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The Highlight of New England GolfThe Deutsche Bank Championship.

For the last 8 years on Labor Day at The Deutsche Bank Champi-onship I find myself standing on the 18 hole at the TPC Bostonwatching the spectacle and celebration of what golf is all about inNew England and throughout the world. This event each year is avery special time when the PGA Tour visits for a week and touchesthe lives of so many people.This week in golf it’s all about the road to the finals for The FedEx

Cup and the Tour Playoffs. Four grueling weeks of sudden deathuntil the top 30 players in the world play for the Tour Championshipand the largest purse in the game, 30 million dollars. The DeutscheBank Championship is the only internationally viewed sportingevent each year in New England that last for one week.From the first Pro Am to the Monday finish on Labor Day the eyes

of the world in golf are focused on New England and the tiny townof Norton, Massachusetts home of the TPC Boston. The economic im-pact is said to be 60 Million for tournament week alone in the NewEngland region. In a tough economy or a good economy this is a shotin the arm that the Deutsche Bank and The PGA Tour bestows uponus each year. For hundreds of charities and youth programs that benefit each

year the Deutsche Bank Championship is more than just a golf tour-nament. Since its first year here in New England the event has raisedover 20 million dollars that provide badly needed services and pro-grams that reach tens of thousands throughout our region.Thank you to the PGA Tour and Seth Waugh and The Deutsche

Bank and EMC as well for extending the event to 2012 it means theworld to so many of us here in New England. Every Labor Day during the trophy presentation I remind myself

that there are so many winners here in so many ways, and that Itruly love this game called golf.

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NE Golf Life - Fabulous Fall Golf

Home on the Course - The Landings

Deutsche Bank Championship

Virtual Golf in New England

Club Love - Musty Putters

Awesome 4Somes

Couple of Travelers - Cooperstown, NY

Team New England on the Tours

Gorman vs. Geary

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Fabulous Fall Golf at Cranberry Valley Golf Courseby Greg Sampson

Cranberry Valley Golf Course opened in 1974 inthe beautiful Cape Cod town of Harwich. e coursewas designed by Geoffrey Cornish and Bill Robinsonand quickly became a very popular golf destinationfor players from all over. Cranberry Valley’s strengthis its layout. e layout features large greens, toughpar threes and many dog legs that add extra distanceto this 6,745 yard Par 72.

Every hole has its own characteristics with no twobeing the same. In particular the 18th hole comes tomind, as it did in Geoffrey Cornish’s essay in the NewEngland Journal of Golf: “is stout finishing hole,which measures some 530 yards, is a double-dogleg

par-5 that requires two mighty blows to reach the twocorners.” e 10th hole is the exact opposite. e teeshot requires perfect placement down the left hand sidewhich kicks right towards a pond. e approach de-mands precise accuracy to a well-designed green. eapproach shot on all holes of C.V. is by far the “scoringshot” calling for different distance, flight and shape con-trol to some great pin locations. If a green is missed inthe wrong spot your short game is pressurized as it isaround many Cornish greens forcing you to take yourchances at a lengthy putt to save par.

In 2007, noted architect Mark Mungeum re-designed the entire bunker system and driving range


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at Cranberry Valley. e result was better placedbunkers with improved drainage and one of the finestpractice facilities Cape Cod has to offer. Special ef-forts were used when creating an immaculate shortgame area, which includes a bunker, and differentchipping areas. e staff, lead by PGA Director ofGolf Dennis Hoye is always available to help youwith your game from tee to green.

Cranberry Valley is offering an Awesome 4Somesspecial for Fall Golf (see page 37) if you and yourthree golfing buddies would like to explore. e fa-cility offers a fully stocked pro shop, breakfast, lunch,and club rentals.

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New England Golf Life

Autumn in the Northeast is all about color wherepeak play is enhanced by neon-bright crimson, orangeand yellow-clad trees, brilliant cobalt skies and crispfreshly-laundered air. Leaves drift down hiding your ball,crunch under your soft spikes. Kids are back in schooland prices have dropped both on and off the fairways.

It starts around mid-September and hangs in thereuntil the last leaf has dropped nudged by the first bignews of frost usually by early November. is is a cooltime to pack up your clubs and camera and head out forsome of the best golf of the season.

Here are some places where you can extend your golf-ing season with spectacular golf on some of New Eng-land's best courses.

Cape Es-CapeSouth of Boston stuck out there like a giant fishhook

in the ocean Cape Cod's weather is moderated by theGulf Stream so you can play golf almost all year long.With more than 40 courses in a relatively small area, youcan stay in one place and play a different course eachday — good courses with carries over salt marshes, ele-vations, and ponds not to mention magnificent vistasburnished by the golden late afternoon sun and abronzed seascape.

Prices are relatively inexpensive with comfortable ac-commodations and golf starting as low as $50 – oftenhalf the rate in high season. Great packages are availableat Heritage House through stayandplaycapecod.com

For local color Cranberry Valley Golf Course in Har-wich runs through — not surprisingly — cranberrybogs along with kettle holes, wetlands and woods. De-signed by the legendary team of Cornish and Robinson,this is pure classic golf. www.cranberrygolfcourse.comhe

While you're there, catch the colorful Cranberry Har-vest which take place through October. e Cape CodCranberry Growers' Association has created a cranberryharvest trail guide to describing where and when.www.cranberries.org

In Yarmouth you can play the two Cape Cod Sis-ters Bass River and Bayberry Hills designed by Silvia andCornish, two great courses with a rich history. www.gol-

fyarmouthcapecod.com Just down the road SandwichHollows Golf Club offers great golf with views of CapeCod Bay www.sandwichhollows.com great packages areavailable through the Clarion Inn at www.clarioncapecod.com

Another classic with roll-up greens and undulatingbut gentle terrain, Bay Pointe Country Club at BuzzardsBay, was built in the 60s. Its most well known hole is#7, a par three with an island green. Several luxuryhomes lie on the perimeter of the fairways softened bytall birches making for good fall color. Fall fees of $19-$30 (down from $27-$37) represent a great deal.www.baypointecc.net

Wetlands turn bronze and late afternoon shadowsplay across the fairways at Farm Neck Golf Club fourmiles out to sea in Oak Bluffs on Martha's Vineyard.

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e pro shop is not fancy, the members' locker roomsand restaurant are unpretentious, but the quality of thecourse is understated upper crust, winding throughmeadows and marshes revealing the deep blues of Vine-yard Sound. Beautifully honed by Cornish, Robinsonand Mulligan, Farm Neck may lull you with wide land-ing areas, but don't let that fool you. Water comes intoplay on half the holes, wind threatens on many occasionsand treacherous bunkers are penal. www.farmneck.net

An October package includes one night accommoda-tion at Bayside Resort, golf at Farm Neck with a cart,breakfast and round trip ferry transportation priced from$128 to $138 for two. www.baysideresort-hotel.com

Brian Silva’s Captain’s Golf Courses, Port and Star-board in Brewster which have enjoyed high ratings onthe New England scene.

Also offering good deals for fall play are Quashnet Val-ley Country Club in Mashpee which slides over the riverand through the woods – on hole #9 your drive has tocarry on the fly over the Quashnet River requiring pin-point accuracy (www.quashnetvalley.com); Little Har-bour Country Club in Wareham, an 18 hole executivecourse (www.littleharborcountryclub.com); and fourcourses in centrally located Yarmouth www.yarmouthcapecod.com)

Landing LightsWhen the Pilgrims landed in Plymouth carving the

date, 1620, into a rock, the sticks they brought were not

nine irons, but more likely kindling and building mate-rials. at didn't stop the game from finally finding itsway across the pond to Massachusetts. Today there aredozens of courses stretching from Boston to the Cape.In the Plymouth area Southers Marsh which winds itsway through cranberry bogs is a great play with a fan-tastic layout. www.southersmarsh.com

Known for its superb maintenance and good value,Poquoy Brook Golf Club in Lakeville just west of Rt.495, gets high marks, especially from fans of course ar-chitect, Geoffrey Cornish who designed it in 1962. Al-though not considered hilly, elevated tees facilitate carriesover water and a few sensible dog legs add to the interest.(www.poquoybrook.com)

Granite Links Golf Club at Quarry Hills has majorgravitas. A private membership club with some accessto the public, it was voted by Golf Digest in the "TopTen Best New Upscale Golf Courses in the Country"and named to their list of "100 Greatest Golf Coursesin America" where the public can play. Granite Links isstrategically located in Quincy just seven miles south ofBoston so you can catch views of the skyline as you playthe 27 holes of links-style golf while enjoying stunningfall color from the trees all around. Granite outcroppingsare evidence that this site was once actively mined. Ahandsome clubhouse with a Tavern and restaurant sitson a hill overlooking the 18th green and water-filledquarry. (www.granitelinksgolfclub.com)

Just off the Cape the Acushnet River Valley Golf


Course designed by Brian Silva (1998), gives you acombo links and forest experience(www.golfacushnet.com) while Crosswinds Golf Club,the newest public course with 27 holes in Plymouth(www.golfcrosswinds.com) and Olde Scotland Links inBridgewater a certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuarywith lots of grasses and wetlands, add to the attractiveoptions in this part of the state.(www.oldescotlandlinks.com).

In Rehoboth try Hillside Country Club www.hillsidecountryclub.com) and Rehoboth CountyClub (www.rehobothcc.com).

Other good choices in eastern Massachusetts includeEaston Country Club in South Easton where green feesare a mere $36 (www.eastoncountryclub.com) and RedTail Golf Club in Devens designed by Brian Silva whichmeanders through forests, brilliant in the fall withstreams, ponds and plenty of wildlife all about.

In Bellingham, the New England Country Club is apretty Hale Irwin track cut through trees affordingplenty of fall color. (www.newenglandcountryclub.com).Other courses worth playing in Bellingham are Maple-gate Country Club (www.maplegate.com) and CrystalLake Golf Club on the Rhode Island border. www.crystallakegolfclub.com

In Uxbridge there is Blissful Meadows Golf Club(www.blissfulmeadows.com) and in Plainville, Went-worth Hills Golf Club.(www.wentworthhillsgolf.com).

West of Boston in central Massachusetts, one of themost complete golf resorts, e International, has twochampionship courses, e Pines and e Oaks alongwith the GolfRite Academy, a spa and luxurious Lodgewhere you sleep in pillow-top mattresses. Ask about fall

packages which start at $165 for two. www.theinternational.com. And also Far Corner Golf inwest Boxford very scenic 27 holes awaits you. www.farcoprnergolf.com

And don't forget the Berkshires in Western Massa-chusetts. is area is full of color, small inns, B&Bs andgood golf. Shaker Farms in Westfield, Ma is a sure betwww.shakerfarms.com

Grand Stands: Rhode Islande elegant mansions and gardens of Newport and

Aquidneck Island, Rhode Island, are a fitting reminderthat golf courses like Newport National and MeadowBrook can also be grand, especially in the fall when thebrilliant blue of sky and sea serves as a fitting backdropfor a kaleidoscope of colors.

As you play the Orchard Course at Newport NationalGolf Club, Middletown, an Arthur Hills masterpiece,you'll catch magnificent views of e Sakonnet Passage,Atlantic Ocean and Narragansett Bay. With its featheryfescue, seaside bent grass and rolling fairways, it couldremind you of an Irish links layout. www.newportnational.com

Two more winners are the popular Green ValleyCountry Club of Rhode Island overlooking St. Mary'sReservoir in Portsmouth, home of the 2007 Rhode Is-land Open. (www.greenvalleyccofri.com) and MontaupCountry Club, Portsmouth (www.montaupcc.com)

Beyond Newport, the stunning Meadow Brook GolfClub in Richmond designed by Roger Rulewich andDave Fleury is a class act all the way. At 7,400 yards fromthe tips, it's the longest track in Rhode Island and char-acterized by deftly sculptured fairways, greens andbunkers, many elevations and the amazing tenth hole


stretching 202 yards across water. (www.meadowbrookgolfri.com)

For good value book a tee time at Exeter CountryClub in Exeter (www.exetercc.com) and Triggs Me-morial Golf Course in Providence. (www.triggs.us)

Mountain Highs Snaking through the valleys that cut through the

mountains and hills, narrow, tree-lined fairways, ele-vated tees, steep climbs, uneven lies and blind holesare brought to their knees by the brilliance of thechange of colors.

VermontWe’ve got trees on the left, a stream on the right.

Camera time. (www.stratton.com) In Manchester the historic Gleneagles Golf Course

is within walking distance of e Equinox, an 18thcentury country house resort with a great spa. Orig-inally designed by Walter Travis in 1926, the coursewas updated by Rees Jones in 1991. One of the moststriking vistas is from the elevated 8th tee and the13th green, the highest points on the course, whereyou’re staring straight out at the white steeple of a vil-lage church rising above the brilliant fall blanket run-ning up the mountains. (www.equinoxresort.com)

With climbs up to several hundred feet, when you playKillington Golf Course, you may well think you coulduse a sherpa. Arguably Vermont’s most in-your-face ele-vated rugged golf track, Killington, another Cornish de-sign, is carved into tough rocky terrain with holesclimbing and dropping over blind ridges. So dramaticare the elevations, you can be pulling on your wintergloves on the 2nd tee while the foursome ahead of you

putts out in short sleeve shirts 450 feet below. And waituntil you see the killer views. (www.killingtongolf.com)

For a change of pace climb aboard the GreenMountain Railroad's vintage coaches running betweenBellows Falls and White River Junction and let theconductor do the driving through the mountains.(www.rails-vt.com)

New HampshireIf you know what “On Golden Pond" is all about,

you know what Squam Lake in New Hampshire is allabout. God’s country. Kayaking, canoeing, hiking, theplaintiff sound of loons. Peaceful, quiet with orangesand reds reflected in the spreading water.

Nearby Owl’s Nest Golf Club offers sweeping vistasof snow-capped mountains and dense stands of tallpines. With plenty of bunkers, dog legs, wetlands, dra-matic elevations and water hazards, to score well here,it's all about strategic smart play.(www.owlsnestgolf.com)

Laconia Country Club is also a delight to play fromthe opening hole with its wide landing area to thehardest hole, #2, a par 5 challenging long hitters to cutcorners and go for a birdie. With eight ponds, a hand-ful of doglegs, and plenty of trees, club selection is crit-ical. (www.laconiacountryclub.com)

e Manor on Golden Pond in Holderness rolls outstunning views of the lake and mountains where rooms fea-ture wood burning fireplaces, canopy king beds, diningroom, pub and private beach front with canoes and paddleboats. (www.manorongoldenpond.com) and for the MountWashington Valley go to www.mtwashingtonvalley.org fora full array of golf choices.





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Home on the Courseby Larry Gavrich

In the roaring ‘80s and ‘90s, as real estate valuesmoved ever higher year after year, folks shoppingfor a vacation or retirement home in a golf com-munity didn’t need to worry about much morethan climate, the quality of the golf and howmany good restaurants were just outside thegates. Today, though, my clients tell me their top-of-mind issue is whether an investment in theirdream home could turn into a nightmare. Moreand more, they are choosing to buy only in themost financially secure communities.

e Landings at Skidaway Island, near Savan-nah, is at the top of the ever-shrinking list of stablecommunities. With roughly 4,000 homes (mostoccupied full-time), e Landings has size andstability going for it, and has less the feel of a re-sort development than a small town -- albeit one

with a ton of amenities. e community is freeof debt and with enough dues-paying residents tosupport those amenities; and good managementand financial planning (including a multi-milliondollar capital reserve fund) should keep the com-munity strong for generations.

Since 1997, the community's homeowners havebeen in charge of everything, and by all accounts theyhave run things to last forever. e well run LandingsCompany, whose Real Estate Discovery Center is thefirst point of contact for visitors to the community, isowned and managed by residents. Recognizing theneed to bring in new real estate buyers to keep thecommunity and the private club viable, Landings res-idents voted to create the self-sustaining company --which has benefited the community and its propertyvalues throughout the real estate downturn.

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Residents also own the six golf courses at eLandings, and they are as good and varied as you willfind anywhere. (I played two of them, including thechallenging Arthur Hills designed Palmetto course,which takes full advantage of the surrounding marsh-land.) e courses feature layouts by four of the mostrespected golf architects –- Arnold Palmer, Tom Fazio,Arthur Hills and Willard Byrd –- but no matterwhich you choose to play, you will find the conditionsconsistently exquisite and the service friendly and effi-cient. e only corners that are cut on e Landings’golf courses are the occasional doglegs.

Après golf, take refreshment in any of e Land-ings’ four clubhouses, or a dip in one of the five pools,or seek comfort for those tight muscles in the 48,000

square foot wellness and fitness center. Tennis playerscan work on their net assets on one of the commu-nity’s 34 courts. Best of all, the fascinating city of Sa-vannah is just 15 minutes from e Landings’ gatedentrance. e community may seem secluded insidethe gates, but world-class shopping, restaurants, mu-seums and all the other benefits of a big city are liter-ally a few minutes away. Walk through any ofSavannah’s charming 22 squares and you will under-stand why General Sherman and his maraudingUnion army chose to spare this particular city.

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Deutsche Bank Championshipby Emily Kay

Charley Hoffman wins Deutsche Bank Championship

NORTON, Mass., Sept. 6 ̶ Charley Hoffman cred-ited a hot putter with his victory Monday at theDeutsche Bank Championship after firing a whopping9-under 62 and breezing to a five-stroke win.

Hoffman, who needed only 22 putts in his final roundtied the tourney scoring record of 22-under par 262.Terming his first win in three years the best of his 10-year professional career, Hoffman put in a plug for him-self with U.S. team captain Corey Pavin as an improbablewild-card pick for the 2010 Ryder Cup.

Put in a good word? “I talked with [co-captain] PaulGoydos earlier this week [and asked if he had] any influ-ence with the captain’s pick,” Hoffman told reporters fol-lowing his breakthrough round. Goydos answered in theaffirmative and told Hoffman to “go out and win andyou’re going to be on the short list.

“Guess what, Paul?” Hoffman laughed. “I went outand won and hopefully, I’m on the real short list.”

Long shot. Hoffman teeing it up in Wales in Octoberwould appear to be a long shot, especially since StewartCink suggested earlier Monday that Pavin, who will an-nounce his picks Tuesday, had likely made his decisionbefore the end of the Boston event. But Hoffman earneda slew of benefits with his Labor Day win, includingentry to all four major championships next year.

e 33-year-old with long, flowing blond tresses alsosoared up the FedEx Cup points leaderboard into secondplace, giving himself a good chance at winning the $10million jackpot in the Tour Championship playoff final.

“at wasn’t definitely anything I was thinking aboutuntil this afternoon,” Hoffman said. “I wasn’t really inthe race. I guess that’s why this format is pretty

unique....You can come out of nowhere...and hopefullyhave a chance there in Atlanta.”

Another Mickelson meltdown. As for the race for theNo. 1 world ranking, Tiger Woods made a late charge tofinish with a 68 and a share of 11th place. Woods’ roundwas all he needed to retain his perch atop the golf worldsince Phil Mickelson coughed up yet another opportu-nity to grab his crown.

The 60s. After an early birdie on the second hole,Woods plugged along until a bogey at 12 and threebirdies on his last four holes. He finished the tour-ney with three straight rounds in the 60s for thefirst time since the opening three rounds of lastyear’s Tour Championship.

“Just a matter of getting the speed right [on thegreens],” said Woods, who joked that he hoped he had“played well enough to get a mention” as a Ryder Cuppick. “I hit the ball pretty good all day. Just missing someputts early but once I got the speed right, I started mak-ing quite a few putts.”

As for the No. 1 ranking, Woods appeared satisfiedthat he will head to the BMW Championship inChicago still at the top of the heap.

“Winning takes care of everything -- the world rank-ings, the player-of-the-year awards, all the trophies andthings that come with it,” he said. “at only happenswhen you win.”

Still No. 1. Woods didn’t win on a TPC Bostoncourse whose fast, firm greens yielded few lowscores, despite the brilliant sunshine and calm con-ditions. He didn’t have to to keep his crown becausenothing went right for Lefty.

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Mickelson sandwiched birdies at two and four arounda bogey on the third, but his back nine was a horror show.He notched a triple-bogey at the par-4 10th and a doubleat the par-4-17th to go with two bogeys and a birdie.

The perennial No. 2 in the world ended up withan ugly 76 and a tie for 25th. “It was a frustratingback nine for me,” Mickelson said. “I got off to apoor start, tripling 10.”

Mickelson would not bite on discussing his elusivesearch for the top spot. “I’m just trying to get my gameright now, and today I took some positives -- not fromthe day but from the week,” Mickelson said.

Long journey. Veteran journeyman Tom Gillis playedhis way onto the front page of this week’s leaderboard,and into the BMW Championship later this week, withtwo closing 65s. e 42-year-old Gillis, who consideredhanging up his sticks in 2007 and played with no logoon his golf cap, credited his putter with his surprisingleap up the scoreboard to finish in a tie for fifth.

“I rode that putter all weekend,” he said. “I madeeverything I looked at.”

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Finishing number 1 inthe tournament, Charley

Hoffman unable to pullahead on this leaderboard comesin at the number 2 spot. Heimpressed with a finish of 22under wearing a green crocodilepatterned belt with matchinggreen crocodile shoes, green

pants, green Oakley’s, green glove, and a white shirtwith a green logo. Everything seemed to really cometogether for him.


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Good Looks on the Course

The Fashion Leaderboard

2#

Jason Day neck inneck with Charley as

the few final tees re-mained, finishes behind theHoffman again on the fashionleaderboard with the number 3spot. With commendable out-fits and play all weekend long,J.Day strove for victory.

Dress Well, Feel Well, PlayWell, Ian Poulter has theedge on golf fashion.

With his own clothing lineand extremely confident sense ofself, he ranks in at the number 4on the fashion leaderboard. Al-ways matching extremely well, heseems excited for autumn wearing

a pumpkin inspired shirt and cider brown pants.

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Hurricane Earl barreled up the coast with thethreat washing out the 2010 Deutsche Bank Tour-nament and created a fashion disaster scare. Like alow shank, Earl slipped by and thankfully madeway for one of the most magnificent weather week-ends in New England. Expectations were high, asthe top 100 players in the world arrived at the TPCBoston in their best apparel to compete for $30million in FedEx money.

As Earl made a right so did the Deutsche Bank,by extending this great tournament for at leasttwo more years, teaming with EMC as the pre-senting sponsor for 2011 and 2012. eDeutsche Bank and EMC made the exciting an-nouncement just prior to the start of the tourna-ment, as preparation for 2011 takes an entireyear of work. e effort it takes to put on anevent of that magnitude is worthwhile as createsa wonderful experience for those involved, themany in attendance, and is appreciated by golffans worldwide.

What are the Ingredients of excellence to win atournament of this scale? With all the variables thataffect a perfect round of golf, the one thing that willremain constant is the comfort, the style, and theexpression of what you wear. Our choices are notcoincidences but rather statements of who we areand how we project our personalities.

Rickie Fowler, U.S. Rider Cup captain re-cent selection by Corey Pavin, may not

have finished in the top position in the tour-nament, he has landed the number 1 spot on

the fashion leaderboard with a fresh, edgylook. Best dressed in head-to-toe Puma attire, hehas sharp sense of style and at the young age of 21,has earned his right to play with the pros.


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At the number 5 spot,Phil Mickelson donned

classy black pin stripedpants and black shirt he truly por-trays the classic look of golf fash-ion. It used to be Gary Player butis Phil becoming the new BlackKnight?

Native New Englanderand N.E. favorite Tim

Petrovic with severalfabulous outfits throughout theweekend ranks in at the num-ber 6 spot. I had the pleasure ofconversing with him regardinghis apparel choices at the sametime last year and he seems tocontinuously step up his game.

Whether scoring lowor high Tiger Woods

with his athletic lookand Nike apparel line, ranks inat the lucky number 7 spot onthe fashion leaderboard. Whatis more intimidating on a golfcourse, a 350-yard drive or thatred and black power walk overthe horizon? Statistics show that

when Tiger is wearing his power colors he outper-forms compared to when he does not.

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7#

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Matt Kuchar tied Tigerfinishing the tournament

at 11 under. ey havealso tied on the fashion leader-board. While Matt may not bedevoted to fashion, by wearingthe Red Sox B proudly on his hathe receives bonus points in mybook for believing “for better or

for worse” actually means something.

Martin Laird appropri-ately wore gray plaid

pants, as they are both na-tive to Scotland. e matchingsilver and white shoes, silver sun-glasses, and beautiful blue shirt,ranks him number 9 on the fash-ion leaderboard. He finished inthe 25th position.

Justin Leonardcame in last but

not least in thenumber 10 spot wearing theexcellent color combination ofgray and bright yellow, Justinalso played well finishing in the30th position.

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e majesty of the event inspired theseplayers to sport these colorful styles like afinale of a firework display celebrating thefleeting bold looks of summer. With sucha beautiful, sunny summer what betterway to usher in the gorgeous colors of au-tumn in New England than with a boom.


The Red Sox Legends & Friends Pro-Am by Jeff Palopoli

e Deutsche Bank Championship has becomesomewhat of a local Labor Day tradition for all of theNew England area golf fans. When it became part ofthe FedEx Cup Playoff series a few years back, itadded even more cache to the event and drew in amuch more robust field.

To kick off the festivities for the week the Red SoxLegends & Friends Pro-Am, now in its seventh year,took place on Tuesday, August 31st. Local sportcelebrities by the likes of Jim Rice, Dennis Eckersley,Dwight Evans, Fred Lynn, Ray Bourque, and AndreTippitt, to just name a few, came out to tee it up insupport of the Red Sox Foundation. e Red SoxFoundation’s primary focus is in serving the health,education, recreation, and social service needs of chil-dren and families in need across the New Englandarea. In the seven-year history of the Red Sox Legends& Friends Pro-Am, the Deutsche Bank Champi-onship has generated more than $700,000 in supportof the Red Sox Foundation.

Even with temperatures helping to make the mer-cury rise to almost triple digits, the fans still came outin good numbers to see their favorite stars take on the

TPC Boston. It was also Military Appreciation Dayat the Deutsche Bank Championship, and I was for-tunate enough to witness a touching moment withformer Red Sox right-fielder Dwight Evans, talkingto and thanking a military serviceman home fromAfghanistan, for his service to our country.

e Pro-Am featured 110 players, with each five-some headlined with one PGA Tour pro, as well as alocal sporting celebrity, and the teams played a best-ball, low-net format. Taking home the crown for thisyear’s event was the team featuring former Red Soxslugger Sam Horn and PGA Tour pro Derek Lamelywho won earlier this year at the Puerto Rico Open.Horn and Lamely teamed up with amateur partnersBob Murphy, Jim Dobens, and Paul Sullivan to shoota combined 16-under-par 55.

is Pro-Am is a fantastic way to start off the weekfull of great events, headlined by a field filled with thebest golfers in the World, all vying for that end of theseason FedEx Cup title.

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Fore Thought

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Recently I was talking to Canadian Hall of Famegolfer Bob Panasiuk and he started in on his favoritetopic – breathing. Even though I’ve studied this subjectat length Panasiuk gave me some perspectives that I hadnever been exposed to before.

He asked me what I do after a frustratingshot to which I replied: ‘I take a deep breathand go on.’

Panny said, ‘at’s wrong. You should neverbreath in when you aren’t in an optimummood. You should breath out. Otherwise yougive extra energy to the very thing you wantto get rid of.’

‘What if I don’t have any air in my lungsI protested?’

‘ere’s always a bit of reserve in your lungs,’Panny countered. ‘Just breathe out.’

He also made two other interesting statements. Hesaid that our breathing determines our rhythm. ‘Noticewhat your pace is and determine if it’s a pace that’s ben-eficial to your swing,’ he advised. ‘Some people actuallyhold their breath during a swing but there is a betterway to use your breath. Experiment a little.’

Finally he said that no matter how calm you are you canreach an even higher level of calm by breathing better.

Right after our conversation I played in the OntarioSenior in Windsor. It gave me the opportunity to puthis ideas to the test. With his concepts in mind I triedbreathing out when anxious versus breathing in, usingbreathing as a regulator of my rhythm and seeing justhow relaxed I could get even when I thought I was ex-tremely relaxed. My results are likely to be different thanyours but what I can tell you is that I was able to usebreathing much more effectively than if I had simplyseen breathing as the act of taking in a big breath to re-lieve tension.

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Reading Puttsby Geoff Mangum

Stroke your putts "high and slow" into the "cor-ner." End of lesson. Details to follow.

e right start line for a breaking putt is the onethat is "high enough but no higher than necessary,"and the right delivery pace is the one that rolls theball on that start line "as far as the hole, not any short,and not too quick across or far past the hole." Sowhat are these limits? ere are two, formed bystraight lines that intersect at the cup.

THE “CORNER” OF A BREAKING PUTT

FALL LINE: e "fall line" is the straight line up-hill through the cup, here viewed as an imaginaryshort wall starting at the highest point on the rim of

the hole running straight uphill. BASE LINE: e "base line" connects the ball and

the cup. e base line divides the green surface intoone high side and one low side. e high side of thebase line is the uphill side. e low side is like a cliff.Simple.

When these two lines meet at the hole, they forma "corner" and the green surface between these linesis the ONLY surface of the green that could possiblymatter for 99% of all breaking putts. Uphill puttshave a wide angle, sidehill putts have a perpendicularangle, and downhill putts have a narrow angle, like asmall slice of pie. e fall line at this hole location isalways the same; the base line changes with balls side-hill, uphill or downhill around the hole.

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First, sort out the touch by imagining the fallline as a barrier like a short wall to send the ballstraight towards with a pace that arrives nicely.Good touch will never be short of the fall line,and would roll over and past the fall line only 1-3 additional rolls, perhaps 4, but not 5 or more.

Then, the golfer considers what is “highenough” so that a straight-started roll with that

pace will not fall low across the base line before/ until reaching the hole. If the angle of the put-ter face uphill is not enough, increase the aimhigher until the line is satisfactory for the pace.Only when the line is high enough will the lurk-ing desire to add extra pace to “fix” the line or“force” the putt to stay on the high side finallyevaporate like a fog of confusion. Then line andpace are LOCKED ON TARGET, so it’s time topull the trigger.

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e one aspect every golfer searches for is con-sistency. We’ve all hit some good shots duringthe course of a round, but having the ability tohit multiple solid shots is what we are striving for.During our pre-shot routine the most importantfactor is aim. At the driving range you shouldpractice aiming. I’ve seen plenty of people layingclubs on the ground for alignment. is is a greattool to build consistency in alignment, but thisis not practicing aiming. Working on aiming issomething very rarely seen.

To do this we must pick out different targets,address the golf ball and then reach back with theclub in your hand and place it so it touches bothyour heels (not your toes because if your feet areflared it gives the perception of your body beingmore open than it really is.) From there movebehind the ball, looking down your target lineand see if your feet are parallel to where your tar-get is. Do this to multiple targets and see whatyour tendencies are.

Repeat this process and make the necessary ad-justments to aim correctly. What this is doing istraining your eyes to better align yourself. Workon this for five minutes before every trip to thepractice facility and you’ll soon find yourself aim-ing correctly.

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I spent the majority of my time this year on the prac-tice range and around the putting green at the DeutscheBank Championship watching the players practice onTuesday, Wednesday and ursday then warming upduring the event Friday through Monday.

On ursday as I walked past the putting green, I sawCharlie Hoffman, this year’s winner, practicing 4-6 footputts. at is to be expected. What struck me on thisday was Charlie being so immersed in his putting prac-tice. I used to see a lot of what Hoffman was doing yearsago but not so much anymore at venues.

Charlie had set up tees off the toe and heel of hisputter and one each to check the length of his takeaway and follow through. Watching him on therange then the putting green, I can tell you he spentas much time working on his putting as he did onhis full swing that day.

I watched as he worked on the putting green for al-most an hour. When I left, he was still at it. While I didnot realize I was watching the eventual winner, I didhave a sense I was observing one of the top 10 finishersof the event. It was his dedication to the flat stick andhis stroke that, as a teacher, I took note of.

As the tournament got underway on Friday, Ichecked back on Charlie, and he was warming up onthe range, like everyone else, under the silent andwatchful eye of his coach, Sean Callahan. When play-ers are warming up prior to the start of a tournament,generally the words from coaches to their players arewords of encouragement.

After hitting balls and a little chipping, Hoffman wentto the putting green where he practiced 4-10 foot puttswithout any putting aids. He hit a few long putts to getthe feel for the speed of the greens. However, it was timeto play the game, and he was tending to re-enforce hisfeel prior to the day’s play.

e point is to know when to work on your swingand when to simply warm up letting the swing take

shape as you loosen up and get the feel of your swingbefore you play a round of golf.

Trying to practice as you warm up generally will turna round of golf into a round of ‘golf swing’, where youare more focused on your swing and not the game.

On play day, put simply, “what you take to the rangeyou take to the course.” As you warm up, you are look-ing for the feel you have been working on. No, you can-not make that feel occur. Either your practice has paidoff or it hasn’t, and you are not going to fix the problemon play day.

To illustrate, as you go through your warm up rou-tine, you find you simply cannot seem to find that feelyou have been practicing. Or, your ball striking and feelis perfect on the range but disappears on the golf course.

I would submit to you, in either case that you are try-ing to force your swing motion, creating tension, throw-ing you out of sync, making feel nonexistent.

Trying to swing the club a particular way with nosense of feel, creates tension and your rhythm, tempoand timing go out the window. Remember. Less ismore. Lighten up, warm up and go play the game. Feelthe freedom of a balanced swing motion, relax and enjoyyour round.

Know when to pull out the training aids and whento leave them in your car. Given a little time, you mayjust wake up and find you are having more fun playinggolf because your practice/warm up routines are a bitmore in perspective.

Oh, and the picture of Vijay, his coach and caddy wasnot taken on tournament day!

Steve Riggs is a retired teaching professional of over 30years working with countless clients in the U.S. and

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It's a hot, steamy afternoon at the Tournament PlayersClub of Boston in Norton, and David Corrado is mov-ing on fast-forward, traversing his way between the prac-tice range, the pro shop, the locker room, and the pro-amscoring table.

Such is the life of the head golf professional during tour-nament week of the Deutsche Bank Championship, thesecond leg of the FedEx Cup playoff series. Corrado hasbeen here since 4:45 a.m. and he won't leave until close to9 p.m., just like every other day over a two-week stretch.

"It's 14-to-17 hour days for what we first call "advanceweek" and then followed by "tournament week"," saidCorrado, a 33-year-old Pittsburgh native. "And I don'teven sniff the hours that the (golf course) superintendentputs in. It's completely different from a typical week here,but it's a nice change of place and very exciting."

When Corrado puts together all of the elements, thereis only one goal in mind for the TPC staff – service.

"We want to make sure the Tour players are well-takencare of here – the locker room is their safe haven," saidCorrado. "e practice facility has to be organized andin good condition. When you've got five different man-ufacturers out there on the range with two different golfballs each, that's 10 different golf balls total. You betterhave the right ball type for each player.

"We also have to make sure that the pro shop and mer-chandising tent are stocked because goods fly out of hereeach day. And it's important that the spectators are enjoyingthemselves as we help direct them around the facility."

is is Corrado's second time around at TPC Boston.He was first assistant when the club opened in 2002 andstayed here three years before becoming the head pro forfour years at the TPC in Dearborn, Michigan.He is nowin his second year as head pro at TPC Boston.

"is is a different animal now with the FedEx Cup involve-ment than when I was first here," said Corrado. "Deutsche Bankhas done a great job of taking it to another level.

"Each year presents new challenges and new storylines,but this year is pretty compelling. In addition to the FedExCup standings, you've also got Ryder Cup wild-card po-sitions at stake for the U.S. team and Tiger Woods' No. 1ranking is at stake. We're lucky here this year."

(Bob DiCesare is the golf writer for e Enterprise inBrockton, MA, and he is also a member of the Interna-tional Network of Golf)


by Alice and Danny ScottCouple of Travelers

Self proclaimed to be “America’s Most Perfect Village”,Cooperstown, New York really is. Great golf and lodging,a beverage trail, museums and a shimmering lake withlots of maples in the background to color the fall, make aperfect vacation spot. Cooperstown is where the Boys ofSummer become men of destiny by being enshrined intothe National Baseball Hall of Fame. Abner Double Dayinvented the sport here in 1839 and his namesake fieldholds frequent games and concerts, with “SugarLand”performing Labor Day weekend. Sports and gift shopsabound downtown where you can find the cards yourmom threw away.

ere is an old saying, “If you are lucky enough to beon the lake, you are lucky enough”. Nicknamed Glim-merglass for a reflective shimmer, Otsego Lake forms themouth of the “Mighty Susquehanna” that empties intothe Chesapeake Bay some 444 miles to the south. Take aguided boat tour along the 9 mile shoreline or a sailinglesson. Rent a boat or swim for free. To feel really lucky,stay at the regal Otesaga Resort Hotel, located at the southend of the lake, just a walk or trolley ride to everywheredowntown. Sit on the veranda of this century old, federalstyled building with its massive white columns and watchthe boats sail by as you dine, enjoy tea or simply rock awaylife’s burdens in the row of rocking chairs. Serve as thepeanut gallery while golfers are tested on one of the mostchallenging finishing holes of the must play Leatherstock-ing Golf Course. Many of the well manicured holes atLeatherstocking have water views. On the third tee box,a horse and wagon plodded down the road to the FarmersMuseum on the left where there is always a country fair

and a blacksmith demonstrating the trade. e right sideview is that of the country club on the lake’s shore withsailing and tennis lessons in progress. Number 12’s par 3requires an accurate shot from a dramatic cliff. oughsteep, if the wind is in your face, use the posted yardagefor club selection. e Fenimore Art Museum, presentingAmerican Art, is adjacent to several holes. Number 16 isa tricky par 4 with a stream crossing the fairway, oozinginto an inlet of the lake, full of lily pads that must becleared on the next long par 3. Successfully pling the cupand set off for the longest cart bridge ride over waterwayand along the coast, building excitement for that prettyfinishing hole observed by guests. e target green on 18is lakeside on a hill with a bunker behind to guard someerrant shots from rolling into the drink.

After golf, enjoy libations on the patio or embark one Cooperstown Beverage Trail. No need to save thebest for last. Begin with the Fly Creek Cider Mill. Dis-cover everything you never thought you’d want to knowabout apples, in this pastoral setting as friendly staff tan-talize the palate with daily tastings of over 40 samples ofsauces, cheese, and fudge. e sharpest cheddar is caveaged at Howe Caverns, a few miles away and another funsite to explore. Only handpicked apples, descended fromJohnny Appleseed legend, are chosen for the cider. Pow-ered by water from the creek and pond behind the mill,that the ducks call home, the production is viewed in theCider Gallery Exhibit room. irsts are quenched by test-ing sweet or hard cider and a nice variety of fruit winesfrom across New York which is second to California inwine production.

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Proceed on the trail to Bear Pond Winery or one ofthe breweries. e region was covered in hops before ablight wiped them out, so at Brewery Ommegang, thehops are now imported to brew Belgian ales the sameway monks and farmers did over 400 years ago. An in-vitation to their backyard concert featuring 4-timeGrammy® award winner, Lyle Lovett and his LargeBand, set our trip in motion. Under a late night cloudysky, Lyle said, “I’m looking at my band and can see theirbreath. In Texas we call that winter.” A duet ensued of“Baby, it’s cold outside.” Northeasterners call it fabulousfall and whether you are a sports fan, history buff, na-ture, music or arts lover, Cooperstown has it all.


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Easton Country Club is a family owned businessand they do the little things to make you feel wel-come. For example, the scorecard includes a full colormap of each hole and yardages from tee to green. elast course I played charged $5.00 for a yardage book.

e first hole is a 448 yard from the back tee, butcan still be reached in two shots.

It has not rained for a long time, but the fairwaysare plush and the greens roll true.

e real fun starts at the 297 yard par 4 third holethat has a small pond in front of the green. It’s only190 yards to the front of the pond so you can lay upwith a middle iron, or aim left where a strip of fairwaytempts you to hit a low shot and try for an eagle.

e 175 yard par 3 is a scenic hole with a pondguarding the huge green.

e back nine starts with 348 yard par 4 with apond on the right of the fairway, and a marsh on theleft. I went with a 5 metal and only needed a 7 ironto get home in two shots

e demanding 17th hole is a 450 yard par 4 dog-leg, with a pond guarding the right side of the fair-way. e first 220 yards is all uphill but if you cancarry the corner you have a reasonable chance toreach this number one handicap hole in regulation.

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Team New England On The Tours

Billy Andrade, PGA (RI) is hanging on tohis microphone and doing well in his oncourse reporting for the Golf Channel.

Brad Faxon, PGA (RI) also still on the micfor NBC Sports and doing a good job whileusing his exemptions this year finishes the reg-ular season with $55,482. He is eligible for theChampions Tour in August of 2011.

Brett Quigley, PGA (RI) just missed theFedX Championship Series finishing at#136 and out of the race. Bret made 14cuts in 24 starts with 1 top 10 and 3 top25 finishes with a scoring average of

70.93. His earnings, to date, total $399,822. Wellbelow his 2009 earnings.

Kevin Johnson, PGA (MA) made 4 cutsin 22 starts this year finishing with $62,858,213th on the money list with a scoring av-erage of 72.39.

Fran Quinn, PGA (MA) is still recoveringfrom his back surgery. While playing onboth the PGA and Nationwide tours Franhas netted $145,626 between the two tourswhich includes the only Team New Eng-

land victory winning the Panama Claro Open.

Tim Petrovic, PGA (MA) has been one ofour standouts this year. Tim has won$910,964, with 12 cuts in 24 starts, 2 top10s and 5 top 25 finishes this year. Whilenot his best finish by far, it is both re-spectable and Tim is in 58th position, be-

fore reset, going into the FedX Championships with ascoring average of 70.71.

James Driscoll, PGA (MA)winnings of$451, 587 this year is just over half hisearnings for 2009. 11 cuts in 21 starts with1 top 10 and 2 top 25 finishes in 2010. Hisscoring average has improved every year he

has competed on the PGA TOUR making him one tokeep your eye on.

J.J. Henry, PGA (CT) is Team New Eng-land’s standout for 2010 with $1,035,688,19 cuts made in 26 starts with 1 secondplace, 2 top 10s and 5 top 25 finishes.While just short of his 2009 earnings

Henry was in 82nd position for the FedX Championshipsbefore the reset with a scoring average of 70.47

Anna Grazabian, RI and LizJenangelo, CT continue tostruggle on the LPGATOUR. An old pro’s advice?e harder you try to make

cuts in events out on tour the harder it is to focus on yourgame. Take it for what it is worth.

Dana Quigley, Champions (MA)in spite of his health issues has made 4 cutsin 4 starts earning $31,182.

Allen Doyle, Champions (RI)has made 13 cuts in 13 starts to datewith $72,910 in earnings.

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With a couple exceptions, it has been a very longyear for many of our Team New England. I wouldsubmit, in looking back, this could turn out to beone of the biggest growth years for several players.

Competitive golf, like life, offers up opportuni-ties not only to learn how to win but how to acceptand grow from setbacks and defeats. This can buildand strengthen the competitive character makingwinners of those who persevere.

The challenge for the players is simply this. Tolet this season, with its disappointments, serve tostrengthen their resolve and in the final analysis bethe chapter in their careers that catapults them totheir goals in 2011.

The PGA Tour is pretty much over for 2010 ex-cept for the FedX Championship Series and ourhopes for J.J.Henry and Tim Petrovic in the play-offs for Team New England.

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Quigley and Doyle both 62 and going strong,continue to be our diplomats and statesmen forTEAM NEW ENGLAND. Dana Quigley, the Iron-man, turned pro in 1971 and Allen in 1995.

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Trevor Murphy, Nationwide (VT)in his rookie year on the Nationwide hasmade $82,311 in earnings and is 54ndon the money list. Trevor has made 10cuts in 18 starts with 2 top 10 and 5 top25 finishes and a scoring average of 70.61Not a bad start to his career and we aresure to hear more from.

Rob Oppenheim, Nationwide (MA)in his first year with full status on the Na-tionwide, has made 9 cuts in 19 startswith 6 top 25 finishes, a scoring averageof 70.21 and is in 67th on the money listwith $61,660 to date for 2010.

Geoff Sisk, Nationwide (MA)stands at $45,778 in winnings for 2010,well below his 2009 season of almost$100,000. Geoff made 6 cuts in 17 startswith 1 3rd place finish, 1 top 10 and 2 top25 finishes. He is currently in 87th place onthe money list with a scoring average of71.0. Geoff has proven he can do it and I’mconfident he will.Justin Peters, Nationwide (MA) withpartial status on the Nationwide this year,Peters has $25,809 in earnings for 2010.He has made 7 cuts in 15 starts with ascoring average of 70.86.

Brad Adamonis, Nationwide (RI)hashad a rough year winning only $9,277on the Nationwide and $12,060 on thePGA TOUR. On the Nationwide Bradhas made 4 cut in 12 starts with and ascoring average of 70.53. is could bethe most important year of Brad’s com-petitive career.

Chelsea Curtis (MA) in her rookie season of profes-sional competition has $25, 866 and 17th spot on themoney list followed by Libby Smith, (VT), $12, 358,Julie Erekson, (MA), $10,626, Briana Vega, (MA),$10,447, Alison Walsh, (MA), $8,494 and Kim Au-gusta, (RI), $6, 434.

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THE DEUTSCHE BANK CHAMPIONSHIP

All eyes are on Tigers tee shot at the Deutsche Bank Championship, Pro Am

players Seth Waugh, Aubrey McClendon and Bill Scannell look skyward in awe.

Ryder Cup Captain Corey Pavin at The

Deutsche Bank Championship watching the

action and scouting Ryder Cups final picks.

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Peter Uihlein Wins the U. S. Amateur Championship

Jimmy Hazen Wins Providence Open

It was a 21st birthday that Peter Uihlein will never forget.e New Bedford native who now resides in Orlando captured the 104th

U.S. Amateur Championship on Sunday afternoon at Chambers Bay GolfCourse in Seattle, Washington.

Uihlein, the No. 1 ranked amateur in the world according to the Royal &Ancient, defeated Stanford's David Chung by a score of 4 and 2. It marks thefirst major championship victory for the Oklahoma State junior who – as a re-sult of his victory on Sunday – earned a berth into next year's U.S. Open andBritish Open and an invitation to the Masters.

"Yeah, it's definitely the best birthday present I've ever had in my life," saidUihlein, following his victory. "I'm looking forward to going back hometonight and seeing the boys and hopefully having a good time."

It's hard to believe that it was seven years ago when Uihlein won histhird straight Boys Division title (2001, 2002 and 2003) at the Massa-chusetts Junior Amateur Championship. Not long after that record-settingwin, the New Bedford native moved to Bradenton (FL) to attend theDavid Leadbetter Golf Academy.

Peter Uihlein right, acceptsthe Havemeyer Trophy fromUSGA president jim Hyler, left,after Uihlein beat David Chung4 and 2 in the final round of theU.S. Amateur golf tournament,Sunday, Aug. 28, 2010, atChambers Bay in UniversityPlace, Wash.

By Matt Manco

PROVIDENCE: Jimmy Hazen’s charmed roundbegan on the par three seventh hole. Coming off con-secutive birdies Hazen hit a 6i that hopped, stopped,and spun into the cup. e ace gave him a one strokelead over first round leader Jimmy Lytle.

“As soon as I hit it I knew it was good the wholeway” Hazen said, but looking up on the elevatedgreen he didn’t know he’d made the tournament’s onlyace until he saw the gallery go wild.

Hazen chipped in for birdie from off the tenth greento keep pace with the leaders, but he saved his most dra-matic save for the 18th. In the right rough needing tomake birdie to force a playoff with Jesse Larson, Hazensent his approach long and left leaving himself with a bet-ter look at the cart path than the pin. But just like holessix and ten his pitch found the bottom of the cup. Lar-son, looking on from the putting green, watched the finalgroup come in hoping his final round 65 would hold offHazen and Lytle.

Lytle had an uphill chip from 20 feet finish justshort, denying him a spot in the playoff. His -11 two-day total was good for a solo third finish.

Hazen and Larson returned to the 18th tee for asudden death playoff where both players pusheddrives right. Hazen had nearly the same shot he hitlong on the 36th hole and this time his approachcame up just short. Larson’s approach from the trees

missed left andhis chip ran fivefeet past thehole. Both play-ers had uphillputts for par toextend the tour-nament, Hazenburied his eightfooter whileLarson’s shorterputt burned thetop edge giving Hazen another New England areatournament win this season.

e win puts Hazen in the driver’s seat for the sec-ond half of the Qualifying Tournament this weekendat Crestwood Country Club. Eighteen pros are com-peting for one paid entry into this fall’s PGA TourQualifying School, Larson and Hazen will go toCrestwood with a one stroke lead on the field.

Hazen shot an opening 67 that put him in a five-way tie for second place, but in an event TournamentDirector Dave Adamonis Jr called a "shootout" it wasgoing to take another low round to take the title. Hissecond day 65 gives Hazen another mantle piece toput next to the Massachusetts Open championshiptrophy he won in June.

Bay State Native Peter Uihlein Defeats David Chung to Capture the 104th U.S. Amateur Championship at Chambers Bay Golf Course (WA)

Ryder Cup Captain Corey Pavin at The

Deutsche Bank Championship watching the

action and scouting Ryder Cups final picks.


The Golf Scene

Rhode Island Golf News

Rhode Island’s top amateurs are wrapping up the2010 season in grand style with wins across the country.Julie Vongphoumy, the Button Hole Learning Centerand LaSalle High School product won three consecu-tive AJGA titles this season, capping her run with a 14shot win at the Apawamis Junior Championship. Vong-

phoumy was awardedGolfweek Magazine’sPlayer of the Week onAugust 16th.

Paul Quigley fol-lowed up his impres-sive summer on theRIGA circuit wonthe 65 years and olderdivision of the North& South Champi-onship at Pinehurst.His 3-over 219 puthim in a playoffagainst Pinehurst na-tive Gary Strickfaden,which Quigley wonon the first playoffhole. Quigley is cur-rently leading theRIGA Senior Playerof the Year standings.

Potowomut CC’sBobby Leopold fin-ished 6-over at theU.S. Amateur Cham-pionship at ChambersBay. His second day71 moved him into atie for 59th and got

him into the match play, where he lost to Justin omasof Goshen, KY. Leopold is currently trailing StateStroke Play Champion Garrett Madeiros in his bid torepeat as RIGA Player of the Year.

With only a handful of events remaining on the com-petitive schedule Madeiros, Leopold, and Wannamoi-sett’s Charlie Blanchard are battling for this year’s POYtitle. Leopold’s repeat bid is facing two main chal-lengers. Blanchard is seeking a sixth title in ten years,while Madeiros is seeking his first win.

Paul Murphy and JimFinnerty Come From Behind toCapture the 2010 MassachusettsSenior Four-Ball Championshipby One Stroke

Trailing the first-roundleaders heading into the 380-yard, par 4 15thhole at The Orchards Golf Course, Jim Finnerty(Stockbridge GC) pulled his tee shot.

at one sequence of shots summed up what wasan incredible two-day tournament for Murphy andFinnerty as they won their first career MassachusettsSenior Four-Ball Championship this afternoon witha score of 14-under par 129.

Devin Bibeau Cruises to FirstMGA Title; Captures 2010Massachusetts Amateur PublicLinks Championship at Quash-net Valley Country Club

Mashpee, MA - While it took months of longhours on the range and more disappointment thanhe would like to remember, the hard work finallypaid off for Devin Bibeau (Highfields G&CC)when he captured the 2010 Massachusetts AmateurPublic Links Championship at Quashnet ValleyCountry Club.

Bibeau, a 20 year old rising junior at Temple Uni-versity, has spent the better part of the summertweaking his game to fit the challenges of the colle-giate golf world.

Danny Brown and GriffinBrown Make It a Two Peat; Ves-per Country Club Duo CapturesJunior Division of 2010 MGAFather & Son Championship

Wilbraham, MA – One year ago the team ofDanny Brown (Vesper CC) and Griffin Brown (Ves-per CC) cruised to their first victory at the Massa-chusetts Father & Son Championship.

Fast forward one year and the dynamic father andson duo are winners yet again. is time around ittook them two playoff holes to capture the juniordivision title at the Country Club of Wilbraham.

Massachusetts Golf Association News


Connecticut Golf Newsby Tim Gavrich

Connecticut well representedin early round of U.S. Am

NEPGA News

Important late-summer events have brought out thebest in some golfers with ties to the Nutmeg State, andhave left others searching for success.

Seven Connecticut amateur golfers qualified for theU.S. Amateur, held this year at Chambers Bay GolfCourse in University Place, Washington: Tommy Mc-Donagh (Norwalk), John Murphy (Wilton), DavidJones (Norwich), Jeff Hedden (Old Lyme), CameronWilson (Rowayton), Tom McCarthy (Tolland), andWill Smith (Avon). Of the seven, only McDonaghadvanced to match play, where he was defeated in theRound of 64 by 2009 U.S. Amateur Public Linkschampion Brad Benjamin.

Despite this early exit by the Connecticut contingentat Chambers Bay, there are many bright young stars inthe Nutmeg State. Kevin Giancola claimed his thirdConnecticut PGA Championship in wire-to-wire fashionby tallying a three-round total of seven-under par atLyman Orchards Golf Club’s Robert Trent Jones, Jr.course. Giancola won by five shots over Frank Leja andclaimed a top prize of $5,000.

Meanwhile, the 2010 FedEx Cup’s “regular season” haswrapped up, signaling the beginning of the playoffs, withthree state-affiliated players inside the top 125. Universityof Hartford alum Jerry Kelly missed the cut in e Bar-clays and missed out on the rest of the playoff events, butfellow Hawk Tim Petrovic was still alive, as was Fairfieldnative J.J. Henry. At press time, friends and family werecheering them on at the Deutsch Bank Championship.

With the autumn comes the end of the competitiveseason in Connecticut, but many of the state’s best ama-teur players, including those who played in the U.S. Am-ateur, will be heading off to play for colleges throughoutthe country in the next few weeks.

Senior Open CTFarmington, CT, resident and veteran amateur Dave

Szewczul captured the 28th Connecticut Senior Openon July 13th, winning the fifth playoff hole to beat DonRobertson of Irving, TX. Both players carded two roundsof even-par 71 at Groton’s Shennecossett Golf Course,one of the best-regarded public courses in the state. Szew-czul, the first amateur Senior Open champ in six years,won the playoff with a bogey after Robertson drove intodeep rough. Six other Connecticut-based players finishedin the top 10.

Spence Wins NEPGA Championship at

The Woodlands GC

Falmouth, ME - Scott Spence, PGA did his best tobattle the elements, and his best came on some of thehardest holes in some very difficult conditions.

Playing the majority of his second round on Wednes-day in a record setting rainstorm, Spence made back toback birdies on 7 & 8, two of the most difficult holes onthe course.

When play resumed on ursday, Spence, the Directorof Instruction at Carnegie Abbey Club in RhodeIsland, had only a few holes to play. Making all pars onthe way in was enough to post a 69 (3-under), makinghim 3-under for the tournament.

From there, it was a waiting game. Most of his closestcompetitors were already in the house, with Jeff Martin,PGA (Point Judith CC) closest at 1-under par. Troy Pare,PGA (Wannamoisett CC), fresh off his appearance at thePGA Championship in Wisconsin, had a later tee timeand the best chance to catch Spence. Ultimately, Parewas unable to manage better than 74 at the tree-linedFazio layout.

It was the second Section major of the year for Spence,who won the NEPGA Senior Championship at OkemoValley GC at the beginning of August. Spence is the firstprofessional in the history of the Section to hold both ti-tles simultaneously.

e event also serves as a qualifier for the PGA Profes-sional National Championship, with 11 players securingspots at Hershey CC in June of 2011.


He has been slammed for defending and criticizingAfrican American sports personalities. He has beenchastised for being too outspoken and too reticent.Television journalist Bryant Gumbel, spent 15 years(1982-97) as the cohost of NBC’s “Today” show, buthis today centers around sports. Since 1995, he hasbeen the host of HBO’s “Real Sports with BryantGumbel.” e Emmy-winning machine continuesto set the pace in intelligent and enlightening sportstalk and features.

e 61 year-old Gumbel is an unabashed lover ofgolf. Following his treatment for lung cancer in 2009,he publicly hoped that doctors would give him “thegreen light” to return to the links. Since bursting ontothe national scene in 1975, Gumbel has been a light-ning rod, yet remains an intensely private man, eschew-ing personal interviews and the showbiz spotlight.

Much of the criticism that Gumbel has engenderedis due to his utter fearlessness. In August of 2006, Gum-bel, directing his comments to new NFL Commis-sioner Roger Goodell, offered these stinging wordsabout then-NFL Players Union president Gene Up-shaw, who passed away in 2008.

“Before he cleans out his office, have Paul Tagliabueshow you where he keeps Gene Upshaw's leash. Bymaking the docile head of the players union his per-sonal pet, your predecessor has kept the peace withoutgiving players the kind of guarantees other pros take forgranted. Try to make sure no one competent ever re-places Upshaw on your watch.”

Gumbel stands by his words. “I was not out to get(Upshaw). ere was no sabotage here. You would havebeen shocked at the number of calls of support I gotfrom players. ey thanked me. e problems of theNFL Players’ Association were hidden. Now, they areon the front burner.”

Gumbel’s conservative look and professorial na-ture belie the racial activist within. He has beenhonored by the United Negro College Fund, theCongress of Racial Equality, the NAACP and theAfrican-American Institute.

“Race comes up a lot and money exacerbates things,”

says Gumbel, who was born in New Orleans, raised inChicago and graduated from Bates College in Lewiston,ME. “People see a black athlete making a lot of moneyand say, ‘I’m making $25.00 an hour at the plant. Idon’t want to hear you bitch.’ e divide has grown.”

Gumbel further expounds on the fickle nature ofsports media. “We complain about guys giving cookiecutter answers to questions, and then there is outragewhen someone speaks his mind. Vijay Singh took a lotof heat when (in 2003) he said that Annika Sorenstamshould have to qualify to play in men’s competitions. Aguy like Derek Jeter says nothing, so we’ll never knowhow he feels.”

While Gumbel recognizes that PGA superstar TigerWoods is available to the media, he wishes that the sub-stance of this availability would be a bit more substan-tial. “I do find it sad that in an era where athletes areour most recognizable and admired role models, wecome upon a presidential election and we have no ideawhom they support.”

Gumbel stands, all too often alone, as an example ofdefiant, yet refined, passion. He angers a lot of peopleand is conversely riled by the unaware.

He states, “Ignorance in action gets me angry.Talk radio is the worst thing to happen to sports. Iget aggravated at people who use horrible grammarand terrible English. They seem proud of not know-ing what a word means. There is an inherent igno-rance in their approach. It’s all about being louderthan the next guy. I was raised by a conservative dad(the late Richard Gumbel). He always said that theloudest guy is the weakest guy.”

Fatherly influence is an obvious key in shapingGumbel. He explains, “People who know me knowthat I rarely talk about what I do. I was raised thatway. My dad was a judge. He was smarter that I amand a better person than I am. I’m just a guy on TV.I have friends who enjoy the limelight, but I’d ratherplay golf every day.”

Syndicated columnist John Molori writes for numerous publications and websites.

Email John at [email protected].

Molori Unpluggedby John Molori

Golf lover Gumbel blazes unique trail


From the Corner Office

Fall provides the perfect respite for course conditionsand allows the Superintendents to undue the damagethat has occurred during the oppressive summer.

With temperatures hovering between an average of60 to 70 degrees and cooler nights, these conditionsprovide ideal growing conditions for “Bent grass”

With the cooler temperatures and better playing con-ditions you historically also have less play occurring onthe course. Teachers and junior golfers are back toschool and your recreational golfer is putting his/herclubs in the closet as we speak. For the rest of us whokeep their clubs in the trunk year round it is time tokick the round count into overdrive.

Some things to keep in mind when you are playing Fall Golf:

All Courses do a “Core Aeration and Sand top dress-ing.” When you call your local course to book a tee timekindly ask if they have or are in the process of aeratingthe greens and you can make the decision as to whetherto play ahead of time.

Dress for Success: I always suggest layering – as theday goes on and the temperature increases you can sim-ply strip away the layers. (Sounds a little dirty but highlyeffective)

Off season: While many of the courses will be in fulloperation throughout September and much of Octoberall services may not be available. You may not be ableto go to the grill after the round and get your usual asyou might in July or warm up with a bucket of ballsprior to your round. When in doubt call the courseand ask!

e fall is and will always be my favorite time of yearto play with ideal course conditions and an even betterpace of play.What could be better than teeing it up earlyon a Sunday and then watching the NFL in the club-house in the afternoon with the boys? No Tricks whenit comes to fall golf but plenty of treats and with thefall foliage in the Northeast ready to pop grab yoursticks and hit the links.

By Robb MartinSwansea Country Club

“Fall Golf – It's Not a Trick just a Treat”

Five Local Seniors Are on the Move2010 U.S. Senior Amateur Qualifying

e International Golf Club (Bolton, MA) - Par 72 (36-36)

In is Photo: Jack Kearney

T1) Jack Kearney (Peachtree City, GA) 32-37--69�T1) David Szewczul (Farmington, CT) 36-33--69�3) Paul Couture (Grafton, MA) 35-37--72�4) Raymond Camarco (Newington, CT) 36-37--73�5) Gary Palmer (Taunton, MA) 37-37—74

e 2010 U.S. Senior Amateur Championship will beheld on October 2-7 at Lake Nona Golf & CountryClub in Orlando, Florida.

Juniors Again CaptureDeutsche Bank Pro AmAs it was in 2009, it is again in 2010, the junior teamsponsored by State Street at e Deutsche Bank ProAm walked away with the victory. PGA Tour playerAnthony Kim lead the team of Will Dickson, 11,Providence, R.I., Ben Balter, 15, Wayland, Mass.,Juliet Vongphoumy, 17, of Providence, and MeganKhang, Rockland, Mass.

Top: Anthony Kim

Bottom Left: Juliet Vongphoumy

Bottom Right: Megan Khang


Golf: Green Gold in Ireland

One of the best ways to visit Ireland's “emerald isle” isby car. It’s easy once you get the hang of driving on theleft side and negotiating the round-abouts. Since thecountry is just 300 miles long and 150 miles wide, thecities and countryside of Ireland are extremely accessible.You can spend the morning teeing up at one of the coun-try's great links courses and still have time to explore his-toric treasures like the sprawling Trim Castle or take in"Riverdance" in Dublin.

Our self-drive tour took us in and around Dublin fromCastle Killeen to the K Club, south to the European Clubthen back up north to Portmarnock close to the airport.

e first three days were spent getting to know CastleKilleen, a Jack Nicklaus Signature Course on the spectac-ular grounds of an 800 year old castle. e castle is cur-rently being converted to a five star luxury hotel openingnext year in time for the 21st Solheim Cup. I was therefor a preview of the course and the Ladies Irish Openwhere I played a knee-knocking round in the Pro Amwith Laura Davies who lived up to her reputation for hit-ting the ball a ton.

An interesting combo of links meets parkland KilleenCastle features thick grasses, slick subtle greens and toughbunkers, so tough, I watched Lisa Maguire, one of Ire-land's 15 year old wonder pros, take two to get out of adeep bunker on the first day of the Open.

e imposing grey castle with its turrets and crenellatedtowers is hardly ever out of sight and water comes intoplay on several holes including the par 3 hole #16 whereyou are hitting over a pond all the way.www.castlekilleen.com

Next year you can stay at the Castle or you can checkinto a more reasonable place like the Clarion Hotel inDublin. For luxury –in-city digs, the historic ShelbourneDublin Hotel is the place to be. Dine in the Saddle RoomRestaurant then head to Mulligans Pub on Poolbeg Streetfor a night cap. (www.mulliganspubandrestaurant.com)

Driving south to e Kildare Hotel & Country Club— the K Club — where the 2006 Ryder Cup took place,the grand hotel sits in the middle of everything while thePalmer Course where the Ryder Club took place and theadjacent Smurfit Course are just out the door.

Well manicured and lush with lots of water, rollinglandscape, trees and flowers,, this pair of courses is morelike what we expect from a high-end American track.Green fees are likewise high: for walk-ons about $380(Palmer) and $240 (Smurfit). Stay in the K Club andyou'll pay half that. www.kclub.ie

For a change of pace, head southeast to the coast andBrittas Bay to e European Club. All the balls I had stillrolling around in my bag after playing two relatively man-icured tracks, found new homes in the grasses, dunes, andsand at this wild and wonderful links track.

e realized dream of a true Irish character, collector ofgolf books, publisher, golf writer, architect for 36 coursesand author, Pat Ruddy, e European Club is highlymemorable. It has two extra par 3 holes for starters, #7Aand #12A. Or as Ruddy put it with a gleam in his eye, "Ilove golf. Why not?"

Hole number 12 runs 125 yards from front to back;there are 101 really testy bunkers, many shored up withrail ties. But what can you expect from a guy who says,"Bunkers are hazards. ey are not meant to be pleasurebeaches." And you gotta know, a man who says, "Youdon't add yardage, you add fear," is bound to have plentyof surprises up his sleeve.

is is a friendly place and a hands-on family operationwith his daughter, Sidon, there to greet you and organizethings. (www.theeuropeanclub.com)

Stay nearby at the 92-room Arklow Bay Spa Hotel forunder $100 per night where you get a pool, fitness centerand really comfortable rooms (www.arklowbay.com) orfor a full service luxury option with an elegant spa and36 holes of golf, try the Ritz-Carlton Powerscourt farther

by Katharine Dyson


north towards Dublin. (www.ritzcarlton.com) Last stop: Portmarnock. e fact that the Dublin

Supreme Court recently sided with the gentlemen whowant to bar women from becoming full time membersof their prestigious Portmarnack Golf Club, didn't botherme a whit. We experienced good service when we wentup to the dining room for a quick lunch, honored the rulenot to change shoes in the parking lot, and set off withour pull carts across the grassy, sandy dunes of the historiclinks laid out in 1894.

Site of many prestigious tournaments including theIrish Amateur Open, it's pure links at its best. As HarryBradshaw, the Club's well known pro (1950-1990) said," At Portmarnock good shots get good results; bad shotsnever get lucky." Depending on how you're playing thatday, you're going to love it … or vow to take up skittles.

Another option, e Links Portmarnock designed byBernard Langer, can be seen from many of the rooms ofthe comfortable Portmarnock Hotel.www.portmarnock.com

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Barrie Bruce Golf SchoolsBillerica, MA 978.670.5396www.barriebrucegolfschools.com

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DW FieldsBrockton 866.515.0203www.2doggolf.com

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{SP} Crosswinds Golf ClubPlymouth 508.830.1199www.golfcrosswinds.com

Country Club of BillericaBillerica 978.667.9121www.countryclubofbillerica.com

{SP} The Glen Country ClubMillis 508.376.2978www.theglencc.com

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{p} Poquoy Brook Golf ClubLakeville, MA 508.947.5261

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Shaker Farms Country ClubWestfield, MA 413-568-4087www.shakerfarmscc.com

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(PR) Falmouth Country ClubFalmouth 207.878.2864www.harrisgolfonline.com

(SP) Freeport Country ClubFreeport 207.865.0711www.harrisgolfonline.com

The Ledges Golf ClubYork, 207.351.3000www.ledgesgolf.com

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(SP) Penobscot Valley Country ClubOrono 207.866.2423www.harrisgolfonline.com

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NEW HAMPSHIRE GOLF COURSES

(P) Androscoggin Valley Country ClubGorham 603.466.9468www.avccgolf.com

{P} Brookstone ParkDerry 603.894.7336 www.brookstone-park.com

(P) Hale's Location Golf CourseHales Location 603.356.2140www.whitemountainhotel.com

(P) Indian Mound Golf ClubCenter Ossipee 603.539.7733www.indianmoundgc.com

(P) Mountain View Grand Resort and Spa Golf CourseWhitefield 603.837.2100www.mountainviewgrand.com

(P) North Conway Country ClubNorth Conway Village 603.356.5244www.northconwaycountryclub.com

(P) Province Lake GolfParsonsfield 800.325.4434www.provincelakegolf.com

(P) Waumbek Country ClubJefferson 603.586.7777www.playgolfne.com/wb/


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{p} Windmill Hill Golf ClubWarren, RI 401.245.1463

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Falmouth Inn – Cape Cod Falmouth, MA 508-540-2500

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(P) Wentworth Golf ClubJackson 800.254.0972www.wentworthgolf.com

CONNECTICUT GOLF COURSES

(SP) Connecticut National Golf Club Putnam860.928.7748www.ctnationalgolf.com

GOLF RESORTS

Bethel Inn ResortBethel, ME 207.824.2175www.bethelinn.com

The Balsams Grand ResortDixville Notch, NH 800.255.0600www.thebalsams.com

Clarion Inn, Cape CodS. Yarmouth, MA 800.527.0359 www.clarioncapecod.com

Doral Resort & SpaMiami, FL 800.71DORALwww.doralresort.com

Greater Atlantic City Golf Assoc.Atlantic City, NJ 800.GOLF.222www.acgolfvacations.com

The Heritage House HotelCape Cod, MA 800.242.7829www.stayandplaycapecod.com

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YES. Admit it, golf nation. Do your ears perk upwhen Jim Nantz tells you how many FedExCup pointsErnie Els stands to win if he finishes in the top-10 atthe Duetsche Bank Championship? Are your eyes gluedto the screen when they show the standings? If one golffan in 10,000 said yes, I’d be surprised!

In fact, I would wager a C-note that the averagegolf fan, even one who flips on the Golf Channel a cou-ple times a week, is clueless when it come to knowinganything about the FedExCup? What is it? How arepoints counted? Is it really a playoff? Who won the firstFedExCup? Is there a $10 million dollar bonus?

During the summer of 2006, when the PGA Tourannounced that the FedExCup is important and willinject a season-ending playoff system to the Septemberand October golf calendar, the confusion started, andcontinues today. First, let’s try to define the expensive,failed experiment known as the FedExCup. It is fourtournaments, 125 players and one goal – to crown thePGA Tour’s latest filthy, rich champion, since the win-ner receives a $10 million bonus. Now entering itsfourth boring year, players earn a spot by virtue of beingone of the top 125 players on the regular season’sFedExCup points list, which mysterious formulachanges every year, so much that even the players don’tknow how to keep track of points.

If there is one skill that PGA Tour CommissionerTim Finchem has been good at since he took over in1994 that is convincing corporate America to investover $250 million in PGA Tour purses. In this case, be-hemoth Federal Express, the world’s #1 express trans-portation provider, delivering about 3.5 millionpackages daily to more than 220 countries, is the sucker.Ranked # 60 on the Fortune 500 with over $35 billionin annual revenue, Federal Express shells out $35 mil-lion to self-promote an irrelevant, silly cup.

Golf does not need another cup. There are toomany already with the Ryder Cup, Presidents Cup,Solheim Cup, Tavistock Cup and others. FederalExpress does some dumb things like investing heav-ily in NASCAR, a total losers sport, and othermajor professional sports, but that will end soon.In July 2006, when the PGA Tour & FedEx an-

nounced the $200-million-plus deal, the stock wastrading at a brisk $110 share. In April 2009, thestock fell to a shocking $55 share. Can you spell r-e-c-e-s-s-i-o-n? Stockholders want answers, notfound promoting a phony cup. Think FedEx wantsout of this scam that has been a bust with the pub-lic? It’s not a real playoff format despite the PGATour calling it the “playoffs”, the point system iscomplicated and some events are opposite the startof the NFL season, which is largest, most devotedreligion in North America.

Not that those of us who grind over a $5 Nassau re-ally care, but proof that the FedExCup has been disas-trous from the beginning is overwhelming. TigerWoods won the inaugural 2007 event and expected a$10 million bonus. What he actually got was a $10 mil-lion reward that was deferred to his PGA Tour retire-ment account and he didn’t even play in all four“playoff” events. e titanium–toting Tour millionairesgrumbled about the deferred compensation and gotFinchem to shake down FedEx, which now pays outthe whole $10 mil. When Vijay Singh won in 2008, hewon the Cup before teeing off in the final tournament.How does that happen in a legitimate playoff? All hehad to do was play 72 holes and sign his card correctlyin the elite final field of 40 to win.

e FedExCup is bogus! With four majors, threeWorld Golf Championship events, the Players Cham-pionship and the Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup in anygiven season, it is hard to know where exactly theFedExCup fits.

e PGA Tour proclaims that “together anythingis possible” and it is as long as corporate America andcompanies like Federal Express is paying their bills.When the PGA Tour announces its 2011 schedule in afew weeks, look for smaller purses and fewer tourna-ments. e PGA Tour slogan should be changed from“ese Guys are Good” to “ese Guys are Rich.”Some obscenely rich, should they win the FedExCup!

(Tom Gorman, a member of the Golf Writers Association of America, International Network of

Golf and Golf Travel Writers of America, is a Boston-based freelance golf writer.)

q. What’s your choice? Is the FedExCup a Bust?

by Tom Gorman


NO. e only things wrong with the FedEx Cup seriesis the name and the fact that nobody, players included,seem to understand the system. e first problem will prob-ably remain in some kind of form because there needs to be amajor sponsor to generate the kind of capitol necessary to at-tract the world’s top players at a time when the majority aredealing with golfing overload.

e second is being adjusted from year to year and ifthe viewing public really cares enough they can figure itout. is year things are the same as last.

e important thing is to offer golf fans some late sea-son play that attracts the world’s best players and pro-vides us with the kind of top quality play that heretoforewas missing.

Certainly the FedEx Cup cannot compete with the Na-tional Football League or major league baseball’s pennantraces. Anyone who even tries to argue that is an imbecileand should immediately be institutionalized.

Locally we are a little bit biased toward the success ofthe FedEx Cup because we have one of the tournaments,the Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC Boston.

It’s a tournament that has attracted the best players, in-cluding Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, who ordinarilywould have had nothing to do with a tournament playedso late in the season.

e problem with the FedEx series, as it now stands, isthat it whittles down the field each week. On the surfacethat is what is supposed to make it so appealing. Like inany other competition it’s all about the survival of the fittest.

Except in golf fans have their favorites and if those play-ers are not in the field many are not going to either attendthe tournament or watch it on television.

at’s the fine line and nobody seems to know whereto draw it.

I know many folks from Rhode Island bought ticketsto the Deutsche Bank to see the locals participate; namelyBrad Faxon, Billy Andrade, Brett Quigley and PatrickSheehan.

But now Faxon and Andrade are mainly television com-mentators and Sheehan is on the Nationwide Tour andhas not earned the points necessary to get into this field(there are no sponsor’s exemptions) and as of the conclu-sion of the PGA Championship Quigley was in 71st place,which could very well mean that he won’t be eligible to

play here over Labor Day weekend.ere are those have been critical of the series since its

inception in 2006, but we had to remember that this isonly the fifth year for the FedEx and officials finally seemto think they have gotten it right because this is the firstyear that the points system has not been altered.

Remember it takes time for something to become spe-cial. Major championships are always going to be the mostprestigious of golf tournaments and it has nothing to dowith money, but they are only valued because they havestood the test of time and have been revered by both theplayers and the public.

e Masters was nothing more than a golf tournamentfor its first few years. ese days the Ryder Cup is consid-ered one of the world’s biggest sporting events, but therewas a time, and not all that long ago, where nobody (play-ers included) gave two hoots about the matches.

Many of the top pros who qualified for either the USAor European teams (for many years it was just Great Britainand Ireland) refused to play.

Now players place making their respective Ryder Cupteams second only to winning a major title.

It’s difficult seeing the FedEx series ever getting to thepoint where people get all worked up over it, but as theyears go on the winner may be regarded in a much differ-ent light than he is now, if he’s even regarded at all.

After all, outside of Tiger, who can name anyone elsewho has won the FedEx Cup and until somebody actuallykisses the darned thing after winning it, can it really beconsidered prestigious.

We do need to have a major sponsor, but as long asthere’s a corporate name attached to the title and the tro-phy, it can never be recognized as a big-time addition toany golfer’s resume, no matter who huge the checkis.Money buys just about everything you can imagine, butit can’t buy immortality. Major championships do.

I like the FedEx series, to a point. I’m not willing to con-demn it because it’s still in its infancy, but I’d like to see itcontinue to evolve, to the point where it means more tothe players than a few extra digits in their bank accounts.

(Tim Geary is a Rhode Island-based freelance writer, who hascovered all the previous Deutsche Bank Championships, likes

the FedEx Cup, but would rather watch the Ryder Cup).

q. What’s your choice? Is the FedExCup a Bust?

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