It’s the dawn of a new era, albeit with strong overtones of our beloved history. The Jay’s Plays Radio Show on Golf News Net and Sirius XM has moved. We are now Jay Flemma Sports Report – JFSR for short. Indeed, all your favorite shows in the GNN radio lineup have been picked up, and you can hear us all on iHeartRadio. (See GNN for the portal.)...
Starting next Tuesday we’ll have wall-to-wall print and radio coverage of the PGA Championship at Southern Hills in Tulsa, Oklahoma. There’ll be stories here and at GolfNewsNet, iHeartRadio shows, and two updates a day at 92.7 the Drrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrivvvve FM!!!!!!! Sorry, that’s just too much fun:) Anyhow, Southern Hills is a smashing old Perry...
Every year I get the privilege of interviewing the incoming president of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America. And boy have those conversations gotten interesting as the last few years have rolled by! As always Golf Course Trades does a great job making it look good – thanks team! You can read the entire interview here. And don’t forget...
I’ll be hosting Golf Course Trades’ short webinar series on one of my all time favorites and an instant and forever classic: Bayonne Golf Club. Arguably the greatest build of the 21st century, architect owner Eric Bergstol designed an Irish-style links on an old waste disposal site overlooking New York harbor. Few people could manage the ludicrous...
As always, huge thank you to Golf Course Trades for making my Ballyhack article shine. What a course! (And that’s by my standards!) There are elements of National Golf Links of America, St. Andrews (Old Course), and many other epic American and UK links. Click here for the piece. From the article: While fairways are wide off the tee, greens are treacherously...
The kid looks rock solid, but we’ve all been wrong before on Saturday night. Scottie Scheffler has a three shot lead on the eve of championship Sunday here at the 2022 Masters and looks unflappable. Completely in control of his game and emotions, Scheffler’s downright artistic rounds of 69-67-71 in the swirling gusts Augusta National has conjured for the...
It’s almost enough to make you feel sorry for him. Almost. At least as sorry as you can for a multi-millionaire athlete with James Bond’s good looks, an astronaut’s brain, media savvy, a mission in life, and grillion-dollar talent: the fall of Bryson DeChambeau from being the PGA Tour’s “it boy” capable of vaporizing every golf...
All signs point towards the Masters at Augusta national, the first major golf championship of the the year. Everyone is in good spirits as the Masters – Christmas for Golfers – has arrived. Not just Christmas, but a rebirth: spring has sprung, and for those of you that aren’t skiers, but live, instead, the snow belt, the warm weather brings a...
We here at JF.com are thrilled to bring you the magnificent photo essays of Andrew DiGiovanni, a US ex-pat now living in Vienna and teaching school there. Proving you should meet as many people on a ski lift as you can, Andrew and I bonded the first time I ever skied my beloved Magic Mountain in Vermont. We lost touch after I published my Magic article in 2019, but a...
“Finally!” “Thank God!” “About time!” “What took so long?” and “I’ll believe it when I see it…” Those are actual reactions from Eastern skiers when they heard the blessed news: Vail has filed a proposal to replace that infernal, wonky, and roundly despised Attitash Summit Triple chairlift...
Once a gold standard example of a destination that got both skiing and golf absolutely right, New Hampshire’s fabled, palatial, and refined Balsams Resort is primed for a comeback. Dormant for ten years in bankruptcy, skiing financier and developer Les Otten has announced his intention to reopen the ski area next season (2022-23). A new hotel is anticipated...
It’s always an honor and a pleasure to write about golf architect Mike Strantz, “The Maverick” to his friends. Caledonia and True Blue are both instant classic and bucket list courses for any well-traveled golfer and student of design – amateur or otherwise! Special thanks to all the folks a both courses, and of course to the Golf Course...
Pat’s Peak loving Life on Indy Pass —Special to NASJA and JF.com by Jay Flemma— Quick! What loveable local mountain was described by expert skiers as, “so tough you’ll want an extra hour at lunch for hot chocolate before you go back out for more?” It’s New Hampshire’s Pat’s Peak. Beloved in New Hampshire since it...
Two important news items form the winter sports world today: First, everyone’s favorite pass is back from next season at the same affordable price as this year. Indy Pass announced today they are keeping the same pricing schedule for the 2022-23 season. From the press release: PORTLAND, Ore. (March 2, 2022) – The Indy Pass announced today that there will...
Minnesota’s Giants Ridge is renovating both its winter and summer sports facilities. Already one of the Midwest’s premiere golf destinations with two courses designed by award-winning architect Jeff Brauer, the resort is committed to projects all across their 35-trail, 500-foot vertical mountain and beyond. “We regraded the novice area this past...