Bob Weeks

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Bob Weeks

Inducted: 2016

Birth: April 16, 19

Bob Weeks is one of Canada’s leading golfer writers and broadcasters. He is best known as the golf analyst for TSN where he has covered hundreds of tournaments, including more than 60 major championships, in Canada and around the world. In addition, he has hosted numerous golf programs over the years, both on television and radio, and written hundreds of columns on TSN.ca.

For 28 years, Weeks was the editor of SCOREGolf Magazine while also hosting SCOREGolf TV. His work has appeared in Golfweek, Golf Magazine, Mclean’s, the Globe and Mail and other publications in Canada and around the world.

Weeks, who started playing golf at age 11 in Prince Edward Island, has been a proud member of the Weston Golf & Country Club for more than 40 years. He has been inducted into the Ontario Golf Hall of Fame, the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame and the Etobicoke Sports Hall of Fame. In addition, he has been named winner of the Dick Grimm Award presented by the Canadian Golf Journalists Association, and the PGA of Canada’s highest honour, the George Cumming Award.

Achievements:

1987                                    Associate Editor – SCOREGolf Magazine

1988                                    Co-created SCOREGolf Top Golf Course Rankings

1992                                    Editor SCOREGolf Magazine

1994                                    Co-host of “Fairways” Radio Show

1996                                    V.P. SCOREGolf Canada Ltd.

1996                                    Created SCOREGolf radio Show

1998                                    Authored “The World’s Greatest Golf Courses”

1998                                    Host of SCOREGolf TV

1999                                    Co-founded first Canadian golf magazine for women, “Canadian Women Golfer”

2002                                    Co-Founded SCOREGolf for Women TV

2006                                    Started “Weeks Speaks” blog on SCOREGolf.com

2011                                    Co-developed “Canada’s 25 Greatest Golfers of All-time” Ranking

Awards:

1993 Golf Week Magazine Top Columnish

2007 and 2009  National Post’s Most Influential Canadian Golf Media Personality/Journalisht

2009 Golf Journalists Association of Canada Web Editorial Award

2013 Dick Grimm Award Presented by Golf Journalists Association of Canada

Inducted to Ontario Golf Hall of Fame in 2014

Inducted to Etobicoke Sports Hall of Fame in 2014

2015 Distinguished Service Award from Golf Canada

Inducted to Canadian Curling Hall of Fame in 2016

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