A mid round birdie barrage and a textbook Sunday back nine powered world number one golfer Scottie Scheffler to his second Masters Championship in three years. His sparkling final round 68 featured seven birdies, including three consecutive at holes eight through 10, a tricky if not treacherous stretch of the golf course. Scheffler finished at 11-under, four shots...
It was 1977, and before their famous “Duel in the Sun” at Turnberry for the Open Championship, Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus had another duel for the ages at the Masters. Watson had been in contention the entire way, tied for the lead after both the second and third rounds, and was in the final pairing on Sunday. Jack opened poorly, snarling acidly that, “My putter...
JAY PEAK RALLIES BACK FROM FORMER OWNER’S EB-5 PONZI SCHEME SCANDAL You can’t discuss the history of Jay Peak without a timely, candid, open assessment of the Ponzi scheme scandal in which Jay Peak was embroiled from 2016 when the SEC seized Jay Peak from its owners and put it under receivership of one Michael Goldberg until 2023 when Goldberg permitted Jay Peak to...
CALLING ALL CLUBS OF THE NJSSC! ON JUNE 8, 2024 THE G.E. SKI CLUB OF UTICA CHALLENGES YOUR CLUB TO A GOLF MATCH! THE G.E. SKI CLUB CUP! GREEN LAKES G.C., FAYETTEVILLE, NY A ROBERT TRENT JONES, SR. CLASSIC! TEAM BBQ CONTEST ON THE LAKESIDE AFTER THE GOLF TOURNAMENT! COST: $52/PER PLAYER, 2PM SHOTGUN START FORMAT: MEDAL PLAY, BEST 10 SCORES FROM EACH TEAM COUNT...
In honor of my gal pal’s birthday, here’s her winning the Women’s U.S. Open of Mountain Boarding in 2000. Happy birthday, beautiful! Welcome to the Honor Roll!
[ Editor’s Note: Reprinted with permission of Golf News Net and revised for 2024 publication] The Second Legend of Sleepy Hollow —by Washington Flemma, Special to Golf News Net and Found among the papers of Mr. Ryan Deidricht Knickerbocker— SLEEPY HOLLOW, NY – Nestled in the bosom of a spacious cove on the eastern shore of the Hudson at an expanse of the river...
Major announcement from Indy Pass: INDY PASS WILL END SALES ON MONDAY, MARCH 18 NO GUARANTEE OF FALL SALES Adult Base Pass $349 Kids $199To stay true to the independent, less-crowded nature of member mountains, Indy Pass will halt pass sales starting at midnight on March 18. GRANBY, COLORADO—Indy Pass announced today that pass sales for the 2024/25 season will end...
Is Indy Pass a mega-pass? It’s been a legitimate question for the last year, but now with Indy announcing they have surpassed 200 venues as partners on various levels, the question is a resounding yes. Returning passholders could renew for as little as $279. From the press release: INDY SIGNS 11 NEW PARTNERS – NOW ON SALE TO THE PUBLIC ON A FIRST-COME...
Mighty and glorious Shinnecock Hills, host of five previous U.S. Opens will host both the United States men’s and women’s U.s. Opens in consecutive weeks, as they did at Pinehurst in 2014 when Germany’s Martin Kaymer and United states phenom Michelle Wie won in back-to-back weeks. From the USGA: “LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (March 2, 2024) – The...
INDY ANNOUNCES 200 RESORT GUARANTEE FOR 2024/25 – NO PRICE INCREASE FOR RETURNING PASSHOLDERS Indy Passes go on sale March 1 for all current passholders, all past passholders, and all waitlisted individuals. On Sale to the General Public March 8, while supplies last. Adult Pass Just $279 GRANBY, COLORADO – Indy Pass announced today that prices for...
PART 1 OF THIS STORY IS HERE. PLEASE READ IT SO YOU DON’T WALK INTO MACBETH AT THE BEGINNING OF A CT IV🙂 1962 – GUNSTOCK ARRIVES 1962 saw the next great step for the mountain: renaming and modernization. A new $250,000 Mueller double chair finally reached the summit of Gunstock Mountain, a lift that became the backbone of the resort and a seed from which...
***FROM THE SATELLITE OFFICE IN HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT*** While we wait for some interview subjects to get back to us, enjoy this amazingly fun musical interlude. Back in the day, the Hartford Whalers sailed the Adams Division seas of the NHL in their green and blue uniforms. The team never won a Stanley Cup, nor played in the Finals, but they were renowned and...
McCALL, ID – So shoot me, I never learned what a shot-ski was until long after college. “You don’t spend enough time in ski town bars,” my skiing wingman intoned, chuckling, and he’s right. That’s because I didn’t spend much time in ski towns period. As a kid it was condos at Sugarbush, my cousin’s house (and big, BIG jacuzzi) at Whiteface, or my college pal’s...
[Author’s Note: Massachusetts’ Tedesco Country Club, a course designed and redesigned by many hands, including Wayne Stiles, Jon Van Kleek, and Donald Ross, and most recently renovated by Ron Forse, is named after one of the most famous shipwrecks in New England, the cargo bark Tedesco, which sank in a blizzard offshore over 160 years ago. To stretch my legs as a bit...
***STOP THE PRESSES!*** Saveur the Journey, perhaps the country’s premiere skiing/snowboarding and culinary tour operator has just announced openings for their imminent French Alps tour at reduced prices. Saveur the Journey specializes in bucket list trips for skiers, snowboarders, fisherfolk, and other outdoorsy types who also are foodies in the biggest way...