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RBC: 2012 a pivotal year for Canadian bank in golf
My story on RBC’s involvement in golf appeared this week in Golf World this week, discussing how important 2012 is to the bank. The bank’s deals all end in 2012, though the Canadian Open and Heritage...
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Golf Canada loss shrinks, membership program falters
Golf Canada held its AGM over the weekend in Montreal, and released its annual report at the same time. Always interesting reading, there are some items worth noting both on the positive and negative...
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Golf Canada faces uphill battle to find new Canadian Women's Open sponsor
The inevitable happened yesterday — CN announced it was stepping away from the Canadian Women’s Open. The railway, which took over the tournament when it seemed like it might disappear, is...
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PGA of Canada to USGA: Our pros don't support anchoring rule change
Fascinating to see the continued split over the anchored putter debate, with the PGA of Canada issuing a note to the USGA about it and making that note public (full disclosure — I edit two magazines...
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Guest blog: Why does being tops seem underwhelming
RT Note: I’ve had several good chat with Colin McDougall while sitting at London’s Hunt Club or in a nearby Starbucks in recent months. Like most conversations I have people in the golf business, the...
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Global Golf Post: The search for a Canadian Women's Open sponsor
My latest Global Golf Post column came out yesterday and discusses the search for a sponsor for the soon to be formerly CN Canadian Women’s Open. You’ll find the column here. I think Golf Canada is...
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Should Canadian Open become a WGC event?
Mike Weir hits into the 7th hole at Glen Abbey during the Canadian Open. Should we sacrifice the RBC Canadian Open? That seems to be what Golf Canada executive director Scott Simmons was raising while...
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Glen Abbey: Don’t expect houses anytime soon
Clublink owner Rai Sahi: Preparing to unlock the hidden value of his golf assets? So the news hit last Friday that Clublink Corp. and owner Rai Sahi were seeking to rezone Glen Abbey, the home of far...
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Battle over the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame shows its shortcomings
I suspect about five people in Canada care, which is unfortunate, but I’ve been amused to see the debate between Ian Hutchinson at Golf News Now and Jim Deeks at Fairways over the failure of the Hall...
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Can Golf Canada break even?
At its AGM in Halifax, Golf Canada announced it lost almost $1-milion last year, about $500,000 less than it lost a year previous. I spent about a half hour talking with Golf Canada CEO Scott Simmons...
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Canadian Open for King’s Forest is an infeasible concept
So a city politician in Hamilton not only wants the Canadian Open, they want Golf Canada to move to one of their courses as well: A city councillor wants to make Hamilton the home of Canadian golf. Sam...
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