John Gordon, Canadian Editor
John Gordon has been involved fulltime with golf since he became managing editor of Score, Canada's Golf Magazine, in 1985. In 1991, he was recruited by the Royal Canadian Golf Association to create their Member Services and Communications departments, and to revive Golf Canada magazine, their national membersmagazine which had been defunct for a decade. After successfully relaunching Golf Canada and serving as its inaugural editor, he was named executive director of the Ontario Golf Association. He returned to fulltime writing in 1995.
In 1998, John became the golf columnist for the National Post, one of Canadas two national daily newspapers, after writing golf for the Toronto Sun. He now is the golf analyst for Rogers Sportsnet, a national all-sports TV network, and in the past has provided expert commentary for golf shows seen on The Golf Channel, TSN, Global TV, and Headline Sports/The Score. Formerly the architecture columnist for www.golf.com, he now writes a column for www.sportsnet.ca.
He is the author of seven books: The Great Golf Courses of Canada (Volumes 1, 2 and 3), The Grand Old Game: A Century of Golf in Canada (commissioned by the Royal Canadian Golf Association to celebrate its centennial), The Great Golf Courses of America, The Pro Golf Scouting Report, and The KidsBook of Golf.
John was the organizer and chairman of the Canadian Golf Summit, moderator of the Golf Development Seminars in British Columbia, initiated and chaired the International Golf Business Conferences held in Ontario, and chaired the 2002 National Golf Course Owners Association conference. He was a founding member of the advisory panel for the Georgian College Professional Golf Management Program and was the programs communications instructor for two years.
He has spoken on golf in Canada, the United States and Scotland. A member of the course-ranking panel for Golf Digest magazine, he has played more than 400 courses around the world. He has written freelance articles for dozens of magazines, newspapers and golf trade publications across North America.
John, a past winner of the National Newspaper Award, has received two outstanding achievement awards from the International Network of Golf for columns he wrote in the National Post. He also served as chief judge in the sportswriting category of the National Newspaper Awards.
Recent Stories
- Reading the greens, and more, in Mississippi
- Louisiana: Let the good putts roll!
- It's Myrtle Beach or bust for many Canadians
- Scenic regions of Ontario littered with wild game, golf
- Alberta architect Les Furber is making golf the norm in Cuba
- Beauty surrounds you in Toronto and the Niagara Peninsula
Editorials
Canada Features
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- Be a Canadian golf expert in one easy lesson
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- The agony of victory turns Weir's smiles into steely reserve
- Play Osprey Valley if you give a Hoot (and a Toot) about great golf
- A trip to Northern Ontario is well worth the time, effort
- Toronto golf scene looks to move past SARS panic
- Options for the budget-minded tourists in Ontario
- Prince Edward Island making up for lost time
Canada Golf Course Reviews
- Great golf in Muskoka is 'Taboo'
- Come to the Okanagan for a REAL water hazard!
- Canada's best, Greywolf, truly is a special place
