by Andrew Penner | Jun 21, 2016
By: Andrew Penner I’m standing on the 14th tee box – a par-3 that measures a whopping 270 yards – on the Links Course at the Wolf Creek Golf Resort near Ponoka, Alberta. A 30 km/hr wind is whipping out of the west and, to be honest, the only club that...
by Andrew Penner | Jun 21, 2016
By: Andrew Penner Unquestionably, the 2013 “Flood of the Century” that hit Alberta was a life-changing event for thousands. People all over the world saw the devastating images. While some of the scars remain, the western Canadian province has recovered incredibly...
by Andrew Penner | Jul 24, 2014
By: Andrew Penner Golf is a tricky little sport. The kinesiology alone is killer. Then, of course, you’ve got petulant playing partners and all those messy mind games to deal with. But, regardless if you’re prone to major melt downs (see Happy Gilmore), a round of...
by Andrew Penner | Mar 21, 2014
By: Andrew Penner It’s only 155 yards to the pin but, standing high on the perched tee with a wicked west wind swirling through the Old Man River Valley, I have no idea what club to hit. I choose the five-iron, thinking it’s plenty of stick to get me to the green. I...
by Traveling Golfer Staff | Apr 16, 2013
By: Grant Fraser When American journalist John B.L. Soule first coined the phrase “Go west young man” in 1851, he was referring to the opportunity that awaited anyone daring enough to travel into the American wilderness in search of a new life and untold prosperity....
by Andrew Penner | Mar 20, 2013
by: Andrew Penner With a warm and relentless Chinook wind whipping over the rumpled Alberta plains – and a rather rusty golf swing causing plenty of collateral damage – my score was nothing to be proud of. Double bogey? Check. Triple? Check. Heck, one of...
