Rest In Peace, Other Ron: Ron Balicki, 1948-2014

Rest In Peace, Other Ron: Ron Balicki, 1948-2014

Most of my editors ask one simple question after I’ve submitted  a story: Do you REALLY think I can publish this? It’s their sharp-edged way of asking “do you think anyone wants to read this?” The only perquisite of running BuffaloGolfer.Com is...
Flexibility In Spring Golf Travel: The Northern Way

Flexibility In Spring Golf Travel: The Northern Way

For northern golfers, there’s little use in trying to restrain their enthusiasm for an upcoming, winter-respite golf junket. Planning leads to travel, which leads to … flexibility? In some cases, yes. For two consecutive years, my three amigos and I have scheduled a...
The Golf Swings You Should Emulate

The Golf Swings You Should Emulate

Although I love an entertaining speech and a saucy read, I’m what is considered much more of a visual, kinesthetic learner. For something to take root as a skill, in  my experience, I need to be involved, in the action. Perhaps that’s why I love a great...
Team USA Ryder Cup: Aged Hubris Is Pathetic

Team USA Ryder Cup: Aged Hubris Is Pathetic

I grew up wanting to be Tom Watson. I knew that he won and he did so with a puckish, gap-toothed smile. Kind of a Huck Finn-type of thing. This was in the late 1970s and early 1980s, when Watson played on US Ryder Cup teams. In the 1990s, he was in his 50s and became...
A Flaw In The USGA’s US Open Plans

A Flaw In The USGA’s US Open Plans

It was announced this week by the United States Golf Association that Pinehurst #2 will be set up to encourage the men and the women to hit similar clubs into greens. If you’ve been under a big, sound-proofed umbrella for five years, here’s some news: the...

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