Last year, I was honored to meet a lot of wonderful young women on the Duramed FUTURES Tour vying for their LPGA cards through the Big Break Ka’anapali and Michigan series and Highway 18. The struggles those women go through to get sponsorship really hit home, and since then, I’ve been wondering what could be done about it. Well, while …

Well, with Big Break: X Michigan focusing on “couples” of all sorts, and the drama between them, I decided it was time to bring out the GFW post I did earlier this year about golf being a marriage maker or breaker (hated to see a good post go into the same big black hole like the magazine did – sniff …

It’s nice to see Padraig Harrington take a break from his paternity leave to head to California with yet another accolade under his belt. Yesterday, Padraig was unanimously named by the Irish Golf Writers’ Association as the Professional of the Year, for the 2nd year in a row – not too surprising with the Open and Irish Open wins this …

The last time I caught up with Kelowna, B.C.’s Kyla Inaba, she was captain of the Thunderbirds golf team at the University of British Columbia and seriously considering a future in professional golf. Fast-forward a few years and the 28-year-old has not only made up her mind, she also made it onto Golf Channel’s latest reality competition, Altered Course.

The Par 3 12th Hole On The Challenge At Manele Bay On The Island Of Lana’i Presents Just That…A Challenge – Photo Credit Bryan Outram Well, 2009 finally came to a close. And while I don’t regret its passing, the year did give me some memories that will never fail to bring a smile to my face when they weasel …

Back in 2004, I was introduced to my first true links course at a Muscular Dystrophy charity tournament – the Links at Boundary Bay. As a fairly new golfer used to the tree lined cathedral called UBC and bridal gardens of a Mayfair Lakes, I was a little taken aback by the stark barren landscape that faced me. I distinctly …

Imagine being PAID to PLAY two terrible rounds of golf, missing the cut and still walking away with $3M. Imagine being PAID to PLAY brand spanking new Nike clubs for $250M, and after only 18 holes giving up on them and switching back to a competitor’s brand. Now imagine you are trying to play on the mini tours in the …

Hey Big Break Fans!Hope everyone enjoyed episode 6 this week.  I am embarrassed to say I haven’t seen it yet.  I’ve been in Maui getting my condo ready for renting out to vacationers and the construction folks who did my new tile work killed all the cabling to the TVs when they buried them, and I’m still waiting for an electrician to …

It’s never easy watching someone go home on the Big Break, but this week was particularly tough, witnessing a mini-meltdown of a very experienced and talented player, who I believe deserved to stick around a lot longer. Robert Floyd is no slouch when it comes to golf. After a very successful amateur career and achieving All-American status at the University …

Last weekend while watching the Waste Management Phoenix Open  I was wondering how on earth the players faced teeing it up on 16 without throwing up. Imagine hitting a shot in front of 20,000 booze-infused fans who’d love nothing better than to humiliate you in front of millions of TV viewers.  Talk about feeling naked on the tee! While I was …