Daly Retires, Puts Ping Wedges on eBay
Okay, well not really. Or definitely maybe? Who is to say what John Daly will do next, and I’m not really sure I care. After two more lousy rounds — Daly has rarely played well in the last six years —...
View ArticleTiger Talks — But Is He Really Saying Anything?
In another of what I expect are carefully considered and scripted events, Tiger Woods offered two five minute interviews today, both done at Isleworth in Florida. One was done with the Golf Channel,...
View ArticleMicheal Breed: On The Golf Fix, Tiger and What's Next
Just over a week ago, I had some time to talk to Michael Breed, the instructor who leads the Golf Channel’s The Golf Fix program that appears on Mondays. Breed was in town for a Titleist seminar on...
View ArticleMemorial Picks and Bulging…uh…Discs
You know, there were so many ways I fantasized about starting off this article, the follow-up to my debut as a golf tourney prognosticator for CanadianGolfer.com. Oddly enough, as I played all the...
View ArticleSympatico Column
Freddie: Star power in Montreal I’ve been on holiday for a few days with the kids and working on completing my book on Eagles Nest. In the meantime, here’s a column from earlier in the week on the...
View ArticleGretzky Nationwide Tour Event —"The Place Gave Me a Bad Vibe"
A few years ago I made the drive up to the Collingwood region for the inaugural Gretzky Celeb Nationwide Tour event. I interviewed Gretzky, spoke to one of the Nationwide Tour officials, and went home....
View ArticleGraham DeLaet: "It took a long time, but I feel like I belong out here."
Weyburn, Sask.'s Graham DeLaet secured his tour card for next year with a sixth-place finish at the Frys Graham DeLaet, who I’m hoping to catch up with tomorrow, managed a tie for sixth yesterday at...
View ArticleOn Bing and Bob…and Boy Bands?
I have to admit, I have a fairly strong urge to go out and buy a handful of lottery tickets this week folks. Although I wasn’t prescient enough to pick Rocco Mediate for the win at the Frys.com Open...
View ArticleWhat Rhymes With Thongchai?
Apparently in last week’s column, my hubris over scoring 3 players in the top 6 in the Frys.com Open irked the golf gods, or the universe…or the Great Pumpkin. And, like the cruel sods that they are,...
View ArticleNationwide Tour Schedule Out — Gretzky Event is History?
The Nationwide Tour schedule is out today and perhaps not too surprisingly, Wayne Gretzky’s troubled celebrity eventin Collingwood is not listed. It looks like the end for the troubled event. I broke...
View ArticleDoes adding the PGA Tour logo to the Canadian Tour make an immediate difference?
I think the answer to the question is no. On its premise, the announcement that the PGA Tour was enveloping the Canadian Tour was not a surprise. The PGA Tour spent too long doing due diligence to walk...
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