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Here we go. The double digit seeds that won upsets were Tom Simpson, Rick Smith and Mike DeVries. Send me emails or go to my website or the brackets to vote. The link is here – Voting closes 9PM Sunday night: St. Andrews Regional 1. Pete Dye v. 8 Tom Weiskopf 4. George Thomas v. 5. Perry Maxwell 3. Coore/Crenshaw v. 6. Jim Engh 2. William Flynn v. 10. Tom...

Here is the link to the bracket! Click here or paste below. Vote on line, by email or at you know where:):) let the debate begin! Voting for round one ends Thurs at 7PM, voting for sweet sixteen will immediately commence and end at 7PM on sat night ST. ANDREWS REGIONAL 1. PETE DYE 2. WILLIAM FLYNN 3. COORE/CRENSHAW 4. GEORGE THOMAS 5. PERRY MAXWELL 6. JIM ENGH 7...

BLACK MESA GOLF CLUB 115 State Road 399 Espanola, NM 505.747.8946 www.blackmesagolfclub.com Architect: Baxter Spann Par – 72 Excitement Level – 10/12 Difficulty – 9/12 Cost – $55, shoulder seasons offer bargains, see website for latest pricing Yearly Memberships – None Design – Six and ½ stars Natural Setting – Six and...

Aden Holt, my 6’7″ buddy who is a national success managing rock bands and running record labels had these SICK Kiss head covers. That’s “SICK” in the new sense of the word meaning “awesome” as opposed to “sick” in the old sense of the word meaning “Down With Disease.” Aden is also my buddy who is so...

Dear Jay: I noticed you hadn’t done a mail feature in a while. I also had been hoping for you to give us a piece that explains how you prepare for when you go on a trip and how you select the places to play. Thanks for reading this and have a good trip. Steve L. Penn State ’07 We are…Penn State Dear Steve: Good idea. I hope you don’t mind if...

I just compiled this from International Sports Business reports: Banking firm HSBC now sponsors the “Enjoy Jakarta Indonesian Open.” “Golf is booming and aspirational sport in regions like Asia, where our Group was founded, and which remains crucial to our business” said Richard McHowet, CEO of HSBC Indonesia . Keld Kristiansen, managing...

Thanks to the wonderful generousity of Kelly Blake Moran and the folks at the Hideout G.C., my mom and dad had a chance to play Kelly’s wonderful private design which is the flagship in SW Florida. Mom said: “The par-5s were terrific. The fairways were wide so you had alot of playing angles. The waste bunkers were really interesting and made for a lot of...

My Houston colleague Tom Kirkendall attended Dick’s funeral this week and covers the fond farewell remembrances with grace and wit. His piece is over at his website Houston’s Clear Thinkers, so please give it a read. I’m reprinting the highlight of the services here, direct from Tom’s site: “Best crack of the funeral came from brother...

Jim Engh and Tim Hartnett sent me a couple pix of the new nine Jim is building at Carne. The top pic is 9…the dunes pinch at the landing area. The bottom pic is 7, looking towards the green. Both holes needed almost no grading and the holes will look the same with the fairway and rough cut. Grading is almost done. Jim is going over in May to start green...

The Golf World lost one of its greatest instructors and gentlemen yesterday. Dick Harmon died unexpectedly at the age of 58 from complications to pneumonia. Houston Native Tom Kirkendall has written a glowing tribute to Dick. Click here to read Tom’s Blog Houston’s Clear Thinkers. Since Tom’s piece says everything best, there’s really nothing...

I got trapped in a bar last night with a bunch of drunk NYC cops who never follow golf, but sure follow Tiger. “Yoooooooooooooooo! Tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiger!” they screamed through a beer-fueled haze between “Where day playins? San Diego? Aww dat’s buddaful!” ‘e’s gunna win right now!” Yeeesh, is was like a hangover...

…and as the shephards lay in their field an angel of the lord appeared to them and they were frightened, but the angel said to them “Fear not, for I bring you glad tidings of great joy! For this day, in the city of David, a messiah is born and this child shall save you from all your sins.” And then suddenly the sky was filled with a great light and...