Golf

As the days grow shorter and I turn the clocks back — ending Daylight Savings Time for another year, my mind ruminates on time and how it relates to the game I love, but never […]

Procrastination is not my friend. That is why I need deadlines. Yet, despite these due dates, I sometimes extend them – asking my editors for forgiveness and a few days’ grace. Like now! After weeks […]

Golf in our home and native land is booming. According to a recently released Canadian Golf Economic Impact Study, in 2023, Canadians played an estimated 74 million rounds of golf (compared to 57 million rounds […]

It’s the second day of spring as I write this column from North Redington Beach, Florida, where I’m lucky to get a respite from Ontario’s wintery weather. Mother Nature remains moody. For snowbirds returning home […]

 “The weep for simplification of the Rules of Golf is a stock-in-trade of the journalist during the winter months. Countless words on the subject have been poured out to an ever-tolerant public, but still the […]

As I procrastinated penning this latest column, I hit a milestone birthday. The day before I reached this number (which I won’t reveal here), I was fortunate to see 90-year-old Willie Nelson play live. Talk […]

An expression that irks me, which my mom often uses, is “I should have!” I catch her every time she utters these three words in a sentence. Just saying this phrase means that you have […]

“Golf is an exercise which is much used by a gentleman in Scotland … man would live 10 years the longer for using this exercise once or twice a week.”- Dr. Benjamin Rush (1745 – […]

To every season, there is a reason. For every reason, there is a season. Ask my son for one reason why golf season exists and I get nothing. Instead, my teenager offers a diatribe based […]

Years ago, I was the managing editor of Golf Canada magazine. To this day, one particular cover story stands out. The story was titled “Golfing Blind: The Gerry Nelson Story.” The cover was completely black […]