Walker Cup Report: Saturday Foursomes

I made certain to gently correct the first person who commented knowingly, they’re playing better-ball in the morning. Not better-ball, I acknowledged, nor butter beer. It’s called foursomes or alternate shot. Gratitude extended and accepted. For a while...

Walker Cup Report: Saturday Foursomes, First Tee

Motion and Still photography folks don’t always get along. They have a tendency to step in front of each other, in search of an unmatched angle. In spite of this choreography, I was able to secure a spot inside the bars on the first tee and fire away as the...

Walker Cup Report: Structures

It’s easy to overlook certain structures on a golf course during the playing of a round. If you’re fortunate, the presence of structures is kept to a minimum, allowing the course and nature to manage play. At NGLA, there are very few man-made objects but...

Swing Your Putter

For the sake of simplicity, all advice on swings and drills is provided from a right handed perspective; lefties …. well, you know what to do! My students run the gamut from a young professional player that is playing mini tours, to raw beginners, and everything...

Walker Cup Report: Opening Ceremony

The opening ceremony, consisting principally of team introductions, flag raisings and lineup revelations, took place between 5:30 and 6:30 on a glorious Friday evening. September is sometimes given a raw deal, as she represents the end of summer. Today, she shone in...

Walker Cup Report: NGLA Is Shapes And Layers

I want to begin this report with a disclaimer. There are no more sites like the one on which National Golf Links of America (NGLA) rests. When the game of golf was young in this country, course builders and their architects had opportunity after opportunity to build...

Walker Cup 2013: First Thoughts And Images

Two stories are being told this week on the eastern end of Long Island. The more important is a biennial match between male amateur golfers from Great Britain/Ireland and the USA. Teams from America, professional and amateur, female and male, are on a losing streak of...

BuffaloGolfer Stories: 9-3-2013

September arrived with a cool handshake. As long as the drizzle stays away, we’ll enjoy a golf season segment colored by changing leaves and memories of a wondrous summer. Check out this week’s BuffaloGolfer Stories by clicking the link below.   The...

WNYPLGA Robert-James Sales 2-Man Scramble Results

Mo’ Golf had a ringside seat for the winning performance at the Robert-James Sales two-man scramble, the closing event of the 2013 WNYPLGA season. Matt Messing and Andy Shanahan got out to a fast start at Byrncliff, going birdie-eagle on the first two holes. The...

A Tournament To Celebrate

The Scrambler and I finished five strokes off the lead on Saturday at the WNYPLGA two-man scramble at Byrncliff. The scorecard says we had six birdies and two bogies. We partnered the winning team, a couple of guys with a winning track record. They started...

Lofted Chipping Re-Visited

For the sake of simplicity, all advice on swings and drills is provided from a right handed perspective; lefties …. well, you know what to do! I wrote the last two newsletters before I went on vacation, so in this issue I would like to address some interesting...

Sponsor Update: September At Diamond Hawk

Hello Friends! This Summer has flown by! Football season is upon us, so we can smell Fall in the air & OctoberFest at the bar! Fall Rates will go into effect when the Superintendent tells us so. You can anticipate an email alerting you with the change of rates....

BuffaloGolfer Stories: 8-26-2013

A portion of a golf trip to Cape Cod, a new look to the site, the final WNYPLGA event of the season and a bit more. Click Here to see this week’s newsletter. Subscribe at the bottom of the link when you are done. Share this: Click to share on X (Opens in new...

Sponsor Update: Chestnut Hill Labor Day News

Labor Day – Sept 2. For 25 years now, Chestnut Hill has never charged a week-end greens fee for a holiday that fell on a weekday and we are not going to start this year. Pay the weekday rate on the holiday. From course opening to 2:00pm: $32.00 Regular or $30.00...

Sponsor Update: Arrowhead Golf Club Labor Day News

Arrowhead Golf Club As summer comes to a close, we want to thank everybody for another great season at the course.  Although we had to deal with a bit more rain than last year, we really had a sensational year for golf.  On Labor Day, we will debut our new fall rates:...

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