Toronto 2015: Saturday Is Moving Day, Indeed

Toronto 2015: Saturday Is Moving Day, Indeed

As sure as there were hockey pucks for paperweights on the first tee at Angus Glen, the leaders and the followers in the Men’s division knew that standing pat at par was not worth much on Pan Am Games Saturday. This was not the case for the women, where anything...
Toronto 2015: Friday Afternoon Photo Gallery

Toronto 2015: Friday Afternoon Photo Gallery

Moving day is traditionally recognized as the Saturday/Third round of a golfing event. For the Pan Am Games of Toronto 2015, the vans might have arrived a day early. A great number of golfers were most likely eliminated from medal contention by Friday’s...
Toronto2015: Friday at the PanAm Games

Toronto2015: Friday at the PanAm Games

Day two of the #Toronto2015 golf competition at the PanAm Games broke colder and wetter than its predecessor. Call it a steady drizzle, intermittent rain, or whatever you like. It took guts and focus to grind out a score as golfers reached the halfway point of the...
Toronto 2015: Golf Returns To IOC Competition

Toronto 2015: Golf Returns To IOC Competition

    For those who follow Brasil 2016, it’s known that golf will return to the Olympic Games for two cycles at minimum. From my vantage point, it’s a dozen years late. The IOC might have taken advantage of all that Tiger Fever around 2000 and...
A Quick Nine at South Park

A Quick Nine at South Park

I can count on one hand the number of area courses I haven’t played. Of the private clubs, only Wanakah has escaped my attention. On the public side, places like Hillview in Fredonia, Chestnut Hill in Darien, Rolling Acres in Pike, and Eden Valley in Eden have...
Buffalo District Golf Association 2015 Schedule

Buffalo District Golf Association 2015 Schedule

Golf season is heating up, even with the rains of June and July. The Buffalo District Golf Association has released its schedule of events for the remainder of the season. See below for tournaments that you should play and a teaser photo of each golf course....
Free Clinics at Arrowhead in July

Free Clinics at Arrowhead in July

The Arrowhead Golf Club will offer six clinics at the Arrowhead driving range. They will be conducted by PGA Professional Don Schneider.The dates are Saturday July 11th, 18th, and 25th. We will be offering two clinics per day: 10:00 – 11:00 am Open Adult Clinic...
Independence Week Specials At Three Area Courses

Independence Week Specials At Three Area Courses

Arrowhead Customer Appreciation 4th of July Special Saturday 7/4 & Sunday 7/5 18 Holes with cart after 11:00 a.m. Only $ 30.00 per player Click Here for Online Tee Times Chestnut Hill July 4 & 5 Enjoy top notch conditions and brand new golf carts this weekend....
2015 Interview Series with Dan Hixson

2015 Interview Series with Dan Hixson

Golf course architecture boomed in the 1990s, and continued a bit into the 2000s. Many aspiring architects entered the business, although not so many were solvent enough to remain in it through the lean years. Dan Hixson produced his first course in the early 2000s,...
Eight Are Enough: Porter Cup Open Qualifying 2015

Eight Are Enough: Porter Cup Open Qualifying 2015

The Porter Cup field swelled by eight golfers on Monday, as three neighbors from Ontario took win, place and show in the open qualifier. Josh Whalen of Napanee showed the kind of moxie he’ll need next month with a 65 for the qualifying medal. On his heels were...
Porter Cup Qualifier on Monday, June 29th

Porter Cup Qualifier on Monday, June 29th

Eight slots in the tournament proper of the 2015 Porter Cup are available to ninety golfers. These stalwarts will tee it up from 8:00 to 1:00, with the final grouping due to finish around 5:30. At that point, ties will be resolved via playoff for qualifiers and...
Holzhauer Lone Local Winner, But What A Title!

Holzhauer Lone Local Winner, But What A Title!

Marc Holzhauer made a decision to head south to Bradenton, Florida, for his junior year of high school. After two successful years at Park School in Amherst, the Clarence resident opted to focus on golf and academics in the Sunshine state, to see how good he could get...

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