The PGA Tour is on TV. Please pass the No-Doze
The cranky old man has woken from his long Christmas nap to let us know that PGA Tour players are really robots playing mindless, boring golf.
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 of CANADA FILES on PBS.
Captain Canuck ends his term at the R&A
Fairways columnist Jim Deeks talks to Bruce Mitchell, who has just completed his term as the first Canadian to serve as Captain of the R&A.
That Tiger-Phil fiasco is just an embarrassing spectacle
When I read that Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson were going to play a $9 million winner-take-all match, my reaction was “that’s just plain disgusting.”
Golf is the cure: a story of hope, dedication and perseverance
Fairways columnist Jim Deeks recounts the tough road his friend Bryan Nelson faced and how golf provided the inspiration to rebuild his life
The U.S. Ryder Cup Captain Solution
The U.S. has always turned to former players to captain their Ryder Cup team, albeit with mixed success. Jim Deeks has another idea.
Littlestone Golf Club: A little gem of English golf
On a recent golf trip to Kent, Fairways columnist Jim Deeks discovers a course that appears not to have changed much in over 100 years.
The New Rules … And Two They Missed
Jim Deeks is pleased that the Rules of Golf have been made simpler but the governing bodies shouldn’t be quite so smug. There’s still work to do.
All hail Brooke Henderson, and Marlene Streit
Jim Deeks puts Brooke Henderson in rarefied company with World Golf Hall of Fame member Marlene Streit among best Canadian golfers ever.
Two Sandwiches and a Jolly Good Deal in Kent
Intrepid globetrotter Jim Deeks reports that the Southeast coast of England features a collection of courses that will knock your socks off
