From the dome to the grass tee: a 60-ball practice plan for Canadian golfers
Canadians hit a lot of balls away from the course, under domes from November to April and in heated stalls after work. Split a…
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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.
Leave it close: lag putting lessons from Weir’s Glen Abbey playoff to your spring greens
Mike Weir missed from 10, 25 and 5 feet in the 2004 Canadian Open playoff, a reminder that nobody holes everything. Cutting three-putts is…
Chipping through a Canadian season: bump and run, pitch, or high soft shot
Around the green, club golfers lose strokes by reaching for the lob wedge by default. Three shots cover nearly every lie, the choice comes…
Four-hour golf, the Golf Canada way: what its pace policy teaches the rest of us
At Golf Canada championships, groups that fall behind collect warnings, penalty strokes and eventually disqualification. The same logic, applied casually, gets a public-course round…
Creeks, cedars and groundhog holes: the rules calls Canadian golfers miss
Most rules disputes in a Canadian foursome come from the same few moments in every round. Played hole by hole on a typical parkland…
From Oakdale to your home course: reading greens by pace, slope and season
Nick Taylor's 72-foot eagle putt at Oakdale was about speed as much as line. Reading a green comes down to a short routine: settle…
From toque to first tee: a warm-up built for cold Canadian mornings
Canadian seasons open in April cold and close in October frost, which is exactly when a straight-from-the-car first swing costs the most. Twenty minutes,…
Getting out of Stanley Thompson’s sand: greenside bunkers through a Canadian season
From Banff Springs to Highlands Links, Canada's famous bunkers punish golfers who slow down. A greenside splash is a normal swing with three setup…
Cold air, thin air and tucked pins: course management for Canadian golfers
Mike Weir's 2004 Canadian Open playoff ended with a drive, a lay-up and a ball in the water. Club golfers lose four to six…