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Posts about: rickie fowler

Tiger Not Tour’s No.1 Issue: Ames; The Spin on Grooves

Calgary resident Stephen Ames, known for his outspoken tendencies, apparently told Gord Holder at the Ottawa Citizen, that Tiger Woods isn’t the PGA Tour’s No. 1 issue — or at least that’s what the headline in the Montreal Gazette suggests and how Holder sets up his column:
Stephen Ames admits he has no idea when Tiger [...]


Sympatico Column: DeLaet’s Wild Ride to the PGA Tour

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 [...]


New Sympatico Column: Fowler, Lovemark and the Making Fall Golf Exciting

My latest Sympatico golf column is now online.
Here’s a taste:
The so-called “Fall Series” of events on the PGA Tour is dismissed by many as having no value and stirring even less interest.
To many, the PGA Tour ends after the PGA Championship in August, or perhaps following the conclusion of the FedEx Cup a month later. [...]