Weir’s Caddie Loops For Sean O’Hair — Again
Interesting to note that Brennan Little, Mike Weir’s caddie for the last decade and a former Canadian Tour player, is looping for Sean O’Hair this week at Tiger’s event after carrying the bag at the...
View ArticleKingston’s McQuillan Makes Improbable Rise To PGA Tour
Just got off the phone with Kington, Ont.’s Matt McQuillan, who remarkably played his way onto the PGA Tour only a couple of years after giving up professional golf altogether. McQuillan shot 1-under...
View ArticleWeir’s Return: “The doc said they’re confident it’s completely healed.”
Having not played since August, his longest layoff from golf since he went to college, Mike Weir returns for the Shark Shootout, a silly season event that he’s using to test his injured elbow and be...
View ArticleWeir, Caddie Go Separate Ways
As first suggested on Dec. 1 in Canadiangolfer.com, Mike Weir and longtime caddie Brennan Little have parted ways. This comes as no surprise; Weir has been looking at all of the elements of his career...
View ArticleNationwide Tour Schedule Out — Gretzky Event is History?
The Nationwide Tour schedule is out today and perhaps not too surprisingly, Wayne Gretzky’s troubled celebrity eventin Collingwood is not listed. It looks like the end for the troubled event. I broke...
View ArticleThe Worst Kept Secret: ClubLink Acquires Glendale
Ahem, this story has been in the Hamilton Spectator for months, but the news is final: Hamilton’s Glendale, which I quite liked, has been acquired by ClubLink. I’m betting it is the only course in the...
View ArticleHighlands Links: Under Water
Thanks to reader Tom for this photo from earlier this week of the 6th hole at Highlands Links. And people wonder why the course occasionally has some conditioning issues…
View ArticleGretzky’s Statement on Nationwide Event: It’s Over
Glen Gretzky chimes in on the downfall of the Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic Nationwide event: Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic Statement As Executive Director of the Wayne Gretzky Foundation, it has been my...
View ArticleMerry Christmas from Canadiangolfer.com
Thanks to all of my readers for making 2010 such an interesting year. Santa has been kind to me over the past few days. First the postman showed up with these: And under the tree there were a couple of...
View ArticleDeLaet Undergoes Back Surgery
We knew he’d hurt his back, but no one suggested it was this serious: Weyburn, Saskatchewan’s Graham DeLaet will undergo minor back surgery to repair a herniated disc. DeLaet suffered from a bulging...
View ArticleHello 2011: Ames Jumps Ship, Callaway Cuts Jobs, Weir Won’t Use Exemptions
Welcome back. If you’re still hungover, I can’t help you. But if you’re interested in some golf talk well the Canadian season may still be months away, but the PGA Tour year kicks off this week in...
View ArticleGJAC Player of the Year awards
The Golf Journalists Association of Canada (of which I’m a member) has released its “player of the year” awards. No real surprises here…. The Golf Journalists Association of Canada is pleased to...
View ArticleMike Maves Gives Up Insurance
A career change usually doesn’t result in a blog post, but Mike Maves wasn’t just any insurance salesman. The golf savant from the Niagara area garnered cult status through his “Sevam1″ videos (Maves...
View ArticleRBC Announces Els, Furyk, Kuchar as Part of “Team RBC”
First there was Anthony Kim, Mike Weir, Fred Couples, Stephen Ames, Luke Donald and Morgan Pressel. Today Royal Bank of Canada added some big guns to its “Team RBC” package, including two-time Canadian...
View ArticleWeir: “Confident” but “Realistic” heading into 2011
Just got off a conference call with Mike Weir, whose well-reported injury of his elbow forced him to shut his golf season down in September. Weir announced he has a new caddie — veteran Pete Benderwho...
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