This was more like it. The PGA Tour season needed an excitement boost, and it came Saturday in the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill. The API was recently voted the most popular among the circuit’s eight Signature Events. Bay Hill has a $20 million purse with $4 million going to Sunday’s champion. And,…
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Kentucky becomes the latest state to a offer a golf trail
Add Kentucky to the states that now have a golf trail. Bob Baldassari ended a long run in Florida golf to join The Woodford Club, which is near Lexington, Ky. That led to his joining forces with Randy Clay, a co-owner of the Woodford Club, in establishing the Kentucky Golf Trail. Baldassari’s wife Pam is…
PGA Show proved there’s no shortage of innovative gear for putting
I don’t know what it is, but I’m fascinated by putters and their wide range of creators. I have a Scotty Cameron that’s been in my bag for over 10 years. I’m comfortable with it, though it doesn’t always work. What putter does? I’m not one to experiment with putters, either, but I do …
Concert offers private golf clubs a formula for success
HEATHROW, Florida – Concert Golf Partners describes itself as “a boutique club hospitality company. ‘’ It builds its own capital to fund new projects and add amenities. Also, pointed out vice president of public relations Michael Abramowitz, “we never give an assessment.’’ That formula has worked since Peter Nanula and Susan Dunnavant left Arnold Palmer…
Nick Price has designed a special layout at Florida’s Soleta course
MYAKKA CITY, Florida – Not all great golfers have evolved into great golf course designers. Nick Price is one who did, as underscored by his just unveiled Soleta course, located a few miles east of Sarasota, FL. As a golfer Price, now 67, was one of the great ones. No doubt about that. He…
Home Town Takeover TV series will take Sebring in a new direction
SEBRING, Florida – This charming town of about 11,000 in Central Florida has long been known for its robust golf courses and a famous auto race. Legendary golf course architect Donald Ross started the golf scenario when he designed the Pinecrest course in 1923 and the Sebring International Raceway, which opened in 1950, is one…
Caitlin Clark will make her next pro-am at the LPGA’s Annika tourney
Caitlin Clark may be a basketball whiz, but she is making inroads in golf, too. In July, 2023, Clark made her first golf appearance playing in the pro-am at the John Deere Classic, the PGA Tour stop at TPC Deere Run – a course located near the boarderline of Illinois and Iowa. Now, on Nov….
Another of the golfing Ten Broeck family has passed on
Sadly another member of the golfing Ten Broeck family has passed on. Rick Ten Broeck died at 76 on Oct. 10 after suffering complications from Parkinson’s disearse and dementia. His younger brother Lance was 67 when he died in April, 2023, in Florida. They were two of the eight children of Willis and Eleanor Ten…
Olympics is next chapter in Nelly Korda’s strange season
A month ago Nelly Korda was, arguably, the best story in golf. She had won six tournaments in a stretch of seven events. Scotty Scheffler was playing great on the men’s side at that time, too, but not quite at Nelly’s pace. So then what happened? The next event was the U.S. Women’s Open at…
Patterson creates the first true biography of Tiger Woods
Another book about Tiger Woods? When I heard about `Tiger, Tiger’ I wondered why. After all, it’s obvious that this once great golfer’s playing career is in obvious decline. And then I considered the author. James Patterson is not just one of the most prolific writers over at least the last few decades. He’s also…