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Robert Thompson's comments, criticism and opinion on the world of golf.

Posts about: Royal Canadian Golf Association

There Can Only Be One: Nick Taylor Canada’s Best Amateur?

On the same day the Golf Journalists Association of Canada voted Matt Hill in as the top Canadian male amateur, the RCGA named Nick Taylor as the country’s top college male player. So who is right?
I’d say the RCGA got this one correct. Anyway, here’s the details:
For the second year in a row, Nick Taylor [...]


Terrebonne project sold, RCGA investigate other potential Montreal clubs

When it was announced in 2002, the Terrebonne project (sometimes called CCQ), owned by Angus Glen proprietor Gordon Stollery and his business associate, Mike Columbos, was expected to hold the 2006 Canadian Open as part of a plan dreamed up by then RCGA executive director Stephen Ross. The plan called for two 18-hole golf courses, [...]


Baryla and DeLaet Equal RCGA Success?

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 [...]


RCGA Adds New COO, Deals with CanOpen Golf Range Issue

It has been a long time coming, but the Royal Canadian Golf Association today announced a new chief operating officer, with Peter Beresford replacing Rick Desrochers, who apparently remains in a position called “senior director, corporate planning.” Beresford is going to lead “development and implementation of all of the RCGA’s strategic Membership and Brand Development [...]


MSN/Sympatico Column: Daly at the Open

Okay, this is the last thing I write about John Daly for the next two weeks — at least until he arrives in Canada or wins the British Open.
My latest Sympatico column is online with my thoughts on Daly’s exemption into the Canadian Open.
Here’s a taste:
Over the past few years John Daly has been a [...]