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Wacky Week In Golf

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...

Belly Putting

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...

Press Release: Arrowhead open for play

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....

Good Will Hunting

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...

Accenture Match Play

by Rico | Feb 23, 2013 | Rico's Rants

Rory’s gone in one; so is Tiger. Ricky Fowler, Dustin Johnson, Lee Westwood and Keegan Bradley had their work week shortened considerably. Ernie Eels, Bill Haas, Adam Scott and Jason Dufner are other names added to the one and done first round of the...

Who is Charlie Beljan?

by Rico | Feb 19, 2013 | Rico's Rants

Who exactly is Charlie Beljan? I must admit that prior to this past weekend’s Northern Trust Open, I knew next to nothing about Charlie Beljan. Sure, I remember hearing about him at the Disney tournament at the end of last year where he fainted after his third...