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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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Alberta Pair Honoured By Golf Canada
By Gord Montgomery, Senior Writer, Inside Golf Two Albertans, long known for their work in the golf industry at the amateur and professional levels, have been honoured by Golf Canada with Distinguished Service Awards, for their efforts to foster the...
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Despite Loss Of Clubhouse, Northern Bear GC Ready To Roar In 2024
By Gord Montgomery, Senior Writer, Inside Golf SHERWOOD PARK, Alberta — Despite a fire that caused literally millions of dollars in damage this past January, the Northern Bear Golf Course, which is located east of Edmonton, is ready to roar in 2024. In...
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Calgarians Step Up In Big Way To Fill Vacant Positions
By Gord Montgomery, Senior Writer, Inside Golf CALGARY, Alberta — When Albertans need help, it’s never far away no matter what the issue. Case in point: volunteers filling in spots left open in preparation for the 2024 LPGA championship in Calgary at...
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Alberta Couple View PGA Event From ‘Inside The Ropes’
By Gord Montgomery, Senior Writer, Inside Golf LA QUINTA, California — It’s one thing to be a spectator at a PGA TOUR event, trying to keep up with players as they make their appointed rounds. For one Stony Plain, AB, couple, keeping pace with...
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Like Everything In Life, You Get What You Pay For & These Glasses Are Worth It
By Gord Montgomery, Senior Writer, Inside Golf PALM SPRINGS, California — These sunglasses aren’t your dollar store variety by any stretch of the imagination. But then again, you get what you pay for. With USwing eyewear, you are indeed getting...
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Golf Industry Seeing “Tiger Woods Wave Number 2” In Alberta
By Gord Montgomery, Senior Writer, Inside Golf CALGARY, Alberta — Like the influx of people hitting the links in the recent past, the number of new faces in pro shops across Alberta is also rising dramatically. On both counts, the executive director of...
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Edmonton Company Wants To Put Their Shirts On Your Back
By Gord Montgomery, Inside Golf EDMONTON, Alberta — Look good. Play good. That’s a philosophy held by many and while Jared Van Dyke can’t help you play better golf, he can certainly help you look better while playing golf. Van Dyke, the owner of...
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PGA of Alberta Golf Shows Set To Return
By Gord Montgomery, Inside Golf After a three-year timeout, the PGA of Alberta Golf Shows are set to return with organizers hoping everyone, vendors and the public, get a bigger bang for their buck. Trevor Rioux, the event manager, said there is lots...
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Alberta’s Major Amateur Championships Dates Announced
By Gord Montgomery, Inside Golf CALGARY, Alberta — One of the sure signs that winter is slowly coming to an end in Alberta is the release, by Alberta Golf, of their official dates for the major championships in the coming season. As always, the...
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Mills Honoured With HOF Induction Through Work With Junior Golfers
By Gord Montgomery, Inside Golf EDMONTON, Alberta — When Dunc Mills’ mother, Marion Kolthammer, introduced him to the game of golf oh so many decades ago, she likely had no idea where that would lead her son. As it turned out, it was most likely a lot...
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Edmonton’s VIP Golf Show Ready To Tee It Up For Another Year
By Gord Montgomery, Inside Golf EDMONTON, Alberta — The one thing golfers like more than playing the game is talking about the game. That’s being proven week after week during the season on Edmonton radio. The TSN 1260 VIP Golf Show is now headed into...
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PGA of Alberta Golf Show Set To Go In Calgary
By Gord Montgomery, Inside Golf When you come right down to it, the PGA of Alberta Golf Show, which runs in Calgary on March 17 and 18 in Hall D at the BMO Centre, is a win-win deal for both golf vendors and consumers. After all, for those with...
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Some Hope Edmonton Golf Show Will Return In The Future
By Gord Montgomery, Inside Golf EDMONTON, Alberta — The decision to cancel the 2023 PGA of Alberta Golf Show in Edmonton didn’t come without a lot of deliberation and, likely, hair-pulling. The event was slated to run for the first time in four years,...
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PGA TOUR Canada, Northern Bear Ink Three-Year Deal
By Gord Montgomery, Inside Golf SHERWOOD PARK, Alberta — In for a dime, in for a dollar. That was the philosophy behind the idea the Jack Nicklaus-designed Northern Bear GC’s management took to the PGA TOUR Canada and the tour bought in. And that...
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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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McCourt Pens A Golf Book With A Different Sort Of Instruction
By Gord Montgomery, Inside Golf SPRUCE GROVE, Alberta — When a golf professional undertakes the chore of writing a book you’d expect it to be in the vein of a how-to instructional pamphlet. Or perhaps something along the line of humorous on-course...
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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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A Relaxed, Social League Play Aspect Offered By Spark Golf
By Gord Montgomery, Inside Golf Spark Golf is a friendly way to meet other golfers and the idea seems to be catching fire. At present, there are 21 courses involved in the Calgary (11) and Edmonton (10) areas, plus one in Red Deer, along with leagues...
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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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