Canada has much to offer the world and now direct flights are making us more accessible. Such flights are increasing from Tokyo, Shannon, Berlin and Sydney among others to Toronto and Vancouver airports. These happen to also be golfing nations. Yes, we have world class skiing in the winter and a shorter golfing season but…
Revelstoke, BC possesses the highest vertical mountain in North America for skiers and snowboarders. However, we travelled from Kelowna to ride the Pipe—the mountain coaster that just opened last year. It was a hoot. Combining a round at the tree-lined Revelstoke Golf Club with this exhilarating adventure while travelling from Banff, Alberta through the Okanagan…
Do you remember the Reach Out and Touch Someone campaign? Email and texting has become too out of control that simply picking up the phone will connect you more deeply. This could be your mother, your best friend from Queen’s or a potential golf travel client. A phone conversation is becoming a lost communication art…
While reading a Time Magazine piece on mall closings and thinking about the inevitable shuttering of Glen Abbey Golf Course and host of the Canadian Open, I conclude that society has permanently shifted. Online behemoths like Amazon have stolen the thrill out of shopping at malls and laid waste to many retail stores. Golf courses…
The Great One whizzed by me in his cart. Wayne Gretzky was just finishing his charity tournament while I was just starting my nine holes at Banff Springs. Joined by a New Brunswicker we played this spectacular Stanley Thompson course. Watching my tee shot disappear into the mountain backdrop into the Devil’s Cauldron’s green to…
While having a nice dinner in Kelowna, BC with our golfing guests, I asked what was most important to them on this trip. Scenery was the first response and they pointed outside. Since we do custom inbound and outbound golf trips, rather than packages, I am always intrigued by answers to this question. Golf is…
The revamped Ailsa Course at Trump Turnberry is world class. Getting the inside scoop on the course alterations from Jamie Darling of Ayrshire Golf Scotland while playing with him was very insightful. The holes closing out the outward nine and the first two on the back blow you away with ocean views. Stand on the…
While sitting on the patio with Ross, Jeff and Chris at Seymour Golf Club in North Vancouver following an enjoyable round, all four of us discovered we had Scottish blood. It is quite remarkable how many Canadians have these roots and there is a strong pull for us to play links golf, sip whisky and…
Golf is morphing into adjectives. This great game traditionally meant 18 holes to me and was based on what you shot. Simulator golf, FootGolf, mini-golf, 9 hole golf all have their places. If it gets people out to have fun that is great. Now there is popular TopGolf. I find this really entertainment with some…
If you have not had the pleasure of visiting Dornoch you should. The town in the Scottish Highlands is one of the most charming ones you will encounter. Indeed there is spectacular Royal Dornoch Golf Club that draws golfers from far and wide. I get why writer Lorne Rubenstein raves about it in his book….