It was sudden, but not surprising, when this release appeared last week, letting it be known that Torstar was joining forces with Golf Town to acquire ScoreGolf Magazine, its website, TV and other assets. It was no secret in the golf industry that ScoreGolf had been on the market for years, but buyers willing to […]

The price of houses in many Canadians cities made it difficult for first time buyers, particularly young people, to get into the market even before the coronavirus pandemic hit nearly a year ago. COVID-19 isn’t just a health issue. With businesses of all kinds forced into lockdowns and laid off workers using government programs, scraping […]

Normally, as we come out of the holidays, my focus is on the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, but such is not the case this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, so no need for last-minute preparations before departing. Instead, the Orlando show will be a virtual affair, Jan. 26-29. PGA and LPGA members can […]

  Happy New Year! One of the funnier comments I heard as last year wound down predicted that one second after midnight last Friday morning was the first time in history that we could truly state that hindsight was 2020, as the old saying goes. Anything that involves the year 2020 being in the rear […]

In keeping with GNN tradition in the dozen plus years since its inception, things will begin to slow down over the holidays. We’ll be on call for any breaking stories and continue to report on the pro tours, but we’re taking the time to do some administrative work and, most importantly, spend more time with […]

GNN POLL: From a business perspective, how would you describe your attitude towards 2021.

The holiday season is upon us, that festive time of get-togethers and gift buying. Then again, this is 2020, the year of the pandemic, a year like no other, not only in the golf industry, but all sectors of the economy. With coronavirus cases on the rise across Canada, there are various restrictions in place […]

As I mentioned in this blog last week, some unconventional thinking in traditional down time could go a long way in this year of the pandemic. Golf has been recognized as a safe sport in which its players can physically distance themselves from others. GolfNorth, based in Southern Ontario, is offering winter golf on many […]

If only it was under different circumstances, but golf has flourished in this year of the pandemic as a game that allows for physical distancing in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus. What now, though? The season is over in most of the country, but that doesn’t have to be the case if you […]

In this year of the pandemic, Teejay Alderdice and his family have recently had to endure much more than the threat of coronavirus, but still manages to maintain a positive attitude towards a life-changing incident that could have had much more serious consequences a month before the holidays. The general manager of the Port Carling […]