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NYS Amateur Golfers Head to Elmira

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Mike Dyer

NYSGA The New York State Golf Association will be heading west July 17-19 for the Men’s Amateur Golf Championship.

The 72-hole event is slated for picturesque Elmira Country Club here in the Finger Lakes Region.

Defending champion Dominic Bozzelli is expected to find strong competition from West New York shot-makers Ken Riter of Amherst, Blake Gianning, Carter Lucas and Matt Weins, all of Rochester and East Aurora’s Bill Hanes and Pete Creighton.

The Buffalo qualifier will be held at Wanaka Country Club in Hamburg on May 31. Wanakah, built in 1899, offers a difficult par-72, 6,952-yard layout. Entries will close on May 28.

For more details contact the New York State Golf Association’s website.

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Golf Course Review: South Shore Country Club

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Patrick Moran

One of the delightful things about South Shore golf course is that it provides a mixture of challenges and opportunity for golfers of all skill levels. For every hole that has you scratching your head if you fail to make par, there’s another waiting that’ll have you fist pumping if your score matches what the scorecard says it should.

As is the case with most public courses, South Shore has a number of holes that hardly will test how far your game has come along. But as I’m rapidly learning with most courses where anyone with a set of a clubs and a few bucks in their pocket can play, the trials and tribulations that lie on these greens are as strenuous as the prestigious clubs you must be a member to play at.

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Golf Course Review: Grover Cleveland

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Patrick Moran

One of the real staples in Western New York golf, Grover Cleveland Golf Course is steep in tradition. It was the site of the 1912 U.S. Open, won by John McDermott.

That was a long time ago.

Now mainly considered a breeding ground for people learning the game and elders not wanting to walk longer, hilly venues, Grover is hardly a skilled tournament-level golf course. In fact, you’re as likely to see gentlemen in sandals and tee shirts shanking iron shots while enjoying a few “pops” as you are witnessing accomplished veterans spinning wedges back towards the flag.

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“The Legend of Bagger Quinn”

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Patrick Moran

ECC Golf 1 Two of the eight sports Erie Community College President Jack Quinn decided in March to eliminate were men’s and women’s golf. Along with the six different track and field sports, they’re getting the axe when the current season soon comes to a close

According to multiple reports, the expense saved with the purging of the eight sports programs totals roughly $40,000, based on 2008-09 numbers available from U.S. Department of Education— including slightly more than seven grand for golf.

After his preliminary fury wore off upon learning of the cuts, golf coach Don Lockwood went about exploring ways to keep his men’s and women’s teams intact. He concluded the only way to keep his golf program afloat was finding a way to fund it themselves. After all, seven grand isn’t exactly chump change, but it’s surely not insurmountable by any means.

Lockwood determined the greatest way to augment golfing funds would be to hold an actual golf tournament. He booked Harvest Hill golf course in Orchard Park for Monday August 23^rd and the strategy was to use it as a benefit for his teams. Surely the blend of golf enthusiasts, weekend hackers and student-athlete supporters would make this an easy sell.

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Former Buffalo Native Jim Thorpe in Big Trouble

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Patrick Moran

Our debut golf post here at Buffalo Sports Daily isn’t a happy one.

Regrettably, it looks like PGA Senior Tour and former Buffalo native Jim Thorpe is in big trouble with the law.

According to this AP report, Thorpe has pleaded guilty to failing to pay more than $2 million in income taxes. The report goes on to state he was charged in February with seven counts of failing to pay federal taxes on income earned in 2002-04.

Thorpe lived in Buffalo for 20 years before moving away in 1996. He won three times on the PGA tour and 13 times on the Senior tour, including The Tradition major in 2002.

Thorpe never won a major on the PGA Tour but did have a three top ten finishes; placing T-4th at the 1984 U.S. Open and T-9th three years later. He also finished T-7th in the 1986 PGA Championship.

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