Mo'Golf, Author at BuffaloGolfer.com

Rico’s Chestnut Hill Review

by Mo'Golf | Jul 9, 2012 | Rico's Rants

(Editor’s Note: We’ve done a new 2012 review of Chestnut Hill, but didn’t want to abandon this classic from the April 2011 annals of Rico’s Rants.) Are you looking for a well maintained course with reasonable rates? A course that is well within...

Inaugural Erie County Amateur Concludes With Two Play-Offs

by Mo'Golf | Jul 9, 2012 | Mo' Golf

One thing that everyone in the field learned on Sunday: there are some wickedly delightful hole locations at Grover Cleveland golf course. Despite its lack of distance, many of the putting surfaces were designed by Walter J. Travis and Donald J. Ross, two of the...

“Your Only Hope Is To Hit Your Approach To Tap-In Distance”

by Mo'Golf | Jul 9, 2012 | Mo' Golf

Those were the words of my generous and patient caddy, Eric Hoxsie, as we surveyed my 35-yard approach to the 18th green. My 2012 Erie County Amateur experience was ending, not with a bang, but with the potential for another missed putt or three. It had been that...

Erie County Amateur Round One Report

by Mo'Golf | Jul 8, 2012 | Mo' Golf

A mighty storm cell was enough to upset the apple cart, albeit only briefly. The long-anticipated (about 100 years) commemoration of the 1912 USGA Open at Grover Cleveland teed off at 8 am on Saturday, July 7th. A mid-morning electrical storm delayed play for an hour...

Lessons Learned @ The Inaugural Erie County Amateur

by Mo'Golf | Jul 7, 2012 | Mo' Golf

If you didn’t catch the time-stopping, earth-shattering news, the Right Reverend Mo’ Golf, prelate of the belly putter, hit the first tee shot of the inaugural Erie County Amateur. There is a separate post on the actual (not fictional) goings-on at that...