Archives for 2009

By Tony Leodora Nick Giovanangelo (Nicky G) is the owner of Inside Jewelers, one of the long time sponsors of the GolfTalk Live radio show. He ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

By Tony Leodora (Third in a series of daily reports from the World Amateur Handicap Championship) If the operative word for Day One of this year’s World ...

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 ...

By Tony Leodora (First in a series of daily reports from the World Amateur Handicap Championship) You can always tell when the World Amateur Handicap Championship is ...

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 ...

Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Provides Golf’s Greatest Surprise Package By Tony Leodora It isn’t exotic, but it is very unique. The conditions are superb but the overall atmosphere is ...

Hershey is Undergoing a Golf Renaissance By Tony Leodora OK, let’s play the word association game. I say a word and you say the first thing that ...

Another in a series of reviews on golf courses or golf products. By Tony Leodora When architect Geoffrey Cornish first designed Mountain Laurel GC in the mid ...

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 ...

By Tony Leodora For once, there may be more people in Pennsylvania trying to guess a number, other than the Daily Number. Picking the correct lottery number ...

By Tony Leodora When planning a major event, one of the biggest worries is always the weather. All of the advance planning and organization in the ...

By Tony Leodora Women are so fickle. One minute they love you and the next minute you are dirt. Now, in the case of men, there are often ...

By Tony Leodora Ricky Barnes had golf fans around the world sitting on the edge of their seats. Ranked No. 521 in the world and fresh off ...

By Tony Leodora Whether you ask the man on the street, or the woman in the commissioner’s office, the major challenge facing the LPGA Tour these ...

By Ed Caiazzo Golfers today might never expect to find the secret to the perfect golf swing from old, black-and-white video from The Ed Sullivan Show, ...

Surprise, Jack Frost National GC Is a Gem in the Pocono Mountains By Tony Leodora I am used to getting surprised when visiting daily fee golf courses ...

By Tony Leodora Each year, golfers from around the Middle Atlantic region make their annual pilgrimage to play Bulle Rock, the Pete Dye masterpiece in Havre ...