I talked a buddy out of playing Bethpage Red last weekend and he thanked me for it afterwards. Instead, we went to Tallgrass, which is an excellent alternative to Bethpage Black and the Knoll Club West Course. Together, they are the A-B-C, 1-2-3 of N-Y-C public golf. PGA Head Professional Phil Tita told me the course was in phenomenal condition and he was absolutely...
NEW YORK, NY – I’m here with Jay Flemma – Jaybar! – who is working on releasing ten old Seapods shows on Archive under the old “Jay’s Plays” series he used to do back in the mid-’90s. We always loved those recordings, and now these new Archive shows should be terrific because everyone will have access to them. 1st SET...
Something completely different from sports today… Back in the mid-90s, while tapers were all still using DAT, I branched out and made a couple recordable discs for jam band legends Ominous Seapods. These were merely a couple live shows and a mix disc, strictly internal among the band and band family. We called them “Jay’s Plays” and they were...
Larry Polatsch and Sharon, we will always remember you.
KEW GARDENS, NY – AWITP baseball and basketball correspondent Mikey Z. became a father yesterday when little Nyla Z. was born at 6:26 p.m. Super-proud Mom Bernie is well also.
“It’s the greatest feeling,” gushed Z. “It was magical, for real everybody.”
We’ll have pics and a further update soon.
KEW GARDENS – Year in and year out, Forest Hills wins myriad accolades as New York City’s best neighborhood. The vibrant restaurant scene blends with hip yet sensible fashion, gorgeous Tudor architecture, and the highest level of safety for its residents in the entire city. But what about Kew Gardens, the idyllic sleepy sister of Forest Hills just a gap...
MARCY, NY – We had given her up for dead, but she came back to us. After almost two decades of mind-boggling neglect, Crestwood Golf Club – the beloved home course of many upstate New Yorkers – had been utterly destroyed: annihilated, vaporized by what regional golfers called, “chronic malpractice and mismanagement.” Horrifyingly, it...
You can’t help root for Chris Clouser, excellent researcher and writer, even better guy. The affable Hoosier who made his name as author of the definitive work on the life of Perry Maxwell has now penned an in depth book detailing the history of the Big Ten athletic conference and anyone with an interest in college athletics will find it a useful trove of both...
MONROE TOWNSHIP, NJ – Continuing their longstanding tradition of giving back to golf, Forsgate Country Club’s charity event on October 6 and 7 will feature Paula Creamer and Gary McCord in a “Battle of the Sexes” hosted by Clown Prince of Golf, David Feherty. “We need the community more than they need us, so we do whatever we can to use...
From the Declaration of Independence: “But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.-Such has been the patient sufferance of these...
Golf architect John Harbottle of Washington died Thursday at the age of 53. While reports are still coming in, John apparently suffered a heart attack while at a California airport. The American Society of Golf Course Architects press release is here. John is best known for his excellent work at the Olympic Course at Gold Mountain, at Pullman’s Palouse Ridge...
GARDEN CITY, NY – Hands stopped at five minutes to midnight, the inexorable march of Big Ben was halted at the 102nd Walter J. Travis Invitational as Long Island’s Joe Saladino defeated 2010 Travis champion “Big Ben” Hayes 2&0 in the tournament final at fabled Garden City Golf Club. Saladino took a 1-up lead with a 35-foot birdie putt at...
WASHINGTON, DC – When speaking of golfers doing charitable works, golf writer Rom Sirak once said that, “Golf can’t make a difference, but golfers can.” He’s right, but the converse is true as well. At times one golfer may not be able to do a lot to help those in need, but many together can make all the difference. Cut to this coming...
To celebrate the opening of Travis week, it’s my paean to Garden City and the Travis Invitational. Christmas in May starts Friday! Welcome to the most heartwarming week in amateur golf. Our Green and Gothic Home The joyous daybreak’s shimmering light Reveals a blessed, stirring sight, Fair Garden City, beaming bright! Our green and gothic home. The world...
Quintessential golf architect Robert Trent Jones, Jr. will be honored tomorrow night at the 2012 Ellis Island Medals of Honor ceremony, a high recognition given to remarkable Americans who exemplify outstanding qualities in both their personal and professional lives while continuing to preserve the richness of their particular heritage. Over 100 Americans descended...