
At The Turn: Setbacks come with territory when chasing lasting golf improvement
OTTAWA — If playing golf sometimes feels like taking one step forward and two steps back, trying to get better can be akin to walking the wrong way on an escalator.
Just ask Matt Parkinson.
First, the long-hitting 36-year-old subject of the Parkinson Project — one man’s season-long effort with The Canadian Press to build a more respectable game — hurt his knee working around the house, an ever-present peril for any husband and new father.
Then, just as he was feeling better, his primary coach abruptly left his position at The Golf Lab, the high-tech year-round teaching facility at King Valley Golf Club north of Toronto that’s been hosting the project and overseeing Parkinson’s efforts.