(Photo By Gord Montgomery/Inside Golf) “The Celebrity course that hosted the Skins Game in 2007 and ’08 is... I’m not going to say it’s ‘quaint’ because it’s a 7,000-yard golf course, but its fairway corridors are a little more narrow than the Players....
or resume playing golf. What that meant was people paying full price for green fees and memberships, something no course is going to turn its back on. “The demand to sell lower-cost green fees, etcetera, is not there,” where reduced fees were often a...
you’ve gotta play two or three times. If you just look at the scorecard and the yardages, (and judge it by that) you’re going to come off there shaking your head. Everything is target golf.” And, he added, Apple Creek is “Home to affordable golf,”...
his putter caught fire on the front nine. “All of a sudden, I was five, six under through eight and thought, ‘Hey. This is going pretty well!’ Then I stopped making putts and Mitch came after me.” Heffernan said of almost losing what looked like a...
Gord Montgomery, Senior Writer, Inside Golf CALGARY, Alberta — Sometimes, the most noise you hear on a golf course is what’s going on inside your own head. At the Valley Ridge Golf Club in Calgary, that’s more than likely the case. Although it’s located...
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...
them fast and if you’re putting well, you’ll probably score well. If you’re not and leaving yourself in tough spots, you’re going to know it!” The pro continued by pointing out you want to leave your approach shots below the hole on the rather small...
a couple of the participants. Eight-year-old Jude Richardson noted he’d been playing for two years but is enjoying what’s going on here for a simple reason. “I just like hitting the ball,” he said of the best part. “I play with my friends and golf...
Golf Tom Doull noted this course is a popular choice to be either a member or a public player and for a good reason. “You’re going to find it challenging but not overly challenging. There are some forced carries over water hazards out there on certain...
the new SPEED BOLD shoes, are one of the most comfortable golf shoes available. If you are a walker, these shoes are going to make your round that much more enjoyable. SQAIRZ’s innovative SPEED BOLD design solves the problem and integrates the midsole,...
to go farther west, it was no go. “People were allowed to come to Cougar Creek. They were just making sure they weren’t going to the mountains or Entwistle. If they were, they were turned back.” As for the course itself, tee times were limited to...
out and play in a fun league format. I think more people need to get out and play golf these days, with everything that’s going on in the world. I did some research on this and it seems it’s a format that’s popular that people like to play in lots of...
any putts for two weeks, and then finally today I started making a few early on,” said Goosen after his round. “Yeah, got it going nicely. It's disappointing about the finish, but I think when I was driving to the course this morning I was thinking if I...
tough. The 4s are tough. It’s a well-treed golf course and it’s a good test for anybody, especially from the back tees. It’s going to take some serious thought as to where you position yourself off the tee, for sure. I think the type of golf course this...
and whether they’re a member at a golf club, or a course that has access to PING, they’ll be able to get the process going (in ordering new gear) rather than waiting until May or June. And of course, the distributor benefits because consumers leave...
I’ve had some thoughts of what it might look like down the road, but we’ll see where it goes.” And for now, it’s certainly going in the right direction as their listenership continues to grow in a city that is golf crazy.
have any conditions with indoor golf. Traditionally here, we run with firm fairways and softer greens but outside, you’re going to face many different course conditions. That’s the one thing you can’t work around indoors,” although he did add later that...
GC on September 5. Registration for all the above events, including the qualifiers, will begin at 9 a.m. on April 1 by going to the association’s website at albertagolf.org.
green for real playing conditions. You simply position, raise and/or lower tees to adjust the challenge. Take my word: it is going to take a lot of focus to get to “make putts” on a consistent basis. Combined with Tony’s Lights-Out portable 4” in...