Tiger Woods is in the field this week at the Genesis Open ... wait, let me double-check that. "Dude, he's not playing," and this time the bureau chief couldn't be bothered even to raise an eyebrow. It was some underling, an up-and-comer, clearly, who gave me the goods ... good thing I don't pay … [Read more...]
A working pro plays the PGA: Part 2
It wasn’t the drive on No. 12 that led to a triple-bogey and might have blown him out of contention. It wasn’t even the twisting 33-foot make on the 18th green, the biggest putt of his life. Nope. The defining golf shot of Rich Berberian Jr.’s final round at late June’s PGA Professional … [Read more...]
A working pro plays the PGA: Part 1
Rich Berberian Jr. is the very definition of a working golf professional. Which is why he was on his way to work early in the morning June 30, driving from central New York state to make his 1 p.m. shift at Windham Country Club in Derry, N.H., where he’s an assistant pro. Never mind that his … [Read more...]
The teaching pros can play a little, too
These guys don’t have the name recognition to match PGA Tour pros, and that’s because they spend their professional lives running golf courses and teaching the rest of us bums how to play the game better. Grey Goatee Nation, whether you know it or not, has a dog in the fight at the PGA … [Read more...]
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