Monday, July 28, 2008

Former Jesuit Retreat House Is Now A Golf And Country Club

Weir exorcises ghosts
Jeremy Sandler
July 25, 2008
OAKVILLE, Ont. -- The spirit of a long dead Jesuit priest supposedly roams the back stairs and main hall of the former monastery that now houses the Royal Canadian Golf Association offices on the grounds of Glen Abbey Golf Club. But whatever spectres float inside the slate walls of Golf House, the ghosts that haunted Mike Weir at many Canadian Opens -- and Glen Abbey in particular -- seemed firmly exorcised Thursday. The 38-year-old Weir fired a 6-under par 65 in the first round that left him in a three-way tie for the RBC Canadian Open lead.
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