by Mo'Golf | Jul 28, 2011 | Mo' Golf
Wednesday was as perfect a day for walking, viewing and scoring as one could ever expect at a golf course. The wind blew at a minimum and the sun was bright but not overbearing. Scores were relatively low, but not in the low 60s as one might have anticipated. Paul...
by Mo'Golf | Jul 26, 2011 | Mo' Golf
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011 Lancaster Country Club Ladies and gentlemen your 2011 WNYPGA Professional Champion is Liam Friedman! The Assistant Professional from Orchard Park CC posted a 2 round total of -6 to take first place. Liam battled with Tim Fries of Transit...
by mouth | Jul 26, 2011 | The Mouth
Maybe you care, maybe you don’t. Maybe you’re too distracted by Porter Cup week to pay attention, but Tiger Woods has fallen out of the Official World Golf Rankings Top 20. You could say this about a number of things in regard to Woods, but could you have...
by Rico | Jul 25, 2011 | Tom Tucker
If you consistently make good wedge swings with no slide and no significant collapsing of your hands and wrists, the bottom of your swing will occur at a spot about two inches forward of the center of your stance. To verify this low point take a swing and see where...
by Mo'Golf | Jul 25, 2011 | Mo' Golf
Golfing professionals will tell all who will listen that the real game begins on the putting green. If it doesn’t, something is wrong with the greens. Putting has been called the great equalizer, yet is a fickle mistress. Ben Hogan lost it for good, Tom Watson...
by mouth | Jul 25, 2011 | The Mouth
Jake Katz will take part in the 53rd Annual Porter Cup this week. Katz played in the final group last year and finished T10. Katz was kind enough to answer a few questions about last year, this year and his game in general. BuffaloGolfer: You had an impressive run at...
by Cassie | Jul 25, 2011 | "A" Lady
This week the Nationwide Tour held the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Invitational at The Ohio State University – Scarlett Course in Columbus, Ohio. The first teams All-Americans in division one collegiate golf were invited to play to get some experience on the...
by Mo'Golf | Jul 24, 2011 | Mo' Golf
Yet another edition of TIKTIK…there is no regularity, rhyme nor reason to these installments. . Rory McIlroy is immensely talented but the media teenage crush on him is too much, too soon… .. Dustin Johnson has contended in three majors in the last 14...
by Mo'Golf | Jul 24, 2011 | Mo' Golf
It was the third event in a row that surpassed 90 degrees for the First Niagara WNYPGA Junior Tour. Those hot temperatures did not affect Brad Jennette, Zachary Ottman, Jennifer Lee and William Thomson. These players took first place in the Boys 16 – 18, Boys...
by mouth | Jul 23, 2011 | The Mouth
I too hate cameras. That’s probably what I’d open with if Tiger Woods ever granted me a chance to interview for the position of his new caddy. I’d tell him that I too hate being photographed. I shudder whenever I hear a camera shutter. I too offer a glare whenever I...
by Mo'Golf | Jul 23, 2011 | Mo' Golf
When Bill Haas shot 60 in the early years of the new millennium, he might tell you that he had one critical shot, the one that brought him a bogey on his 18th hole. Whichever one it was, is irrelevant; it was the one critical shot that cost him a score in the 50s, one...
by Mo'Golf | Jul 23, 2011 | Mo' Golf
On Friday, 22, 2011 the First Niagara Tour made a late season stop at beautiful Geneva CC. Not only was the view outstanding out over the lake but so was the play of Christine Schmitt. Christine was the overall medalist of the day and first place in the Girls 18...
by Mo'Golf | Jul 22, 2011 | Mo' Golf
A bit more than 1.5 months have passed since I informed you of my epiphany at Turning Stone. The first one involved golf and how to enjoy a resort/unknown course. Thanks to the gastronomic delights (and my own lack of will power), I underwent a second epiphany at...
by Mo'Golf | Jul 20, 2011 | Mo' Golf
In a most brief press release this PM, Tiger Woods indicated that he and Steve Williams will no longer work together. Speculation asked for time off from work at the Dictionary and the Thesaurus so that it can be available at water coolers everywhere. We’ll keep...
by Rico | Jul 20, 2011 | Rico's Rants
Recently, I had the opportunity (thanks, Mo) to attend the Porter Cup Media Day at Niagara Falls CC. First, let me say that this was a class act put on by a class organization. After a nice buffet lunch on the patio overlooking the Niagara Escarpment (a truly...
