Kay McMahon, who runs “EduKaytion Golf” in the Capital Area, has to make more room on her mantle. She needs it for the 2009 Ellen Griffin Rolex Award given to an individual who has made superior contributions to teaching golf. Read the rest of this entry »

Albany, N.Y., September 6, 2009 - Maybe somewhere deep in her mind as she stood over her last putt in today’s final round of the $110,000 ILOVENY Championship, Song Yi Choi felt a little closer to redemption. Read the rest of this entry »

ALBANY, N.Y., Sept. 6, 2009 - Ten Duramed FUTURES Tour players earned 2010 LPGA membership today by finishing in the top 10 on the season money list. Read the rest of this entry »

Here’s just some of what Capitalareagolf.com has found out at the “ILOVENY Championship” at Capital Hills @ Albany.  This is the final season stop for the Duramed Futures Tour. LPGA cards will be awarded Sunday afternoon on a stage set up on the driving range. The leaders tee off at 11:30 AM and the ceremony should begin around 4:30 PM. The $110,000 tournament is presented by SEFCU and benefits the Albany Police & Fire Foundations. The winner gets $15,400 and the runner-up $11,000. Read the rest of this entry »

ALBANY, N.Y., September 5, 2009 -  She remembers all too well how it feels to be clipped at the finish line. Last year, Song Yi Choi was ranked fifth on the money list when the winner of the ILOVENY Championship jumped from 8th place into third and knocked her out of the top five, as well as out of the running for the five full 2009 LPGA membership cards. Read the rest of this entry »

ALBANY, N.Y., September 4, 2009 - A logjam at the top of the leaderboard could be expected at the Duramed FUTURES Tour’s final event of the year, this week’s $110,000 ILOVENY Championship. Read the rest of this entry »

Here’s my take on what to look for from some select groups in the first round at Capital Hills @ Albany on Friday.
7:40 AM: 1st tee: Charlotte Campbell from Heathrow, Fla. She and her brother won Golf Channel’s “Highway 18” challenge-reality show last summer. She also is the founder of Blingo, handmade ball marks that she makes and sells. Read the rest of this entry »

ALBANY – The last tournament of the season on the Duramed Futures Tour is here, both on the schedule and literally here: in Albany at Capital Hills @ Albany, the city’s municipal golf course. The season began in March and wound its way around the southern tier of America, to the Midwest and then the Northeast: 17 tournaments in 14 states. Read the rest of this entry »

GUILDERLAND – Ella Kellogg had two things on her mind as she began the 80th annual Northeastern Women’s Golf Association Championship – the heat and which putter she could rely on. The one thing she could change, she did, choosing her Odyssey blade over her two-ball. The other she fought through.

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