As different departments at golf operations across the county begin putting together their budgets for next year, it appears their will be a lot of moving parts to deal with in their forecasts. Statistics Canada reported recently that the inflation rate hit 4.1 per cent in August compared to the same month the year before, the […]

  With the final week of September on the horizon, putting the golf course to bed for the winter is on the minds of many in the industry these days. Others, meanwhile, are more concerned with getting as much out of the season as possible and letting the weather decide when they will close for […]

The pressing question for the golf industry and really, every business and individual in Canada, is whether rising prices have peaked after Statistics Canada reported on Wednesday that the inflation rate hit 4.1 per cent last month, the highest level since 2003. After the inflation rate hit 3.7 per cent in July, just about everything was […]

  Last week’s GNN Poll asked readers about the rounds they put through in August at the golf operations where they work, compared to the same month in 2020. The majority of respondents said their rounds were better than last year. Our first priority is our members/paying customers, so a busy operation is a good […]

  With the calendar flipping to September last week, the end of the golf season draws closer, but there are plenty of warm days ahead before the industry in Canada begins putting its courses to bed for the winter. The question coming into this season was whether golf operations could keep up the pace of […]

With the fourth wave of COVID-19 underway in Canada, several companies, governments and institutions are now requiring full vaccinations for all employees. Air Canada is one of the more recent companies to announce that it is mandating COVID-19 vaccines for all of its employees, as you’ll read in this story from the Toronto Star. Frequent […]

The topic of conversation is long forgotten and really doesn’t matter anyway. It was how the late Bill “Skip” Johns referred to himself in a comment on GNN many years ago that got him into a pickle. Well, it wasn’t really a pickle for Skip, who died recently at the age of 83. He was […]

A missive arrived in my inbox last week from the PGA Show, highlighting some of the initiatives designed to enhance and refresh the event, to be held Jan. 25-28 in Orlando, while acknowledging the world around it. PGA Golf Exhibitions and the PGA of America will continue to closely monitor and implement health and safety […]

There was Kevin Costner, just last week, rustling through an Iowa cornfield and on to a ballpark that symbolized Field of Dreams, arguably the greatest sports movie ever made. Whether or not you agree with that assessment of it being the GOAT among sports flicks, there’s no denying the impact of Field of Dreams on […]

Another heat wave hit British Columbia last week, prompting concern for more possible wildfires in the interior and air quality issues, even for the Lower Mainland. Heat and wildfires haven’t been exclusive to B.C., with many fires burning as far east as Northwestern Ontario and smoky conditions obvious at times in places well east of […]