Editor’s note: This is the second of three stories on the USGA Museum in Far Hills, NJ. 

FAR HILLS, NJ –  On a random day, you can find a meeting of a state golf association, an average golfer and his wife from California who made a side trip, and even members of the “Red Hat Society” walking the halls of the USGA Museum.

“Our trip started out real small and it just grew and grew and grew,” said Clara Farris, who is not a golfer. “He took me golfing one time and I did divots all over the golf course and said ‘that’s it.’”

 Clara and husband Jack of Fullerton, CA were planning their first-ever trip to New York City and it expanded – to Philadelphia, Lancaster, Gettysburg and the Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio. Jack was in the Air Force.  Since Jack pays his dues to the USGA each year, he suggested they make a trip to the new Museum and they spent the day.

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INSIDE THE ROPES AT TURNING STONE
By Dave Mahoney
http://www.davemahoneygolf.com

Over the course of my life, I have been to major championships, competed with some outstanding players, seen some of the most beautiful courses, but never had the opportunity to be inside the ropes with some of the PGA Tour’s finest players.  This week at Turning Stone gave me an up close and personal behind the scenes look at the PGA Tour.  Read the rest of this entry »

VERONA – What do you get when you mix four golf writers with a course hosting a PGA Tour event? You get five over par, that’s what. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s been another busy week for Saratoga Springs native and former LPGA standout Dottie Pepper. NBC Sports had her on the go again this past weekend, walking with the leaders at the U.S. Senior Open at Crooked Stick in Carmel, Indiana. Read the rest of this entry »

Tiger Woods wins again. That’s not a story, really. He took the lead at the Buick Open and built just enough cushion to hold off the field Sunday in Grand Blanc, Michigan for his 69th PGA Tour win. All eyes have been on him since he first swung a club on “The Mike Douglas Show” when he was two years old. Read the rest of this entry »

If you are a want-a-be world golf traveler who has a passport but has yet to pull the trigger on a lavish golf holiday this may be the answer you have been waiting for. There has never been a better time for you and your partner to travel to Europe … you may never see air travel and golf prices at these low prices again. Read the rest of this entry »

David Duval left Bethpage Black as one of the “what-ifs” of the 2009 U.S. Open, tied for second at two under par.  That’s a long way from where he was expected to be. Read the rest of this entry »

This is the first in a series of articles by Tom Gladd – a teacher and varsity coach at Clayton A. Bouton High School in Voorheesville, NY.  Coach Gladd began writing for Capital Area Golf last summer – covering the NENY Junior Tour.  Read the rest of this entry »

Saratoga Spa event: Despite the rainy day in Saratoga it was still a good day for golf.  Read the rest of this entry »