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CRAGA tourneys accommodate net players
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Finally, somebody is listening to the needs of the average duffer who wants to play tournament golf.
CLIFTON PARK
Spring-like weather has golfers ready to tee it up
Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012
The fairways at Mohawk River Country Club looked like it was early spring on Wednesday afternoon, rather than late February.
ROTTERDAM
Golf, work pals gather at mall to mark Schenectady man’s 100th birthday
Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012
When the lunch group began gathering at Rotterdam Square Mall about 20 years ago, Steve Tomaszewski was a youngster — only in his 80s. On Wednesday, the friends, numbers now diminished, had a party for his 100th birthday.
ALTAMONT
Tozier has the talent to make golf a career
Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011
Long with the “big dog” driver and smooth with the flat stick, it’s not surprising that D.J. Tozier’s favorite athlete is another long hitter with a deft putting touch and the same nickname.
ALTAMONT
Golf: Fox rises to top in State Qualifier
Friday, Oct. 14, 2011
Victor Fox played plenty of competitive golf last fall, but it wasn’t for his school team.
SCHENECTADY
Golf: Bigley, Czepiel win Haggerty Two-Man on fifth extra hole
Monday, Oct. 3, 2011
Rob Bigley Jr. and Todd Czepiel had to work overtime to win the annual Haggerty Two-Man Championship Sunday at soggy Schenectady Municipal Golf Course.
CLIFTON PARK
Clifton Park’s golf course running on par
Monday, Oct. 3, 2011
The first year the town has owned and operated the Barney Road Golf Course has been a qualified success, town officials say.
REXFORD
Berliner shoots 65, but only leads NENYPGA Stroke Play by two
Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011
The Edison Club was bleeding with red numbers in the opening round of the 67th annual Northeastern New York PGA Stroke Play Championship Monday.
Local amateur golf standout Burt to head new Union program
Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011
Union College head women’s basketball coach Mary Ellen Burt will now wear two hats for the Dutchwomen.
SCHENECTADY
Union College adds women's golf to its varsity lineup
Friday, Sept. 16, 2011
Union College announced today at a press conference that women's golf will become the 26th sport offered by the college.
Pride of Schenectady: Sweet swing made Farina a golfing legend
Friday, Sept. 9, 2011
Quiet and reserved, the late Armand Farina consistently put red numbers on scorecards like a deadly golfing assassin. Known for a smooth swing that late Gazette golf writer Lou Torre termed perfect, Farina continued to break par with relative ease from the time he starred on the Nott Terrace High School golf team in the 1930s until he himself was in his late 70s.
REXFORD
Russo stays red-hot, wins Edison Invitational
Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011
Golfers in the “zone” claim their muscle memory takes over when they repeat great swing after great swing, and the resulting confidence can help them shoot low scores.
Dan Russo of Rolling Hills at Antlers Country Club has been in that kind of zone for several weeks now, and he continues to ride the wave of red numbers.
Dan Russo of Rolling Hills at Antlers Country Club has been in that kind of zone for several weeks now, and he continues to ride the wave of red numbers.
WILTON
Burt stays focused, takes two-shot lead in NEWGA Championship
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Pinehaven Country Club standout Mary Ellen Burt wants to keep her golf game as simple as possible.
QUEENSBURY
Nasty conditions don't hinder Bigley in U.S. Open qualifier
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Rotterdam native Bryan Bigley enjoyed his first PGA Tour experience so much at the recent Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, N.C., that he can’t wait to get back.
VOORHEESVILLE
Russo outlasts Vaccaro to win Tri-County Match Play crown
Monday, May 9, 2011
The old guys are still the kings of the hill on the Capital Region golf scene.
