It is always a real pleasure to get a chance to meet and speak with the best in the business — regardless of whether we’re talking high-finance, technology, entrepreneurism or, in this case, golf. With that in mind, I was very pleased to meet Bill Coore, half of the Coore/Ben Crenshaw design team, while on [...]
Course Review: St. George’s Golf and Country Club (Etobicoke, Ont.)
Designer: Stanley Thompson
On Friday, with the weather a little frosty for mid-October, I drove down to Etobicoke for a round at St. George’s Golf and Country Club, which will host next year’s RBC Canadian Open. Though I’ve written about it extensively (including a chapter in my book, [...]
Course Review: Hamilton G&CC
Designer: Harry Colt
Note: A previous review of Hamilton appeared before the 2006 Canadian Open.
I had the good fortune to make my now annual fall trip to play Hamilton G&CC in Ancaster. I love the golf course — it is among my Top 5 in Canada and I was intrigued at seeing the [...]
Course Review: Sagebrush Golf and Sporting Club
Designers: Rod Whitman, Richard Zokol, Armen Suny
Few courses in Canada have been so widely anticipated – and viewed as such precarious ventures – as Richard Zokol’s Sagebrush. Okay, maybe Tom Fazio’s Coppinwood had more hype, and I think most people heard Tobiano would be special, and clearly Cabot Links [...]
Another good golf blog, Punch Bowl Golf, has hit the web, this one by Will Smith and Colin Sheehan, both actively interested and involved in golf design. They are spending a fair bit of time investigating some of the world’s best courses, both in text and pictures and in video. Well worth checking out.
In the meantime, we caught up [...]
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