by Joe McLean Greensmere Golf & Country Club’s Lyle Alexander was profiled in the August, 2013 edition of Flagstick Golf Magazine. At that time he touched on the fact that early on he had two …[More]
by Joe McLean, Editorial Team, Flagstick.com As a Member of the Flagstick Golf Magazine Team as a writer/researcher/reporter and photographer; a member of the Golf Historical Society of Canada and its former Newsletter Editor and …[More]
by Joe McLean, Editorial Assistant – Flagstick.com My first experience with golf took place in 1970 at the Don Booth Driving Range on Merivale Road in Nepean, Ontario in the vicinity of what is now …[More]
Often when you bring up certain historical names to those in sporting circles these days, the lack of recency leads to plenty of blank stares. In a world where the news cycles are shorter than …[More]
by Brent Long There is so much that could be written about Stu Hamilton’s golf career that it’s hard to know where to start. After scribbling in a notebook for 90-minutes during a telephone interview …[More]
Alexa Stirling Fraser – The Empress of Golf “ by Joe McLean Alexa Stirling Defeats Bobby Jones,” would have made a great headline. When Alexa Stirling was twelve years old (in 1908), she defeated six-year-old …[More]
Chris Chapman, originally from Newfoundland, is the course superintendent at the Camelot Golf & Country Club in the east end of the City of Ottawa at Cumberland, Ontario. He has worked at Camelot since 2006 …[More]
Q&A: Jason Walmark – A Passion To Push Forward In 2020, Jason Walmark became the General Manager of the Brockville Country Club. For the 51-year-old, it was the circumstance meant to be. It’s the culmination …[More]
With Jeff Bauder When Steve Martineau accepted the job of General Manager of the Prescott Golf Club this past winter, it was like a link in the circle of life fell into place. We recently …[More]
Jon Mills, Brad Fritsch, and Matt McQuillan followed in his footsteps. It was a path Gary Bowerman blazed that still remains largely unrecognized among golf enthusiasts in Eastern Ontario. Decades before the more modern trio …[More]
The Royal Canadian Golf Association, now Golf Canada, created a Juvenile Championship in 1970 for junior golfers aged 16 years of age and younger. The Jack Bailey trophy, named for a long-time supporter of junior …[More]
There are many good golf stories in the golf community and we, at Flagstick Golf Magazine, enjoy hearing about them. So we were intrigued when we received the following e-mail from Bob Charlesbois. The e-mail …[More]
“There’s no other place I’d rather be than at Rideau View” – Steve Ducat Flagstick sat down recently with Steve Ducat, who since 2008 has been the General Manager at Rideau View Golf Club in …[More]
When the Royal Canadian Golf Association (now Golf Canada) formed in 1895 on the grounds of what was then called the Ottawa Golf Club, the first national amateur championship for the country soon followed. Tom …[More]
w/ Joe McLean, Flagstick.com The Canadian golf landscape is full of people who accomplished much in the game but are largely unrecognized. Some don’t seek it. Among them was John Henrick, a Life Member of …[More]
Ryan Sevigny: 2019 Ottawa Sports Award Winner – Golf How did you get started in golf? I first started playing when I was 8 but it wasn’t until watching Tiger win the 1997 Masters did I get …[More]
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