GolfScene Fall 2010

Volume 11 | Issue 3 | Fall 2010 INSIDE: Cover Story: SEASON IN REVIEW : collection of images, the odd caption, and a recap of the summer’s events PROSpectives : Putting Fundamentals? – our expert panel chimes in on a few of the basics to being better with the flatstick NOTEBOOK : Meet Adam Hadwin GIMMEES; GOLFScenery; CANADIAN LEADERBOARD PROfile : Seaforth’s Golf Patriarch – Ken Doig REGIONALLY SPEAKING : a Q&A with Hamilton’s... [Read More...]

Chasing Ashley

When did you begin playing golf and what / who was instrumental in getting you stared? My Dad got me started in golf. He used to play all of the time and being a ‘Daddy’s Girl’ I always wanted to go with him. However, he didn’t think I had the patience for it so he told me that kids weren’t allowed to play until they were 14. He started taking me to the range when I was 12, but I didn’t really start playing until... [Read More...]

GolfScenery : Grandview

It may be September, but if we look on the bright side, one of the unique benefits to our shortened season is the undeniable fact that we actually have four seasons … and what better a time to play golf in Ontario than in the Fall. Case in colourful point is a grand image of an even greater Muskoka golf course. www.clublink.ca AKPC_IDS += "7619,"; Read More →

Notebook : Adam Hadwin

Abbotsford, BC’s Adam Hadwin may have been a rookie on the Canadian Tour but being Top 5 in the ‘Order of Merit’ meant an exemption into the Canadian Open which translated into a 68,66,70, and 71 (-5) at St George’s – good enough for a share of 37th place, $19,890 and the Rivermead Cup as low Canadian. When Canadian Adam Hadwin teed it up on Thursday of the Canadian Open there was barely a sound – our guess is... [Read More...]

Reader Question 4

Based on your feedback, and in co-operation with the Ontario PGA, we have assembled some of the top Canadian PGA Professionals and Apprentices in Ontario to form an expert panel in an effort to provide GolfScene readers with a cross-section of views and a wealth of game improvement knowledge. Question: … wondering if you could ask the panel for their thoughts on basic putting fundamentals?  I went down and watched the Canadian Open and noticed... [Read More...]

Fall Mag is On Ice

And, as always, on us. The Fall magazine is moving from the heat press and onto the refrigerated trucks (well, not really – but it sure fits with our image motif below). We like to refer to the fall issue as our pseudo season in review – where we recap the highlights (and low) of the season in a more pictorial laden point form style. Inside you’ll also find some equipment and apparel sneak peeks for the upcoming season. Our PROSpectives... [Read More...]

Quinn Essentials Volume 3

The Player’s Assistant It all started at the bag drop with the young girl – good looking, charming – who somehow managed to simultaneously talk, look, and act as if she’d never swung a club. She topped it off by telling us to enjoy our rounds. There was no ‘hope’ attached to her ‘remark by rote,’ even though each and every golfer passing her way that day had little else to cling to. Bad enough that all these young people are smiling... [Read More...]

Profile: Ken Doig

Ken Doig is 82 years young and he told me he shot a 79 last week at his home course, the Seaforth Golf Club. The course, celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2010, has had Ken Doig Sr. and his lovely wife Mary at the helm for every single one of them! “Today I leave most of the work to my kids,” Doig says. “But I keep a close eye on them,” he adds, with a gleam in his eye. Ken Doig has more stories about golf, hockey and life in Seaforth and... [Read More...]

Open Minded

Story by Ian Hutchinson This may not be the most popular thing to say in this era of pandering to pampered pros from the PGA Tour, but Glen Abbey should remain part of the RBC Canadian Open rotation, if there is such a thing, after Golf Canada’s contractual obligation to ClubLink Corporation runs out. As part of the 1999 deal that saw the Royal Canadian Golf Association, now Golf Canada, sell the Abbey to ClubLink, the longtime home of the Open... [Read More...]