The drive down KenWolia Lane today was majestic, a proper welcome to the season’s most prestigious tournament as player preparations hit full swing Monday at The Masters. Names like Irwin, Fisher, Carey, Thomson, Kelley & Kenny dotted the sun-splashed and wind swept fairways of KenWo today, a veritable who’s who of KWGA royalty. A wind …

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Builders make things happen…That’s just what makes this world go around. So it was Saturday afternoon at fabled Avon Valley GC as the KWGA’s club house builder, Mr. October Fisher, hammered and nailed his way to a two stroke victory at the 4th annual Avon Lea Open on a cold, drizzly day. The feat was …

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Conventional wisdom says you can’t go from 94 to 74 in seventy-two hours… but that’s just the kind of turnaround that makes the amateur golfer unique. Approximately 72 hours after a disastrous and calamitous 94 in Wednesday’s Men’s Night, the KWGA’s only ever marathoner, Barry Bannister-Hennigar, reached deep into his bag of tricks, firing a …

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Like the cartels that ravage his Central American haven for fishing and game, Nick Waszczuk-Carey flummoxed the KWGA field with a devastating calm in the face of heartless brutality, carding a career low -8 round (82 gross) to win Saturday’s Captain Crazy Invitational by a whopping four strokes. Time and again, Waszczuk-Carey found the middle of …

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Fellas… This week the RANGS were a bit of a “clusterbuckle” because I was in the last group and our group was so late getting finished. By the time I got done my round, most all had either left KenWo, were looking for a lost IPhone (Wayne’s) or had left for Rod’s house. A total …

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You couldn’t make this stuff up if you tried. Just one year removed from an epic collapse in the 2015 FEDEX Cup Finals, Kentville’s Prodigal Son, KK The Angry Bird, turned “tarred and feathered” into majestic flight with a redemptive win for the ages at Saturday’s KWGA Tour Championship with a three stroke victory over Air Bud Woodworth. Entering …

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If you don’t know by now, there are two KWGA golfers hotter than a Mexican pepper. Double-Double and The Inspector Gadget unleashed their spicy fury on the KWGA at Saturday’s Barclays Championship with matching 65 nets in what was an old time shootout at the KenWo Corral. For Double-Double, Saturday’s outburst was his second in a week and expected. For …

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Don’t look now…but “Stella’s Got Her Groove Back”. After a two year hiatus from the KWGA winner’s circle, Double-Double Elliott was back in peak form, firing a gross 70 (net 65) to take Friday’s KWGA Men’s Club Championship by one stroke over a suddenly revitalized Telley-Kelley and the man formerly known as KK—K/Angry Bird. Double-Double …

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THE FACE OF GOLF IN 2016? Sometimes the world makes sense…and sometimes it seems like calculus. A maze of doubt and wonderment. How and why did someone invent this anyway? If anyone can explain what happened at Saturday’s KWGA Canadian Open, please forward me the answer. After a spring and mid-summer scuffling on Tour in …

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On a day Halifax paraded its Rainbow Pride and the KWGA used a Rainbow of Tee Boxes, two Hants County men walked the KWGA tightrope in sharing the 2016 Cheeseburger Picnic Saturday afternoon at venerable KenWo GC. Two men joined at the hip and raging through the FEDEX Cup season, Grampy and Hunchback, carded net …

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On a day the KWGA set a record for most golfers below net par for a tournament, one man stood above the rest at Saturday’s second Major, The KWGA Players Championship. The man simply known as “Hunchback” Newcombe blitzed KenWo’s Back Nine with a gross 33 which included birdies at #14, #15 and the finishing …

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There may be some dust on the bottle…but every once in a while you blow it off…and you find a fine wine. So it was Saturday morning as Rene “Shooter” MacKay turned back the clock and looked like a 40 year old Cabernet Sauvignon on the fairways and greens of KenWo GC, firing a sweet and …

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If you had Chris “Inspector Gadget” Rushton winning a tournament in his rookie season, please raise your hand. I’m sure not many raised one but it didn’t matter one bit to Gadget Saturday morning at the fabled KenWo GC. Coming off a lackluster Masters and a triple bogey 7 at the first hole it looked like more of …

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On a day that KenWo shone bright, Brent “Weasie” Locke shone the brightest, winning the 2016 KWGA Masters by two strokes over Arnie Telley-Kelley, eradicating a lifetime of short jokes and giving him his first Major Championship. The Halifax Co. debutante used a steely nerve and a string of pars to knock down all comers in a …

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THE FAVORITES…TEACHER’S PETS GRAMPY BURKE (1-1)– You can’t win twice, finish in the Top 3 in six of seven events to start the season and not be considered the favorite. His dominance to start the year is as surprising as the tufts of hair that remain on that golden noggin of his. Throw in the …

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“DOUBLE CUT…DOUBLE ROLLED” “The Shooter” Warns of Lightning Quick Conditions With just three days left of preparation before Saturday’s KWGA Masters, Rene “Shooter” MacKay made a cameo appearance on Men’s Night in what can only be called a minor miracle. After a dormant spring, the Antigonish product will make his 2016 debut on Tour at …

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THE DEFENDING CHIMP-NICK LEVY LEVY HIRES MacKINNON TO OVERSEE MASTERS PREP You know its a big deal when you see the defending champion hitting balls with personal swing guru Derek MacKinnon. Such was the sight late Tuesday afternoon as “Captain Shitacular” Nick Levy took time out from his myriad of work/children/school responsibilities to find the north …

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Monday at The Masters Yes, it is THAT time of year again, the time to take the drive down KenWolia Lane and smell the fresh bloom. This year Nick Levy returns to defend his title, hopeful that he can slip on the green jacket once again. However, Levy will have a phalanx of hungry and …

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Like legendary televangelist Jimmy Swaggert would famously bellow every Sunday morning, “Jesus, you can take me now!” So it was Saturday morning at The Fred Herbin Experience for the KWGA’s Evangelist of Destruction , “Mr. October” Fisher, who putted and prayed his way through the KWGA field for a 3 stroke victory, his first as …

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(Someone Missing from Photo) On a day the Greatest Champion of All Time Muhammad Ali passed away, the KWGA crowned its own champions, Team Carey and his band of misfits in an upset over Team Fisher that no doubt rivals Ali’s defeat of Sonny Liston for the Heavyweight Championship in Miami Beach, Florida 1964. Many pundits …

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