From the USGA: A total of 114 local qualifiers will be conducted in 44 states and Canada for the 117th U.S. Open Championship, which will be contested June 15-18 at Erin Hills in Erin, Wis. The 18-hole qualifiers are scheduled to take place from May 2-18. Those players who advance out of local qualifying will compete in sectional qualifying, which will be conducted...
Big thanks to Fred Atvater and the folks at NWO Golf for reprinting my Golf Course Trades Article about the resurrection of Crestwood Golf Club. Like GCT, they too did a terrific job of telling this marvelous story, one which the whole golf world should be proud of. Fred’s a buddy from Back 9 Network, and Golf News Network, so look for him on the Jay’s...
We had a terrific time as always talking golf design, California dreamin’ the Tour, ad more with Robert Trent Jones, Jr., preeminent golf course architect on the Jay’s Plays show, on the Golf News Net Radio Network. Bobby’s always globe-trotting, so this time we visit his new courses in Hungary, Italy, North Dakota, and more. We’ll have our...
Golf Course Trades did a wonderful job on my Cal Club article. (You can read it here on-line or pick it up in print.) Cal Club is one of those golfing wonders of the world you have to savor at least once in your life. With the shining city on a hill in every picture window green, it’s as magical and transportive as any Shangri-La. Bravissima, Kyle Phillips...
Interesting…despite a mezza-mezza finish season (comparatively) Jordan is still top seed in Vegas betting, along with perennial fave RoRy McIlroy. The biggest joke is, of course, Tiger Woods at 22-1. That has his lsted above Henrik Stenson, Justin Rose, Phil Mickelson, Rickie Fowler, and Patrick Reed to name a few. Again – the line is not where Vegas...
So Ernesto the Prediction Iguana and his band of merry animal handicapping friends finished the season with exactly a 60% winning percentage – 24-16-3 in teasers, (69-23-3 overall). With his win in the Super Bowl parley, the Patriots and the OVER, Ernesto also finished the playoffs 8-3-1, 2-3-1 in teasers. So as Lord Football descends his throne for another...
Golf News Net ran my Jay’s Plays radio show interview with Eric Bergstol. We talked Bayonne, designing in greater New York City, his Empire Golf empire, and more! Tune in here for the fun.
Ernesto the Prediction Iguana went .500 again last week, hitting with the Patriots, but astonishingly losing the Packers +10.5. That leaves the playoff totals at 6-3-1, (1-3-1 in teasers…BLEAH). Happily the season totals are a more respectable 67-24-3, 23-16-3 in teasers. Here’s Ernesto’s final pick of the year, before he goes back into hibernation...
BAYONNE, NJ – A funny thing happened when I went to interview a golf course architect about his design strategies. I got a grad school-level lecture in landscape architecture, construction, and golf course permitting instead. It was every bit as fascinating. Eric Bergstol lives the dream of everyone who enters one of those Armchair Architecture contests they...
Ernesto the Prediction Iguana went .500 last week, 2-2 over all, 0-2 in teasers, putting the playoff record at 5-2-1 overall, 1-2-1 in teasers. That puts the season totals at 66-23-3 overall, 23-15-3 in teasers, a solid total. Here’s this week’s winner – and remember what Paulie Walnuts said about gambling on the Sopranos, “Bet wi’ ya...
My monthly “Elysian Fields” column is up over at Golf Course Trades. As always, it’s fun to write about a homespun, feel-good story like Crestwood Golf Club in Marcy, New York: the Little Muni that Could…and did! Kudos to Barb Presky and Steve Naczewicz for living the dream and taking a whole town along with them.
Ernesto the Prediction Iguana went 3-0-1 last week, hitting on the Texans and the OVER against Oakland, and the Seahawks in their shellacking of Detroit. He got lucky pushing the STEELERS-dolphins game on the back end. That makes us 1-0-1 for the playoffs (64-21-3 overall this season, 23-13-3 in teasers). Here’s this week’s winners before they happen. As...
It was the final Jay’s Plays Radio show of the year, an extra-long golf spectacular. We open with Tom Doak and Ran Morrissett discussing the latest volume of the Confidential Guide to Golf Courses. Then Marino Parascenzo wraps up the PGA Tour season and talks Player of the Year. Then golf architect Bobby Weed discusses his latest designs, including Culver...
With Ernesto the Prediction Iguana at the helm for the final week of the season, we here at AWITP and GNN went a surprising 3-1, 1-1 record. Week 17 is always tough, what with who sits and rests and who plays, but we finish the season at 61-21-2 overall and 22-13-2 in teasers. Solid numbers. Now for the playoff push… There are a lot of new faces in unlikely...
Ernesto the Prediction Iguana had a strong 8-2 week last week, 3-2 in teasers. That brings thee overall standings to an excellent 58-20-2 overall, 21-12-2 in teasers. Week 17 is always a dicey proposition, what with teams saving their best players for the playoffs. It’s good to stay quiet this week, so as a result, you get just two plays. GREEN LIGHT REDSKINS ...