Monthly Archive: September 2011

Sep 30

News From Our Sponsors: 9-30-2011

Our sponsors continue to send great deals our way and we pass them on to you. You won’t be disappointed with a stop by any of the courses on either side of the border that support BuffaloGolfer.Com.

Sep 25

Tour Championship – What Is This Really?

There is relevant golf today and it’s called the Solheim Cup. The Tour Championship and FEDEX Championships conclude on the PGA Tour this week, but do you honestly care? I don’t. I haven’t really followed what the PGA Tour has had going on since the PGA Championship concluded. Unless you’re a Ryder Cup or a …

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Sep 25

Midwest Prep Classic: High School Golf in WNY This Weekend

Nichols School will host the 2011 Midwest Prep Classic the weekend of October 1st and 2nd. The five-year old event brings together many of the area’s public and private high schools for 36 holes of medal play golf, for team and individual glory. Diamond Hawk golf course, in Cheektowaga, will provide a stern test for …

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Sep 24

Few Fall Rounds

It’s been a month since I played golf. I hate to admit it, but it’s the honest truth. I love the sport but it has its time and place in my years. Once football returns, I have a way of forgetting to check in on my favorite game.

Sep 24

WNY PGA AA Final Event 2011 Season

The last event on the 2011 calender for the Western New York Assistants Association took place at the Country Club of Buffalo on September 22nd.  Adam Condello from Oak Hill CC took first place shooting -2, (68).

Sep 23

Deals From Our Sponsors: 9-23-2011

More deals from our sponsors. Today’s featured deals come from Seneca Hickory Stick and Holiday Valley.

Sep 21

WNY High School Golf Update

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The WNY HS golf season has reached the halfway point. League championships are up for grabs and conference tournaments are two weeks away.

Sep 21

2011 Cutter & Buck WNY PGA Match Play Championship

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  Two area titans squared off in the finals, with Dwayne Randall of Peek’n Peak defeating Transit Valley’s Tim Fries, 3&2 for the championship. Randall had defeated surprise semifinalist Rob Horak a match earlier, while Fries earned his ticket to the finals with a hard-fought win over resurgent Mark Kirk of Crag Burn.

Sep 20

Press Release: Nike Golf Adds Drone To Its Method Core Putter Line

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BEAVERTON, Ore. (September 20, 2011)– With more than 25 worldwide wins, including three major championships and counting, the Nike Method technology has become the new face of confidence in putting.  The latest addition to the Nike Method putter franchise is the distinctive Method Core Drone, which already has tasted Tour success three months prior to …

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Sep 20

Deals From Our Sponsors: 9-20-2011

Deal # 1: The Perfect Sunday @ Chestnut Hill Golf Club For those of you following our 2-0 Bills, we have a way to get your golf in on Sunday before the game against the Patriots.  Tee off between 7:00-8:45am, play your round, and finish in plenty of time for the game. Golf (Includes Cart) …

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Sep 20

Young Talent Strikes Early

It’s not even a month into the collegiate golf season and the freshman class has already made a huge impact in the early 2011-2012 season. Crimson Tide ‘freshy’ Justin Thomas of Goshen, Ky., earned his first collegiate victory at the Carpet Capital Collegiate in Rocky Face, Ga., by shooting a tournament total 10-under-par 206. He …

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Sep 19

WNYPGA Midvale Pro Am Invitational

September 18th, 2011–Midvale Country Club-Penfield, NY The 2011 Midvale Pro Am Invitational makeup due to bad weather was held on September 18th, at Midvale CC, in Penfield, NY.  Steve Barber (Locust Hill CC) and Michael O’Connor (Kahkwa Club) tied in first place in the individual professional event by shooting a -1 (71).  Mike D’Orazio (Ridgemont …

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Sep 17

Trying To Establish Dominance – #5

One of the greatest things I’ve struggled with while constructing my order of the 13 most dominant performances in the last 13 majors is whether to measure a tournament solely by the four days it occurred, or for its potential impact. That enigma hits hard when you look at this pick. When all is said …

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Sep 17

Press Release: PING Signs Four New Professionals To Tour Staff

September 16, 2011; Phoenix, Arizona – Four of golf’s most decorated young stars have turned pro and signed agreements to play PING® equipment, PING Chairman & CEO John A. Solheim announced today. Signing endorsement deals were Tom Lewis, who was low amateur in the 2011 Open Championship; Harris English, winner of a Nationwide Tour event …

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Sep 16

About Time A Circus Sideshow Makes A Cut!

Remember the Michelle Wie experiments? Never really panned out any gold, did they? Kenny G. and Jerry Rice? Iron Pyrite! How many other freaks had a crack at one of the major golf tours and failed to make any waves or raise any gold dust? Now we have one, in the guise of long drive …

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