October 1st, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from admin @
Officially, the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs, and therefore the biggest part of the tour’s calendar year, ended Sunday when Camilo Villegas won the Tour Championship in a playoff over Sergio Garcia.
Unofficially, the season ended for many fans when Tiger Woods had knee surgery in June, ending his season and sending a lot of casual [...]
Continue reading → 2008 PGA Tour golf season known for Tiger’s injury
September 30th, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from admin @ Discount Golf Vacations
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September 29th, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from Alex Myers @ Teeing Off
What a great weekend for the PGA at the Tour Championship. In the mix on the final day was a great collection of both talented, marketable and exciting players in Camilo Villegas, Sergio Garcia, Anthony Kim and Phil Mickelson.
Remarkably, Villegas came from behind to win his second straight huge tournament (he also won the BMW [...]
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September 16th, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from Alex Myers @ Teeing Off
The International Junior Golf Tour recently made a stop in Long Island with a tournament at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow.
Several local players participated and did well, led by Brewster junior Mike Miller, who finished in second place in the boys 16-19 division. Miller fired rounds of 69 and 70 to finish at 5-under-par and [...]
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Sorry for the late update, but Brewster rising junior Mike Miller captured the Met PGA’s Tournament of Champions at Ardsley Country Club … by seven shots. Miller fired a 4-under-67 in round one and followed that up with a 72 in round two to finish at 3-under and defeat runners-up Luke Feehan (Mahopac) and Sam Bernstein [...]
Related StoresSeptember 2nd, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from Sam Weinman @ Teeing Off
I maintain that the reason golf works itself into such a tizzy over the selection of the Ryder Cup team is because it’s closest golf gets to other sports.
Think about it. In the other sport I cover, hockey, the two most anxiously-anticipated days are the day of the trade deadline and the first day of [...]
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August 24th, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from Sam Weinman @ Teeing Off
It seems like I’ve written countless stories about some unlikely third-round leader who claims he’s ready to contend on Sunday. Kevin Streelman is another one of those.
A PGA Tour rookie, with only one top-five finish to his credit, Streelman is most likely today to hit his first drive today off a corporate tent and into [...]
Related StoresAugust 22nd, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from Sam Weinman @ Teeing Off
So much energy is expended trying to figure out why certain guys play well on certain courses. Is it the style of architecture? The length? The galleries?
It’s probably all of the above, not to mention the type of grass, the weather, the food, and whether or not you got stuck in traffic on the way [...]
Related StoresAugust 21st, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from Alex Myers @ Teeing Off
Mill River’s (N.Y.) Mark Mielke shot a 1-under-par 69 to finish at 5-under and capture the Met Open Championship by three shots.
Fenway’s Heath Wassem finished runner-up with a three-day total of 2-under 208.
Mielke, who also won the event in 1992, won $27,500 for the victory. He set the record for longest gap between wins in [...]
Related StoresAugust 21st, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from Sam Weinman @ Teeing Off
So let me get this straight:
Hunter Mahan rips the PGA of America and the Ryder Cup, says how much he prefers the Presidents Cup, then misses the cut at the PGA….and still wants to be included on the U.S. Ryder Cup team???!!!!
Well, you can get away with that sort of thing when you shoot 62, [...]
Related StoresAugust 21st, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from Sam Weinman @ Teeing Off
By almost all accounts, the pre-tournament reviews of Ridgewood Country Club have been positive, to the extent that players’ affections for Westchester Country Club sound like a distant memory. To wit, Phil Mickelson:
I like Westchester. I think it’s a great golf course. I do feel as though Ridgewood is a step up in quality. I’ve [...]
August 20th, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from Alex Myers @ Teeing Off
Yesterday I was at round one of the Met Open at the Country Club of Fairfield and it appeared that one player might runaway with the prestigious tournament, one of the MGA’s three major championships.
Wrong.
In the latest example of how crazy a game golf can be, Sleepy Hollow’s Tim Hegarty, who scorched the track for [...]
Related StoresAugust 20th, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from Sam Weinman @ Teeing Off
Actually, I don’t get a vote for PGA Tour Player of the Year. That’s only for players, and seeing how my low round of the year is an 86 (and that was very good for me), I’m pretty sure I don’t qualify.
But one of the early storylines emerging this week at The Barclays is who [...]
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August 20th, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from Sam Weinman @ Teeing Off
Chances are if you’re visiting a golf blog, you know about, and presumably care a little about this year-old venture known as the FedEx Cup. The question is how much?
I’ll say my piece here from the press room at The Barclays at Westchester Ridgewood Country Club: I care more about golf at this time of [...]
Related StoresAugust 18th, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from Alex Myers @ Teeing Off
Okay, so I’ve gotten a comment that I should try to liven up this blog by talking about subjects local golfers can get involved with. I think this is a great idea.
Since Rich S suggested we talk about sandbagging, let’s go with it.
So what can we say about sandbagging. Many of us have either been [...]
Related StoresAugust 13th, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from Alex Myers @ Teeing Off
This past week, several local junior golfers really proved themselves on a big stage with strong performances in the AJGA’s Northwestern Mutual Financial Network – Blumberg Group Junior Classic.
The tournament was held at Richter Park Golf Course in Danbury, Conn., and both Brewster’s Mike Miller and Mahopac’s Marisa Kamelgarn each finished in second place in [...]
Related StoresAugust 13th, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from Alex Myers @ Teeing Off
Yesterday I had the pleasure of covering the Stoddard Trophy Matches at Fresh Meadow Country Club in Lake Success (great name!), Long Island.
For those of you not aware, the competition is a team-format similar to the Ryder Cup. Except there are three teams and there isn’t one team that seems to win every year…
The three [...]
Related StoresAugust 9th, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from Alex Myers @ Teeing Off
Rain may have washed away most of today’s action in the third round of the PGA Championship, but I still got my fill … thanks to Directv.
If you were watching the early coverage on TNT by that particular cable provider, you got to see a nice little treat. Especially, if you’re a fan of Andres [...]
Related StoresAugust 9th, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from Sam Weinman @ Teeing Off
I had long been resistant to those naysayers who said the golf season was officially over the moment Tiger Woods pulled his rip cord on 2008. And given the drama of Greg Norman at the British Open, I thought I was on to something.
Except here comes the PGA with that walking charisma factory known as [...]
Related StoresAugust 7th, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from Alex Myers @ Teeing Off
I’m almost embarrassed to admit that I actually came to that realization after being at my desk for over an hour this afternoon. The TV above my head is now turned to the action, but I’m amazed that it took that long.
I guess this is what happens when you take Tiger out of the least [...]
Related StoresAugust 7th, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from Alex Myers @ Teeing Off
For the third straight year, I got to cover the Carter Cup yesterday at Baltusrol Golf Club. The famed lower course (and lesser-known upper course for that matter) look better and better each time I go.
The event is the MGA’s junior stroke-play championship and consists of 36 holes (18 on both courses) over one day. [...]
Related StoresAugust 6th, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from admin @
What was billed as Annika Sorenstam’s farewell to the majors turned into yet another showcase for the young stars from Asia.
Hours after Sorenstam walked up the 18th at the Women’s British Open to a standing ovation and closed her final major with a birdie, Ji-Yai Shin won the last major of the year by three [...]
August 6th, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from admin @
Padraig Harrington is Europe’s best hope to end a 78-year wait for a winner at the PGA Championship.
Ever since Scotland’s Tommy Armour beat Gene Sarazen 1-up to win the 1930 tournament (then following a match-play format) fans across the pond have had little to cheer about in the last major championship of the season.
“It’s the [...]
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August 2nd, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from Alex Myers @ Teeing Off
The American Junior Golf Association was in the area this past week for the Lessing’s Championship at Island Hills Golf Club on Long Island. Not surprisingly, many of the top local junior golfers were in the field for these all-important events when it comes to trying to impress college coaches.
One player who wasn’t trying to [...]
Related StoresAugust 2nd, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from Alex Myers @ Teeing Off
Stephen Scialo doesn’t just play well in qualifiers, he dominates them. Scialo, a recent Clarkstown North graduate, won another qualifier, this time for the Met Open, this past Thursday at Dellwood Country Club.
Yes, Dellwood is his home course, but shooting a 2-under-par 68 (really 3-under, but one of the par 5s was played as a [...]
Related StoresAugust 2nd, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from Alex Myers @ Teeing Off
I had the pleasure of participating in the 2nd Annual Canno Invitational this past Thursday. Hosted by Rye Neck golf coach Mark Canno, the event was held at Metropolis Country Club and once again featured some of the area’s top junior and college golfers and of course… me.
The weather was great and the course was [...]
Related StoresJuly 31st, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from admin @
Michelle Wie has heard the criticism of her decision to play in the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open this week instead of attempting to qualify for the Women’s British Open.
Like most teenagers, the 18-year-old just wants to have a good time. She isn’t worried about what Annika Sorenstam and other top LPGA players think of her decision, [...]
Continue reading → Wie Shrugs Off Criticism to Play PGA TOUR
July 28th, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from Alex Myers @ Teeing Off
Chris Scialo shot rounds of 68 and 70 to finish with a 6-under-par total of 138 at Arcola Country Club in Paramus, N.J., and capture the 2008 Arcola Cup.
Scialo, who will be a junior at Towson University this fall, got a last minute invite to this event which features a field of some of the [...]
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July 25th, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from Alex Myers @ Teeing Off
There has been a lot of great golf played by area juniors this spring and summer, but there had been a bit of a drought when it came to producing wins… until now.
Cortlandt Manor’s Jonathan Renza (Fordham Prep) turned in rounds of 68 and 70 at Pelham Bay Golf Club to finish 4-under-par and capture [...]
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Mahopac’s Marisa Kamelgarn made it through stroke-play at the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship at the Hartford Golf Club in West Hartford, Conn., before falling to Victoria Tanco of Argentina 3 and 2 in the first round of match-play.
Kamelgarn fired rounds of 77 and 72 to finish in a tie for 39th through the first two [...]
Related StoresJuly 21st, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from Alex Myers @ Teeing Off
We all know where the No. 1 golfer in the FedExCup wasn’t this past weekend. No. 2? He wasn’t at Royal Birkdale either.
Kenny Perry made the British Open his second straight major championship that he didn’t play in. He also didn’t play in the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines, saying he seldom played well there.
Maybe [...]
Related StoresJuly 20th, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from Sam Weinman @ Teeing Off
I won’t lie: I was rooting for the guy.
There aren’t many people who can be insanely wealthy, possess world-class talent and have Chris Evert on their arm and still come across as a sympathetic character. Greg Norman is that guy.
One of my first epiphanies that golf produces drama like no other sport came watching Norman’s [...]
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July 18th, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from Alex Myers @ Teeing Off
Anthony Aloi of Plainsboro, N.J., captured the MGA’s 2008 Met Junior Championship at Rockaway River Country Club in Denville, N.J. On the final day, Aloi, who will play at Furman University in the fall, defeated both tournament favorite Cameron Wilson (Norwalk) and Dillon Corbo (Montville, N.J.) in the championship match. Amazingly, both matches went extra [...]
Related StoresJuly 16th, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from admin @
MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Kenny Perry is tired of being criticized for choosing to play in the U.S. Bank Championship instead of the British Open.
Perry, who has won three of his last five events on the PGA Tour, said his goal is to make the U.S. Ryder Cup team.
“I just don’t understand it. I don’t know [...]
July 16th, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from admin @
John Daly says he’s more Mild Thing than Wild Thing these days, and he’s still steamed at Butch Harmon, who cut ties with Daly earlier this year after reports of Daly drinking in a Hooters hospitality tent during the PODS Championship in Tampa in March.
Harmon told the Associated Press that “my whole goal for [Daly] [...]
Continue reading → Daly still angry over Harmon’s ‘drunk’ comments
July 14th, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from Alex Myers @ Teeing Off
Here are the links to the special section of The Journal News, which came out last Friday and recognizes the top athletes in Westchester/Putnam and Rockland counties:
Sorry for the delay. I was away for the weekend and amazingly, didn’t play golf once.
Golf fans will enjoy these two sections since they have a strong golf [...]
Related StoresJuly 9th, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from Sam Weinman @ Teeing Off
The key to winning the Ryder Cup is to not have Tiger Woods on your team. I’m kidding…sort of.
But think about it: one of the Americans’ major obstacles has been overcoming their own perceived surplus of talent in comparison to the relatively unimpressive Europeans. This, of course, to paraphrase the Brits, is complete rubbish. The [...]
Related StoresJuly 7th, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from Sam Weinman @ Teeing Off
So here’s my take on the new Pound Ridge Golf Club in today’s paper. The abridged version: I liked it a lot, but my ego and my wallet couldn’t afford to play there on a regular basis.
Which is fine. I doubt a sports writer with a mortgage and two kids is what owner Ken Wang [...]
Related StoresJuly 6th, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from Alex Myers @ Teeing Off
For years, I’ve been ridiculed by friends for pretty much rooting for Tiger Woods and against the rest of the field in every tournament. That position has had one exception in Wake Forest classmate Bill Haas, who hasn’t exactly been tearing it up on the PGA Tour.
But recently, before Tiger announced his season-ending surgery, I [...]
Related StoresJuly 3rd, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from Alex Myers @ Teeing Off
Greetings all,
I’m back from a golf trip to Kiawah Island in South Carolina and only one word can describe the famed Ocean Course: Unbelievable.
Anyway, before I left, fellow Team Journal News member Josh Thomson and I taped a podcast discussing the possible TJN Athlete of the Season candidates in both Westchester/Putnam and Rockland. No, we [...]
Related StoresJuly 1st, 2008 — , Bad Knee, Golf Blog Posts, Golf News, tiger from admin @
Tiger Woods does not know when he can play golf again, but he said Monday his rebuilt left knee has been sore his entire PGA Tour career and he looks forward to playing on two good legs.
“My left knee has been sore for 10 to 12 years,” Woods said during a conference call for his [...]
July 1st, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from golfchick @ The Golf Chick Golf Blog
Rain, cold temps, high winds? Those conditions won’t keep golfers off the course. So what will? Extreme heat!
We are currently driving through Mesquite, NV and the temperature gauge reads 114. Middle of the day, beautiful golf courses, not a single golfer out there. Not one on any of the holes seen from the road. Empty. [...]
June 29th, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from golfchick @ The Golf Chick Golf Blog
I just finished playing Cedar Creek in Star Valley Ranch in Thayne, WY. Beautiful. I’ll give more details later as I’m blogging from my GooseBerry now.
I am about to head back up the Grey’s River above Alpine, where about 35 or 40 of my family members have taken over a great lodge. Big party [...]
June 25th, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from Alex Myers @ Teeing Off
Nehansic Valley’s Kevin Foley held off Arcola’s Morgan Hoffman by one shot to win the Ike Championship yesterday at Mountain Ridge Country Club in West Caldwell, N.J. The victory is the first MGA title for Foley, who recently wrapped up an All-American sophomore season at Penn State University.
Mike Dougherty was on the scene while continuing [...]
Related StoresJune 24th, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from Alex Myers @ Teeing Off
The second and final round of the Ike, one of the Metropolitan Golf Association’s three major championships, is well underway at Mountain Ridge Country Club in West Caldwell, N.J.
Nehansic Valley’s Kevin Foley, who just finished an All-American sophomore season at Penn State University, was the overnight leader after firing a 6-under-par 65 to tie a [...]
Related StoresJune 24th, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from Alex Myers @ Teeing Off
Yesterday, I had the privilege of covering the Guiding Eyes for the Blind Golf Classic. This was the 31st year of the event being held annually and for a second straight year, Giants’ quarterback and Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning was the host.
Well, Eli may have been the host for a second straight year, but [...]
Related StoresJune 23rd, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from admin @
Stewart Cink had a reputation as a good golfer who just couldn’t finish off a tournament.
His collapse during the fourth round of the PODS Championship in March left him with just one victory in the nine career events where he had the lead going into the last day.
On Sunday, he put that behind him, holding [...]
Continue reading → Stewart Cink Win Victory at the Travelers Championship
June 20th, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from Sam Weinman @ Teeing Off
I’ll have a few stories coming next week on the opening of the Pound Ridge Golf Club, the new daily fee layout in, you guessed it, Pound Ridge that was designed by the legendary Pete Dye.
I was out there last week, and the course, transformed from a former 9-hole facility, is indeed a spectacular place. [...]
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June 18th, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from Sam Weinman @ Teeing Off
In a related story to today’s Tiger Woods bombshell is this report in which Retief Goosen says he was only joking when he said Woods was faking his knee injury during the Open.
“I was joking, really. I mean, how do I know? I never spoke to the guy,” Goosen said. “He’s got a sore knee, [...]
June 18th, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from Alex Myers @ Teeing Off
The news is starting to filter its way onto web sites all across the country: Tiger Woods’ 2008 golf season appears over.
According to a report by The Golf Channel, Woods has decided to undergo season-ending knee surgery. The world’s No. 1 golfer suffered a stress fracture in his left knee about two weeks before the [...]
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