Lorne Rubenstein

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Golf

This Round’s On Me

Summary Profile

Lorne Rubenstein has written a golf column for The Globe and Mail since 1980. He has played golf since the early 1960s and was the Royal Canadian Golf Association's first curator of its museum and library at the Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, Ontario and the first editor of Score, Canada's Golf Magazine. Rubenstein writes for publications around the world, and hosts the TSN weekly show Acura World of Golf. He contributes a bi-weekly column to www.50Plus.com and writes a column for SCORE Golf Magazine.

Born in Toronto, Rubenstein studied at York University and the University of Guelph, where he completed an M.A. in psychology. He caddied part-time on the PGA Tour, and his first columns for The Globe and Mail were from the 1980 Canadian Open at Royal Montreal Golf Club. He caddied there for the Canadian golfer Jim Nelford.

Rubenstein has written for magazines such as Toronto Life, Report on Business, Maclean's, Saturday Night, City Woman, Esquire, Golf Digest, Golf Magazine, Golf Monthly (U.K.) Score, Travel & Leisure Golf, Cigar Aficionado, Links, Senior Golfer and Golf Journal. He has won three first-place awards from the Golf Writers Association of America-one for newspaper columns, one for magazine features and one for magazine columns--and one National Magazine Award in Canada.

Rubenstein has written eight books: Seasons in a Golfer's Life, with Jim Nelford (1984); The Natural Golf Swing, with George Knudson (1988); Links: An Insider's Tour Through the World of Golf (1990); Touring Prose, Writings on Golf (1993); The Swing, with Nick Price (1997); The Fundamentals of Hogan, with David Leadbetter (2000), and A Season in Dornoch: Golf and Life in the Scottish Highlands, (2001) and his latest This Round's On Me: Lorne Rubenstein on Golf (2010).

Rubenstein lives with his wife in Toronto and Jupiter, Florida.

Client Testimonials

"Lorne's in-depth knowledge of the game and the individuals involved allowed them to feel comfortable enough to share some of their personal thoughts and some of their most memorable moments. Our guests really enjoyed the back and forth between Lorne and the athletes and the insight it provided."

Vice-Chairman and CEO, Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd.

 "I am happy to say that Lorne delivered on his mandate.  Lorne's easy and fluid speaking style kept the audience's attention, including some with little or no knowledge of golf.  Many were impressed, as I was, with how recounting an event on the "Tour" Lorne was able to make a connection between that event, or the handling of that event, to the requirements of being successful in the business world."

Vice President, Loan Syndications