by Mo'Golf | Jul 18, 2019 | Mo' Golf
Porter Cup 2019: The Rules Official They appear, usually on a cart for ease and pace of movement. Inevitably, they save the day. John Burns is his real name. He is a member at the Niagara Falls Country Club, a high school teacher and coach (golf and hockey) and a...
by Mo'Golf | Jul 17, 2019 | Mo' Golf
Porter Cup Media Day Came And Went A lot of information was shared, and the golf course was opened for a test drive. We learned a few things on Tuesday the 16th, at the Niagara Falls Country Club. A week from today, 90 of the world’s best amateur golfers will...
by Mo'Golf | Jul 16, 2019 | Mo' Golf
Porter Cup 2019 Is Here! Here is what you need to know as the world's best amateur golfers arrive at Niagara Falls country club. 1. There will be a new champion. Thomas Walsh, the 2019 titleist, is now a professional, plying his trade on PGA Tour Canada. 2....
by Mo'Golf | Jun 23, 2019 | Brandon Mumaw, Mo' Golf
Our Brandon Mumaw had a chance to stop by a newish Nicklaus course in Dumfries, Virginia. He was gracious in writing this review of the course, and supplied a fair number of images of holes, the community, and even of himself! Have a read, and look the course up when...
by Mo'Golf | Jun 5, 2019 | Mo' Golf
Memorable speeches share that trait of circling back on themselves, bringing diverse references around, weaving disparate elements together, allowing the audience to connect the threads and join the dots. If this were a memorable speech, it would take the rain, the...
by Mo'Golf | Jun 1, 2019 | Mo' Golf
This slideshow requires JavaScript. The annual rite of glory and passage, known as the Section VI boys golf state qualifier, took place on Monday, May 20th, at Grand Island’s River Oaks golf club. 70 golfers took aim at the 27-hole tournament, but only 22 made...
by Mo'Golf | May 18, 2019 | Mo' Golf
It was 2002, and I was a young 36, if such a thing is possible. Possessed by a full family and a job I intended to keep, I was in possession of something new to the world of golf ticket sales: the opportunity to purchase USGA-Member tickets to an Open championship on...
by Mo'Golf | Apr 9, 2019 | John Mooshie
John Mooshie, a former resident of Sheridan Parkside and Kenmore, grew up less than 500 yards from the Sheridan Golf course. That was back in the early 1950s when the Sheridan course served two sports. It was a 5 month winter wonderland offering ice skating, sledding,...
by Mo'Golf | Apr 3, 2019 | Mo' Golf
Can’t explain who lets Matt Kuchar get out in front of his own media debacles, but hey, it provides fodder for the media. Have a listen: Never one to be shy about his opinion on topics that matter, @ScramblerGolf on Twitter blew up my phone all Saturday and...
by Mo'Golf | Feb 17, 2019 | Mo' Golf
2019 marks an important trail head for BuffaloGolfer. Since our inception, our reviews have been thoughtful and thorough, but have lacked a look of consistency. With the arrival of this prime year, BuffaloGolfer charges ahead with a unique layout for each public...
by Mo'Golf | Jan 3, 2019 | Mo' Golf
About a year ago, before the great purge of tenured sportswriters at The Buffalo News, one of the area’s deans of sports journalism contacted me with an idea: he wanted to poll the area’s golf experts on what they considered to be the area’s 25 best,...
by Mo'Golf | Jan 3, 2019 | Mo' Golf
I know. Many golfers brag and talk about playing the RTJ Alabama Golf Trail but those who have played on the Alabama coast wouldn’t have it any other way. I was recently on a tour of coastal golf courses and came away with the impression that some of the public access...
by Mo'Golf | Dec 13, 2018 | Mo' Golf
If you think Florida has a lock on great golf, you haven’t been to South Alabama. And don’t think Florida’s sand is any whiter than it is on the Alabama Gulf Coast. It’s not! Even Florida’s restaurants, while good, have trouble being compared to the restaurants found...
by Mo'Golf | Nov 8, 2018 | Mo' Golf
Dick “The Destroyer” Beyer is a legend. Simply put. I encountered him as a high school student, where he coached the wrestling team. I didn’t have the stones to go out for wrestling, but one of my future golf buddies did (more on him in question #3.)...
by Mo'Golf | Oct 31, 2018 | Mo' Golf
Pictures of overweight golfers, lumbering in and out of golf carts, do little to convince non-golfers that the game/sport has a viable fitness component. Try telling that to Lauren Cupp, and she’ll assure you that golf can be quite the fitness proposition. An...