By Brad Ziemer: One of the things I like best about playing and writing about golf is the people I meet along the way. The game just seems to attract good people and I’ve met none better than Doug Roxburgh. Roxburgh, of course, is something of a B.C. golfing legend and I have had the good fortune to get to know him quite well over the years.

By Brad Ziemer: About 60 million rounds of golf were played by Canadians last year and the sport remains the No. 1 recreational activity in our home and native land. And that’s great, right? Well, not exactly.

By Brad Ziemer: Slow play is no laughing matter, although our golfing friends south of the border have used a little comedy to effectively drive home the point that five-hour rounds are ruining the game.

When you come in one morning to find that an irrigation break saturated the soil at the first tee and caused the wooden wall to collapse, you act quick to come up with a plan of attack!

By Brad Ziemer: The road to the PGA TOUR has become a much more circuitous journey than it once was. There are no longer any shortcuts. Gone are the days when a player could catch lightning in a bottle at Qualifying School and earn a ticket straight to golf’s promised land.