the layout may look placid, it’s anything but especially when you pull out the flat stick. “Mill Woods is very playable. It really covers all skill levels really well,” he began before describing what a player has to bear in mind when taking on this...
next year.” Toms echoed the same sentiments, as he won his second event in his last three starts. “First of all, it's a really good golf course. It was in perfect shape.” he noted. “We got lucky- we had quite a bit of wind every morning, and by the time...
to move on himself. “I think mostly because I had an idea of what I had to shoot to make it to the second qualifier. I really didn’t look at who I was playing against. That really wasn’t in my mind.” The Stony pro said he was there to move on, but just...
know if I’ve ever birdied three holes in a row... not that I can remember. I think in college I had a few. When I play really well, I usually birdie early and then kind of hold on from there.” As it turned out, the tourney leaders couldn’t hold off...
the past while, perhaps opening up better scoring opportunities for players. “We filled in a couple of bunkers that didn’t really need to be there. We redid most of the (other) bunkers to make, so they’re a lot more consistent and playable. We’ve done...
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is ‘Where Canada Meets Scotland.’ We started leafing through pictures and I went, ‘Shawn (Golf North president Evans)! We really need to take a serious look at this one.’” While the first on-site exposure they had to Wolf Creek was on a cold, wintery...
Start On The Ridge Course With Tree-Lined Fairways & Some Elevation Changes. Plus A Water Hazard Or Two To Make Things Really Interesting. (Photo By Gord Montgomery/Inside Golf) A Return to The Slice Trail Surrey’s golf landscape boasts another...
you. Sure, your friends can tell you how this 18-hole layout goes from a parkland style to something entirely different but really, you have to experience it to get the true feeling for the diametrically different nines. In the land of dinosaurs, this...
“I got a phone call from that football game, set up a Zoom meeting, and four months later, I had a published book! I wasn’t really sitting down (to begin with) to write a book. I was just sitting down to write down my thoughts on a bunch of different...
Edmonton) but they knew our interest. It just happens we found a time that would work for both us and the tour and we’re really looking forward to hosting.” The Nicklaus design isn’t a short layout topping out at over 7,300 yards from the very back....
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first year (1996) including the championship. The next year, the slate jumped to 14 events and the year after that, things really took off. “That was 1998 and the year the Senior Tour, now the Champions Tour, had an event at Glencoe (in Calgary).” As a...
noted there’s nothing she thinks she’s overlooked doing in her career — at least to this point. “I don’t know, I’ve never really thought about that,” she commented noting her latest stop in the golf world, Carnmoney Golf Club in Calgary is another new...
is the hope for something a little different. Not that such a scenario makes a particular player happy. “Where it gets really exciting is when someone hits it out-of-bounds, plays a provisional, takes a drop, or hits it into the water. Then we’re a...
director of the PGA of Alberta is enthused. “There is a lot of interest in the golf industry, as you know. It’s been a really good run. We refer to it as the Tiger Woods Wave Number 2!” exclaimed Robert Rouselle in a phone interview. “There are a lot...
We always tried to shoot high and bring both bigshows. They are both great venues and both big cities, but we never really got the traction we required to (stage) a profitable show (in Edmonton).” Young Golfers Won’t Be Able To Choose Their Preferred...
couple of lengthy holes, a par-4 that measures 446 yards and then a closing par-5 that tops out at over 500 yards and this really is a stretch that can make or break your round regardless of if you’re attempting to get into the 70s, 80s, or even break...
for a forced carry over those hazards meaning you have to decide whether to go for the gusto or play safe by laying up. “It really makes you focus on your course management and shot selection. It’s a good test of golf,” the pro understated. While Apple...
playing over 200 yards from the blue tees; 191 yards off the whites; and 165 yards from the forward blocks. Just to make it really interesting, there’s water on both sides and a bunker complex at the back of the green, so you best keep that game face-on...