Category Archives: Op-Ed

Murdoch Mysteries – A Case of the Yips

This past week on Murdoch Mysteries, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporations period piece police show based at the turn of the 20th century, there was a murder on a golf course and while investigating the crime Detective Murdoch also investigates the attraction of the game of golf.

The episode is the 11th of the show’s 9th season and is called “A Case of the Yips” and has lots of humour moments, like when Murdoch wonders why anyone would throw a perfectly good golf club into a lake. The course was the Toronto Athletic and Golf Club, and the club champion was George Lyon. The real George Lyon won the Olympic Gold Medal in golf at the 1904 games.

You can stream it on CBC Gem and learn more about the episode on the Murdoch Mysteries Fandom page

Registration for 2017 Drive, Chip & Putt Championship

In the daily e-mail from GolfChannel.com, there was a link to register for the 2017 Drive, Chip & Putt Championship. The national finals are held at Augusta National the Sunday prior to the Masters, and is a lot of fun to watch.

The 2017 Drive, Chip and Putt Championship is open to boys and girls ages 7-15. Boys and girls will compete in separate divisions in four age categories: 7-9 years old; 10-11 years old; 12-13 years old; and 14-15 years old.

These kids are really good. Here are the 2016 Finalists that we will be seeing at this year’s tournament.

Here are the results from 2015 and here are some highlights from the past championships.

Larry Fitzgerald Playing Golf

Larry Fitzgerald had a great game in the NFC Divisional Playoffs against the Green Bay Packers, including a 75-yard catch and run to set up his own game winning TD reception in overtime.

To try to tie that in to golf, I found this video of Larry doing a Golf Digest 5-shot challenge for charity. Larry’s pretty good.

And here is that amazing catch and run that set up the game winning TD.