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 [...]
This week’s Sympatico column is now online.
Here’s a taste:
Golf is now an Olympic sport for the first time since 1904.
Sure there’s no course appropriate in Rio de Janeiro to hold the first Olympic golf tournament since 1904, when Canadian amateur George Lyon won the gold. And no one has any idea who will be participating [...]
I wrote and filed this yesterday, but in the onslaught of material on Sympatico/MSN, it didn’t end up on the site until this afternoon. Now we’re in the midst of another thunderstorm…
I find Finchem’s “flex” schedule a bit difficult to follow — especially since he provides little to no details. And that’s not just to [...]
Note — this is a post from last week that didn’t go up for some reason…
My latest National Post column, in today’s paper if you are interested in witnessing my ugly mug first hand, is also online.
Check it out:
The economic meltdown on the markets has hurt most people’s retirement plans, but it could be a [...]
I missed it, but last Friday my column on golf and the Olympics appeared in the National Post. You can find it here. However, given space considerations, the column was cut significantly. Here it is in all its unedited glory:
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Last week’s PGA Championship was a struggle. The tournament faced rain storms, [...]