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Guest blog – McDougall: “Long drive is about the characters.”

RT’s note: Regular guest blogger Colin McDougall is an educator in the golf industry who formerly ran equipment maker Accuform (and still plays Accuform blades!). After completing his MBA at Ivey,...

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Predator Ridge’s Ridge Course — Carrick’s best?

The more I play design Doug Carrick’s Ridge Course at Predator Ridge, the more I’m convinced it might well be the designer’s best work. It is a great deal of fun to play, it has enough challenge to be...

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Lessons from a nine-year-old girl at her first golf tourney

On Friday I decided to head to Waterloo to walk a round with teen sensation Brooke Henderson. The only issue is that my kids were around, and since I hadn’t been much in the past few weeks, I decided...

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Cabot Links gets $8.25-million loan from NS government

Interesting to see the news that Cabot Links received a $8.25-million loan from the provincial government to complete work on new hotel rooms and the second course, Cabot Cliffs: The government...

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Global Golf Post: Can Canadian Open Move to Next Level?

I used some of the discussion on this site to create a column about the future of the Canadian Open for my Global Golf Post column this week. The full column is at the link, but here’s a taste: Move...

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Highlands Links and GolfNorth: Arising from the ashes?

I spent the day playing one of the best golf courses in the world, Highlands Links in Ingonish, NS, alongside its intrepid GM Graham Hudson. Hudson is a survivor who helped keep the course afloat while...

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Course Review: Cabot Cliffs (Inverness, NS)

Cabot Cliffs: The best Canadian course to open– ever? Review: Cabot Cliffs (Inverness, NS) Designer: Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw Overview: Cabot Cliffs is the most exciting and significant golf design...

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SCOREGolf cover story: Home Invasion

My SCOREGolf cover story is now online. The story stems from the sale of York Downs for $440-million, and the other courses across the country that are in the process of being sold. Frankly I’d find...

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Brooke Henderson’s Pan Am Games Fiasco

Her quest to get to the LPGA has captured most of the attention, so much so that many have overlooked the fiasco that was Brooke Henderson’s commitment/withdrawal from the Pan Am Games. Henderson first...

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Hearn’s near miss at RBC Canadian Open

David Hearn is a class act. He could have skipped talking to the media after narrowly missing at the RBC Canadian Open, but instead he was open and honest. Sure Hearn had to be devastated by falling...

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