On the Links Tour

The 2nd season for the On the Links Tour is set to begin this Thursday at The Quarry in Ennismore, Ontario. The tour is still accepting members for this year and golfers can also play in single events as well over the course of the summer. The cost is $75 for regular season events. Price includes green fee, cart and gift at each event. In some cases food will be provided as well depending on the course. The tour is open to everyone ages 18 and over. Feel free to give me an email at pete@onthelinks.ca to sign up or for more information. Give it a shot this season and we'll see you On the Links....

Website To Be Updated

Hello all,

Our website is long over due to be updated we realize. We apologize for the lack of updates and we are working on giving the site an over haul in the next week or two. In the meantime we wanted to pass along that the show will begin as always on the Sunday morning of Masters weekend which is just around the corner.

The On the Links Tour will begin about a month later in mid May. Details on the tour are coming shortly. It's going to be exciting to say the least as we enter our 2nd year as an official tour.

Stay tuned and in the meantime check out our FACEBOOK page. Just search On the Links Tour and you will find us........

Pete

Club Championships

This past weekend I took part in the Club Championship weekend at the PGCC. It's an event I look forward to each year as it gives golfers a chance to compete with other members for bragging rights in each flight. It's several mini tournaments within one event if you will. The top dogs battle it out for the overall championship and then chumps like me do their best to fire a couple of rounds in the low 80's to claim their respective flights. The ladies have their own divisions and the Jr's as well.

I find it fun to follow the action on what's going on in all the different flights and watch your fellow club members come down the 18th green. This year long time member Greg Walsh won the overall Championship in a one hole play-off with young gun Tanner Hunt. Greg made birdie as they re-played 18 just moments after coming in tied.

If you are a member of a golf club be sure and sign up for events likes these. They are a lot of fun and who knows you might have a good weekend and win the bragging rights for at least a year.

After one plane, one train and more than a few automobiles, I made to the home of golf, St. Andrews Scotland last week. Because of the terrorist situation at the Glasgow airport earlier that day our final destination was switched not once but twice. Eventually we ended up landing in Edinburgh which actually got us closer to St. Andrews but without a rental car. Long story short, I arrived in St. Andrews jammed into a small cab with 3 other guys, 3 sets of golf clubs and a whack of other luggage. Not exactly how I thought "On the Links" would finally arrive where our great game of golf started, but none the less it was a fun adventure.

We were in Scotland to cover the 2007 International Pairs final. This is the event where the average Joe and one of his golfing buddies can win a chance to represent his country despite perhaps having a double digit handicap. Pretty good deal for a $30 investment I might add.

After a short nap it was off to the Jiggers Inn which overlooks the 17th green at the Old Course and of course the famous 18th hole as well. After a few beers there, we had a Canadian Night to celebrate July 1st back home. Here's a tip, unless you love peameal bacon as a diner entree don't order a Gammon Steak while in Scotland. I guess it was fitting however that a few of us Canadians mowed down on the peameal on Canada Day. If there was only a few Molsons to wash it down with !

After a round of the Torrence Course at St. Andrews Bay, we took in the action at the Dunvegan Hotel, the famous spot where many British Open players and caddies have been known to stop in when in town. Arnold, Tiger and Phil are among those who have all enjoyed a few pops at the Dunvegan. It's only 112 yards from The Old Course or as they say a 9 iron away, and definitely a must stop if you head over there to play in St. Andrews.

All in all it was great experience to visit Scotland and I would recommend it to anyone who has ever thought about a golf trip there. I never did play the Old Course but just being around it and walking up the 18th hole was good enough for me this time around.

Our Canadian team of Don Murphy and Jack Wratten from Brantford tried hard but could not pull off a Top 10 finish ending up in 12. The event was won by the team from England who beat out Wales and the host Scottish team in a play-off.

Thanks to IP Canada for the chance to be part of it. If you see an International Pairs qualifier at your local club, grab a partner and sign up and take your shot at being part of it all next year when the event takes place again in Scotland.

US Open Thoughts

Wow, is the US Open turing into another case of survival or what ? One player at even par after two rounds. Saturday is typically moving day but in this case it might be "Holding Day". Stephen Ames I see is sitting in a good spot just a couple of shots back. He's got a great swing and mentality to handle Oakmont or at least handle it better than others. In the end the golf course will be the winner as it's not looking like anyone will end up under par. Here's our prediction with 2 rounds (3 rounds if it's a play-off) to go. Ames, Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk will be the guys left hanging around come Sunday afternoon. With Tiger set to become a father perhaps it's fitting he should take it, one thing we know for sure is that big Phil wont' choke coming down 18 this year as Lefty missed the cut by one shot. We give him credit for giving it whirl however, bad wrist and all.

Best Jr's Coming To PGCC

Want to see perhaps the next Mike Wier in action for free ? Then you might want to head to the Peterborough Golf and Country Club next weekend as some of the best junior golfers in Canada tee it up in the CN Future Links Ontario Championship. 99 of the best Junior boys and girls in Canada will be participating in this prestigious event.

The golf course is inviting everyone out to watch the action and cheer on the players. Hopfully you can make it out. It gets underway Friday May 25th and wraps up on Sunday May 27th.

On the Links Radio will be there broadcasting live on the Sunday from 10-11am. Hope to see you there.