Last week I wrote a quick note about a press release I had received mentioning that Gary Player was to receive a lifetime achievement honor at the National Golf Course Owners’ Association meeting in BC. Strange, thought I, as Player hasn’t really done anything in Canada to warrant an honor. But I wasn’t attending — [...]
Okay, there’s strange, then there’s this — the National Golf Course Owners’ Association honoring Gary Player with the first “Golf Business Canada” lifetime achiecement award. Why? Can’t say. The only course he’s designed in Canada (Wildstone in Cranbrook) seems dead in the water. Other than that, I’m trying to figure out what business he’s done [...]
I finally got around to reading my most recent issue of Golf Magazine, and found the article on the demise of Tom Doak’s Beechtree Golf Club to be the most intriguing. For one thing, the course was being turned into housing — and one has to wonder about the merits of that in the current [...]
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