2020 In Pictures – Day 1
On the heels of a day of golf at Jasper Park, I was up early and headed south from Edmonton to meet my buddy @golfismental for 36 holes at one…
An Incomplete Look at Golf Collectables
I really took notice of collectibles when visiting my cousin in Chicago several years ago. A bachelor (at the time) and an avid golfer, he was seeking to get his…
Embracing golf’s off-season
This is about our off season here in Canada. Not the PGA Tour, where the off-season is 3 days long before wraparound events start up. In Ontario, October 31 was…
Golf, Friendship and Free Beer
This is not a new story. There are thousands of stories like this across Canada; weekly golf groups who tee it up at their local club. But for many reasons…
Cobble Beach – A links-inspired pleasure to play
https://www.cobblebeach.com/Home.aspx https://www.eatsleepgolf.net/cobble-beach Minutes north of Owen Sound, Ontario is a Doug Carrick-design which will leave players wanting to tee it up again and experience this links-inspired course again. The course…
The Good, Bad and Ugly of Covid-19’s Impact on Golf
I can’t head up to my course and use their practice facilities without booking dedicated time and space. It’s a first-world problem and after spending a weekend this spring feeling…
They Are Called ‘Super’ For A Reason
It was the kind of comment that is likely made at many courses in Canada, often a critique to some aspect of course condition that players find unfavourable, “I don’t…
Snell MTB Black – Ball Review
Snell MTB Black – Ball Review I am a loyal Snell ball user. Its value combines quality with a price considerably lower than other performance balls. I had written last…
Golf’s Ultimate Opening Day in Canada
I love the game of baseball. And around the time my daughter my born it was my favourite sport. I’d argue no sport celebrates Opening Day the way that baseball…
Golf’s Extended Off-Season
I take weather delays in the summer serious, or I try to anyway. Fact is, waiting on lightning to come and go on the course is tough…there is an inherent…