Archive for July 2nd, 2009

Congratulations Lucas Glover – US OPEN Champion

Lucas Glover proved today that he has the biggest kahunas in golf by winning the US OPEN. Glover was very smart in playing conservatively on the last hole to protect his lead. HOG congratulates you Lucas. Your life will never be the …

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Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

The Worst Night’s Sleep of Ricky Barnes’s Life

…from Cybergolf last week: As his head hit the pillow last night, his thoughts swirled, and the Cimmerian fog of sleep ebbed and eddied in his mind, Ricky Barnes had to be more than just restless. He had to toss and turn worse than the …

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Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Glass Slipper Fits Like a Glover

This is a Cinderella story that reads not only like a fairy tale, but also like one of Clive Cussler’s “Dirk Pitt” spy stories, the espionage novels newly-minted US Open champion Lucas Glover loves so much, that he reads three or four …

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Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Video of the Week – The Potomac Cup Qualifiers are Next Week!

Steve Czaban of FoxSports has the two Potomac Cup qualifiers ready to go. The annual battle between the best amateurs in Maryland and Virginia. The first is July 7 at Westfields GC in Virginia, the second is July 21 at Renditions in …

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Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Have Fun With YouTube at the Travelers Championship

.If you’re at the Travelers Championship this weekend make sure you stop and say hello to the kids at YouTube. They’re fun and friendly, and they’ve got lots of great stuff going on at their booth. Including…Nintendo Wii tournaments …

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Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Natalie Gulbis Wegmans LPGA Day Two Recap

Day two at the Wegmans LPGA for Natalie Gulbis was an even par round of 72. Natalie started on the front side and made 7 pars, one birdie and one bogey for even par 35. The back side started hot with birdies on 10 and 11, but bogeys on …

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Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Travelers Championship – Final Round in Cromwell

With five birdies on the back nine, Paul Goydos grabbed the lead from Kenny Perry yesterday in the third round of the Travelers Championship. We’re heading up to Cromwell now to catch the Final round…and to have a final Travelers …

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Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

A Stellar Sunday at the 2009 Travelers Championship

The 18th at TPC River Highlands. Most definitely qualifies as an awesome finishing hole…and Kenny Perry prevails. I’m hitting the road now – will post from home later tonight. Blog Traffic Exchange Related Websites …

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Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Course News: Pinehurst and Medinah Attract Major Events

(scbluedevil/Flickr) Contributed by GCM NewsWeekly Special to ARMCHAIR GOLF BETHPAGE BLACK RECENTLY SHARED the spotlight with a couple of other famous American venues − Pinehurst No. 2 and Medinah Country Club. …

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Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

What’s Her Name Finishes 10th, Gets More Ink than Winner

What’s Her Name, with the overbearing parents, phalanx of PRapologists, and army of I-know-nothing-about-golf-I’m-just-on-a-golf-gender-bender idiots came in 10th in a rural LPGA tournament and, of course, got more press than the winner …

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Thursday, July 2nd, 2009