Here’s to a long and happy golf season 2017

KP and I played nine holes Monday. Late afternoon, post-work for me. He had the day off. It worked out well, this start of our season at Radisson Greens, the beautiful course up near his house some dozen or so miles north-west of the library. It’s a good plan for this summer, I think. This…

Just puttering along in downtown Syracuse

I was walking with my dear wife Karen in downtown Syracuse, minding our own business intending to pass the big bank building to meet our group of friends at terrific Irish Pub Kitty Hoynes. But no. I had to stop and pull my iPhone 6 out of my pocket because of something new. Somebody had…

Clubhouse, games under construction at Green Lakes and PGA

This hasn’t been the busiest golfing season for KP and I. My great friend and I got off to a great start, with Tater and our discount coupons from the winter Syracuse Golf Show in hand to play three of the nicest courses in the area before mid-June. Since then, though, we’d squeezed in just…

Of Mr. Met, BlogHead and Captain Poblano

Way back in spring 2013, I had my best friend KP snap a shot of me at the golf course during our first round of the season. You bet I was a happy guy. I decided to use it as the primary head shot for this here blog of mine, what with my black straw-ish…

Fitting in near golf glory before the lightning arrives

As we sat eating the quite distinguished buffet lunch at the Turning Stone Resort and Casino in Verona, N.Y., late Thursday morning, KP and I made the final decision. Despite the 2:20 tee time set at the start of the week at beautiful resort course Shenandoah, the eldest of the three Turning Stone pro-tournament-worthy layouts,…

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…