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?
BuffaloGolfer And Social Media~Can There Be Too Much?
I like to use the internet archive, known colloquially as the Wayback Machine, to view web pages from the dawn of the popular internet, the world wide web. Keep in mind that the popular web still isn't able to drink legally, although that day is coming soon. I'm not...
Media Release: New Era Junior Championship Fact Sheet
New Era Junior Championship Tournament Fact Sheet Quick Facts 96 boys and girls, ages 12-18 54-hole, stroke play Three players have signed a National Letter of Intent and two have verbally committed to play college golf Countries represented: Canada, China, Mexico,...
Review: Puma Faas Light Mesh Golf Shoe
My serious side is readily counterbalanced by a penchant for humor, an acute lean toward comedy. I like a good giggle on an hourly frequency. If I have students or friends who tend toward the silent, introspective earthly realm, I often remark that she or he absorbs...
Review: ClubGlove Caddy Towel
I've used many a towel over the years to clean my clubs, dry my hands and wipe my brow (sometimes all three at once.) On a whim, I decided to purchase a ClubGlove towel a fortnight ago, with an eye on doing a review of the product. Rarely does a towel merit inclusion...
You Shot What? Day Two @ Erie County Amateur
Caveat: the clubs displayed in You Shot What? Moving Day @ Erie County Amateur were mangled and severed in a car wreck last August. No clubs were tossed, helicoptered, ground-bashed, mic-dropped or knee-bent during my round for the ages on Saturday. There were moments...
You Shot What? Moving Day @ Erie County Amateur
It's hard to explain how it came to this. A score of 14-over par in a tournament isn't the end of the world, especially if the course is a challenging one, the conditions are impactful and you aren't in possession of your golfing skills or your rhythm. When it's a...
Arrowhead Golf Club Review
In the early 2000s, the golf landscape along Clarence Center Road in Akron underwent an abrupt change. The 18-hole, Bright Meadows course was reduced to nine holes, to make room for a new, 18-hole championship layout. The second nine holes, plus a new plot of land to...
Galway Bay Offers Great Price On Pebble Beach-Logoed Items
Looking for a great deal? How about new half sleeve jackets and our GB1100 pants left over from Pebble! Back in February, we supplied the amateurs at Pebble with gear for the Pro-Am. We brought some extras back with us, and now its time to clean out our inventory....
Press Release: PING Presents G30 Metals and Irons
PHOENIX (July 3, 2014) – With an emphasis on significantly increasing ball velocity and accuracy through a combination of advanced aerodynamics, plus new face designs and materials, PING today introduced the G30 series – the company’s latest innovations that provide...
Terry Hills Golf Course Review
Terry Hills is unique to golf in Buffalo-Niagara, in that it possesses three separate nine hole runs. Having 27 holes affords the Batavia course the freedom to schedule a closed, 18-hole event and still have nine holes available for walk-up, public play. The original...
IJGT Summer Series Comes To Glen Oak
2014 might be remembered as the year in which major amateur golf became established in western New York. The Porter Cup hosts three events (women's, men's and senior men's) and the International Junior Masters welcomes junior boys to our region each June. For the...
A Wee Tour of Yahnundasis
My visits to golf courses these days are architect-driven, I'm not ashamed to admit. There was a time in this country, when golf was young, that plots of spectacular land were available for golf course development. Now, it seems you either hear "They're going to build...
Come on In!
Weekdays
08PM -12AM
Weekends
12 PM – 02 AM
Contact
Phone
+(000) 111 222 333
address@domain.com
Address
543 TN, doula street
NY, New York
