Gene Sarazen | Canadian Golf Traveller

Tee Off With Knudson at Highlands Links

June 24, 2013 by Brian Kendall

At Cape Breton’s acclaimed Highlands Links, Brian Kendall relives the classic Shell’s Wonderful World of Golf showdown between Canadian legends George Knudson and Al Balding.

Filed Under: Canada, Destinations, Feature Stories, Golf Courses, Nova Scotia Tagged With: Al Balding, Cape Breton golf, Gene Sarazen, George Knudson, Highlands Links, Nova Scotia golf, Shell's Wonderful World of Golf, Stanley Thompson

Walk With Giants at the World Golf Hall of Fame

February 5, 2013 by Brian Kendall

President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s golf shoes. Sam Snead’s lunchbox. Canadian legend Marlene Stewart Streit’s first hole-in-one trophy. These are among the thousands of artifacts displayed at the World Golf Hall of Fame, the centrepiece of Florida’s World Golf Village, a combination resort and theme park located between Jacksonville and St. Augustine.

Filed Under: Destinations, Feature Stories, Florida, United States Tagged With: Arnold Palmer, Ben Hogan, Florida golf, Gene Sarazen, golf history, Jack Nicklaus, King and Bear course, Marlene Stewart Streit, PGA Tour Golf Academy, Sam Snead, Slammer and Squire course, Walter Hagen, World Golf Hall of Fame, World Golf Village

Banff Springs: Monarch of Mountain Golf

July 25, 2012 by Brian Kendall

Set amid majestic Rocky Mountain peaks, Alberta’s world-famous Fairmont Banff Springs Golf Course is a showcase for the genius of Stanley Thompson, Canada’s most revered golf course architect.