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Posts about: Lorne Rubenstein

RBC/PGA Coverage — What Gives?

I was looking forward to seeing some of the perspectives on yesterday’s announcement between the PGA of America and Royal Bank. From my way of thinking, it is a significant deal, with implications for the Canadian Open now and in the future.
Needless to say, it was the Web-based reporters that actually put some thought into [...]


Rubenstein, Montreal Gazette Confirm Champions Tour Event in Montreal

It appeared here first, but Lorne Rubenstein at the Globe adds details to the talk of a Champions Tour event in Montreal. He says the event will go forward at Le Fountainbleau, a ClubLink course.
Here’s Rubenstein’s take:
Well, the rounders will return to Canada July 2-4 in a new Champions Tour event at Club de Golf [...]


Saskatchewan’s DeLaet Poised for PGA Tour Breakthrough

Graham Delaet has one-and-a-half rounds left at PGA Tour Qualifying School, but given his T2 position heading into the home stretch, he looks set to earn his card. The globe trotting DeLaet has been cool as a cumcumber all year — and has played some terrific golf for 18 months now. He’s make up four Canadians [...]


Final Rounds — Finding joy at Osprey Valley

My good friend John loves to play golf more than anyone I know. Rain. Snow. Doesn’t matter. Fifty-four holes in a day. No sweat. He hangs his hat in Caledon and is constantly batting the ball around Devil’s Pulpit and Paintbrush, and more often than not, at the 54-holes that is Osprey Valley. He’s always talking [...]


Sympatico Column: Canadians Still Have Plenty Left to Play For

My latest Sympatico column, about the final weeks of the Nationwide Tour and the Canadians involved, is now online.  Lorne Rubenstein in the Globe coincidently wrote on a similar topic that can be found here.
Here’s a taste from my column:
While the PGA Tour winds down after the $10-million FedEx Cup, a number of Canadian golfers [...]