CandiaOaks
March 8, 2016
I have played Ping since I was 16 years old. Before that I couldn’t break an egg. I started with Eye irons – Broke 90. Went to Eye Woods, K2 Irons, Anser Putter – Broke 80. Then went to Eye 2 Woods, Eye 2 Irons, Pal Putter – broke 70, and won my first NHWGA State Amateur. Since then I’ve played the ISI Nickel, i3, Rapture, G5, I15, G25 and G30… Won 15 more NHWGA Championships, an Eastern Senior, the […]
March 1, 2016
A common question that course superintendents hear from golfers is: “what do you guys do in the winter?” Sometimes I think they presume that there really isn’t much for a golf course grounds crew to do during the cold, snowy months of a New England winter. The reality is actually quite the contrary. That said, like most golf course maintenance crews in our area, my assistants (Bill Nickerson and Jeremy Stafford) and I do scale back to a 40 hour […]
March 14, 2015
The United States Golf Association and the PGA of America have recently partnered in the launch of a new initiative called TEE IT FORWARD. The idea is to encourage golfers to play from the set of tee markers (at any given course) best suited to their driving distance. Barney Adams, founder of Adams Golf, is credited with the inspiration that led to TEE IT FORWARD. Adams reasons that by playing from the appropriate tees, all golfers have the chance to […]