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Fire Damage At Alberta Golf Course Limited But Precautions Still Being Taken
By Gord Montgomery, Inside Golf PARKLAND COUNTY, Alberta — With over 85 wildfires raging across north-central Alberta, many golf courses have found themselves close to the infernos, but as of yet, none that Inside Golf was able to contact have suffered...
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The Devon Golf & C.C. Proves A Course Doesn't Need To Be Long To Be Challenging
By Gord Montgomery, Senior Writer, Inside Golf If there was ever a golf course where yardage means next to nothing, it’s most definitely the Devon Golf & Conference Centre. The top distance on this river valley beauty is a whopping 5,559 yards. Yes,...
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PGA TOUR Canada Chips In To Help Alberta’s Youth on Course Program
By Gord Montgomery, Inside Golf EDMONTON, Alberta — In an effort to continue growing its Youth on Course program, Alberta Golf has gained financial support through the PGA TOUR Canada stop in Edmonton, by teaming up with the Northern Bear GC at the ATB...
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Carlsbad, California, Is Cool
By Dr. Barry Lotz, Inside Golf About 25 minutes north of downtown San Diego, off the I-5 Freeway, lies one of the “coolest” beach town cities in San Diego County. Easily accessible via train, plane, and car, Carlsbad, is an upscale suburb of greater...
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Indian Wells Golf Resort Tees Up Great Experiences
By Gord Montgomery, Senior Writer, Inside Golf INDIAN WELLS, California — After surveying the terrain at this municipally-owned divot-digging property, it’s no wonder that other munis around the world wish they could grow up to be compared to the...
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2023 Gift Guide For The Upcoming Holidays
The FJ Flex #56287 Golf Shoe $99.99 www.footjoy.com One of the most important pieces of golf equipment is shoes. Over the years, I have reviewed many brands, material compositions, spiked and spikeless, laced, and BOA Fit System shoes. One of the very...
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Silver Rock Offers Great Golf & Photo Ops
By Gord Montgomery, Senior Writer, Inside Golf LA QUINTA, California — Set hard against the Santa Rosa Mountains, it’s hard to say what’s better at Silver Rock Resort golf course: the scenery or the golf course itself. As the former home of the Bob...
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Premium Golf Products For Mother’s & Father’s Day
By Dr. Barry Lotz, Inside Golf Honma BERES Black $1,149.00 honmagolf.com This lesser-known and highly underrated golf driver is almost perfect. 2023 brings no shortage of new drivers to try out this year. The Callaway Paradym, Titleist TSR3, Taylormade...
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Golf With The Legends: The Galleri Classic
By Dr. Barry Lotz, Inside Golf Say what you may, but the majority of Coachella Valley’s golf enthusiasts belong in the senior category, that is 65 plus. With the Dinah Shore/Nabisco/ANA Ladies’ major leaving the valley, many of the local golf lovers...
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Slices, Spices & Oh So Much More In Surrey, B.C. (Part 1)
By Gord Montgomery, Inside Golf SURREY, British Columbia — With the influx of advertising highlighting British Columbia hitting Alberta’s visual markets over the past while, including the much-ballyhooed Surrey Spice Trail, it seemed only fitting that...
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Sagebrush GC Prepared For A New Season
By Gord Montgomery, Senior Writer, Inside Golf QUILCHENA, British Columbia – After several years of sitting in limbo, a course now named the top play in British Columbia is prepared to welcome guests with an ever-expanding line-up of amenities....
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Mill Woods GC, An Unexpected Pleasure To Play
By Gord Montgomery, Senior Writer, Inside Golf EDMONTON, Alberta — Golf is full of unexpected but happy surprises. Your off-line drive hits a tree and bounds back into the middle of the fairway; your approach shot is hit fat but lands on a sprinkler...
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The Track GC Philosophy Is Simple: “Have Fun. Enjoy.”
By Gord Montgomery, Senior Writer, Inside Golf LANGDON, Alberta — If there was one word to sum up the philosophy of The Track Golf Club in Langdon, Alberta, it would be ‘fun.’ That’s what this rural golf course wants to bring back to the game....
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Apple Creek GC Is A Good Test Of Target Golf & The Whole Family Is Welcome
By Gord Montgomery, Senior Writer, Inside Golf ROCK VIEW COUNTY, Alberta — If the rest of your family isn’t into golf like you are and you hate to leave them behind when you go out for a round, we have a solution to that problem: The Apple Creek Golf...
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Slices, Spices & Oh So Much More In Surrey, B.C. (Part 2)
By Gord Montgomery, Inside Golf SURREY, British Columbia — Part of this assignment was to eat. After climbing out of bed on our second day, it was off to breakfast and Western-style foods this time. We set up camp at the retro Roadhouse Grille where...
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Two Distinctly Different Nines In Westlock & A Welcoming Committee
By Gord Montgomery, Inside Golf WESTLOCK, Alberta — The Westlock Golf Club is one of the thousands of courses across the country located in rural areas where a small town doesn’t mean a small layout. At Westlock, you get a lot for your money including...
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Strathmore GC’s Challenges Come Early On In Your Round
By Gord Montgomery, Senior Writer, Inside Golf STRATHMORE, Alberta — If you’re teeing it up at the Strathmore Golf Club, you best have your game face on right away. According to the professional staff there, the toughest tests come early on. Executive...
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Golf North Delighted With Wolf Creek GR Purchase
By Gord Montgomery, Inside Golf With the sale of one of Alberta’s most iconic golf courses finalized, the new owners of the Wolf Creek Golf Resort feel they will definitely get their money’s worth in taking over the 36-hole property. In court filings...
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Sirocco Golf Club Has An Ever-Changing Feel
By Gord Montgomery, Senior Writer, Inside Golf At the Sirocco Golf Club in Calgary, what you see isn’t always what you’re going to get. A phenomenon known locally as the Sirocco Swirl means you could well be playing a different course today than when...
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Some Scoring Problems Being Removed & Others Added At Eagle Rock GC
By Gord Montgomery, Senior Writer, Inside Golf EDMONTON, Alberta — While excuses for not extracting oneself from a bunker are plentiful — “not enough sand;” “too much sand;” “thinned it;” “this wasn’t raked properly” — one thing that won’t be plentiful...
https://insidegolf.ca/read/16508-some-scoring-problems-being-removed-others-added-at-eagle-rock-gc