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My good friend Terry has an extremely impressive whisky collection and bar. He generously offered to have me sample some of his fine ones in Ontario. Well, my McGill and McLay in me from my mother’s side emphatically told me to say Yes and who am I to argue? I thought it best to line…

Sure, there are good public golf courses in Vancouver proper and outlying regions like North Vancouver (Northlands) and Surrey (Morgan Creek). And if you get the call to play private golf clubs like Stanley Thompson’s treasure at Capilano in West Van or Shaughnessy in Vancouver then say an emphatic, “Yes Sir” like Verne Lundquist hollered…

That lousy Red List UK quarantine…Is it because your hair is white like the President and not a dark as our PM proudly displays? Could it be that having a province named New Scotland (Nova Scotia) is not clear enough and you prefer Idaho? Is it because we have the oldest golf club and golf…

Match Play-Stroke Play. Walking-Power Cart Riding. Waiting for the clubhouse drink-Flagging down Cart Girl for a special drink or beer. Europeans and North Americans  look at golf and drinking from different perspectives. When speaking to an Irishman in the Donegal Golf Club clubhouse a few years ago, I asked him why they do not offer…

My first view of a links course was at Crail Balcomie Links in Scotland with my great Verma Cup friends in 2008. As I stood like Patton overseeing a battleground, Crail’s land seemed to be a moonscape unlike what I was used to in Canada. No trees, all walkers wandering the golf course, the old…

Are you coming in for a drink? No, I’ve got to get going…I feel if you have time for 4 hours to play you have 4 hours and 15 at least. The drink following the round is an extension to the round. It symbolizes the de-brief of your day’s play, the stories of the sunk…

Have you achieved one or several? Although I saw one of my shots painfully lip around the hole, I have not and my shoulders slump. Is there any rhyme or reason why someone gets one and another does not? I have heard stories of those who play very little and have scored such an elusive…

Do you feel as though the pandemic is like re-living February 2nd everyday like Bill Murray experienced in the Groundhog Day movie? Yes, you are nodding. I prefer not to think of this one and watch Caddyshack and Carl Spackler’s pursuit of the gopher-the other furry critter. At least this reminded me of a golf…

A ball retriever or scoop. Did you have this tool in your golf bag? I did when I was young. I remember after putting for nickels and consuming Orange Fanta pop, I ventured to the Craigowan Golf Club creeks in Woodstock, Ontario to watch lumbering snapping turtles and search for balls. We hoped to scoop…