Archives for “Golfing”

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 – ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

By Tony Leodora Cabin fever? Do you think golfers in the Northeast are suffering a bit of cabin fever? In the Greater Philadelphia area most golf courses ...

By Tony Leodora Somewhere in the neighborhood of 15,000 people per day visited the close-to-1,000 exhibitors at this year’s PGA Merchandise Show in the vast Orange ...

By Tony Leodora ORLANDO – The annual PGA Merchandise Show has gone through an interesting evolution over the years. From its early days more than 40 ...

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

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

By Tony Leodora For 15 years, an event known as the Freedom Trail Challenge has taken an elite group of players to venues around the world ...

By Tony Leodora For about the last 10 years I have served as a member of the Golfweek America’s Favorite Courses panel. Along with an assortment ...

By Tony Leodora Did you ever notice that the grass is always greener on someone else’s golf course.  At least that’s the way it seems when ...

(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 ...

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 ...