As the calendar gets closer to flipping to November and fall slowly morphs into winter, the official golf season in many parts of the United States is going into hibernation. That means for many golfers posting scores for handicap purposes will no longer be permitted, unless the golfer is playing in a region with a year-round active season. Here in Massachusetts, the end of the season is set for November 10 which means that rounds [more...]
Happy faces in St. Louis at the Country Club of St. Albans as Pennsylvania captures the 2009 USGA Men’s Team Championship. The team was formed with long time friends Nathan Smith and Sean Knapp who were looking for that third link. That link was Mike Van Sickle who graduated from Marquette and a first team all American. Van Sickle is reportedly turning pro in the upcoming weeks and good thing for Pennsylvania he waited as [more...]
Two days down, one to go at the Country Club of Albans and Massachusetts still 8 shots back but to the new leaders, Pennsylvania. Very wet conditions on this long 7200 yard course and the format of using 2/3 of your team is making some very interesting position changes as first round leaders, Kansas who were eight up on Team Mass are now tied with them. Although Massachusetts is 8 shots behind the leaders, they [more...]
With Matt Parziale joining the pro ranks, he opened the door for his Thorny Lea college John Hadges who was originally on the outside looking in for the 2009 Men’s State Team Championship at The Country Club of St. Albans in St.Louis. Massachusetts has a scoring system for this tournament that was based over the last 2 years. Parziale originally was the point leader and with Matt going pro, it opened the door for Hadges [more...]
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