Sergio Garcia breaks his putter
Sergio Garcia had a bit of a rough outing this weekend at the Dell Technologies Championship at TPC Boston. Garcia broke his own putter on the fourth hole in anger after he was upset at his poor putting attempt. He ended up having to finish the round by putting with his 3-wood and an iron…
Adam Hadwin qualifies for Presidents Cup team
Canadian Adam Hadwin has qualified for the the 10th and final spot on the Presidents Cup International Team. Hadwin needed a strong outing this weekend at the Dell Technologies Championship and he delivered. Hadwin was tied for second at one point during the third round but ended up finishing in a tie for 13th place…
Adam Hadwin in the hunt at Dell Technologies
Adam Hadwin is in the hunt heading into the final round of the Dell Technologies Championship at TPC Boston. Hadwin is an a four-way tie for second place behind the leader Jon Rahm. Rahm enters the final round at 9-under par while Hadwin, Paul Casey, Kyle Stanley and Kevin Streelman are all two shots back…
TaylorMade P730 and P790 Irons sneak preview
Tomo Bystedt is TaylorMade’s Senior Director of Global Irons and he was at Glen Abbey in Oakville, ON to showcase the new P730 and P790 Irons for Golf Talk Canada host Mark Zecchino.
Golf news on social media
Some may say that the world of golf has been a little late to the party when it comes to embracing the world of social media. However, just because you’re late to the party it doesn’t mean you still can’t be the life of the party. Here are some fun tidbits of news from the…
20 Weeks of TaylorMade Winner
We announced the winner of our 20 Weeks of TaylorMade contest on last weeks episode of Golf Talk Canada. Steve Kennedy of Burlington, ON won a custom fit set of golf clubs from TaylorMade plus a VIP trip for four people to Prince Edward Island. The total prize value was worth over $3000. A big…
Brooke Henderson fires course record 63 at CP Women’s Open
There is no place like home. Dorothy said that in the Wizard of Oz back in 1939 and that sentiment still rings true today for Canadian Brooke Henderson in 2017. The 19 year-old native of Smith Falls, ON fired a blazing 63 on moving day at the CP Women’s Open at the Ottawa Hunt Club,…
Big names in the hunt at Northern Trust
The big names are in the hunt at The Northern Trust at Glen Oaks Club in Old Westbury, NY. The two-time RBC Canadian Open champ Jhonattan Vegas is tied in a four-way lead atop the leaderboard along with Jordan Spieth, Dustin Johnson and Rickie Fowler. All four players enter moving day tied at 6-under par….
Glen Abbey receives heritage site designation
The town of Oakville council unanimously voted to make Glen Abbey golf course a heritage site late Monday night. According to the Toronto Star: In 2015, ClubLink Corp. proposed a plan to build 3,222 residential units and 122,000 square feet of commercial space on the site, leaving 124 acres for public green space. The latest vote…
Golf TV ratings are down
There have been reports of doom and gloom in regards to golf TV ratings at the four major tournaments in 2017. According to Sports Media Watch: Final round coverage of The Masters earned a 7.6 overnight rating on CBS Sunday afternoon, down 11% from last year (8.5), down 21% from 2015 (9.6), and the lowest…
2017 PGA Championship wrap up
Justin Thomas is the 2017 PGA Championship winner. Thomas picked up his fifth career win and his first career major with a two shot victory over the rest of the field. The 24 year-old is not long removed from his day as the University of Alabama and is quietly emerging as a star on the…
Graham Delaet surging at the PGA Championship
Graham Delaet heads into the final round of the 2017 PGA Championship tied for seventh after he fired a blazing 68 on Saturday. The 35 year-old has never won on the PGA Tour and sits five shots back of the leader Kevin Kisner but it was Delaet who was the talk of the town on…