Getting the winter out of the golf system

KP and I did not want to wait until our golf league started to get out and swing our clubs this year. Last year that was pretty frustrating. The first-time participation in the Foxfire Tuesday night nine-holder and our first round of the season together both took place in May. Too late. For the mind.…

Two days in a row on the course, thank you

Tuesday was sunny and warm, so we stood by the first tee of Timber Banks ready to play spring golf in Central New York again. Never before had we started our golf season off with two rounds on consecutive days, I thought as KP and I prepared to hit our first shots on the Jack…

Finally, golf weather

I thought it would never get here this spring of 2018. Yet at last a blue sky and temperatures above 50 degrees arrived. And on the Monday of my staycation week, no less. KP and I were ready, with tee times set up at Foxfire. Yes, they said, the course is dry enough for the…

Timber Banks plays tough no matter how you slant it

KP and I made sure we used the Golf Expo coupon to play Timber Banks on the cheap this season. Sure, that meant we played the tough Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course in the northwest Syracuse suburb of Baldwinsville as just the second time out for the season in order to make the end-of-May cut line…

A cool wind and a warm sun greet our golf season

A day off from the store and friends a stretch of warm spring Syracuse weather added up to the opening of golf season 2016 for KP, Tater and I. Tater chose Camillus Country Club, a public-private hybrid built high on a hill on the west side of Onondaga County. The sun shined brightly again for…

A Masters-ful start to our golf season

As the best pro golfers in the world were traversing the hills and negotiating the fast greens that mark the Masters in Augusta, Ga., this morning, KP, Wags and I were rapping putts on the ruddy greens of Westvale. I have to hand it to my two playing partners on this first day of our…