A new pro golf mini-tour series has been announced with a mid-May kickoff. It will feature 11 events across Northern Ohio, running as far east as Boulder Creek GC in Streetsboro, as far south as The Quarry in Canton, and as far west as Maumee Bay GC in Oregon.
Kent Prine announced the launch of the Buckeye Tour last Thursday in the following press release, but there are still a number of unanswered questions:
Want to get a better handle on the Rules of Golf? Mike Raby (PGA of America Rules Committee), David Griffith (Tournament Director Northern Ohio PGA) and Randy Iceman (Tournament Rules Official Northern Ohio PGA) will be conducting a course covering the essential rules of golf and new rules for the 2012 season.
I know I’m not the only player in Northeast Ohio who has a creaky back, aching knees, tight hips, or some other chronic bone or muscle ailment that can make focusing on golf a challenge. So when I heard Fred Couples’ news conference from this week’s L.A. Open turn to the topic of back pain and what steps he’s taking to keep playing on two tours at a winning level, I started taking some notes.
Westfield Country Club member and frequent Chippewa Monday Big Skins Game player Jon Brown of Creston died suddenly on Thursday, Jan. 26 in Winter Haven, FL. He was 47.
Jon was a great guy, fun to be around, happy-go-lucky and never an angry word. He was also a heck of a player. It’s tough to lose someone like that from our group and our lives.
Watching Torrey Pines this past weekend, all I could think was that Kyle Stanley and Uniontown’s Ross Beal were twins separated at birth. Then CBS announcer Gary McCord said Stanley is 5′ 11″ tall, ending any potential DNA link to the 6’3″ Beal…
