A Golfing Memoir: Mo’ Golf tries his hand at fiction
My editor over on Golfwrx.com gave the green light for A golfing memoir in monthly tokens, and the third installment was published today. I’m having fun writing fiction for the first time. So much to consider, and so many bumps and bruises! I’d...
Buffalo’s Golf Leagues Volume 2: Elma Women’s Golf Club
With the return of some semblance of normalcy in 2021, BuffaloGolfer is grateful to feature the golf leagues of western New York. With no sense of regularity, as soon as a league reports in with text and photos, we will feature the league on this fortunate site. We...
Review: ASICS Gel-Course Ace golf shoe
In January, we teased a new golf shoe from Srixon/ASICS, called the Gel-Course ACE. In February, a pair arrived at our offices, and we planned the steps we would take to determine the value of this addition to the golf footwear catalogue. We would use the time-tested,...
Buffalo’s Golf Leagues Volume 1: Buffalo Cigars League at Concord Crest
With the return of some semblance of normalcy in 2021, BuffaloGolfer is grateful to feature the golf leagues of western New York. With no sense of regularity, as soon as a league reports in with text and photos, we will feature the league on this fortunate site. We...
A Year of Living Wednesdays
A Year of Living Wednesdays Daughters disrupted, sons snuck a peak, curiosity insatiable as to what could make their fathers erupt in sudden laughter, then pause in unbearable silence. As with all things ironic, we first met on a Tuesday. After a pair of rotations, we...
Interview with Don Papaj, Diamond Hawk managing partner
The Diamond Hawk golf course has had one owner in its fifteen-plus years of existence. In 2021, Sam Tadio sold his interests to a group headed by Don Papaj, a lifelong western New York resident. Papaj made two excellent decisions right off the bat: he kept his general...
International Junior Masters Girls Division: Interview with Director Jeff Kamien
The welcome news arrived this week that the International Junior Masters, the longest-running junior invitational golf tournament in the USA, would add a Girls Division in 2021. We jumped into our golf cart and motored on over for an interview with Jeff Kamien,...
International Junior Masters welcomes Girls division in 2021
The International Junior Masters, the longest-running, junior invitational in the country, announced today that the event will feature a girls division for the first time, in 2021. The Porter Cup, an invitational hosted by the Niagara Falls country club, created a...
Press Release: Cabo del Sol’s Desert Course Reopens
Los Cabos, Mexico – February 25, 2021 – The Desert Course at Cabo del Sol, a Tom Weiskopf creation that will celebrate its 20th anniversary later this year, will reopen for play March 1. The course, closed several months ago due to COVID-19 restrictions, fully...
A walk through time with Tom Marzolf of Fazio Golf Design
Few western New York golfers know how close the area was to having a legendary course built in the eastern suburbs. Charles Blair MacDonald and his collaborator, Seth Raynor, created plans for a course east of Transit Road. Trouble is, no one knows exactly where....
Buffalo’s Favorite Golf Course: Winner and Breakdown
The Buffalo’s Favorite Golf Course: Public Division came to a close this morning. There was a clear winner, and our trickery (the 10% allotted to the gap between + and – votes) fizzled. We shall dispense with the numbers first, and then reveal the winner...
Press Release: Two New Tour Edge Exotics 721 Irons
Tour Edge, the pound for pound industry leader in performance and innovation, today announced the all-new Exotics 721 Series irons: the C721 iron and the E721 iron. These ultra-premium irons provide all new design concepts and ground-breaking technology from Tour Edge...
Press Release: Tour Edge Exotics 721 Metalwoods Part Three: Hybrids
Exotics C721 Hybrid The Exotics C721 hybrid is a powerful design that is shorter from front to back and features a more tour-preferred shape, setting the C721 up to be an extremely popular hybrid on the PGA Tour Champions. A 100% carbon fiber crown and Diamond Face...
