Mo'Golf, Author at BuffaloGolfer.com

5 things to watch at Shinny’s 2018 US Open

by Mo'Golf | Jun 12, 2018 | Mo' Golf

On Monday afternoon, the USGA presented an architectural forum that featured 4 esteemed guests, knowledgeable in the ways of architecture and course set-up. They spoke about the alteration, restoration and enhancement of Shinnecock Hills since it last held a US Open,...

Shinnecock musings, on a sunny Tuesday

by Mo'Golf | Jun 12, 2018 | Mo' Golf

Yesterday, I wrote a brief tribute to a departed friend. Today, our 2nd and final day at the 2018 US Open, I consider my life in golf, and what might be yet to come. As with many, I began playing for enjoyment, then matured into a competitive golfer. Too late, small...

A tribute to a friend gone

by Mo'Golf | Jun 11, 2018 | Mo' Golf

It’s silly to commemorate the 1st US Open I attended as credentialed media with the dawn of the Keurig era. And yet, there it was, at Shinnecock Hills in 2004. The Travelin’ Duff and I had journeyed east for five days at the US Open. We attended 2 practice...

Curtis Cup Musings, Sunday, One O’Clock

by Mo'Golf | Jun 10, 2018 | Mo' Golf

At this juncture, the USA has completed its 2018 victory, in convincing style. It was the stronger side, and it deserved the victory. Earlier this day, I sat in the media tent, musing… -What do you do when your side is down, 3 points to 9, to a very strong side?...

Curtis Cup 2018: A look at Quaker Ridge

by Mo'Golf | Jun 9, 2018 | Mo' Golf

Quaker Ridge, designed by A.W. Tillinghast in the late 1910s and restored/updated in the 2000s by Gil Hanse, offers a unique layout to golfers. Its front nine works around the property border in a counter clockwise fashion. The inward half moves mildly clockwise, then...