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Monthly Archive: August 2012
Aug 29
Golf Course Renovation & Restoration
I’ve waited all month, literally all month (with the exception of tomorrow) for this piece to see the light of day on the BuffaloSpree website. Do me a favor and hit it a lot, send it to your friends so that they hit it a lot, so that Spree continues to support a bit of …
Aug 28
Sponsor Update: Pennies per Stroke @ Chestnut Hill
This Saturday & Sunday (Sept. 1 & 2) bring your scorecard in and your drafts cost 1 cent for every stroke. Shoot a 105 – pay $1.05 Shoot 84 – pay 84 cents. Life just doesn’t get much better!
Aug 28
WNYPLGA: Bill Boyle Results
Glen Gast and Steve Jensen held off the teams of Jeff Frey/Brian Engl and Tom Connors/Jim Costa to win the 2012 Bill Boyle two-man better ball event. The winners had 67 to the runners-up’s 69s. The tournament was held at Sheridan Park and also featured a two-stroke victory in the B Flight, where Tony Sweeney …
Aug 28
WNYPLGA: Robert-James Two-Man Scramble Tee Times
Tee times will run from 10:30 to 1:08 this Saturday at Byrncliff Resort. The Robert-James Two-Man Scramble is the final event on the 2012 WNY Public Links Golf Association schedule. Click Here for Tee Times
Aug 28
Ontario’s Garden of Eden: Norfolk County, Ontario
For years my best buddies and I would pile into a minivan and endure a two hour drive just to play the Pine Valley Golf Club located south of Simcoe on the northern shores of Lake Erie. For those who do not know, Pine Valley has always been one of the first golf courses in …
Aug 28
WNY PGA 24th Annual Rochester Classic
Professional Mike Sweazy of Wild Wood country club turned the one-two trick on Monday, August 27th, claiming individual and team honors at the 2012 Rochester Classic. Sweazy edged Champions Tour professional Lon Nielsen by one, 69 to 70, in the individual portion of the event. Alex Weir of Erie’s Kahkwa Club came third at 71. …
Aug 27
Sponsor Release: Labor Day Specials @ Arrowhead Golf Club
Arrowhead Golf Club Summer is winding down, and as we make the transition to fall we wanted to thank everybody for one of the best seasons we have had in recent years. On Tuesday and Thursday, August 28th and 30th, every golfer that pays the $39 green fee receives a free range token and complimentary …
Aug 25
High School Tryouts~The Ups & Downs
I’ve coached high school golf (girls and boys) for over ten years. As the years pass, I become more mechanical in my evaluation of the try-out process. When I was 13, vying for a spot on the Amherst Central squad, the three-day affair could be defined as life-or-death, an actual definition of who my little …
Aug 25
Member/Guest
This past weekend (8/18&19), I had the wonderful privilege of competing in my third member/guest at my local club. My guest, as it has been for the three years that I have played in it, was my son. My son is a once or twice a year golfer, so we always enter with limited expectations. But, …
Aug 25
Heat Exhaustion
Tom Tucker is the current Teaching Professional at the Plum Creek Driving Range & Practice Facility, located at 5141 Batavia Elba Townline Rd, Batavia, NY . Mr. Tucker was formerly the GM at Fifty Four Flags in Akron, NY, the Teaching Professional at the Batavia Country Club , Batavia NY and was the Head Golf …
Aug 22
Are You Flipping Your Putts?
Tom Tucker is the current Teaching Professional at the Plum Creek Driving Range & Practice Facility, located at 5141 Batavia Elba Townline Rd, Batavia, NY . Mr. Tucker was formerly the GM at Fifty Four Flags in Akron, NY, the Teaching Professional at the Batavia Country Club , Batavia NY and was the Head Golf …
Aug 21
WNYPGA: Section Championship
Alex Weir pulled an upset this week at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, riding rounds of 73 and 74 to a 3-shot victory over defending champion Neil Reidy and other top area pros. Weir, an assistant pro from Kahkwa, defeated 67 other golfers to claim a major victory. After Reidy, Bobby Hogan (Paddock Dome), …
Aug 21
WNYPGA: Locust Hill Pro-Am
Rob Horak of the Ravenwood golf club held off Peek’N Peak’s Dwayne Randall, 68 to 69, to claim victory at the 2012 Locust Hill Pro-Am in Rochester. Michael O’Connor of Kahkwa Club in Erie, PA placed third with 70. For all scores, Click Here
Aug 21
Press Release: Titleist Is Top Choice At 2012 U.S. Amateur
Fairhaven, MA (Aug 19, 2012) – From the Masters Tournament to the U.S. Amateur Championship, when a major trophy was on the line this season, the overwhelming majority of players at every level of the game trusted their performance to Titleist golf balls.
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