My teaching career as an Assistant Golf Professional at La Paloma Country Club in Tucson is still very much in its infancy, but one of the most common questions I’ve received in my short time there is “How do you read greens?” Great question! At the Golf Academy, we learned that when it comes to …
Congratulations to Billy Hurley III on his 1st PGA Tour win! The Naval Academy grad made a 27-footer for birdie on the Par 5 16th hole to seal the victory at the Quicken Loans National ten months after losing his father to a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
A nun walked into the Mother Superior’s office and plopped down into a chair. She let out a sigh, heavy with frustration. “What troubles you, Sister Theadore Linda?” asked the Mother Superior. “I thought this was the day you spent with your family.” “It was,” sighed the Sister. “And I went to play golf with my …
William Francis “Billy” Bell was a very busy man back in the late 1950s and early 60s. After having a hand in designing what would become America’s two most popular public golf facilities, San Diego’s Torrey Pines in 1957 and Tucson’s Randolph Golf Complex in 1961, Bell ventured up to Phoenix and started working on Papago Golf Course. …
I’ve said before that the process of becoming a PGA member is pretty confusing. Ask anyone in the “know” how to go about it, and you won’t get the same answer twice. Since I’m about to embark on the 11-step process of earning my PGA Certification, I figured I would write a little bit about each step (including costs). …