merger between Shaughnessy and Point Grey golf clubs is officially off

Both private clubs informed their visitors a few weeks ago that they been holding preliminary merger discussions in the last year.

Shaughnessy had proposed selling Greenacres The game in Richmond also an adjoining property and ultizing that money to cover improvements to point out Grey. Inturn, Point Grey members would be able to play Shaughnessy for the following Twenty years.

Shaughnessy's lease while using Musqueam band expires in 2032 and the band has indicated it wants the land back.

Members of both the clubs were not supposed to vote on the matter until September, but considerable opposition at Point Grey brought the situation with a head.

Point Grey members had concerns about the actual price of Shaughnessy's Richmond property along with ongoing Ping K15 Irons litigation between Shaughnessy along with the Musqueam band.

PURSE CUT: The purse for this year's CN Canadian Women's Open at Vancouver Club continues to be cut by $250,000.

Initially set at $2.25 million, which has been what was provided by last year's event in Montreal, the 2010 purse will be $2 million. That also can make it one of the richest events for the LPGA Tour.

"This is a thing that we discussed with Golf Canada," said CN spokesman Louis-Antoine Paquin. "We felt that at $2 million the purse would be one of several top five on earth knowning that the reduction do not need any impact on area of or perhaps the quality or thought of the big event."

Paquin said the $250,000 being cut from the LPGA purse will be reinvested inside the CN Future Links program that the company has sponsored for junior golfers over the last many years.

Most, totally, from the top 50 women players on the globe are anticipated at Vancouver Driver in Coquitlam for the CN Canadian Women's Open, which goes Aug. 23-26.

The 2010 winner will get $300,000. Last year's champion, American Brittany Lincicome, took home $337,500.

HOT IN DESERT: Stage system the All-American Professional Golf Tour, but numerous Canadians are generating their mark about the Phoenix-based mini-tour.

At last week's 54-hole event in suburban Chandler, Ariz., Abbotsford's Nick Taylor finished alone in second Ping G20 fairway wood place one shot behind winner Brady Schnell. Victoria's Cory Renfrew tied for fourth, Regina's Kent Eger was seventh and Langley's Adam Cornelson tied for eighth.

Taylor, who shot rounds of 70, 69 and 67 at Whirlwind Golf Club, made $3,125 for his second-place finish.

PART COMPANY: Team RBC and Anthony Kim have parted ways.

Kim was obviously a prominent an affiliate Team RBC eventually summer's RBC Canadian Open at Shaughnessy.

But Kim, that is being affected by his game, has stopped being carrying an RBC golf bag just isn't mentioned on discount golf clubs the Team RBC website. A RBC spokesman confirmed Tuesday that Kim is not for this company.

Another Team RBC members, including Ernie Els, Mike Weir, Matt Kuchar, Jim Furyk, Luke Donald, Stephen Ames, Morgan Pressel and Fred Couples, remain using the company.