Having spent a fair amount of time in NBA locker rooms, I know there are more than a few who question Michael Jordan’s handicap index, but only from a distance.

The former Chicago Bulls icon ranks among the best on this year’s list of top athlete-golfers compiled by Golf Digest.

Here’s a link to the rankings. And [...]

Andrew Svoboda finished up at Old Oaks and went back to Florida in search of strong competition before heading back to Q school. He’s put two strong weeks together on the NGA Hooters Tour.

The Larchmont resident finished third in the Kandy Waters Memorial Classic and tied for seventh last weekend at the Chevrolet Classic.

He’s only [...]

It’s been a memorable season for John Ervasti.

The 54-year-old Sleepy Hollow member has played consistently well from event to event. He was the runner-up at the Met Am in August. He tied for second yesterday at the MGA Mid-Amateur Championship on a windswept morning at The Creek.

A couple more made putts would’ve made the season [...]

Michael Quagliano has to be coming home with some confidence.

The White Plains resident closed with a 69 today and finished tied for eighth at the Cabarrus Classic, and eGolf Tour event in Charlotte, with a 12-under 202 total in the 54-hole tournament.

It’s the second top 10 in a row for the former Duke standout, who [...]

Michael Quagliano is playing one more eGolf Tour event down in North Carolina before coming back home to prepare for Q school. He shot a 7-under 65 at the Cabarrus Classic and was tied for second heading into today’s second round.

Meaghan Francella is playing in the CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge at Blackhawk Country Club in Danville, [...]

Martin Nolletti, Sr., a golf professional who grew up in Mamaroneck and who spent 50 years working at Mohansic, died on Sunday at Somers Manor.

He was 76 years old.

Nolletti also worked for 10 years at Fairview Golf Center in Elmsford, and was a natural on any lesson tee. I didn’t know the man well, but [...]

I was feeling a little nostalgic recently, so I decided to visit a favorite course from days gone by.

At least a dozen years have passed since I made weekly visits to Beekman Country Club with a loyal golfing buddy. The old lunch special was a stroke of genius. It was easier to overlook the ragged [...]

Nanette Hill wasn’t allowing herself to get caught up in the moment.

She was confident going into the LPGA Sectional Qualifier last week at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, Calif., and calmly took another step toward realizing a dream of becoming a touring professional. Hill, a Pelham resident, carded a 74 on Sunday, and [...]

Greg Bisconti is be lurking again.

The assistant pro at St. Andrew’s is fired a 4-under 66 today and is one stroke off Sean Farren’s lead heading into the final round of the Lincoln Met PGA Championship. He will be in the final group today at Quaker Ridge.

Here’s the scoreboard.

Bisconti finished second at the Met PGA [...]

Nobody at the nearby scorer’s table heard a fuss, so it was a surprise when Sean Farren came over from the ninth green and calmly announced that he just had a hole-in-one.

The ace vaulted him into the lead at the Lincoln Met PGA at Quaker Ridge with a 4-under 66.

Mike Meehan is a shot back, [...]