The moral of the 2011 Porter Cup is that Patrick Rodgers has big time heart.
Monthly Archive: July 2011
Jul 31
Porter Cup Sum: Day Four
What I learned while building a deck at my bro/sis in-laws (and not tramping over the pastoral fields of Lewiston) on Saturday afternoon…
Jul 30
Porter Cup Recap: Moving Day
Here’s your Day 3 Recap. The Scrambler wrote it, so you know it will be much more than a few factoids.
Jul 29
Tiger To Tee It Up Again
The nerve of Tiger Woods…choosing to announce his return to the world of golf during Porter Cup week. It’s true folks, Woods is set to play golf again next week at the WGC Bridgestone Invitational. There’s conflicting reports about how much or how little Woods has been practicing. And, there’s some people who are just …
Jul 29
Golf This Weekend: July 30 & 31
Western New York golfers have their eyes focused north, on Niagara Falls Country Club in Lewiston, NY. Intermittent showers on Thursday and Friday have softened the greens, allowing the players to take aim on all hole positions and fairway short cuts.
Jul 28
Talking Porter Cup with Justin Thomas
Justin Thomas carded a (-3) and is currently T5 at the Porter Cup. He’s active on Twitter, from Kentucky and enjoys fishing when he’s not golfing. He answered a few questions for BuffaloGolfer.com BuffaloGolfer: What are you expecting from yourself this week at the Porter Cup? JT: To just mainly have a solid week. Hit …
Jul 26
WNY PGA Professional Championship
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011 Lancaster Country Club Ladies and gentlemen your 2011 WNYPGA Professional Champion is Liam Friedman! The Assistant Professional from Orchard Park CC posted a 2 round total of -6 to take first place.
Jul 26
Tiger Out of Top 20, but back….
Maybe you care, maybe you don’t. Maybe you’re too distracted by Porter Cup week to pay attention, but Tiger Woods has fallen out of the Official World Golf Rankings Top 20. You could say this about a number of things in regard to Woods, but could you have ever imagined this is where we’d be …
Jul 25
Ball Positioning For Proper Contact & Flight
If you consistently make good wedge swings with no slide and no significant collapsing of your hands and wrists, the bottom of your swing will occur at a spot about two inches forward of the center of your stance. To verify this low point take a swing and see where the divot begins and ends. …
Jul 25
Phlatstick Phantasmagore: The Ten Most Severe Greens @ The Porter Cup
Golfing professionals will tell all who will listen that the real game begins on the putting green. If it doesn’t, something is wrong with the greens. Putting has been called the great equalizer, yet is a fickle mistress. Ben Hogan lost it for good, Tom Watson bid farewell for a time and Bernhard Langer fought …
Jul 25
Talking With Jake Katz (Porter Cup Preview)
Jake Katz will take part in the 53rd Annual Porter Cup this week. Katz played in the final group last year and finished T10. Katz was kind enough to answer a few questions about last year, this year and his game in general.
Jul 25
Amateurs Shine On Nationwide & PGA Tours
This week the Nationwide Tour held the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Invitational at The Ohio State University – Scarlett Course in Columbus, Ohio. The first teams All-Americans in division one collegiate golf were invited to play to get some experience on the professional level. We have seen in the past, but it was not expected this …
