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New Nine Holes At Trestle Creek Coming, But Will Be A While
By Gord Montgomery, Inside Golf PARKLAND COUNTY, Alberta — It will be a bit longer before the delivery of the new nine holes at the Trestle Creek Golf Resort. Head professional Art New explained what’s taking place with the expansion of the 18-hole...
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Super Seniors Swing Into Action At The Ranch G&CC
stick and whack away and not get yourself in any trouble. There are other holes with narrow tee shots, water, and trees coming into play. There are links-style holes that make you think you’re in Scotland. It’s just the overall variety where you see a...
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Alberta Team Rebounds Nicely To Finish 5th At RBC Scramble
at 2-under given their handicap. At the Cliffs, a couple of hours later, they started “a bit sluggish but picked it up coming into the house, making eagle on the last hole,” Schubert recalled moving the team into the middle of the pack score-wise. On...
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14-Year-Old Eileen Park Of Red Deer Wins Canadian Junior Girls Championship
the 14-year-old, carded rounds of 74, 71, 69, and 67 for a total score of 3-under 281, en route to the national title. Coming into the final round Park carded three birdies overall during round three, two birdies back-to-back on the front, one on the...
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Wolf Creek Returning To Its Former Glory
By Gord Montgomery, Senior Writer, Inside Golf PONOKA, Alberta — For the past few years, the Wolf Creek Golf Resort, one of the most renowned courses in central Alberta, was in a state of, shall we say, shedding its reputation as an annual must-play....
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Two Special People Reinvigorate Special Olympics Golf Program
By Gord Montgomery, Senior Writer, Inside Golf STONY PLAIN, Alberta — The reboot of a Special Olympics golf program in Alberta wasn’t necessarily a mulligan because something went wrong. It was a re-tee to get things back to where they were. While it...
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Tower Ranch GC Still Seen As One Of The Best Plays In Kelowna
By Gord Montgomery, Senior Writer, Inside Golf KELOWNA, British Columbia — Focus. That, among other things, is a key element in posting a good score at the end of any round of golf. Standing on the first tee at Tower Ranch GC in Kelowna, it’s hard to...
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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...
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Does SIM Golf Transfer To Your Outside Game?
By Gord Montgomery, Inside Golf SPRUCE GROVE, Alberta — Say what you want about some of the shortcomings of simulator golf, but it does serve a purpose in improving our outdoor game. That’s the word coming from a man who should know, Ryan Latta, a...
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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,...
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Strathmore GC’s Challenges Come Early On In Your Round
By Gord Montgomery, Senior Writer, Inside Golf STRATHMORE, Alberta — If you’re teeing it up at the Strathmore Golf Club, you best have your game face on right away. According to the professional staff there, the toughest tests come early on. Executive...
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Glacier Greens GC Grows Into A Great Short-Track Facility & There’s Another Short-Game Area To Come
By Gord Montgomery, Senior Writer, Inside Golf It may be a “small” layout, but Glacier Greens Golf Course, just outside Stony Plain, AB., is full of big ideas. Over the past three and a half seasons since new ownership took over the tee box, this par-3...
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Northern Bear Roars Again And “Is The Best It Has Been In A While”
By Gord Montgomery, Senior Writer, Inside Golf While Northern Bear, located just outside Sherwood Park, may have lost their wonderful clubhouse back in early January 2024, it never lost any part of their wonderful Jack Nicklaus-designed layout. After...
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Blue Tees Rainmaker: The Launch Monitor That Changes Everything
By Barry Lotz, J.D., Ph.D. Director, PGTAA One of the greatest misconceptions in golf is that improvement comes solely from hitting more balls. In reality, improvement comes from understanding what those golf balls are actually doing. That's where...
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In Peyton Lee’s World, The Word “Blackout” Is A Good Thing
By Gord Montgomery, Senior Writer, Inside Golf Made for Canadians, made by Canadians. That’s the mantra of Blackout Golf, located in Ontario, and they’re proud to not only represent our country in the sport but also help golfers offset the...
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Nk’Mip Is Worth The Drive For A Great Desert Golf Experience
By Gord Montgomery, Senior Writer, Inside Golf It’s tough to say what’s more challenging: the course at Nk’Mip Desert Canyon or the proper way to pronounce Nk’Mip. While you mull that over, there is one thing for sure — this is one great golf course....
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Alberta’s Junior Masters To Become Bigger, And Better, For High-Level Players
By Gord Montgomery, Senior Writer, Inside Golf A two-day event to showcase the best junior golf talent in Alberta is a great way for the young players to showcase their talents to universities. Now, the event, known as the PGA of Alberta Junior...
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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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Gord’s Alberta Golf Notes
By Gord Montgomery, Inside Golf It’s hard to say which of two major announcements (well, one for sure and the other a pretty solid rumour) that hit the air on February 28 is the biggest. But, we’ll start with the one that is known for sure. The LPGA is...
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