Great events to get out and see
Get out your calendar and jot these dates down as the coming few weeks (starting this week!) offer up some great opportunities to get up close and personal with many of the stars of tomorrow right here in Southern Ontario. This week at Clublink’s Greystone Golf & Country Club in Milton the Canadian Tour is in town for the first of three stops in the province. The Jane Rogers Championship runs its competitive rounds from August 6th-10th... [Read More...]
Keep your Canadian Open tickets
If you have just watched any, or all of recent The Canadian Open at Oakville’s Glen Abbey Golf Course, hang on to your ticket. It will get you in to see the upcoming Roxul Jane Rogers Canadian Tour stop at ClubLink’s Greystone Golf Club on the side of the Niagara escarpment in Milton. Elliott Kerr, the Tournament Chairman for the Roxul Jane Rogers Canadian Tour stop just a short drive north of Oakville’s Glen Abbey says, “we have arranged... [Read More...]
Meet Eugene Smith from The Canadian Tour and The Big Break
Eugene stopped by Seaforth, Ontario yesterday to help promote the upcoming Seaforth Country Classic, a Canadian Tour stop that takes place August 25-31 and to also talk about his Big Break experience. Smith was the 2000 NCAA Big East Champion and is a Canadian Tour veteran who once shot a 59 at his home course in New Jersey, the Glen Ridge Golf Club, in a round that included a hole in one. Eugene Smith His best Canadian Tour finish with a second place... [Read More...]
‘Fore Words’ from the Inbox …
CANADA’S LARGEST GOLF COMPLEX They’ll be singing a new song at Cardinal Golf Club this summer as the RedCrest Course takes flight at what is now Canada’s largest golf complex. just 1 of soon to be 72 holes at Cardinal For 20 years golfers of all shapes and sizes (species) have been migrating to Cardinal GC to indulge their passion for the game their spring, summer fun. What started out as a Northern Adventure mini-putt course and driving... [Read More...]
Review & Resolutions
January is a quieter time around the GolfScene offices so we thought we’d take a brief look back at some of the interesting things that occurred over the course of the 2008 season as well as make a few resolutions of our own for 2009. 2008 Year in Review (an aptly truncated version) In a season when we experienced less than desirable weather and some not so great economics there was still many things to fondly remember. Canadian’s triumph... [Read More...]
‘Fore Words’ from the Inbox …
Sean Foley to coach PGA Tour Up & Comers Hunter Mahan & Parker McLachlin GolfScene Magazine contributor Sean Foley’s coaching accolades continue to add up. Sean recently reached agreements to coach PGA Tour players Hunter Mahan and Parker McLachlin. Sean Foley “I am delighted to enter into coaching relationships with Hunter and Parker, both of whom are great young players with plenty of talent, smarts and heart, and they are terrific... [Read More...]
‘Fore Words’ From the Inbox …
CANADIAN PGA AND RCGA TO COMBINE FORCES IN RULES OF GOLF The Canadian PGA and the Royal Canadian Golf Association (RCGA) are pleased to announce their latest partnership in national education. It is now a requirement for all Canadian PGA apprentices to complete their Level 2 Rules of Golf online through the RCGA. “This new initiative of our two associations will ensure that there is accessible and consistent learning across the country, available... [Read More...]
Some Tickets Worth Looking Into …
2008 marks the second year of the Jane Rogers Championship of Mississauga (JRCM), the only full field Canadian Tour event in the GTA. Byron Smith is the defending champion. The JRCM will be held August 18th to August 24th at Lakeview Golf Course in Mississauga, Ontario and is a full-field event with a prize purse of $125,000. Landmark Sport Group will be donating all event management services in honour of Jane. To further extend the event’s community... [Read More...]
