by Mo'Golf | Apr 5, 2011 | Mo' Golf
Bobby Jones, co-founder with Clifford Roberts of the Augusta National Golf Club, lives to this day as the consummate amateur golf figure. Blessed with inordinate grace, skill, concentration and enthusiasm, Jones assembled the finest life amateur record of any male...
by mouth | Apr 5, 2011 | The Mouth
There are not many people walking the planet who are physically capable of winning The Masters. This year only 99 of the world’s best players are even invited to the tournament. The odds of a person winning are less than one in a 10 million. And, still, every golfer...
by Mo'Golf | Apr 5, 2011 | Tom Tucker
Well – it happened again last weekend during the Accenture Match Play Championship. Ian Baker Finch, former pro golfer and current color analyst for CBS, was talking about how the ball rolls up the face of an iron, hits the grooves, and thus get spin on a shot....
by Mo'Golf | Apr 4, 2011 | Rico's Rants
The first in our series of profiles of local college golf programs. Steve Latimer, head coach of the Niagara University women’s golf team, raced to complete our questions, and we thank him for it. 1. What does your program provide that is unique to...
by mouth | Apr 4, 2011 | The Mouth
It’s going to be a big week for BuffaloGolfer.com as we prepare to preview, cover and understand the outcome of The Masters at Augusta National Golf Club. The Mouth That Roars will offer his thoughts on who could, wont, might and will win the first major of the year....
by Mo'Golf | Apr 4, 2011 | Mo' Golf
The Buffalo News golf poll on Best Public Course is closing in on 2700 votes. The candidates for the top slot, in alphabetical order, are: *Arrowhead *Buffalo Tournament Club *Diamond Hawk *Glen Oak *Harvest Hill *Links at Ivy Ridge *Peek ‘n Peak Upper *Seneca...
by Mo'Golf | Apr 3, 2011 | Mo' Golf
Yani Tseng takes a two-stroke lead into the final round at the Nabisco Championship, the first major championship on any tour in 2011. In crazy pyramid style, Stacy Lewis is 2 back, Morgan Pressel, 4 and Michelle Wie, 6 behind. Angela Stanford is the only other...
by mouth | Apr 3, 2011 | The Mouth
It’s bizare almost, how certain players just know how to “turn it on” or start playing their best right in time for a major championship like The Masters, which takes place next week. It had been a ho-hum year for Phil Mickelson this season until...
by Mo'Golf | Apr 2, 2011 | Mo' Golf
If you’ve paid attention to “all” the golf news, you know that the first major championship of the year belongs to the ladies. Out in California, somewhere in the desert, the Nabisco Championship is under way. Stacy Lewis, an early-twenties pro, is...
by Mo'Golf | Apr 1, 2011 | Mo' Golf
DATELINE: 4/1/2011 Reversing over 90 years of belief that firm and fast and the ground game are the essential elements of the game of golf, the National Golf Links of Amerca has retained the newly-formed architectural team of Tom Hills and Arthur Fazio for a massive...
by mouth | Apr 1, 2011 | The Mouth
In a surprising move just days before the golfing world shifts its focus to Augusta National Golf Club and The Masters, tournament officials announced the green jacket will we turning a shade of blue this year. Those familiar with The Masters know the green jacket is...
by mouth | Mar 31, 2011 | The Mouth
I’ve always found the large amounts of money that professional athletes and golfers make to be a bit gawdy and unnecessary. It’s a little hard to feel for Steve Marino when he blows another late round lead when you consider the hundreds of thousands of...
by Rico | Mar 31, 2011 | Rico's Rants
Demo’ed clubs at the Paddock Dome Demo Days over the weekend and made the following observations: It’s hard to hit a really bad shot indoors, off of a mat. Maybe someone could invent glasses that simulate a dome when we are on the actual course. For the...
by Mo'Golf | Mar 31, 2011 | Mo' Golf
watch out. Uihlein is familiar to most acute local golfers and fans for his runner-up finish at last summer’s Porter Cup. He recently won the Georgie Cup challenge against reigning British Amateur champ Jin Jeong by 4 & 2 (he skunked JJ at the Porter Cup,...
by mouth | Mar 30, 2011 | The Mouth
The newest installment in the Tiger Woods EA Sports series launched today with its most notable new feature being the inclusion of Augusta National as one of the courses gamers can play. I am not a fan of these golf games as I think they disillusion young people into...
