An old favorite, with plenty of oaks

Sometimes weeks of summer slip by with too much on our plates for KP and I to get that golf game in. I was worried we’d miss the whole month of June, what with that trip to Cape Cod and college graduations and life. We snuck in Olde Oak yesterday. Tater went fishing instead. See…

An old school hat at the golf league

Bird got a birdie after a gorgeous iron tee shot on a par three as I was back to my informal little formal golf league at Northern Pines in Cicero, N.Y., last night. He narrowly missed a second namesake. He was in a very good mood as the five of us filed into the clubhouse.…

At Green Lakes, it’s all about your viewpoint

The people of Central New York flock to Green Lakes State Park for all sorts of recreation. There are beaches for swimming. Two lakes, Green and Round. Camping. Bikers all around. Runners and hikers and hills. Snowshoe and cross-country skiing trails come winter. Yet this is still the fourth installment of “Golfing with KP, Tater…

DJ, Bird almost land an eagle

Two holes in a row last night at Northern Pines, I hustled to the little black bag tucked inside my golf bag and pulled out my iPhone 4. It was quite the week four for our little informal formal golf league. DJ had returned from his week off to tend to visiting family. We teed…

Put on the all-weather radials

Reader Paul Curran had to pitch in his favorite golf shot to my increasing collection of greenside photographs. Yes, this is good man Paul and his golfing mates during a round at the Manderley on the Green Golf Club in Ottawa, Canada. The identity of the rest of his foursome will remain Paul’s to know…

That close one is mine

Three-wood to three feet. Maybe even 2 1/2. I don’t get to see that lovely result too much as I near the green after hitting an approach shot. The blind pig found the acorn last night during our informal little formal league at Northern Pines in Cicero, N.Y. Adding to the surprise, and fun, was…

Sometimes it feels like a whole new course

For some dozen years now, my Tuesday nights in the warm months have been reserved for nine holes of golf with good friends. Weather was beautiful at Northern Pines for week two of our informal little formal golf league. In the beginning, four foursomes of workers at The Post-Standard newspaper hustled to arrive for tee…

A summery round and some quick brown fox

It took until our third round of 2014 for the golfing adventures of KP, Tater and myself to really warm up. Yes, I did say Tater. When we opened the season at Westvale, and when we same three took the traveling amateur show to Foxfire, I brought to you pictures and comments about myself, KP…