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...
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...
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 —...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
By Gord Montgomery, Senior Writer, Inside Golf NORTH POLE, Alberta — Okay, I’ll admit it: it’s time to drag my wallet out of my pocket and fork over some hard-earned cash for Christmas golf gifts for those special people on my list. But most golfers I...
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...
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...
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...
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...
By Gord Montgomery, Senior Writer, Inside Golf SHERWOOD PARK, Alberta — Slow and steady, like a good backswing, is the path golf entrepreneur Jeff Sveen is taking with his online tee time booking site, Play Golf Canada (www.playgolfcanada.com). Sveen,...
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...
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...
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...