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. The tournament runs from Wednesday, July 24th to Saturday, July 27th. There is no 36-hole cut. The event is a 72-hole stroke play championship. Admission is free, parking fee is a donation to local scouting organizations.
3. The Empire state of New York is represented by Ryan Spady (Elmira), Ethan Ng (NYC), Alec Bard (Utica), Will Thomson (Rochester), Jon Pak (Westchester) and local stalwarts David Hanes (Elma) and Ben Reichert (East Amherst).
4. The 2014 (Scott Harvey) and 2018 (Kevin O’Connell) USGA Mid-Amateur champions are in the field. Perhaps the kids won’t run away with this one!
5. The international contingent is strong. Contestants in this year’s 60th playing hail from Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, Argentina, Venezuela, Taiwan, Japan and, of course, Canada.
6. Garret Rank, NHL referee and 3rd-place finisher in the 2018 Canadian Amateur, will again tee it up at NFCC.
7. Local favs Ben Reichert (Florida Amateur in June) and David Hanes (Buffalo District match play, also in June) are riding a hot streak. Keep the cup in western New York!
8. Some of the top college programs (Alabama, Wake Forest, Vanderbilt, Kent State, Duke, Georgia, Illinois, and Virginia) have players competing in this year’s Porter Cup. Learn about all of them here.
9. Every bit of information you need is available on the Porter Cup website.
10. You can’t buy this shirt anymore. That’s rough. Unless…maybe they’ll have some at the pro shop. Who knows?
Road Golf 2019: Michigan Run-The friends
Without the friends, the trip is thinner, less memorable, lonelier, more singular. I've been on solo golf trips (Cape Cod in 2013), plenty of dual trips (always on edge, as there is no buffer) and my other Michigan trip, back in 2007, was a to-NOT-do list of the...
Road Golf 2019: Michigan Run-The Courses
Having an enthusiastic band of golfers at your side, on a journey across northern Michigan, was a necessity. From my experience, traveling with one partner typically results in a bit of disaster, unless the partner is your spouse or your sibling. Two partners isn't...
Aussie Rebound: Didone claims 61st Porter Cup
We made some predictions after Saturday's wild, 3rd round of the 61st Porter Cup. Very few of them came true. Unless we're playing with house money, the wallet stays in the pocket! Back to the golf. Here's what we thought might happen: Chun An Yu would post a 4th...
Porter Cup 2019: Day 3 Debriefing
Chun An Yu continued to show himself as the class of the 2019 Porter Cup field. He posted his third round in the 60s, and separated himself from the field. After 38 consecutive holes without a bogey, the Taiwanese golfer from Arizona State made four at the lat,...
Porter Cup 2019: 2nd Round Recap
The scoring sheet tells a straightforward but intriguing tale. 36 holes of the 2019 Porter Cup have been completed. Two golfers share the top tier of the leader board, at 8 strokes below par. Reid Davenport (Texas) and Chun An Yu (Arizona) sit 2 shots clear of the 3rd...
Porter Cup 2019: Round One Review
Ryoto Furuya of Tampa, Florida, posted the low Wednesday round at the 2019 Porter Cup. His 6-under par 64 places him 1 shot clear of 3 golfers. 23 golfers broke par on the Niagara Falls country club course during round one, an indication of low scores throughout the...
2019 Porter Cup: Seven 1st Round Groups To Follow
The Porter Cup tees off at 7:30 am on Wednesday the 24th. 1st and 2nd round groups are the same, then players will be reassigned, based on score. Early groups on Wednesday go off later on Thursday, and vice-versa. 2nd round tee times are either 2.5 hours later or...
Porter Cup 2019: The Rules Official
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 member of the Buffalo District Golf Association board of directors. As if that weren't a healthy serving on the plate of life, on a...
~Porter Cup Media Day 2019~
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 begin competition in the 60th playing of the Porter Cup. What will they face? Who are they? Here is what we know. ~The #7...
Road Golf 2019: Potomac Shores in Dumfries, Virginia
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...
A Course Called Home, comes to Buffalo
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...
Section VI Boys Golf Squad At Cornell This Weekend
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...
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