John Gordon

John Gordon

Rocky Mountains revival
Golf

Rocky Mountains revival

KANANASKIS, Alberta — Renovation and restoration are terms often used when referring to rejuvenating a golf course.

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Golfers get a grip: Use glove or go bare?
Golf

Golfers get a grip: Use glove or go bare?

One in a weekly series of stories about golf gear to run each Wednesday

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Of Hoot, Toot and Heathlands
Golf

Of Hoot, Toot and Heathlands

When the Mackenzie Tour-PGA Tour Canada players arrived at Osprey Valley Golf for this week’s Osprey Valley Open, which will play out Thursday through Sunday, they discovered a golf facility that defines the cliché “hidden gem.”

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Golf Course Review: Osprey Valley Golf (Toot Course) | 8.6 Score
Golf

Golf Course Review: Osprey Valley Golf (Toot Course) | 8.6 Score

Location: Alton, Ontario

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Shoal Creek revisited: Has golf changed?
Golf

Shoal Creek revisited: Has golf changed?

Twenty-five years ago, during my brief “administration aberration,” a temporary detour from writing about the game, I was executive director of the Ontario Golf Association, now called Golf Ontario.  At a board meeting not long before my departure, I prop

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In the garden of Eden
Golf

In the garden of Eden

PORT CARLING, Ontario — Even before Canada became a confederation and thus a country in 1867, wealthy tourists from the United States were making Muskoka a preferred vacation destination.

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Golf scientists strive to give us an edge
Golf

Golf scientists strive to give us an edge

Unless you’re a true golf geek, chances are good that you’ve never even heard of the World Scientific Congress of Golf.

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A shaft unlike any other
Golf

A shaft unlike any other

What costs $17,000?

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Millennials to golf: Entertain us, or else
Golf

Millennials to golf: Entertain us, or else

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What to make of the wedge
Golf

What to make of the wedge

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Canada unfurls northern route to big-time
Golf

Canada unfurls northern route to big-time

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Stewart Golf, eWheels changing perception of hand-held carts
Golf

Stewart Golf, eWheels changing perception of hand-held carts

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