The door was always slightly ajar. When the PGA Tour decided it could no longer coexist with the members at Westchester Country Club and began to move The Barclays around the metropolitan area, it seemed unlikely the FedEx Cup playoff event would ever come back. The contract still calls for… Read More →
In the business, they call the notes and quotes leftover from a big event a follow, so here are some of the items that didn’t fit into my daily stories during the Met Open at Bethpage Black this week. Shouldering the load John Guyton was in contention until a string… Read More →
When the wind began to blow, everything changed at the Met Open. There was quite a shakeup on the leaderboard coming in, and all four players in the final two pairings fell by the wayside. Evan Beirne and Charlie Bolling had a battle going for a while, but they unraveled… Read More →
There are some impressive scores going up from players who started back in the pack, but Evan Beirne is holding steady atop the leaderboard. He’s through eight holes and has a two-shot lead. Beirne isn’t eligible for the oversized check, so it’s possible second place is going to be worth… Read More →
Evan Beirne really wanted to be playing in the U.S. Amateur this week, but the St. John’s senior missed qualifying by a stroke a couple of weeks ago. So he’s at Bethpage this week, and leading the Met Open by two strokes heading into the final round. Beirne shot a… Read More →
Mike Miller is officially a collegiate golfer. The 18-year-old Brewster resident is off to Penn State after losing in the first round of match play at the U.S. Amateur. He fell 4-and-3 to Joseph Bramlett, a recent Stanford graduate from Saratoga, Calif. who also made a U.S. Open appearance this… Read More →
All of the players who got up early have posted scores and John Guyton is lurking in the fescue. The assistant from Trump National-Westchester shot a 2-under 69 this morning at Bethpage Black and is three shots off the Met Open clubhouse lead at 143. It’s not a noteworthy weather… Read More →
There were probably a few uncomfortable moments when he finished up at Chambers Bay with a 75 on Tuesday, but when the afternoon scores began to come in, Mike Miller looked pretty good with a 5-over 148 total. Walking off the course, he was tied for 90th, and when all… Read More →
A breakout summer continues for Danny Balin, who’s already won the Westchester Open and got an invite to the PGA Championship by finishing in fourth at the PGA Professional National Championship. The Burning Tree assistant shot a 2-under 69 at Bethpage Black and is leading the Met Open by one… Read More →
Nicole Morales is going to need a second sheet of paper when she heads back to school and writes the standard What-I-Did-on-My-Summer-Vacation essays. The 14-year-old South Salem resident won the Met PGA Junior Golf Association Junior Championship at Glen Oaks today, closing with a 73 to post a 4-over total… Read More →