It’s a great time for golf in Canada.
In the past few weeks, we’ve heard about the RBC Canadian Open going to Hamilton Golf and Country Club next year and moving to new dates on the PGA Tour schedule.
Earlier this week, it was announced that CP had extended its sponsorship of the CP Women’s Open through 2023 and that the LPGA Tour event will be played at Magna Golf Club in Aurora, Ont., next year.
It’s all good news, but it goes beyond these recent announcements made by Golf Canada and its partners.
I look at something like the National Allied Golf Associations. We all truly want to collaborate. We have to work together and I believe we’re doing just that.
With the PGA of Canada, we’ve been going with the motto “think different,” but I think golf across the country is using that same mantra. Let’s think collaboratively and let’s make sure our industry is healthy.
Very often with the weather, we’ll say the weather is great in the west, but rainy and cold in the east, or the other way around, but this year, for the most part, everybody seems to be getting good weather across the country.
People are playing golf, which is great for the golf course, great for the golf professional, superintendent and any other employee and great for manufacturers. The more golf that’s played, the more inclined people are to buy a new driver or get more golf balls.
I love reading the morning updates on how Canadian tour professionals are doing because they’re playing so well and no matter who you talk to, there seems to be a fantastic, positive attitude, right now.
Over the years, we’ve had negative media reports and other factors that have cast a shadow on golf, but these days, there isn’t much that is casting a shadow on the industry and that includes a robust Canadian economy.
Hopefully, it lays the groundwork for the next five years or so and we can ride this wave into the future.
