Happy New Year from JayFlemma.com! We’ll be back with more stories imminently. For now, enjoy the New Years festivities from Madison Square Garden – the Conjurers of Thunder. (Or is it the Sisterhood of Karn? I never can remember…
Happy New Year from JayFlemma.com! We’ll be back with more stories imminently. For now, enjoy the New Years festivities from Madison Square Garden – the Conjurers of Thunder. (Or is it the Sisterhood of Karn? I never can remember…
—And then an angel of the Lord appeared to the shepherds as they lay watching their flocks. And the shepherds were frightened at first, but the angel said, “Fear not. For I bring you glad tidings of great joy. For today in the city of David a Savior is born.” And suddenly the skies were filled with a heavenly host of all angels singing, “Glory...
It’s that time of year again – wrapping up not just presents but the year in sports. So you’ll find all the links to the 4-part year end Jay Flemma Sports Report Christmas Spectacular Part 1 – Brian Keogh, The Irish Sun and jayflemma.com European Correspondent. Part 2 – Scott Nicholes, PGA Head Pro, Ridge Crest GC, Nampa, ID Part 3...
[Author’s Note: Earlier this week, Jay celebrated his 20th anniversary as a sports writer. There will be special articles throughout the holiday season and beyond here, at jayflemma.com, iHeartRadio, Golf Course Trades, NASJA, and all of Jay’s other sports writing outlets. For today, our plucky, puckish, irreverent, and inimitable storyteller pal – “that loveable...
Big ups to Golf Course Trades for running my welcome back piece. Now that I’m settled in the great northwest, my regular column resumes. This was a fun; no pressure, just stretch my legs a bit as a writer and tell it like it was:Â ZANY! Here’s a snippet. Click here for the whole story. And get ready for a bomb 20th anniversary piece. From the article:...
What an honor – my first story in Skiing History, the official publication of the International Skiing History Association, Viva Catedral. It was the ski trip of a lifetime. Huge shout out to Aaron Scorsch and Savor the Journey, the athletic and culinary outfit I hooked up for my ten day Patagonian sojourn. Shortly, I’ll publish my Mountain Gazetteer...
Consider the stoke fired! Skiers and boarders from all across the east coast spent last weekend in Boston to kickoff the winter season, as they have for over two generations. Now called the Snowbound Expo and run by Great Britain’s Raccoon Management, thousands of winter sports enthusiasts and industry insiders gathered at the sparkling new Boston Convention...
Stars Aligning for Amateur Phenom Christo Lamprecht at Royal Liverpool Open Championship —by Jay Flemma, Golf News Net— Somewhere in Heaven the Golf Gods are smiling, because a young amateur  is leading the 151st Open Championship at Royal Liverpool, the club with, perhaps, the richest amateur history in the game. South African Christo Lamprecht —...
The Los Angeles U.S. Open Experience LOS ANGELES, CA — Mark Twain famously quipped, “Tip the world over on its side, and all the loose change ends up in California.” I’ll describe it more succinctly:Â Weirdsville! I won’t call California a foreign country, but even though we’re all Americans, they are an entity all their own...
Soak Hill 2 — Another PGA Championship, Another Rain Storm to Soften the Golf Course —by Jay Flemma, Golf News Net— PITTSFORD, NY — It’s a sequel ten years in the making. In the second round of the 2013 PGA Championship, everybody’s favorite Dockers-wearing zombie, Jason Dufner, starred in “Soak Hill,” biting off Oak...
In just over two weeks all eyes will be on Augusta National as Scottie Scheffler endeavors to repeat as Masters Champion, the first since Tiger Woods in 2005 and 2006. Scheffler has moved into a tie with Spain’s Jon Rahm, the 2021 U.S. Open Champion for the favorite’s position. Rory McIlroy, Cameron Smith, Collin Morikawa, and Jordan Spieth round out the...
RANGELEY, ME — How does the old saying go? With ski buddies like these… Meet Twang and Clang, my wingmen, and after their performance this weekend in Maine, I’ll be grateful if the next time I go back to Saddleback the resort staff aren’t waiting for me with a big net. Maine’s Saddleback Mountain proved every bit the fierce challenge and...
It’s been a hot start to 2023 on Jay Flemma Sports Report on iHeartRadio. First, we preview the turn of the PGA Tour season and its West Coast swing with Editor, Producer, and owner of Golf News Net, Ryan Ballengee, before turning to a discussion of the venues for the four majors, including the changes to Augusta, new venue L.A. Country Club for the U.S. Open...
[Editor’s Note:Â Jay Peak Week is held over by popular demand. The first article in the series is here, and the second part of the series is here.] JAY PEAK:Â THE PEOPLE THAT YOU MEET – 601, MICKY, AND CREECH, OH MY… JAY, VT – As any true sports writer will tell you, we don’t just write about skiing, we write about the people who ski...
The mid-west’s best ski and golf resort is getting even better. Both Golf Digest and Golfweek have published their recent top 100 lists and awards, and, once again, Minnesota’s Giant’s Ridge has risen in the rankings. A member of the American Society of Golf Course Architects and its president in the organizations 50th year, 1995-96, Arlington...