Making a putt to finish a hole, can be an exhilarating feeling, a feeling that can also leave you relieved but right around the corner is another opportunity for success and redemption. That walk in between, from green to the next tee can be an aha moment. It can be, the best walk in golf. Ok, the best…
Par 3 holes can often be the most memorable and exciting holes on a golf course. Sometimes based on land that is awkward, a ravine or wrinkle in the land. Sometimes architects use par 3s as connectors to get to other areas. You hope each par 3 is different and has character enough to leave a golfer with…
Culture at a golf club, what is that? It’s not the band from the 80s, that all of you know the song to, coma, coma, coma, coma, coma, chameleon……. you know the rest. It’s a feeling, a friendliness and familiarity that people buy into and want to be a part of. Tradition is often involved. There is no…
Brook Macmahon First Winner Of Mickelson National Club Mixer Event With 40 Net Stableford Points. (Left: Brook Macmahon, Right: Mark Corrigan) 2nd place: Rashid Mohamed 3rd place : Ken Arkley both with 34 pts Thank you to all the guys who participated!
The Shaper, What do you do? Mickelson National Golf Club is a Mickelson Design product. The stamp of approval comes from Phil Mickelson, Rick Smith, design consultant and Mike Angus, design Director. Down the road, those will be the names on the architects list. All, have had a massive impact on what Mickelson National will be, but from…
Building golf courses in the 21st century is going the way of the dinosaur with the odd alligator as the exception to the rule. Mickelson National would not be built, without the desire and the vision of the community being built in Springbank called Harmony. Harmony is a 1700 acre community with 3300 residences planned. With this vision…
Phil Mickelson spoke to the media Tuesday at the 2015 Presidents Cup. See the video below for Phil’s thoughts on the tournament.
Phil Mickelson last played Oakville, Ont.,’s Glen Abbey GC in 2004. It was the same week he signed with Callaway and officially opened, what was then, Callaway’s Canadian headquarters in nearby Concord. Just over a decade later the five-time major champion is renewing acquaintances with Canada by beginning the process of placing his signature on Canada’s golfing landscape,…
A test for the pros but playable for the Joes … Everybody expected Phil Mickelson to say that part. What’s most exciting for folks in Calgary is that the superstar course designer isn’t just thinking about the hacks and heroes as he maps out the holes at Mickelson National Golf Club — he’s thinking of the fans, too.
Calgary Sun writer Eric Francis joins Pinder in the Morning to discuss the appearance of Phil Mickelson in Calgary to reveal details regarding his Mickelson National golf course project in the city.
