Archives for “Golfer”

Low Handicappers, Stop All the Griping
High Handicappers Don’t Always Win Net Events

By Tony Leodora To all of those golfers (mostly low handicappers) who claim that a net tournament can only be won by a high handicapper – ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Friday, September 3, 2010 at 6:20 pm.

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If You Want to Do Everything Right on the Course, Do Everything Wrong Before You Start the Round

By Tony Leodora Finally, I looked like I knew what I was doing on a golf course – under windy conditions and on what might have ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 8:18 pm.

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Want to Know My World Am Score?
Just Check the Daily Weather Report

By Tony Leodora There is no need for me to go to the golf course every day. All I have to do is pick up a ...

1 Comment. Posted by admin on Wednesday, September 1, 2010 at 4:04 pm.

Filed under Golf Courses, Golf Equipment, Golf Opinion, Golf Resorts, Golf Talk, Golfer, Golfing.

Pennsylvanians Are Everywhere
At World Amateur in Myrtle Beach

By Tony Leodora Ok. So much for that wonderfully comfortable 4 hour and 30 minute round of golf that we experienced on Day 1 at Indian ...

1 Comment. Posted by admin on Wednesday, September 1, 2010 at 4:47 am.

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Murphy’s Law Proves to be Powerful
On Day One of World Am Championship

By Tony Leodora By now, anyone who plays golf knows the basic premise of Murphy’s Law: whatever can happen that is bad, will happen. In other ...

1 Comment. Posted by admin on Monday, August 30, 2010 at 7:37 pm.

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I’ll Get By with a Little Help from My Friends
At World Am Handicap Championship

By Tony Leodora Ok, the odds are about 3,500 to one against you. Some of the toughest courses in Myrtle Beach’s arsenal stand in your path. ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Sunday, August 29, 2010 at 10:16 am.

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Aronimink and AT & T Live Up to Name
By Getting an ‘A’ on Final Report Card

By Tony Leodora At the risk of being called an incurable “homer”, I am going to award straight ‘A’s to the AT & T Tournament and ...

1 Comment. Posted by admin on Monday, July 5, 2010 at 6:09 pm.

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Rose Takes a Page from the Man
Who Always Did the Classy Thing

By Tony Leodora Justin Rose won a tournament this week in Philadelphia. In addition, he won a cool $1 million and change. But he also won ...

1 Comment. Posted by admin on Monday, July 5, 2010 at 5:13 am.

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Don’t Look Now but the British Are Coming;
And So are the Swedes, Aussies and Koreans

By Tony Leodora On the Fourth of July, America’s most patriotic holiday, another invasion is taking place -- just a few miles away from where our ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Saturday, July 3, 2010 at 5:08 pm.

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Tiger Makes Cut; Aronimink Members
Climb Back in off Window Ledges

By Tony Leodora As disasters in America’s Mid-Atlantic region go, it might not quite rank up there with the crash of the Hindenburg or the Johnstown ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Saturday, July 3, 2010 at 5:43 am.

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Woods Is Just Like the Rest of Us
He Works Hard So He Can Pay His Bills

By Tony Leodora A calloused veteran golf writer, who prides himself on not being surprised by much, admitted a great deal of surprise during the first ...

1 Comment. Posted by admin on Thursday, July 1, 2010 at 7:17 pm.

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If You’re Looking for a Creampuff
Try Dunkin Donuts, not Aronimink

By Tony Leodora After 10 years of coming “home” each year for his Exelon Invitational, it became clear that Jim Furyk liked his once-a-year reunion with ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at 5:17 pm.

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Len Ehrlich: Gone from the Earth
But Living Forever in Meadowlands CC

By Tony Leodora Green chairmen at private country clubs have been blamed for more misdeeds than former President George W. Bush. In the case ...

3 Comments. Posted by admin on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at 11:19 am.

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Tom Watson’s “Lessons of a Lifetime”
Come from Many Famous Sources

By Tony Leodora There’s nothing like spending an afternoon with Tom Watson. He is one of the most engaging and real characters in golf. And he ...

1 Comment. Posted by admin on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at 11:52 am.

Filed under Golf Talk, Golfer, Golfing.

Sometimes You Find a Pleasant Surprise
When Re-Visiting an Old Favorite

Tony’s Test Drives One in a series of occasional reviews of courses, equipment or products by our traveling golf writer. By Tony Leodora Going ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Monday, March 8, 2010 at 6:20 am.

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If You Have to Work a Golf Convention
You Might As Well Be Comfortable

By Tony Leodora I’ve been to enough golf conferences and conventions over the years. They are all the same – early mornings, full days, ...

2 Comments. Posted by admin on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 4:00 am.

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Tiger Still Making News World-Wide
Even When He is Not Saying a Word

By Tony Leodora ORLANDO -- Even though Tiger Woods has been quieter than a mime lately, he is still making news around the ...

1 Comment. Posted by admin on Monday, January 25, 2010 at 8:05 am.

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The Art of Taking a Proper Golf Trip

(First in a series of daily Blogs on “The Road Trip” beginning November 11) By Tony Leodora The golf trip is the most exciting element of the ...

6 Comments. Posted by admin on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 8:33 am.

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A Pair of Aces Will Beat
Any Hand on a Golf Course

By Tony Leodora Some call it the ultimate display of skill and accuracy. Others call it the ultimate stroke of luck. In either case, a hole-in-one is a ...

1 Comment. Posted by admin on Thursday, September 10, 2009 at 10:07 am.

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World Am’s New Theme Song:
Once, Twice, Three Times a Lady

By Tony Leodora For the third year in a row a woman lofted the beautiful silver trophy, emblematic of being the World Amateur Handicap Champion. This year ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Friday, September 4, 2009 at 5:33 pm.

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Nothing Like a Severe Case of the Yips
To Make you Happy a Tournament Has Ended

By Tony Leodora What could be worse than coming down with chicken pox two days before your wedding? Or coming down with laryngitis right before delivering the ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Thursday, September 3, 2009 at 6:08 pm.

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Spending a Day at the Beach
Unfortunately, a Fazio-Designed Beach

By Tony Leodora Day Three of the World Amateur Handicap Championship began innocently enough. Again, the temperature was unseasonably cool and the humidity was very low. ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Thursday, September 3, 2009 at 4:34 am.

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Myrtle Beach Day One: Rain, Pain
And This Game’s Driving Me Insane

By Tony Leodora The first day of the World Amateur Handicap Championship in Myrtle Beach is always a test for the nerves. Throw in a two-hour ...

2 Comments. Posted by admin on Monday, August 31, 2009 at 4:49 pm.

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You Can Keep Disneyland
I’ll Take a Week in Fuzzyland

By Tony Leodora By most accounts, a kid’s favorite weekend would have to be spent at an amusement park, complete with a free pass to all ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Thursday, August 27, 2009 at 1:03 pm.

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At Least One Thing Went Right This Week, Somebody WON the U.S. Women’s Open

By Tony Leodora This was supposed to be the showcase week of the year for women’s golf. It turned out to be showcase week for a magnificently ...

2 Comments. Posted by admin on Monday, July 13, 2009 at 4:23 am.

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