Mr. Deeks goes to Ireland
The great golf courses of Southwest Ireland are what drew our intrepid travel writer to the Emerald Isle but the cheery, charming and inherently funny Irish people are a vital part of the experience too.
Jim Deeks
Jim Deeks has been writing for Fairways for over a dozen years. He is a former Executive Director of the Canadian Open and Canadians Skins Game, and currently the Executive Producer and Host of CANADA FILES on PBS.
Branson, Missouri – North America’s next great golf Mecca
“With five of the most interesting and diverse golf courses you’re ever going to find in one place, trying to pick the best of the five is like trying to choose your favourite child. It’s almost impossible.”
Cabot Links: If you love golf, you’ve got to go
According to Deeks: Every superlative you’ve heard about Cabot Links and Cabot Cliffs is dead-on accurate. And maybe even better than that.
Fairway columnist Jim Deeks signing off …. for now
Editor’s note: He says he has nothing more to say but whether it’s as an intrepid golf traveler or an old crank, we’re betting we haven’t seen the last of him.
Speed up or get out of the way, people!
Like 99% of you, I find slow play on the golf course I’m playing about as painful as root canal surgery but it doesn’t have to be that way.
Royal Portrush: get ready for a memorable Open Championship
Jim Deeks advises that the course is tough, the rough is unbelievable and nobody should be expecting low scores, especially if the wind blows.
Summer smorgasbord for golf fans in Ontario
Not that anyone records this stuff, but his summer could be one of the best in many years for the volume and quality of spectator golf in the GTA.
Hats off to Gary …. and kudos to Brooke!
Woodland and Henderson etched their way into history on Sunday. Jim Deeks writes that one may become a footnote, the other is already a fixture.
Bravo! Welcome back Canadian Open!
The 2019 RBC Canadian Open was a huge success from every aspect which has delighted Fairways columnist and former Canadian Open tournament director Jim Deeks
