Sam Snead | Canadian Golf Traveller

Why I Believe in a Yip-free Tomorrow

August 11, 2024 by Brian Kendall

How I learned to embrace, if not love, the yips, the debilitating affliction first named by Tommy Armour and battled by golf greats from Sam Snead to Bernhard Langer.

Filed Under: Editor's Notebook, Golf Equipment and Aids Tagged With: Bernhard Langer, golf psychology, putting yips, Sam Snead, Tom Watson, Tommy Armour

Golf Like You Belong in Fabulous Palm Beach

February 5, 2017 by Brian Kendall

Renowned as the Florida playground of the fabulously wealthy, Palm Beach is where first John F. Kennedy and now Donald J. Trump have chosen to take their wintertime presidential divots.

Filed Under: Destinations, Feature Stories, Florida, Golf Courses, Resorts We Love, United States Tagged With: Abacoa Golf Club, Boca Raton Florida, Boca Raton Resort and Club, Boca Raton Resort Country Club Course, Boca Raton Resort golf course, Delray Beach Golf Club, Donald Ross, Florida's golf capital, golf vacations, Greg Norman, Honda Classic, Jack Nicklaus, Joe Lee golf architect, Jupiter Florida, Justin Leonard, Nick Price, Ocean Course, Palm Beach golf, PGA National Champion course, PGA National Resort and Spa, PGA of America, Sam Snead, The Breakers, Tom Fazio, Tommy Armour, West Palm Beach, William Flynn golf architect

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.