Mid-Hudson golfers were shut out of U.S. Open local qualifying at two sites Monday. But, one golfer is still alive in a playoff at Willow Ridge, which will resume Tuesday morning. And, that golfer just happened to play Tiger Woods in his last match as an amateur. Steve Scott, a Highland Mills resident, was defeated [...]
Delaware Valley (Pa.) senior Cody Cox shot a 3-over-par 73 and tied for 12th at U.S. Open local qualifying at Morris County Golf Club in Morristown, N.J. Cox, who carded two birdies and five bogeys, missed advancing to section qualifying by two strokes. He bogeyed two of his last four holes. Andre Bolukbas (9-over 80) [...]
Delaware Valley (Pa.) senior Cody Cox will have to wait a day to move one step closer to the U.S. Open. Local qualifying at Morris County Golf Club in Morristown, N.J. was pushed back to Thursday due to rain. Cox, who will play for Penn State in the fall, is the lone local golfer playing [...]
John DeForest of Rondout Golf Club won two matches to advance to the quarterfinals of the MasterCard Met PGA Senior Match Play Championship Monday at Round Hill Club in Greenwich, Conn. DeForest defeated Kammy Maxfeldt of Birchwood 3-and-2 in the first round and cruised to 5-and-4 victory over Bob Minicozzi of Powelton Club in the [...]
Local tournaments in Orange, Ulster and Sullivan counties May 28-29: POLO Golf Met PGA Head Pro Championship, Tuxedo Club, Tuxedo Park June 6: Metropolitan Golf Association Public Links qualifier, Stony Ford GC, Hamptonburg June 13: Westchester Golf Association Open qualifying, Powelton Club, Newburgh June 25: Met Junior qualifier, Rondout GC, Accord July 18: New York [...]
Johnson Wagner is in contention for his first PGA Tour win since the 2012 Sony Open. Wagner, a 1998 James I. O’Neill graduate, is tied for sixth place (4-under 138) and just two shots off the lead after the second round of the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head, S.C. Charley [...]
Johnson Wagner, a 1998 James I. O’Neill graduate, fired a 2-under-par 70 second round at the PGA Tour Texas Valero Open. Wagner, who eagled the par-5, fifth hole, is tied for 48th (even-par 144), eight strokes behind leader Billy Horschel. Wagner finished 34th on the tour’s money list last year. But, Wagner has struggled in [...]
Some late-season snow hasn’t delayed a few golf courses from opening on time. Stony Ford Golf Course in Hamptonburgh and Hickory Hill Golf Course, both Orange County public courses, are expected to open on Thursday, April 4. Scenic Farms Golf Course in Pine Island had a sign up for April 1st opening. Trying to compile [...]
John Stoltz was feeling right at home, playing a practice round at Trump International Golf Club in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico. Stoltz, a 2002 Minisink Valley graduate, walked the greens before his PGA Tour debut with Justin Hicks. Stoltz and Hicks played on the Gateway Tour in 2008 and 2009. Hicks is back on the [...]
Chris DeForest fired a 3-under 68 and is tied for 8th heading into the fourth and final round of the PGA Tour qualifying school’s second stage at Plantation (Fla.) Preserve Golf Course. DeForest, a 2007 Rondout Valley graduate, who had five birdies, is 9-under (204) through three rounds. The top 19 plus ties advance to [...]
