Rory’s problem not that complicated
By Mark Zecchino, originally published in The Toronto Sun . Nearly seven years and counting, that’s how much time has transpired since Rory McIlroy’s last major championship victory. That win, at the 2014 PGA Championship, was his second major of the season, fourth of his young career, and he would later be acknowledged as the…
Top 5 Players Championship Moments
The Players Championship is one of my favourite weeks of the year. Along with the back 9 at Augusta and Sunday Singles at the Ryder Cup, the final 3 holes on Sunday at The Players is must see golf TV. In celebration of this year’s Players Championship, I give you the Golf Talk Canada Top…
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DeLaet suffers injury set back withdraws from Farmers
Graham DeLaet’s injury struggles continue in 2020 as the 38 year-old Canadian has withdrawn from the Farmers Insurance Open. DeLaet had spent almost two years away from golf while he worked to recover from multiple back surgeries. He was slowly working his way back into the mix on the PGA Tour having played in five…
Best and worst of the decade – Dual – Shot – Villain
In our final instalment of the best and worst of the decade, we leave you with some honourable mentions including a snap hook from the trees, a dual in Glasgow and a heel turn by Captain America. Shot of Decade – Tie between 2010 Masters Phil Mickelson & 2012 Masters Bubba Watson. I don’t care…
Disappointment of The Decade – Jordan Spieth
Ok, let the angry tweets begin! Before everyone loses their Christmas Turkey, hear me out. I know Jordan Spieth has an impressive resume that includes being the 2013 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year, 2015 Player of The Year, 2015 FedEx Cup Champion, 2015/17 Vardon Trophy and the 2015/17 Byron Nelson Award. In 2015, Spieth…
Canadian Golfer Of The Decade – Brooke Henderson
What Brooke Henderson has achieved in this decade deserves its own category. At the age of 22, Henderson is already the most winningest Canadian professional golfer in history and she has surpassed the legends of the game in a mere five full-time seasons on the LPGA Tour. Henderson is clearly the Canadian golfer of the…
Player of the Decade – Rory McIlroy
After a previous decade where the best player in the world was also the most dominant in history in Tiger Woods, the 2010’s delivered a much blurrier picture. It also posed the question; how do we replace Tiger? The answer would be we wouldn’t have to. When the decade began it looked like Rory McIlroy…
Tournament of the Decade – 2019 Masters
In our first of five highlights of the decade, let’s start with the low hanging fruit. No argument in this category. The best tournament of the decade was the 2019 Masters. If you love Tiger Woods then you get it already. But if you’re still a hater holding on to one missed nine iron from…
Best and worst of the decade
I don’t often put pen to paper, maybe that’s something I’ll do more of in 2020. However, when I do put pen to paper, why not just repeat what every other sports, entertainment and pop culture brand in the world is doing? Thus, I give you the best and worst of the decade from the…
Top 10 YouTube videos of the year on Golf Talk Canada
The Golf Talk Canada social media platforms have grown exponentially over the past two years with millions of followers all over the world stopping by to check out whats happening on GTC. In 2019, GTC had over 4.3 million visitors to our YouTube channel and over one million views of our videos. Here are the…
Henderson and Sharp both in season-ending CME Group Tour Championship this weekend
Canadians Brooke Henderson and Alena Sharp have both qualified to play in the CME Group Tour Championship in Naples, Fla. this weekend. This event is new for the 2019 season and only golfers in the top 60 in the Race to CME Globe points list heading into the LPGA’s season-ending event will qualify and all…