Right now we’re calling it a rash of hole-in-ones, but we could soon be looking at an epidemic. I’m afraid to check my e-mail. We first heard from 12-year-old White Plains resident Bobby DiForio, who last Saturday aced the 16th hole at Westchester Hills. After the story appeared in The… Read More →
Not a lot going on this week outside of Greg Bisconti (St. Andrew’s), Craig Thomas (Metropolis) and Keith Dicciani (Metropolis) playing in the PGA Championship. Here’s a link to the leaderboard. In case you’re a little slow at work, PGA.com is promising unprecedented live video coverage. Here’s the link. If… Read More →
I have so much left over from the story I did earlier this week about Craig Thomas and Keith Dicciani, so I’m taking advantage of the unlimited space here. Both of the club professionals are playing this week in the PGA Championship. Sometimes we assume these guys were great players… Read More →
Max Buckley has been waiting for everything to come together, and something good definitely happened for the sophomore at SMU today at GlenArbor. The Rye resident posted 68-70-138 to claim the last of three spots up for grabs at the U.S. Amateur qualifier. Cameron Wilson, the 16-year-old from Rowayton, Conn…. Read More →
I did a story for today’s paper on 12-year-old Bobby DiForio of White Plains, who recorded a hole-in-one Saturday at Westchester Hills. Click here to read it. So late this morning, guess what lands in my e-mail? Believe it or not, I received notice that 12-year-old Thomas Bahrs of Stony… Read More →
New City resident Chris Scialo was the medalist at today’s U.S. Amateur Championship qualifier, shooting 74-71-145 at the Ridge at Back Brook in Ringoes, N.J. He’s among three players from the site who are heading for Southern Hills in Tulsa, Okla. The U.S. Amateur Championship will be played Aug. 24-30…. Read More →
Later this month, the Dave Pelz Scoring Game School will again be setting up shop at Centennial Golf Club in Carmel. The one-day clinics last six hours and run from Aug. 25-Sept. 5. In case you’ve never been to the course, they have great practice facilities designed with this school… Read More →
Andrew Svoboda was climbing the leaderboard the first three days of the Preferred Health Systems Witchita Open, but was unable to card any birdies yesterday, closing the Nationwide Tour event with a 3-over 74. He finished in a tie for 38th at 4-under 280. Svoboda, a Larchmont resident who is… Read More →
He really didn’t have an opportunity to give the gleaming silver trophy a good look, but Cameron Wilson did recognize the names of recent winners. The 16-year-old is now in their exclusive company. Wilson beat Sleepy Hollow’s John Ervasti 4 and 3 today at Hackensack Golf Club to become the… Read More →
Since there is such a gap, I had to make age the focal point of tomorrow’s Met Am story. John Ervasti, 54, will be meeting Cameron Wilson, 16, in tomorrow’s 36-hole final at Hackensack Golf Club. It’s going to be an interesting day. The old guy has pretty good wheels…. Read More →