There was no tryptophan hangover for Torrey the Prediction Cat as he won both game son Thanksgiving Day, then three more en route to another 5-1 week, 2-1 in teasers. That swells the season overall record to a rousing 41-13, 16-11 in teasers. Remember that aawful start? Well that’s a distant memory. Since the threatened benching in October, Torrey has gone 25...
LAKE PLACID, NY – Whiteface Mountain mid-station lodge and restaurant burned to the ground Saturday night, lighting the north country sky with an eerie red glow that was seen for miles. The structure was burned to its frame, flames soaring like the last reel of a Frankenstein movie, with nothing remaining but a smoking hole in the ground and twisted metal...
Heading into Thanksgiving, Torrey the Prediction Cat has heated up like a Deep Fried Turducken. Another 5-1 week, 2-1 in teasers swells the season totals to 36-12, 14-10 in teasers. Torrey hit last week with the Cheatriots, Bills, Saints, and Ravens: big battalions! He was 1 for 2 in UNDER calls. Here’s this week’s picks. As always we use the lines from...
Ever since being threatened with a benching several weeks ago, Torrey the Prediction Cat has been on a good run. A 5-1 tally last week (2-1 in teasers) swells the season totals to a respectable 31-11 over all, and brings the teaser mark to 12-9. He hit with the Pats, Ravens, Chiefs, and Jet and one OVER (DOLPHINS-bills). The lone blemish was the Clowns picking...
Great job by Ryan, Darin, Mitch, and the rest of the gang over at GNN and GolfTripX on my New Hampshire adventures in the White Mountains. Omni Mount Washington was one of the more fun and low impact rounds of the year. Best of all you can get it at the right price and spend some time running/climbing/hiking in one of the most gorgeous mountain ranges east of the...
Torrey the Prediction Cat went a solid 5-1 last week, 2-1 in teasers, hitting with the Bills, the Steelers, the Dolphins and two over calls. The only miss was the STEELERS-rams game was an UNDER. That makes this column’s season totals a respectable 26-10 overall, 10-8 in teasers. Here’s this week’s picks. As always we use the lines from www...
BRETTON WOODS, NH – Remember how we wrote earlier this year that at Mount Snow’s golf course was harder to play golf at than the mountain was to ski? You don’t have to worry about that at Mount Washington Golf Resort. Whether you’re here to explore Cannon Mountain or the resort-affiliated Bretton Woods, or take in all the summer activities the...
Torrey the Prediction Cat went 4-2 last week, 2-1 in teasers. His only loss of the day came when the Packers O-line forgot to get off the bus in an embarrassing loss. They made the Chargers look like the old Steelers, and poor Rodgers was running for his life the whole day in a flabbergasting 26-11 loss. Not only did the Chargers win, their kicker blew the OVER call...
It’s about time! Torrey the Prediction Cat finally fired on all cylinders, going 6-0 last week, 3-0 in teasers. He hit four UNDERs, as well as the Niners and the Patriots. That swells the season totals to 17-7 overall, 6-6 in teasers. Here’s this week’s picks. As always we use the lines from www.vegasinsider.com and move the line six points in our...
Author’s Note: In a first for Golf Course Trades, we are publishing a two-part piece on Marblehead, 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. The course is named after one of the most famous shipwrecks in New...
The fat lady is warming up in the green room, and there’s an iguana warming in the bullpen. Torrey the Prediction Cat went 4-2 lasy week to move to 11-7 on the season. But his third straight 1-2 record in all-important teasers has this column off to its worst start in 12 years of predictions, a dismal 3-6 record. So much for changing starting quarterbacks...
Just like anything, there’s good and bad in the new international golf handicapping system that will be rolled out in 2020. The good part is that, (theoretically), any round at course anywhere world wide can be included and equated on a basis that’s a fair match for the combatants. Theoretically… There are some ridiculous loopholes though. First...
Torrey the Prediction Cat, our intrepid NFL prognosticator had another rough week, going 3-3 for the week, 1-2 in teasers, sinking the young season’s tally to 75 overall, 24 in teasers. The Steelers defense actually showed up to play football instead of ballroom dancing, although they only managed to play 56 minutes. Better shore that up fast, black and gold...
Torrey the Prediction Cat went 4-2 last week to open the season, but just 1-2 in teasers. As usual, the Patriots were a shoo-in, and the Seahawks were their usual, reliable selves. He also hit with the Panthers and Saints tough to do in the unpredictable NFC South. The two losses were the putrid Giants laying an egg at home against the Vikings and a surprisingly weak...
What a treat it was to get to sit down for a conversation with Golf Course Superintendents Association of America sitting president Rafael Barajas. As always, Golf Course Trades did a masterful job of editing, layout, and publishing. You can read the interview here and in print. From the interview: GCT: If you could take students to five courses in the U.S. to study...