Graham DeLaet is on his way to the PGA Tour, but the coverage of the Canadian’s ascension is spotty at best. My morning Globe, for example, had no reference to DeLaet at all — aside from a bolded name in the stats page.
Ian Hutchison spoke with DeLaet and filed this story for the Toronto Sun, [...]
I spoke with Vernon, B.C.’s Chris Baryla a week ago about his comeback from injury and playing his way onto the PGA Tour. The interview followed a terribly uninformative conference call where only three of my peers actually asked questions. Doesn’t leave me with a lot of faith in Canada’s sports media. For what it [...]
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 [...]
While the Presidents Cup garners the attention, Vernon’s Chris Baryla is quietly playing his way on to the PGA Tour by leading the Nationwide Tour’s Chattanooga Classic after three rounds. If he wins, it’ll vault him among the Top 25 Nationwide Tour players who immediately gain access to the PGA Tour next year. The money [...]
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 [...]
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