Golf News Editorial

  • Golf Should Chew on this Idea

    December 13th, 2010 by Rick Drennan

    Those nasty New Guinean headhunters used to eat the brains of their dead enemies because they thought it would make them a whole lot smarter. The Canadian golf business applied the same logic this past year. The former Royal Canadian Golf Association cannibalized Hockey Canada’s governance model, and emerged as Golf Canada. The change was overdue. Perhaps it began when Bob Nicholson, the czar of Hockey Canada, made a presentation to the RCGA’s annual general meeting a short time ago. Wave the flag, said Nicholson. Get Canadians to understand your brand. What the hell did the RCGA do or stand for? Your board of governors’ model is top-heavy. Nicholson spoke about Hockey Canada’s successes. How the World Junior Hockey Championships…

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  • Hard times for Michelle and Eldrick

    March 3rd, 2010 by Ross MacDonald

    Hardship. I think most of us know what the word means. For me it brings to mind the Franklin Expedition or the Donner Party, those living in squalor in Third World countries, Ken Green, the suffering in Haiti, and so on. But an editorial in the March issue of GOLF MAGAZINE left me questioning the meaning. So I looked it up. Follow up: Sure enough, I was right. Hardship is “severe suffering or privation.” So, can someone please tell me how this definition applies in this wording from the said editorial: “Teary withdrawals, rules controversies, confidence-killing injuries – Wie, 20, has endured more hardships than most people twice her age.” After reading it again, I thought for sure that the…

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