Announcement
The RCGA will host a conference call tomorrow to announce a couple of key players for the field in a couple of week’s time — these include Sean O’Hair, #13 in the world and likely the top-ranked player in the field; Hunter Mahan, #39 in the world; Nick Watney, currently #33 in the world, [...]