Prairie wind and cold May air: three headwind mistakes that cost two clubs
A headwind puts no extra spin on the ball. It raises the ball's airspeed, so the same spin makes more lift and a steep…
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Practice
Practice that transfers to the course. Course management, the short game, putting on poa greens, cold-weather distances, and the habits that take strokes off a card.
Rockies, Shield and coulees: the four uneven lies
A slope changes the club's effective loft and, sideways, its effective lie angle. Neither is a swing fault. How to set up for each…
Maple leaves in the long grass: escaping thick fall rough in one swing on Canadian courses
A clean escape from the rough costs about six feet of proximity. The second hack is what turns a bogey into a triple. Read…
Weir’s five-footer and yours: a pressure routine for short putts on Canadian greens
Shot Scope data puts a twenty handicap at 84 percent from inside six feet and a scratch player at 92.8. The strokes between those…
Humidex, frost and the back nine: eating and drinking through a Canadian round
Canadian golf runs from frosty May mornings to humidex-40 afternoons. Drinking ahead of thirst, snacking every few holes and checking the weather indexes protects…
Tiger’s 6-iron at Glen Abbey, and why you should play the other shot from a fairway bunker
Tiger Woods carried a 6-iron 218 yards over water from Glen Abbey's 18th fairway bunker in 2000. For everyone else the fairway bunker is…
Build your wedge card this winter: nine yardages for inside 100
Club golfers lose more shots between 40 and 110 yards than off the tee, because nobody knows how far a half swing goes. A…
Tree-lined and tight: how to find more fairways on Canadian courses
On parkland courses carved out of Canadian forest, a missed fairway often costs a full shot. Most of the fix happens before the swing:…
From Weir’s missed ten-footer to your scorecard: five numbers worth counting
Mike Weir lost the 2004 Canadian Open on short putts and a watery playoff hole; Nick Taylor won in 2023 with a 72-foot eagle.…