As my ball trickled off the green again on one of the turtleback greens at Pinehurst No. 2 this week during the IAGTO NAC Conference, it reminded me of playing here over 10 years ago. The new Crenshaw/Coore updated design is a pleasure to play but scores soar when managaing these billiard table like fast…
American golf writer, Matt Ward and his photographer, Maureen Vaccaro are guests in the Okanagan Valley and Vancouver Island this week. Matt and I originally met at the IGTM Conference in Tenerife last fall. He was intrigued by my interior B.C. golf story including Sagebrush and Tobiano and other aspects of this beautiful region. Thanks…
Coeur d’Alene sounds more like a French-Canadian place in the traditions of Coureur des bois, those famous unlicensed fur traders from New France. But this beautiful and small city resides in the sliver of land in northern Idaho right on the border of Washington State at Spokane and not far from the Canadian border. I…
Last week’s golf fam trip to the Highlands and through Perthshire and two days of business meetings at VisitScotland Expo produced some lasting impressions about Scottish culture. Here is my top ten list: 1. Haggis can be digested in small portions. Just don’t think about what it is made of and maybe have ketchup handy….
Great to hear the news that Sagebrush Golf and Sporting Club outside of Merritt, British Columbia will be re-opening on May 20th after a year hiatus and new ownership change. New 2016 pricing has just been posted and there are some interesting ways for golfers to enjoy this fun course and on-site accommodations. There is…
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I have been thinking about the many challenges golf courses face when driving more visitors and revenue into their clubs. One of the areas I feel is being underemphasized is excellent customer service. I only have to think about my Masters experience in 2010. In my book, Golf Shorts and Plus Fours I describe the…
Canada may be cool again. Not because President Obama just rejected the Keystone XL Pipeline so Albertan crude oil from the oil sands won’t be rolling by the Nebraska Sandhills. It is because we have just elected the youthful Justin Trudeau as our Prime Minister and Cape Breton now possesses two magnificent links golf courses….
While having lunch following a nice round of golf in Tenerife during the pre-fam tour of the IGTM, I looked around the table and saw a great international mix of golf tour operators. My English tour operator colleague Sarah mentioned that it was interesting to see such diversity. To my right was a Spanish golf…
When Tom first walked into my residence room at Queen’s University in 1983 wearing garish orange coveralls, my good Woodstonian friend Chris and I wondered who this person was. The jovial stranger wanted to know if we were interested in going to the Golden Gaels football game. Sure, why not? It is, at times like…