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Sam Weinman

Sam WeinmanThe lead hockey and golf writer for The Journal News and LoHud.com, Sam Weinman, 33, has placed among the top three in the Golf Writers Association of America writing contest in three consecutive years, including a first-place finish in 2004. In 2005, his golf coverage also led to a top-five finish in The Associated Press Sports Editors writing contest, his third such finish in the past five years. A native of Rye and an avid hockey player since he was 5 years old, Weinman is a 1996 graduate of the University of New Hampshire. He lives in Port Chester with his wife, Lisa, and sons Charlie and Will.

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$235 for a round of golf? Do you get a free bowl of soup with that?

June
20

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. [...]

Posted by Sam Weinman on June 20th, 2008 | Post a Comment »

Maybe there’s a surgery for that, too

June
18

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, [...]

Posted by Sam Weinman on June 18th, 2008 | Post a Comment »

Tiger’s done for the year

June
18

That hiss you’re hearing is the air going out of the rest of the golf season.

The AP’s indefatigable Doug Ferguson breaks the story of Tiger Woods now being forced to miss the rest of the year because he needs more surgery on his left knee.

And to think at one point I thought Woods may have [...]

Posted by Sam Weinman on June 18th, 2008 | Post a Comment »

Let this be a lesson

June
16

So why was this U.S. Open in particular so riveting?

Yes, there was the compelling theater of seeing the game’s greatest player stared down by a guy who could easily be your next door neighbor. There was the golf course set dramatically on the bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean. There was the energy emanating from grandstands [...]

Posted by Sam Weinman on June 16th, 2008 | Post a Comment »

Just when this thing was getting exciting, the 18 hole playoff

June
16

There are few things in life that are as universally deplorable as the 18 hole playoff. Everyone hates it: the players, the writers, the golf fans who now will either a) miss out on the playoff because they’re working; or b) furtively try to watch the playoff during work, which is fine unless those [...]

Posted by Sam Weinman on June 16th, 2008 | Post a Comment »

Svoboda watches and waits

June
12

Andy Svoboda knew this was the deal when he boarded a plane for San Diego as the second alternate into the U.S. Open. He knew alternates could only hit balls and putt, and  could only walk the actual golf course.

Still, the Larchmont resident probably didn’t expect the experience to be so torturous. Imagine having a [...]

Posted by Sam Weinman on June 12th, 2008 | Post a Comment »

When bad golf isn’t so bad

June
10

I played my first round of golf in nearly a year this past weekend, an admission that may lead to my banishment from the honorable fraternity of golf-obsessed golf writers. There’s a lot of blame to go around for that layoff: my two sons, my boss, my hockey stick and tennis racket. While you’re at [...]

Posted by Sam Weinman on June 10th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Should we be taking this personally?

June
8

It may feel like forever, but it’s actually only been two years since Westchester was the temporary capital of the golf universe, and the U.S. Open at Winged Foot highlighted a stretch of three high-profile events in Westchester in six weeks.

Now the Open is gone and won’t be back for at least another dozen years, [...]

Posted by Sam Weinman on June 8th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Tiger and Phil paired together. Amateur psychoanalysts rejoice.

June
5

I was there the last time Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson were paired together in a major. It was the 2006 PGA Championship at Medinah, and every move on the first tee was subject to interpretation.

Was that a practice swing or a gesture of aggression? Did Tiger just glare at Phil? Who’s that third guy? [...]

Posted by Sam Weinman on June 5th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

New life (possibly) for Svoboda

June
5

It turns out Andy Svoboda’s dream of playing in a second U.S. Open didn’t die on the fifth playoff hole of his sectional qualifier earlier this week. Or at least it hasn’t died yet.

The Larchmont resident, who was outlasted by Long Island club pro Mike Gilmore in the playoff Monday at Old Oaks Country Club [...]

Posted by Sam Weinman on June 5th, 2008 | Post a Comment »

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Writers Sam Weinman and Alex Myers share their thoughts on the local and national golf scene.
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Sam WeinmanSam Weinman
The lead golf writer for The Journal News and LoHud.com, Weinman, 31, has placed among the top three in the Golf Writers Association of America writing contest in three consecutive years, including a first-place finish in 2004. READ MORE

Alex MyersAlex Myers
A sports reporter at The Journal News for nearly three years, Alex Myers has covered a bit of everything, but a lot of golf, ranging from the high school level to last year's U.S. Open at Winged Foot. His golf writing goes back to his college days when he attended Wake Forest University. Myers is also an avid player who is constantly trying to improve on his current handicap of 8. Perhaps his biggest thrill came earlier this summer when he conquered the famed 17th hole at the TPC at Sawgrass by hitting a 9-iron onto the island green and walking away with a 2-putt par.

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