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Lorne Rubenstein

Lorne Rubenstein

A look at the game of golf through the eyes of this Canadian Golf Hall of Fame writer

Cabot Links Diary, Part II

Once an eyesore, the landscape where coal-miners once worked has become eye candy

Cabot Links Diary, Part I

What better way to spend Victoria Day weekend than at Cabot Links

The Dufner way

Does any professional golfer define "laid-back" more than Jason Dufner?

Drawing some parallels between some golf collapses and Toronto’s latest hockey loss

When somebody loses, as in golf, or a team sport, they always cause or contribute to their own downfall

Tiger Woods serves notice it’s his world again

With his win at TPC Sawgrass, planet’s best golfer shows he’s back to his very best

PLAYERS course has provided drama and craziness

TPC Sawgrass is still a stern enough test that can generate enough fright in players

Derek Ernst’s win shows anything possible

As rookie 22-year-old showed any player in a tournament can win anytime

Golf is a humbling game

This week's Web.com Tour event proves it is survival of the fittest at times

What’s up with golf these days?

Seems a very long time ago when golf talk was mostly about players winning tournaments

Unforgettable, human reactions

Dramatic reactions reflect the degree to which golfers contain their emotions while playing

Taking pace of play seriously

If the emphasis encourages clubs to really do something about it, then all the better

Lloyd Percival was ahead of his time

Considered an innovator and not afraid to develop fitness programs considered controversial

Masters win 'last Australian sports frontier'

Does Adam Scott supplant Greg Norman as Australia’s greatest golfer with his win at Augusta?

Golf swing a work of art as well as science

Opportunity to see aesthetically pleasing swings has been one of the pleasures of following golf

Memories of another traditional Masters start

Back in 1985, I reminisced with Gene Sarazen, winner of the 1935 Masters

Morning at Augusta National has broken

Augusta National runs a smooth, efficient operation at the Masters, military-like in its precision

Connecting at the Masters

14-year-old Tianlang Guan bolsters his Canadian connections while at Augusta

Many elements make Masters week special

David Meador and the Ben Hogan award dinner sure to be a highlight of Masters week

Weir not the first Canadian to win a major

Sandra Post set the bar 35 years before Weir would win the Masters

Magnolia Lane brings forth many emotions

Not everyone feels as reverentially towards Augusta National’s famed entrance

Michelle Wie‘s ‘Diegeling‘ has to stop

Judy Rankin says Wie needs to end the putting experiment and do something "more productive"

Brad Fritsch, one tweet at a time

Ottawa golfer is thankful, open and comes across as a regular guy

Tiger moving in the right direction

Golf’s a brutal game, and Woods is a killer when it comes to holding a lead

Yesterday's numbers are not today's numbers

Things have changed, which doesn’t suggest they are better or worse

Tiger Woods closer to being a complete golfer

Foolish to ignore what Tiger has accomplished even if he hasn’t won a major since 2008

Focusing on the person, not the golfer

Stacy Lewis just one example of David Donatucci's belief of making people better athletes

Ray Floyd talks life, the game and Maria

He might have squandered his immense talent for the game had he not met Maria

A caddie program with characters

Hugh Stacy set out to change the perception of caddies as drunks and druggies

Irv Lightstone made golf a wonderful game

Irv had gusto. He radiated gusto. "If you can’t play, you can’t work for me," he always said

Welcome to the Rory and Tiger show

Act one is in the books. Acts two, three and four are yet to play out.

‘Nellie’ has overcome a lot in golf and life

Water-skiing accident had a major and continuing impact on the course of Nelford’s life

More to Geoff Ogilvy than playing golf

Aside from being a capable golf pro, Ogilvy also has lots say about course architecture

Mud balls muddy the conversation

Golf is a game meant to be played down

Mike Weir fights through pain, Graham DeLaet puts himself in solid contention

First round observations of two Canadian PGA players at the Honda Classic

When it comes to golf talk, Stephen Ames is a major champion

Calgary-based golfer doesn’t shy away from controversial subjects

Nothing beats being out on the range

Where golfers, even the best pros in the world, try to find or hone their games

Jupiter has become golf central for pros

Sightings of tour pros are so common that it’s not a big deal here

Brackets busted and egos wounded

Are Rory McIlroy’s new Nike clubs the culprits behind his recent poor play?

Only one question matters when it comes to anchoring: Is it a stroke of golf?"

The irrelevancies over the anchored stroke ban have corrupted and debased the discussion

Monday morning musings

If a player has a PGA Tour card, he’s good enough to win. Anytime.

Bobby Clampett thriving in the Impact Zone

Clampett hoping to make a big impact as an instructor via his Impact Zone Golf schools

Visits with Jack Nicklaus

Many instances come to mind of Nicklaus giving a lot of time to the media

Padraig Harrington is always changing

Possibility of it getting better is far more interesting than realization that it’s not

Connecting with Jimmy Ballard

I couldn’t have guessed that our meeting would come via a product called The Golf Swing Shirt

Bound for Improvement: The Golf Swing Shirt

What started as a personal training tool has turned in a golf product for the masses

Around the world with Phil Jonas

Jonas preparing to be a global player once again on the European Senior Tour

Some Monday morning musings from a Monday quarterback

Phil's fantastic weekend and the USGA's efforts to try and speed things up

Swingbyte 3-D swing analysis

How non-golfer Alex Pedenko came to design this golf instruction tool

Golfers no less credulous than other athletes

To what degree will players believe claims that have no basis in science

There’s a lot to like about Lee Trevino

Six-time major winner had the gift of gab and he had the gift of golf