Bob Weeks

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Bob Weeks (born April 16, 1960 in Montreal, Quebec) is the editor of Scoregolf Magazine. In addition, he serves as host for SCOREGolf TV and SCOREGolf Radio, and is the golf analyst for TSN. He is also the curling columnist for the Globe and Mail, and editor of the Ontario Curling Report.

Weeks joined SCOREGolf as associate editor in October 1987. He was promoted to editor in 1992.

[edit] Books

He has authored four books: The World’s Greatest Golf Courses; The Brier: A History of Canada’s Most Celebrated Curling Championship; Curling For Dummies (Vols 1 and 2); and Hurry Hard: the Russ Howard Story, which he co-authored with Russ Howard. He is currently writing Curling, Etc., which is similar to an Uncle John's Book except for curling. He is a two-time winner of the Scotty Harper Award for the top curling story in Canada.

[edit] History

Weeks grew up in Montreal but spent most summers in Prince Edward Island where his family’s roots are located. A fifth-generation Canadian, Weeks’ great-grandfather was one of the founders of the first golf course in PEI. His grandfather, Major-General Ernest Geoffrey Weeks, was a highly decorated military hero who went on to become Adjutant-General of the Canadian Forces.

A graduate of the University of Windsor (Hons. BA -- Communications), he lives in Toronto with his son.

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