It has been five months since former CPGA executive director Steve Carroll left the organization (ending up with the RCGA, strangely enough), and while no one has ever accused the CPGA of moving quickly, the group finally announced they’ve hired someone. It is an internal hire, with Gary Bernard taking the gig after meetings among the [...]
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, [...]
Just looking through the Steve Carroll press release from the RCGA from yesterday and some questions arise. First of all it looks like Carroll is being placed in charge of programs that no one has heard about.
“Carroll will recruit, train and manage Golf Canada Ambassador volunteers and will be counted on to help increase the [...]
In a bit of a surprise move, the RCGA announced it was hiring Steve Carroll, who just resigned as executive director of the CPGA and was thought to perhaps be moving out of the Canadian market. In its news release, it looks like RCGA executive director Scott Simmons is going all out to support his [...]
Yesterday the National Allied Golf Association, a Canadian organization made up of seven different golf-related groups, came out with its first survey. Yep, golf in Canada is big – really big. Big to the tune of contributing $11.3 billion to the country’s GDP, directly or indirectly employing 341,000 people and directly employing 155,024. Those are [...]
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