Laurence Applebaum, the former WTA executive vice-president, will try to squeeze in weekly golf outings with his son into his new job as CEO of Golf Canada. ( Matthew Stockman / GETTY IMAGES )As a sports-loving kid growing up in North York, Laurence Applebaum, the newly announced CEO of Golf Canada, fell in love with golf on Toronto’s city-owned public courses. His older brother, Andrew, now a Toronto entrepreneur, sometimes sold used golf balls and soft drinks outside Scarborough’s Tam O’Shanter Golf Club. Named Tuesday as Golf Canada’s choice to helm the organization that oversees the country’s most popular participation sport, Applebaum’s two-decade career in sports business previously included a stint working on Nike’s since-disbanded foray into golf equipment. are going to be big sporting events, not just big golf events.

Source: thestar May 16, 2017 22:52 UTC