New LPGA Event Looking for Volunteers
For golfers in the Waterloo area with some extra free time this summer … and, should you volunteer, please be and sure and send us a note outlining your experience – we may just choose to publish a few. Press Release Below: - More than 1,200 volunteers required to make the tournament a world-class success - (MANULIFE FINANCIAL CLASSIC) – Volunteer applications are now available for the 2012 Manulife Financial LPGA Classic, to be held... [Read More...]
Toronto Featured on Golf Channel Travel Show
The Golf Channel was north of the border recently shooting an episode of their Golf Travel Show – featuring Lauren Thompson. Oddly enough the highlights seem to be The Hockey Hall of Fame and some place called Ted’s Range Road Dinner? (never heard of it – and we live here). Not sure what courses will be on display during the show but we have a pretty good idea that Lionhead will be in the mix – based on a few photos we’ve... [Read More...]
Etobicoke’s Terrill Samuel Captures Ontario Women’s Senior
Three rounds in the 70′s on tough greens, in the over 50, translates into 228 over 54, and 1 win. These girls are good. Congratulations and well played. Release Below: Terrill Samuel Goes Wire-to-Wire at Investors Group Ontario Senior Women’s Amateur Championship (GOLF ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO) - Etobicoke resident Terrill Samuel ran away with the Investors Group Ontario Senior Women’s Amateur Championship title on Thursday, earning... [Read More...]
Brian McCann Wins Ontario PGA Championship
(OPGA) Another successful Ontario PGA Championship came to a conclusion on Tuesday with one of the tournament favorites Brian McCann walking away with this year’s title. McCann, who led after round one with a 5 under par 67; fought off a surging Andy Holborn who went out early on day two and posted a 7 under 65 , and Jim Kenesky who was paired with McCann on the final day who stayed with Brian most of the day constantly applying the pressure. At... [Read More...]
LPGA Coming to Waterloo
GolfNorth’s Grey Silo a welcoming but stern host for LPGA Tour Site of new LPGA Tour event in Canada poses links-style challenges (GOLFNORTH) – When the best women golfers in the world come to Grey Silo Golf Club next year, they will be warmly welcomed by fans but the course will give them a stern and testy reception. LPGA Tour players such as World No. 1 Yani Tseng, Michelle Wie and Christie Kerr will be challenged by a course that... [Read More...]
Humber and UBC Come Out on Top at Canadian University Championship
- UBC’s Kylie Barros, Humber’s Mark Hoffman win national individual titles - (Golf Canada) – The University of British Columbia (UBC) Thunderbirds captured their third consecutive national women’s title, while the Humber College Hawks earned their third national men’s title in the last eight years at the Canadian University/College Championship conducted by Golf Canada at The Royal Ashburn Golf Club in Ashburn, Ont. UBC Thunderbirds are... [Read More...]
Results from the Ontario Future Links Junior Championship
Results are in for the 2011 Ontario Junior Boys and Girls Future Links Championship. Official Golf Canada release (and final standings) are below. Congratulations to all of the participants and in particular to Smith Fall’s Mackenzie Brooke Henderson – she has now won both Quebec Junior and the Ontario Junior at the age of 13. - Bateman records second consecutive CN Future Links victory; 13-year-old Mackenzie Brooke Henderson wins Junior... [Read More...]
Elmira’s Garret Rank Earns Canadian Tour Berth
Garrett Rank from the Elmira Golf Club fired a two under 69 to become the first of three Chase the Dream Qualifiers for the Canadian Tour’s Seaforth Country Classic. Garret won by two shots over Steve Lee from Toronto. Rank is a 23 year old University of Waterloo student who also qualified for the US Public Links Championship earlier in the week. Rank will tee it up with the pros August 15-21 when the Canadian Tour makes it’s stop. The... [Read More...]
Centre of Gravity Golf lands at Rebel Creek
Over the years I’ve met many golf teaching professionals, some great, some good, some not so good and many carbon copies. Rob Bernard works on the 'fun'damentals with a student at Rebel Creek. Things like properly gripping a golf club, figuring out where to place your feet, your posture, the takeaway, the follow-through, putting stance etc. are, to most , all fairly straightforward and simple things to learn. And therefore should be fairly... [Read More...]
Spring is in the Air
Dropped in today at The Guelph Lakes Golf Club, just outside of Guelph, Ontario. It is ‘Member Appreciation Day’ and a good turn-out of golfers, all anxiously awaiting that first day of golf showed up at the course to meet the staff, the owners, talk golf and get a few tips from the teaching professional. Despite the bitterly cold day and still lots of snow on the ground, the sun was shining and the golfers were all in a good spirits, ‘talking... [Read More...]
Montreal Resets the Stage for the Champions Tour
After what was, by all accounts, a highly successful inaugural event, Montreal is, once again, setting the stage for the Champions Tour. Press Release Below: Fred Couples has confirmed he will return to play in Montreal. Defending champion Larry Mize tees off the 2011 Montreal Championship MONTREAL (March 17, 2011) – One year after a tremendously successful, award-winning debut on the PGA Champions Tour schedule, defending champion and 1987... [Read More...]
Turning Back the Clock at Cutten
Arthur Cutten had a vision – Chick Evans and Stanley Thompson made it a reality – and the rest is, as they say, well designed history. It may take a little while for the new name to roll of the tongue, but we applaud the Cutten Club’s reason and decision to remoniker itself as Cutten Fields. Official Release Below: Cutten Fields celebrates 80th anniversary with name change (CUTTEN CLUB) – The Cutten Club is taking a step... [Read More...]
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