by Mo'Golf | Jul 22, 2013 | Mo' Golf
The whole ball of wax: WNYPLGA Individual Championship summaries, two articles from the British Open, SIX Porter Cup preview pieces and the usual fare from our researchers and writers (now numbering in the thousands. Click Here to see our email newsletter,...
by Mo'Golf | Jul 21, 2013 | Mo' Golf
Every course has them. They are the holes where golfers hope to make up shots lost elsewhere. Some of the ones at Niagara Falls, in the hands of the best the Porter Cup has to offer, might even be called eagle holes. We’ll stick with birdie holes and we’ll...
by Mo'Golf | Jul 21, 2013 | Mo' Golf
Jonathan Snyder posted rounds of 76 and 73 to escape Sheridan Park with a two-stroke win over Kris Boyes in the A bracket. First round leader Glenn Gast was forced to withdraw. Tim Dean’s second-round 83 was enough for a one-shot win over Rich Balsano, who fired...
by Kevin Prise | Jul 21, 2013 | One Step Away
When reviewing a list of Open champions at Muirfield, one common theme emerges. Greatness. Nicklaus has won at Muirfield, Watson, Player, Trevino, Faldo – all the way back to Walter Hagen and Harry Vardon. So when the leader board heading into Sunday’s...
by Mo'Golf | Jul 21, 2013 | Mo' Golf
That old Romantics song from the 80s plays in my head as I type What I Like About Brown as my title for this piece. So many US golfers have been raised on the notion that green is the color of golf, that a week observing the browns of Muirfield, site of this...
by Mo'Golf | Jul 20, 2013 | Mo' Golf
Glenn Gast and Tim Dean took the overnight lead in their respective divisions of the WNYPLGA Class A and B championships at Sheridan Park golf course. Click Here For Round 2 Tee Times Share this: Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook...
by Mo'Golf | Jul 20, 2013 | Mo' Golf
On Wednesday, July 17th, the WNY PGA junior tour journeyed to Eagle Vale, where Amanda Sprenger, Sophie Renzi, Cody Cronmiller, Drew Morabito and Andrew LaCongo all stepped into the limelight with division victories. Sprenger (Girls 18 hole-won by 2), Renzi (Girls 9...
by Mo'Golf | Jul 20, 2013 | Mo' Golf
Donald Holley, Dylan Hedgepeth and Lauren Kase won titles on Thursday, July 19th, at the Geneva (NY) country club. Kase won by two strokes over Maddy Glynn and Nicole Filipski in the girls 18 hole division. Holley forged a five-stroke margin of victory over Matthew...
by Kevin Prise | Jul 20, 2013 | One Step Away
This is the last installment in my series about caddying on the Web.com Tour last August, for Kevin Johnson in the Price Cutter Charity Championship in Springfield, MO. This installment features the second round of tournament play. Johnson shot 3-under in round one,...
by Mo'Golf | Jul 20, 2013 | Mo' Golf
If you suspect that this installment has anything to do with the nuances and secrets of the Niagara Falls country club course and its featured event, you’ve been misled. The ins and outs of the Porter Cup has to do with the players that are suddenly in the...
by TomTucker | Jul 20, 2013 | Tom Tucker
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! It was a great Masters last weekend. Adam Scott was a very deserving winner, and he’ll wear the mantle of a...
by Mo'Golf | Jul 19, 2013 | Mo' Golf
In 1981, the first USGA Mid-Amateur championship was played at Bellerive country club in St. Louis, Missouri. After years of awareness that collegiate players had taken over the amateur game, the USGA created a championship that was meant to honor the career amateur,...
by Mo'Golf | Jul 18, 2013 | Mo' Golf
This brief installment is meant to provide a blueprint for how to best watch the Porter Cup. There are a few spaces from which you can see multiple holes at critical junctures of each round. A quick 270- or 360-degree spin will bring you from an approach to a par...
by Mo'Golf | Jul 17, 2013 | Mo' Golf
It’s a slow evening and I’m trolling YT for anything golf and funny. I keep coming back to the caddie races on the 16th hole at TPC-Scottsdale, site of the Phoenix Open. Every golf fan knows that the 16th is a medium-length par three inside a stadium....
by Mo'Golf | Jul 17, 2013 | Mo' Golf
The USGA announced the first five members of the 2013 USA side this morning. Two Cal Bears, two Alabama Crimson Tides and one Stanford Cardinal were presented to the golfing world as the opening half of the US side that will attempt to reclaim the Walker Cup at the...
