Leaderboard
Inside Golf Magazine
Your source for Golf news since 1991
-
Heffernan Repeats As PGA Of Alberta Assistants Champion
By Gord Montgomery, Senior Writer, Inside Golf STONY PLAIN, Alberta — While Wes Heffernan showed brilliance with his long game in the 36-hole Cobra Puma Golf Alberta PGA Assistants Championship at the Stony Plain GC, it was a 14-foot eagle putt...
https://insidegolf.ca/read/16497-heffernan-repeats-as-pga-of-alberta-assistants-champion -
Two Alberta Pros Play & Learn In Shaw Charity Classic Qualifiers
By Gord Montgomery, Senior Writer, Inside Golf CALGARY, Alberta — For one Alberta PGA pro, the pre-qualifying tournament for the 2023 Shaw Charity Classic was all about learning to go forward. For another, it was all about taking what he’d learned to...
https://insidegolf.ca/read/16493-two-alberta-pros-play-learn-in-shaw-charity-classic-qualifiers -
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...
https://insidegolf.ca/read/16532-alberta-pair-honoured-by-golf-canada -
Gord’s Alberta Golf Notes
By Gord Montgomery, Senior Writer, Inside Golf Every golfer’s dream is of course to can a tee shot. That’s exactly what 15-year-old Tyler Kidd did recently, but then he went one step beyond. Kidd, who was playing in the Priddis Greens G&CC club...
https://insidegolf.ca/read/16492-gord-alberta-golf-notes-august-2023 -
Golf With The Legends: The Galleri Classic
golf course we played. So, you put all that together, and I think guys will continue to come back here. And the guys that didn't come, they will be here just because the word will get out on what a nice event it was and how good the golf course held...
https://insidegolf.ca/read/16467-golf-with-the-legends-the-galleri-classic -
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,...
https://insidegolf.ca/read/16463-some-hope-edmonton-golf-show-will-return-in-the-future -
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...
https://insidegolf.ca/read/16457-mills-honoured-with-hof-induction-through-work-with-junior-golfers -
Gibson Finishes With Flourish To Take PGA of Canada Head Pro Title
By Gord Montgomery, Inside Golf CALGARY, Alberta — With a scorecard that read more like one from a Texas Scramble than a tournament round — birdie, birdie, birdie to finish regulation play and then birdie, birdie, par, birdie to end a playoff —...
https://insidegolf.ca/read/16454-gibson-finishes-with-flourish-to-take-pga-of-canada-head-pro-title -
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....
https://insidegolf.ca/read/16536-sagebrush-gc-prepared-for-a-new-season -
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...
https://insidegolf.ca/read/16523-alberta-couple-view-pga-event-from-inside-the-ropes -
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...
https://insidegolf.ca/read/16522-like-everything-in-life,-you-get-what-you-pay-for-these-glasses-are-worth-it -
Edmonton Golf Show Cancelled; Calgary Show Still Teed Up
By Gord Montgomery, Senior Writer, Inside Golf CALGARY, Alberta — While this isn’t exactly the storyline of that great Christmas movie The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, it appears that some sort of evil being has stuck a lump of coal in the stockings of...
https://insidegolf.ca/read/16513-edmonton-golf-show-cancelled-calgary-show-still-teed-up -
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...
https://insidegolf.ca/read/16491-sirocco-golf-club-has-an-ever-changing-feel -
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,...
https://insidegolf.ca/read/16487-the-devon-golf-c-c-proves-a-course-doesn-t-need-to-be-long-to-be-challenging -
Family Golf Festival Could Lead To Shot At $100,000
And your reward for that all-time great shot? Likely buying rounds of drinks after your journey is complete, as friends you didn't even know you had decided to cash in on your success. There is now a better way to make the most of a once-in-a-lifetime...
https://insidegolf.ca/read/16486-family-golf-festival-could-lead-to-shot-at-100,000 -
Polson Growing The Game In The Best Way She Knows
By Gord Montgomery, Inside Golf PARKLAND COUNTY, Alberta — It’s 4:30 on a summer Monday afternoon and the parking lot at Glacier Greens Golf Course is filled with excited voices as kids clamber out of their parents’ vehicle. It’s not because they’re...
https://insidegolf.ca/read/16485-polson-growing-the-game-in-the-best-way-she-knows -
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...
https://insidegolf.ca/read/16483-slices-spices-oh-so-much-more-in-surrey-bc-part-2 -
Dinosaur Trail G&CC A Unique Mix Of Nines
By Gord Montgomery, Inside Golf Some of the most enjoyable golf one can experience is often in unexpected places. Many of those places across Alberta lie in rural areas, where small towns don’t mean small layouts. These courses provide some of the most...
https://insidegolf.ca/read/16474-dinosaur-trail-g-cc-a-unique-mix-of-nines -
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...
https://insidegolf.ca/read/16472-fire-damage-at-alberta-golf-course-limited-but-precautions-still-being-taken -
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...
https://insidegolf.ca/read/16471-a-relaxed,-social-league-play-aspect-offered-by-spark-golf