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The women’s game

July 2, 2017 By Bart Potter Leave a Comment

If you're not watching the women's game, you're missing  out on the most fascinating golf in the industry. Today's KPMG Women's PGA Championship at Olympia Fields in Illinois, just for instance, had it all going on, and the best part, watching on our television sets, was nobody among the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, UncategorizedTagged With: Alderbrook Golf and Yacht Club, Brooke Henderson, Danielle Kang, Global Golf Calendar, Grey Goatee Golf Association, Grey Goatee Nation, Howl at the Canal, LPGA, The Open Championship

Grey around the edges of The Open

July 13, 2016 By Bart Potter 1 Comment

I know we all want to talk about The Open Championship, and we can, if you like, but first a word about the tournament up in Union, Wash., that dares to schedule against it. The tournament, Stop No. 4 on the Grey Goatee Golf Association Tour, is better known worldwide as the Howl at the Canal, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, UncategorizedTagged With: Alderbrook Golf and Yacht Club, Danny Willett, Global Golf Calendar, Grey Goatee Golf Association, Grey Goatee Nation, The Open Championship

Howling in a new era: We could get used to it

July 26, 2014 By Bart Potter Leave a Comment

We are, for the most part, what we are – a demographic. As such, you would think we’d act our age. Oh, hell no. We weren’t partying on a deck hanging over the Hood Canal tidelands, and we had to pay actual money to rent the house, but there were tradeoffs: location, location, and location. You … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Road Holes, UncategorizedTagged With: 3GA Tour, Alderbrook Golf and Yacht Club, Grey Goatee Golf Association, Hood Canal, Howl at the Canal, The Commissar

Teacher’s Corner: Cassidy, Lesson 2

June 3, 2014 By Bart Potter Leave a Comment

NEVER LET IT BE SAID this game is simple.  John Cassidy, the teacher in this little drama, says often: “Golf is hard.” He makes it look so easy. Cassidy, of course, is not just Dr. John, teacher to the stars (and lowlife bloggers). He’s a player, in fact champion week before last against a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Teacher's Corner, The Craft, UncategorizedTagged With: Alderbrook Golf and Yacht Club, Dr. John, Golf, golf instruction, Grey Goatee, John Cassidy, teacher, Teacher's Corner, Washington Open Invitational

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