by Rico | May 27, 2013 | Rico's Rants
Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia are at it again…and I love it. If, like me, you are a fan of the PGA Tour, I often wonder what professional golfers really think about each other. Oh, I know, on the surface, they are all full of praise and platitudes, but, when the...
by Rico | May 10, 2013 | Rico's Rants
If you were to ask the average person to give a short description of golf, I’m sure they might say things like country club, sedate, slow, boring, difficult, time consuming or any number of other similar phrases. What I’m guessing you would probably not...
by Rico | Apr 30, 2013 | Rico's Rants
For anyone who has ever seen me putt, you would probably agree that my putting is inconsistent at best.  I usually run the gamut from days when my putting is mediocre to days when it is downright ugly.  If American Idol had a reality show where amateurs compete to be...
by Rico | Apr 14, 2013 | Rico's Rants
An often prevailing opinion of Arrowhead Golf Course in Clarence, NY is that it is too difficult or too penal for the average golfer. Too much heather or too many sand traps or too much slope on the greens are comments that follow the assessment by some local players....
by Rico | Mar 6, 2013 | Rico's Rants
Now that February is in the books, I admit to being a bit relieved. Let me explain. At the end of 2012, I (like many others in the WNY golf community) had played 22 consecutive months of golf in the Buffalo area. Like many of my fellow hackers, I was hoping that the...