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In keeping with the technology revolution, last week I hashtagged, so this week I was told of a very fun and very impressive challenge posted on YouTube between Rory Mcllroy and Jeff the Rob...

DATE: Aug 19, 2014 | CATEGORY: Clubhouse Porch

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(Hashtag) What a PGA Championship. # Seventy-foot chip should have gone in. # Let’s have foursomes on the final round. # Television coverage would last 90...

DATE: Aug 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Clubhouse Porch

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For some, this is old news. But I thought it deserved at least one more look. Even though he finished tied for 18th place, Durango’s Devin Schreiner, son of Kip and Tammy Schreine...

DATE: Aug 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Clubhouse Porch

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Where did July go? It went too fast for this columnist as we soon will roll into August with several fun events on the calendar. Before I give you the results of the...

DATE: Jul 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Clubhouse Porch

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I am not a gambling man. Once, however, I did get in on an office World Series pool where you put your name in a square among hundreds of squares, and they cross reference your ...

DATE: Jul 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: Clubhouse Porch

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We finally have reached hump day in respect to tournament play. It’s past the imaginary middle of July on my sundial. We have several tournaments on the horizon, beginn...

DATE: Jul 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: Clubhouse Porch

The key to golfing in the summer heat is hydration

Even with the occasional monsoonal-type hit-and-miss rains, we remain in a hot-weather pattern in the southwest corner of the state. Forecasters said a high pressure system was ...

DATE: Jul 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: Clubhouse Porch

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While many ears and eyes were trained toward World Cup football the last few weeks, there remained golden opportunities to compress a smaller and tightly dimpled ball in one of three ways on...

DATE: Jul 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: Clubhouse Porch

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I first want to congratulate the 2014 U.S.Open Women’s Champion Michelle Wie on winning on that unforgiving Pinehurst No. 2 course last weekend. While we have seen our share of er...

DATE: Jun 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Clubhouse Porch

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Congratulations to professional Zahkai Brown and amateur Gavin Lyons for their overall wins in last weekend’s 53rd annual Coca-Cola of Durango/Navajo Trail Open. In talking to on...

DATE: Jun 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Clubhouse Porch

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It’s getting down to business week as the Coca-Cola of Durango/Navajo Trail Open hits the links at the Hillcrest Golf Club, starting Thursday with the 18-hole Pro-Am. There are se...

DATE: Jun 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Clubhouse Porch

Fort Lewis finally adds women’s golf to its clubhouse

Many years ago, right here in this column, I used a paragraph to suggest adding women’s golf as a sanctioned Fort Lewis College program. After that article went to print, I was called aside ...

DATE: Jun 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Clubhouse Porch