More than 17 years ago, world-renowned golf-course architect Jim Engh stood on the empty land where Four Mile Ranch Golf Club is now and pondered how to design a championship-level golf course. Where does one begin? For Engh, it was…
KINGSTON, N.Y. — There have been many rivalries that have spiced up the game of golf over the years. The biggest rivalry on the PGA Tour these days is Scottie Scheffler vs. Rory McIlroy. Of course, there was the Tiger…
A field of 80 players from surrounding clubs participated in the Butte Creek Women’s Golf Club Member/Guest Day Tournament last Thursday. The format for the 4-Woman teams was 2 Best-Ball net scoring. The large field allowed for two flights and…
KINGSTON, N.Y. — Wiltwyck Golf Club will once again host a field of about 70 collegiate golfers on Saturday at Columbia University’s prestigious 36-hole Roar-EE Invitational golf tournament. Columbia captured last year’s 13-team Roar-EE Invitational with a 36-hole score of…
A bit of wax is removed earlier this week from the likeness of legendary golf course architect Alister MacKenzie as artist Steven Whyte and his crew installed his commissioned bronze sculpture of MacKenzie, elite amateur golfer and golf course developer…
When Justin Hastings was in middle school, he told his parents he was sick on the Thursday of the Masters golf tournament, stayed home from school and watched the first round on television. The next year, sick again on the…
Life comes at you fast when you’re a prodigiously talented young golfer, so fast in fact that an awful lot of money might just slip through your fingers.At the start of last year, Nick Dunlap was studying finance at the…
KINGSTON, N.Y. — Competitors in the 2025 Ulster County Men’s Amateur Golf Championship (the Herdegen) will be tackling a new lineup of courses this year.The Herdegen will kick off its 74th renewal with its qualifier at The Swan Country Club…
It was opening weekend in the Bay Area for a time-honored, slow-paced sport involving a small white ball that’s struck hundreds of feet into the air on sunny afternoons.And we don’t mean baseball.Corica Park Golf Course in Alameda unveiled its…
LOS GATOS — A wide-ranging upgrade for a South Bay golf course would completely modernize the fairways and greens and make the venue more environmentally sustainable.La Rinconada Country Club in Los Gatos is in line for a major revamp that…