Northern Alberta Current Features
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Packed Field And Playoff Highlight MJT Alberta Season Opener At Paradise Canyon
Four Shortlisted For Callaway Junior World Golf Championship LETHBRIDGE, Alberta -- The Boston Pizza-presented Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour's (MJT) two-day Albertan season opener on May 4-5, 2013 at Paradise Canyon Golf Club in Lethbridge was packed with an oversubscribed field of 113 competitors from Alberta, Saskatchewan and BC in the Golf Alberta-ranked tournament, and needed a playoff to decide the Overall Champion. Four players also qualified for age-specific shortlisted -
Exciting Future Ahead For Greywolf Golf Course
PANORAMA, B.C. -- An exciting future lies ahead as Panorama Mountain Village finalizes full ownership transfer of the award-winning Greywolf Golf Course at Panorama Mountain Village to Totem Golf Ltd. With completion of the purchase, Totem Golf Ltd. has announced a renewed focus on customer service and released plans for a new clubhouse to be open in 2014. -
Final Word: The Anchored Putter Witch Hunt
by Mark Corrigan Golf balls go forever, great old courses are becoming irrelevant, we are in the midst of a battle to keep golfers around. Trying to fill courses and feed the machine that is the golf business is hard. And all the powers that be want to do is chain golfers to the furnace and force a gag ball in their mouth. -
Alberta’s PGA Pros Reaching Out To Public To Grow Game
by Gord Montgomery In the “olden days” one had to go to a golf course, and into the pro shop to meet the golf professionals face to face. Nowadays however, the Alberta PGA is on the road to making that initial meet-and-greet a little easier by putting the pros’ faces out in the community to better interact with the general public. Phil Berube, the executive director of the Alberta PGA, explained that a trial run with such an undertaking proved to be a -
Alberta PGA Intent On Bringing Youth Into The Game
by Gord Montgomery Realizing that youth is the future of their game is one thing for golf’s professional staff. Having those same youth become part of the game is quite another. Because of that, the Alberta PGA and its member clubs are striving to bring more kids on-stream with the game of a lifetime, by giving them access to opportunities anywhere and everywhere. Included in that was the putting zone set up for kids at the recent -
Shaw Communications Named Title Sponsor For New Calgary Champions Tour Event
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FLORIDA and CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - March 5, 2013) - The Champions Tour today announced Shaw Communications (TSX:SJR.B) (NYSE:SJR) as the title sponsor for the Champions Tour tournament to be played at Canyon Meadows Golf & Country Club in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The tournament, to be known as the Shaw Charity Classic, will be held the week of August 26-September 1, 2013. -
Fit To A Tee - Getting The Most Out Of Your Golf Vacation Experience
by Mark Corrigan I played The Links at Crowbush Cove while on holiday with my family this past summer and, being originally from PEI, to play golf back in my old 'stomping grounds' was all that I remembered and more. -
Edmonton Golf Show A Sure Sign Of Spring
by Gord Montgomery There may still be snow on the ground in Edmonton, but with the days getting longer, and somewhat warmer, there are indications that spring is just around the corner. The surest sign that the winter is about to go into hibernation though is an annual affair that draws thousands of people through the door – the PGA of Alberta Golf Show. -
Golf A Seamless Fit In Beautiful Sedona, AZ
by Gord Montgomery In an area dominated by outdoor activities such as hiking, biking, mountain climbing and whitewater rafting, it only seems natural that another outdoor sport, golf, fits seamlessly into the mix. While the gentleman’s game may seem a bit more timid than the others that rule the area of Sedona in northern Arizona, it actually morphs well as at one track in particular, the Oakcreek Country Club, walkers are -
Auditioning For The Next Big Break? Best Have A Great Game... And A Better Story
by Gord Montgomery There are two things you really should have packed into your golf bag if you’re going to take a shot at appearing on Golf Channel’s reality-based TV show, Big Break. That’s the word coming from an Albertan who made it to the final audition stage but was knocked out of play, he figures, by one of the two main things the network seeks in contestants/players for the show.
Northern Alberta Breaking News
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PGA of Alberta Award Finalists For 2011 Named
The PGA of Alberta will hand out its annual awards on Wednesday, Oct. 19, at the Edmonton Expo Centre, as part of its annual -
Six More Canuck Gals Added To CN Canadian Women's Open Field
Six Canadians have been added to the field for the 2011 CN Canadian Women's Open, including LPGA Tour player Adrienne White -
Canadians Claim First Cup on Foreign Soil at Stephen Ames Cup
via press release Moka, Miraval (August 20, 2010) The team of ten Canadian junior golfers from the Canadian Junior Golf Association -
CJGA Team Canada Set For Stephen Ames Cup
via press release Markham, ON (August 12, 2010) Ten junior golfers are set to embark on a experience of a lifetime come Saturday when -
Villegas Switches To TaylorMade-adidas
Camillo Will Play Cobra No Longer PGA Tour professional Camilo Villegas, currently No. 25 in the World Golf Rankings, will join the -
Canadian Tour Rolls Into Alberta For ATB Financial Classic Presented By TELUS
Times Colonist Open Winner Brock Mackenzie Will Be Trying For Back-To-Back Wins As The Canadian Tour Arrives In Edmonton For The ATB
Northern Alberta News
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Packed Field And Playoff Highlight MJT Alberta Season Opener At Paradise Canyon
Four Shortlisted For Callaway Junior World Golf Championship LETHBRIDGE, Alberta -- The Boston Pizza-presented Maple Leaf -
Exciting Future Ahead For Greywolf Golf Course
PANORAMA, B.C. -- An exciting future lies ahead as Panorama Mountain Village finalizes full ownership transfer of the -
Final Word: The Anchored Putter Witch Hunt
by Mark Corrigan Golf balls go forever, great old courses are becoming irrelevant, we are in the midst of a battle to keep -
Alberta’s PGA Pros Reaching Out To Public To Grow Game
by Gord Montgomery In the “olden days” one had to go to a golf course, and into the pro shop to meet the golf -
Alberta PGA Intent On Bringing Youth Into The Game
by Gord Montgomery Realizing that youth is the future of their game is one thing for golf’s professional -
Shaw Communications Named Title Sponsor For New Calgary Champions Tour Event
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FLORIDA and CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - March 5, 2013) - The Champions Tour today announced Shaw
