Archive for May, 2010
FIFA World Cup Prep Update
Algeria drops to 1-5 in its last six matches as they fell to Ireland 3-0 last week. Maybe it’s the hideous lime green uniforms…or maybe it’s that the Desert Foxes haven’t played and practiced together enough in the last four months to gel as a squad. Look for 0-0-3 (remember, in soccer it’s [...]
Review of Colonial Country Club, this Week’s PGA Tour stop
I had the great pleasure of playing Colonial last winter just after Keith Foster’s terrific changes to the course were completed. Click here for the article.
The top ten Games of the 2010 FIFA World Cup First Round
With kick-off of the 19th FIFA World Cup mere days away, let’s take a look at the top first round match-ups. [Author's Note: The AWITP preview piece is here. The games below are listed in chronological order with their broadcast time listed in Eastern Standard Time, USA.]
Argentina – Nigeria (Group B, June [...]
Jamie Kureluk Shoots 25 on Back Nine
Hat tip to Steph Wei at Wei Under Par and Lorne Rubenstein for finding this bit about a Canadian club pro who shot an 11-under 25 on the back nine of the Cottonwood Golf and Country Club in Calgary during the Alberta Insurance Classic. It’s thought to be a competitive record low nine holes, [...]
Cumberland Blues! Potomac Cup Returns to Rocky Gap
The Potomac Cup returns to its roots, as the 10th annual battle between Maryland and Virginia amateur stars comes back to Cumberland, Maryland’s Rocky Gap Resort for a record fourth time.
“For many of our early years, we were…seeking out quality golf courses on which to play the finals,” explained Steve Czaban, the tournament’s [...]
Tony Korologos Gets Married Today!
Happy Wedding Day to Tony Korologos and his lovely bride Ali Guzzetta. May you have a lifetime of love and happiness. Here’s my personal toast to you:
If you shout, shout for joy.
If you cry, cry tears of happiness.
When you lie, lie in each other’s arms.
And when you fight, fight for love.
Landis Fingers Armstrong, Explains Cheaters’ Roadmap
So after all the crying, yelling, accusing, posturing, and denying, Floyd Landis admitted it. He admitted he was every bit the lying, no-good steroid cheat we knew him to be.
Fox News and Sports reports that Landis decided to firebomb. If he’s going down, so are the rest of the cheaters. He’s forgotten [...]
Video of the Week: Sick Goal by Paraguay
Well, Italy better watch out, because – like I warned everyone here – Paraguay is not a pushover. Watch this stunning laser beam from 45 yards out right into the top left. Don’t sleep on South American teams this World Cup. Paraguay can flat out play. So can Chile. They [...]
Assistant to Tiger Woods’s Doctor Names Names, Cooperates with Prosecution
The Daily News and New York Post report on the details – sans names – of Dr. Galea giving out Actovegin and HGH. At least 23 pro athletes — most of them NFL and MLB players — are suddenly petrified.
“ESPN has now obtained documents relating to Galea out of Canada, and while there are [...]
Big Ben Strikes Midnight for Opponents, Wins 100th Travis Invitational
GARDEN CITY, NY – There’s a new Big Ben in the sports world, but this one doesn’t throw touchdowns, shake off pass rushers, or hold on to the ball so long that Pittsburgh Steelers fans get heart failure. Instead, Big Ben Hayes from Whisper Rock G.C. in Arizona crushes Space Shuttle drives, pin-points laser [...]
Garden City Member, Best Friends Advance to Semi-finals of 100th Travis Invitational
GARDEN CITY, NY – It was a glorious day at Garden City, a deep blue sky and golden light as Da Vinci or Michelangelo would have painted. Yet for all the joyous sunshine and azure skies of verdant spring, tomorrow may see another, more magnificent masterpiece as Jed Raynor tries to become the [...]
Biggest Guy, Bigger Heart: Bel Air’s David Reneker Takes Medalist Honors to Open 100th Travis Invitational
GARDEN CITY, NY – He’s 6’6”, 300 lbs., he’s redder than a Rock Lobster, and he’s a hatchet as sharp as the Devil himself. Now with a dazzling 6-under 67 to open the 100th Travis Invitational, Bel Air Country Club’s David Reneker is also the co-holder of the competitive course record at fabled Garden [...]
The Travis Invitational Turns 100 Years Young
– 100 years of rousing cheers,
Of frothy beers and smiling peers,
Of hearts sincere and friendships dear,
Our green and gothic home –
From Our Green and Gothic Home – a poem to commemorate the Travis turning 100 years old.
GARDEN CITY, NY – The Grand Old Amateur – the Walter J. Travis Invitational at Garden City Golf Club [...]
Q Thai Bistro Gearing up for Summer with Great Dishes
We interrupt this sports website for another New York City restaurant recommendation.
Real New Yorkers know that there are many diamonds to be mined in the outer boroughs, but no region of New York City rivals sparkling Forest Hills, perennially the winner of the “best neighborhood” awards by nearly unanimous consensus. Tennis, golf, parks, dignified [...]
Tiny Tim Comes up Big
God bless us every one, a nice guy finished first.
Tiny Tim Clark, whose “legs are too short so I use my head,” as he once said at a U.S. Open, won the arguably “fifth major,” as his 5-under 67 captured the Players Championship by one shot over Robert Allenby. Third round leader [...]