INDY PASS ADDS PREMIER INTERNATIONAL RESORTS – PASS SALES RESUME TODAY SkiWelt, Austria; Big White, BC; and Kiroro, Japan, join Montana Snowbowl to lead the 23/24 class of new resorts totaling 183 worldwide. Grand County, CO. (October 10, 2023) — The Indy Pass announced today that 54 new partner resorts (see below) have signed on for the 23/24 season...
Over 50 new resorts from Europe, Canada, Japan, and the US join the Indy Pass GRANBY, Colorado — The Indy Pass announced today more than 50 new Alpine and Nordic resorts have signed on for the 23/24 season, and limited quantities of passes will be released for sale starting on October 10th. Sales will be handled through the waitlist process, which is open for...
Two statistics stand out brightest in the aftermath of the 16.5 – 11.5 drubbing that the Europeans hung on the USA at the first Ryder Cup ever held in Italy:Â USA captain Zach Johnson’s captain’s picks going 4-12-1 over the course of three days, and the USA losing the foursomes matches by a combined score of 7-1. My heart goes out to Zach Johnson...
While we finish up some skiing articles from Argentina and beyond, let’s review the last week and cue up the next. The “Summer of Hagestad” ended in the grandest fashion of all as the 32 year-old amateur followed up his victory at the USGA Mid-Am at Sleepy Hollow with a rain-shortened victory at the Crump Cup at Pine Valley. Organizers, fearful of...
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 called by the Dutch the Tappan Zee, but more recently stylized by one Italian as...
SLEEPY HOLLOW, NY — With a march seemingly as ruthless and inexorable as that of the Headless Horseman himself, amateur golfer Stewart Hagestad has powered through five well-decorated USGA veterans and Met Golf Association stars at Sleepy Hollow Country Club, and galloped his way into the finals of the 42nd USGA Mid-Amateur Championship. You’ll recall...
SLEEPY HOLLOW, NY — This is the beauty of amateur golf in all its altruism and earnestness — it’s your friendly neighborhood everyman atop the leaderboard at the 42nd USGA Mid-Amateur Championship. “I work at a fruit stand,” quipped Harry Bolton only half joking. Playing out of Royal Canberra Club in Australia and one of 28 international...
SLEEPY HOLLOW, NY – “He carries the hopes of us all,” beamed one Sleepy Hollow Country Club member proudly, almost lovingly as golfer Brad Tilley finished off an Even-par round of 71 to open the stroke play portion of the 42nd USGA Mid-Amateur Championship. With the ovation Tilley received coming off the 18th green, you’d have though...
Welcome to Jay’s Insider Guide. Knowledge is power, and forewarned is forearmed. The JIG is your study guide and ideas for a game plan. All you need to do is execute. This episode — Sleepy Hollow Country Club —by Jay Flemma, Special to the Golf News Net for the 2023 USGA Mid-Amateur— SLEEPY HOLLOW, NY –Sleepy Hollow Country Club is as...
ST. MARTIN DE LOS ANDES, ARGENTINA – Bienvenidos from Patagonia, Argentina. Articles soon, including for the international Skiing History Association and Ski Area Magazine.
The JIG is up Green Lakes Welcome to the JIG — Jay’s Insider Guide — where he breaks down golf courses like a fraction for you. Knowledge is power, and forewarned is forearmed. The JIG is your study guide and ideas for a game plan. All you need to do is execute. This episode — GREEN LAKES GOLF COURSE —by Jay Flemma, Special to the clubs...
DATELINE:Â THE WILDERNESS OF WESTERN MAINE — My golf cart is careening around turns, catapulting down tree-lined chutes of concrete, and reeling in the chicanes. First, I’m narrowly missing trees, then I’m splashed in the face by a wall of water, then I’m blinded by flashes and deafened by a sudden cacophony of noise. Grab the “Oh Shit...
If it’s true, Phil Mickelson should be banned from professional golf. Or is it one gambling degenerate trying to take down his feckless gambling degenerate buddy? Either way, golf deserves answers now. Billy Walters, the casino maven serving time for insider trading who was intimate buddies with pro golfer and five time major champion Phil Mickelson, has outed...
Every golf fan within driving distance needs to cash in their rare and wonderful chance to see Sleepy Hollow Country Club, an indisputable masterpiece of Charles Blair Macdonald, when the USGA brings the Mid-Amateur there this September. Precipitously rising and falling as though you are riding Gunpowder fleeing the Headless Horseman with hapless Ichabod astride his...
When you consider the 151st Open Championship through the prism of history, the contrasts are staggering. While some lament that Brian Harman, an otherwise uninspiring journeyman player, just won the 2023 Open Championship with plodding methodical golf, others celebrate his victory as a win for the little guy. We all love a feel-good story of unsung heroes finally...