Interesting news this morning from Royal Bank, which is increasing its investment in golf, including investments in “Team Canada,” the RCGA’s national amateur golf teams, as well as adding support “to the resurgence of Canada’s national amateur golf championships.”
Here’s RBC’s chief brand officer on the annoucement:
“We are proud to support the RCGA’s vision to drive [...]
The Golf Journalists Association of Canada, a group of 60 golf media members of which I’m part, today announced its top Canadian players for 2009. Some interesting results:
George Knudson Award for Best Male Professional of the Year:
Graham DeLaet,
Weyburn, Saskatchewan
DeLaet split his time in 2009 between the South African Sunshine Tour and the Canadian Tour. He [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
My latest MSN/Sympatico column went live yesterday.
Here’s a taste:
UXBRIDGE, Ont. – Maybe it is a sign of the insular and self-reflective nature of golf, but both Nick Taylor or Matt Hill seem stoic in the face of media attention rarely witnessed by golfers in this country whose last name isn’t Weir.
Standing in a room full [...]
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