An Unexpected Champ, Again, at the NCAAs

The 2011 Men’s NCAA Golf Championships concluded on Sunday with an unusual winner yet again. The Augusta State Jaguars won its second consecutive title after beating rival Georgia in match play at Karsten Creek in Stillwater, Oklahoma. They are the first team to...

WNY PGA Pro-President @ Fox Valley Club

The GC Supply Pro President was hosted by The Fox Valley Club and host professional David Snacki on Monday, June 6th, 2011.  The winning 2 man team was Michael O’Connor and Michael Fetzner of the Kahkwa Club.  The best ball of the 2 gave them a total of 64.  The...

DJ Getting Ready

Steve Stricker’s impressive win at The Memorial Sunday may have been a surprise, (he’d never finished in the top 10 in his previous 11 trips) but some of the names behind his don’t shock me at all. For many of the world’s best, The Memorial is...

First Niagara WNY PGA Junior Tour @ Caledonia CC

On Sunday, June 5th, the First Niagara WNYPGA Junior Tour was able to play summer rules for the first time in the 2011 season.  The tournament was held at Caledonia CC where the sun was shining and the water hazards weren’t overflowing for once. In the Boys...

Play The BNPA Golf Outing

Looking for a fun golf event to fill your August calendar? Check out the 5th Annual BNPA Golf Outing The event takes place August 3 at Glen Oaks Golf Course and is an 18-hole scramble format that starts at noon. Lunch and dinner is provided along with two-hour open...

Operation Don’t Suck – Thoughts After The Round

If you remember my post from Friday afternoon, you know I teed it up later that day and really wanted to focus on my efforts, goals and general approach to the round. I honestly think I did a good job of thinking through my shots and where I could afford to miss and...

WNY PGA Lawrence Park Pro-Am Invitational

Friday, June 3rd-The 2011 WNYPGA Lawrence Park Pro Am Invitational saw a one two punch for Oak Hill CC in the Individual Professional event.   The tournament was held at Lawrence Park GC in Erie, PA on a beautiful sunny day on Friday, June 3rd.  Adam Condello and Jeff...

NCAA Men’s Golf Championship

For those of you who wake up each September 1st, hoping that the NCAA football committees have seen the light and created a playoff system to decide the national champion, I’m sorry to tell you that golf beat them to it. A few years back, the NCAA golf...

Operation Don’t Suck – Thoughts Before A Round

Here’s something I’m willing to admit: I’m going to play 18 holes of golf today after work. I locked the golfing plans down yesterday and have been thinking about playing ever since. I woke up this morning with a bounce in my step and eagerly tossed...

Tucker Tip: Impact Position & Drills

The impact position is one of the few absolute fundamental positions in the golf swing. As a result of that thinking, I designed a series of impact drills which the team does every day at the beginning of class. We do other drills also, but the impact drills are a...

WNY PGA @ Peek’n Peak Resort Invitational

May 31st & June 1st, 2011 Dwayne Randall, Head Professional at Peek’n Peak Resort, held his annual Pro Am Invitational.  Not only did the superintendent and his staff have the course in pristine shape but Randall also took 1st place in the individual 2-day...

Wonderful Words from Bob Adner

As a writer, you always like to think you know how to say, write, type things a bit better than others. It’s never true though. I was reminded of that while reading one of the recent My View articles from The Buffalo News. In it, Bob Adner talks about the last...

Morreale Wins BDGA Mid-Am Title … Again!

Nicholas Morreale of the Niagara Falls Country Club claimed the first Buffalo District Golf Association title of 2011, winning a two-hole playoff at Orchard Park Country Club on Tuesday. The victory was Morreale’s third in four years of the BDGA Mid-Amateur and...

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