Over 25 years of Flagstick we have shared many stories, featured profiles on hundreds of people, and encountered thousands of golfers along the way. A slim few have reached the heights of the sport, making …[More]
Wanting things to be better is a natural thing. There is an evolution in just about every aspect of our lives, from the clothes we wear, to the cars we drive, and the houses we …[More]
It’s been an odd start to the golf season within the region. Later than normal, yes, but that did not seem to temper people’s expectations of their golf games. Not only are many golfers just …[More]
Life, and golf, has been much different in the last fourteen months. Obviously, due to the pandemic, the game in our region has been forced to operate under different regulations. Even though there has been …[More]
Like many taken with the game of golf, in my formative years I could not get enough of it. I played and practiced whenever I could. And when I was not doing that I was …[More]
w/ Scott MacLeod, Associate Publisher, Flagstick.com For many Canadian golfers this winter will feel longer than most. Travel, as we normally know it, has been impacted greatly by a worldwide pandemic. Sure, there is still …[More]
It is almost unworldly to be in the environment of the Augusta National Golf Club and have the opportunity to peel back that green paper wrapper on a pimento cheese sandwich. Personally, I’m not a …[More]
About 3:30 a.m. in Ottawa on Monday, November 11, 1918, bells rang out and whistles blew announcing that World War I had come to an end. Shortly after midnight in Europe, Germany had surrendered to …[More]
Recognized as one of the wealthiest families on Canada, the Richardson clan are well known to many in financial circles. The source of their much-diversified fortune (reputed to be more than $5Billion) began with the patriarch …[More]
Each year, Flagstick Golf Magazine hosts an Amateur Championship, the Flagstick Open, at the eQuinelle Golf Club in Kemptville, Ontario. As in past years, the 2020 edition featured many high-level golfers from across two provinces. …[More]
Nobody has to remind you that this is a very different time in our world. Warranted fears have created physical separation between us, forced us to re-evaluate many things in our life, and, in many …[More]
For more the eight decades The Augusta National Golf Club and The Masters have captured the imagination of the golf world. That’s even the case for this year when the event is postponed. For those …[More]
With the 2020 Masters postponed and many people spending some extra time indoors, here is a great entertainment option for all the golfers out there. The tournament’s YouTube channel features all the final round broadcasts …[More]
Kevin Robson shares his perspective on how golf is helping him deal with a largely invisible injury Have you read the articles or seen the videos on the subject of how ‘Golf saved my life’? …[More]
by Joe McLean As Remembrance Day arrives I remember and miss my friend Alfred Roy Haines. I met Roy when I was invited to join a Friday evening poker group that played during the winter. He …[More]
In a 2019 ESPN poll of the top 100 most famous athletes in the world, Steph Curry ranked 9th. The highest ranking golfer, Tiger Woods, was a notch back of him. It takes another 15 …[More]
Canada has nearly 2,400 golf course facilities from coast to coast, to coast. A full third of them are located in Ontario. Each one has a vital role in the community as a whole, the …[More]
Did you ever wonder “what if?” when it comes to timing? You know, if I had been just a little earlier arriving I could have witnessed this? Or if I had just been a little …[More]
A ten minute coastal drive from the front gates of the Royal Portrush Golf Club, the home of the 148th Open this week, will bring you to another revered Northern Ireland landmark. Less than 1500 …[More]
Ten dollars changed my life. Seriously. That was the fee my parents paid for my first junior golf membership. Decades later I still work in golf, have been blessed to share many stories, and share …[More]
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