Maggie Blackbird

Romancing Canada's Indigenous People

The Race to Dubai continues on the European Tour.  A big congratulations to England’s Eddie Pepperell, winner of last week’s British Masters.  This week, the tour heads for Sotogrande, Spain for the Andalucia Valderrama Masters hosted by the Sergio Garcia Foundation at the Real Club Valderrama. The PGA Tour is still in Asia, this time …

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And I’m back with another edition of Fantasy Friday.  My apologies for not posting my picks last week, but I had a special guest blogger who shared how to market your brand new novel.  If you wish to read the fabulous post by Digital Book Girl, go on ahead.  It’s full of handy information. Back …

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The Fed-Ex Cup comes to an end at the Tour Championship in Atlanta, Georgia at the East Lake Golf Course. Thirty players who survived the last three cuts will slug it out for the prestigious Fed-Ex Cup Trophy and the Tour Championship Trophy. Across the pond, the European Tour is heading for the Dom Pedro …

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The PGA Tour is taking a break from golf this week, so I have no fantasy picks for the Golf Channel and PGA. But across the pond, the European Tour is in full swing (pun intended!) as the Race to Dubai continues to heat up.  Everyone who is anyone is heading for Spjik, Netherlands to …

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With the Ryder Cup Team wildcard picks made by Captain Thomas Bjorn on the morning of Wednesday, September fifth, qualifying for Team Europe is finished. A big congrats to those who made the team on order of merit:  Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland), Justin Rose (England), Francesco Molinari (Italy), Thorbjorn Olesen (Denmark), Tommy Fleetwood (England), Alex …

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On this side of the pond, the Fed-Ex Cup is in full swing.  The second event is the Dell Technologies Championship at TPC Boston in Norton, Massachusetts.  On hand, are the PGA big guns such as the USA’s Tiger Woods, Justin Thomas, Dustin Johnson, and Brooks Kopeka.  As for the Europeans, Rory McIlroy of Northern …

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Across the pond, the European Tour is in Prague, Czech Republic at the Albatross Golf Resort with the players battling for a spot on the Ryder Cup Team, and also fighting to earn enough points to compete in the prestigious Race to Dubai play-offs that begin on November 1st in Turkey. Meanwhile, in the USA, …

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This week, the European Tour is hosting the Nordea Masters at Hills Golf & Sports Club in Gothenburg, Sweden.  On this side of the pond, the PGA Tour will be teeing it up at the at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina. For the PGA, the countdown has begun to see who will earn …

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This weekend is the last of the four majors of the season–the PGA Championship.  But don’t worry, there is still plenty of competitive golf to be played, such as the Fed-Ex Cup on the PGA tour, the Race to Dubai across the pond on the European Tour, and one of the biggest events coming up …

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There’s a lot of golf this weekend.  The European Tour is continuing the Race to Dubai at the Champion Course in Natadola Bay, Fiji.  The underdogs of the PGA will be teeing it up at the Montrêux Golf & Country Club in Reno, Nevada.  But everyone who is anyone in the golfing world will be …

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Since I enjoy playing Fantasy Golf, I thought I’d devote Fridays to my picks for the PGA Tour and the European Tour.  Starting Thursday, on the PGA Tour, they’ll be in Canada at the Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, Ontario for the RBC Canadian Open. Across the pond in Hamburg, Germany at the Porsche …

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