From Handicap Factor to Index: five WHS seasons in Canada, and how to keep yours through Golf Canada
Best 10 of 20 times 0.96, a 36.4 ceiling and five rounds to get started: that was the Canadian Handicap Factor. Five seasons after…
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Who plays golf now, what they spend, and how the game is changing — participation, simulators and domes, women’s golf, and the technology reshaping practice.
From simulator lounge to municipal par 3: does Canada’s indoor golf boom make golfers?
Simulator golf in Canada went from 23 to 41 per cent of golfers in a few years, and Golf Canada now links indoor rounds…
Buying a launch monitor for a Canadian winter: measure the room, rent the numbers, then decide
Most Canadian golfers shopping for a launch monitor need one number: honest carry for each club. An hour in a Trackman bay or a…
From simulator lounge to first tee: how Canadian golf is making room for players under 40
Simulator bays and golf lounges have become the front door to the game in Canada. For golfers under forty, the courses worth choosing are…
Snow mould, spray reports and water limits: how Canadian courses are really managed
The heaviest spraying on a Canadian course often happens in late October, against snow mould. Around it sits a patchwork of provincial rules, from…