PGA Championship is highlight to 2013 WNY golf scene

PGA Championship is highlight
to 2013 WNY golf scene
New season provides plenty of changes on the local links
By Rick Zurak, Golf Editor
The 2013 golf season in Western New
York and Southern Ontario started on
schedule this year. Most players thought
it took “forever” to get here, especially
after a record early start last year, but the
truth is, we have a six month golf season
here. Doesn’t sound very long, but there
is something you can do about it...GET
OUT and PLAY MORE! Everyone
always says, “Yea, I hope to get out more
this year.” Well, plan now and make it
happen. This article is going to give you
a few reasons to play more. I’m going to
inform and/or remind you of the great
golf we have to offer in the region, tell
you about some changes that are going
on, as well as some sweet new happenings on the local links.
First and foremost is the fact that the
greatest players in the world will be
coming to our own backyard in August.
It’s the 2013 PGA Championship at Oak
Hill Country Club in Rochester August
5-11. This is the third time Oak Hill has
hosted the PGA with Jack Nicklaus winning in 1980 and Shaun Micheel in
2003. The good news? There are still
tickets available and U.S. military, their
spouses and all juniors are free. That’s
right, Friday, Saturday and Sunday tickets are gone, but Thursday’s first round
tickets are available for $75 and practice
rounds for $25-$35 are also available.
All juniors 17 and under get in for free
all week with a ticketed adult. U.S. military personnel and spouses are also
welcomed for free with a valid DOD
identification. We’ll see you there. For
more info go to pgalinks.com
As for playing golf this season, most
courses are in tremendous condition
right now thanks to a cool, early spring
and then warm and sunny conditions
that were great for growing grass. Fran
Roach, General Manager at Seneca
Hickory Stick in Lewiston, said his
course is in as fine a condition as he’s
ever seen ANY course. I recommend
you get on their email list and take
advantage of their specials (as low as
$40 including cart, range, coffee and
pastry– their most recent special and a
Photo by Ron Montesano
Looking back toward clubhouse from first green at Ravenwood.
Photo by Ron Montesano
Tee shot on the glorious second at Links at Ivy Ridge.
very sweet deal). You can thank me
later.
To me, the best deal in WNY continues to be at The Links at Ivy Ridge in
Akron. After 2pm in the spring it’s just
$30 for golf and cart and it’s only $35
after 2:30 in the heart of the summer.
What? You haven’t played Ivy Ridge?
Well, you will be pleasantly surprised at
one of the premier courses in Western
New York. You get a true links feel most
of the way with a bit of parkland golf
tossed in. And most of all, you won’t
find a friendlier place to play. The staff
there makes it a point to make you feel
appreciated from the time you pull up to
the bag drop to the time you leave their
great 19th hole. Enjoy!
There are big doings at one of the
other premier courses in the Buffalo
area. Ross Cellino, of the famous law
duo Cellino and Barnes, purchased
Harvest Hill in Orchard Park over the
winter and has made an instant impact.
The construction of three buildings
including a pro shop/club house and
tournament pavilion will boost the
facilities of the course considerably.
The course is already great, but the
new buildings will make it complete.
Speaking of new facilities,
Byrncliff Resort took a 2800 square
foot rental house and turned it into
“The Maple Lodge”. It’s a 5 bedroom
house perfect for golf or ski groups
looking for a stay and play package.
You can enjoy the challenging rolling
hills of Byrncliff’s 18 hole course and
then relax or party hearty in your
very own lodge… Sounds like fun to
me.
As some of you may know, I own a
golf store in Lancaster and it is truly
a melting pot of what’s happening in
golf in WNY. The other day one of
my customers told me he was off to
Ravenwood in Rochester for the 6th
straight year for a golf get away that’s
not far away. His group of 20 stays five
minutes from the course as part of their
“Stay and Play Package.” They play 36
holes a day and have a great time on a
great golf course. Ravenwood has hosted a number of USGA Qualfiers and NY
State Championships - which speaks to
the challenge of the course - but this guy
could not “rave” more about the overall
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Adjustability, versatility
and color drive golf sales
By Pam Borges
If you’re shopping for a
new driver that’s nonadjustable, good luck finding
one in this year’s crop! Just
about every big equipment
company’s drivers are now
adjustable. The differences
lie in the degree of
adjustability. Equipment
manufacturers
are
making clubs with
improved adjustability and engineering to
optimize launch and
reduce spin with the
goal of creating the
one-size-fits-all driver. One of the newest
sensations for 2013
is the infusion of
adjustable-loft fairway woods. Golfers
can now get the versatility of four fairway
woods into their bag
while carrying only two
physical clubs. Here are
some innovative picks for
2013:
Game improvement
clubs
R1 (TaylorMade)
The equipment industry’s innovation leader
has outdone itself again
with the introduction of
its new R1 adjustable
driver, which boast
three levels of adjustability: a loft sleeve that
offers
12
settings
between 8-12 degrees; a sole
plate that allows for seven
club face angle options; and
shot-shaping movable sole
weights that change the CG
to produce higher launch,
lower spin and
better
ener-
Taylormade’s
R1 Driver offers more
adjustability than any
driver in the history of golf.
gy transfer. All together
that’s a total of 168 different address settings, the
most adjustable driver on
the market today.
Rocketballz Stage 2
The second generation
RBZ driver now has an
adjustable 12-setting loft
sleeve but no face angle
adjustment. A larger face,
lighter shaft and CG
repositioning has enhanced
ball speed and launch over
last year’s RBZ. The RBZ
Stage 2 fairway woods continue to feature the speed
pocket design in the sole, a
new thinner stainless steel
face plate and a lower CG all
designed to increase ball
speed. Its Rocketballz-ier
motto touts that better players gain up to 10 more yards
over last year’s model.
AMP CELL (Cobra)
The AMP Cell line
offers ultimate customization:
“Choose
your color, pick your
shaft, adjust your loft.”
Available in four colors
for men—blue, red,
orange, silver—and three
colors for ladies—pastel
pink, blue, green. The AMP
Cell driver, fairway wood,
and hybrid all feature MyFly
technology: a six-setting loft
and flight adjustment to
optimize distance and trajectory; Smartpad technology
that delivers a square face at
address; and E9 face technology which delivers more
accurate and faster ball
speeds.
G25 (Ping)
If you’re partial to the traditional black driver, check
out Ping’s new G25 driver. It
features a black matte finish
crown, titanium alloy body
and clubface, but has a larger face than last year’s model,
e s t
a lower, deeper CG and is
mulmore elongated from face to
tilayrear. These design features
e r
contribute to a higher
golf
launch, less spin, and
more forgiveness, and
the high-balance-point
shaft aids club speed.
It has the same loft
adjustment options as
Ping’s Anser driver, but
is a higher launching,
ball
higher spinning drivVolvik features the No. 1 color golf ball on Tour.
on
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er with greater formarket, is
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designed
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to reduce sidespin for
are offering so many flavors
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straighter distances.
with color preferences not
The 913 drivers promise
Volvik
just geared for ladies anyto deliver more speed, forVolvik’s high performance,
more.
giveness and distance.
vibrant colored balls are
Here are a few eye-catchFeaturing a high-speed,
touted to be “The No.1 color
ing specimens:
forged lighter face insert progolf ball on tour.” Explosive
Bridgestone
vides more ball speed and
distance with a soft feel is
Bridgestone has made
distance across a larger area
achieved by the world’s first
their most successful disof the face. A new rear
patented dual core with a
tance performance series
weight, lower CG location,
soft outer layer/hard inner
balls even better. Their 2013
and SureFit Tour adjustable
core—the opposite of the
e Series golf balls feature a
hosel, which can dial-in 16
competition. The dual core
new 326-seamless dual-dimloft and lie positions, allow
optimizes distance by transple pattern with six percent
for improved launch and
ferring the power from the
larger dimples and 2.5 perreduced spin for longer dishard inner core to the softer
cent more surface area covtance. The 913 fairway metouter layer. The softer zircoerage. This design helps
als and hybrids share the
nium cover is ceramic based,
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same new technology as the
making it more durable,
for better distance. Confused
drivers, complete with
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features a two-piece urethe best combination of
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Bridgestone touts as the softspice of life. Manufacturers
Rothland restores and renovates
By Ronald S. Montesano
Something old can be
something new, and this
theory will be proven in
2013 at Rothland Golf
Course in Akron. The 27hole golf complex was purchased by a four-owner
consortium and will return
to its original structure as a
golf property on both sides
of Clarence Center Road.
The Red, Gold and White
nines will again challenge
players of all ages and ability levels, while simultaneously providing a complete
recreational experience to
Western New York’s golfing
population.
The heart of Rothland is
its new ownership group.
Mike Lorigo, Josh McHale,
Kelly Schultz and Jack
Willert joined forces to
bring the facility into a new
era. The banquet and
restaurant facilities were
leased by Mike Rizzo of
Banchetti by Rizzo’s.
Rizzo’s at Rothland, will
offer a casual menu featuring
salads, panini, bombers and
of course Italian specialties
including homemade pastas,
pizzas, and nightly specials.
With a newly enclosed area
accommodating up to 300
guests, Rothland is the perfect setting for private parties, company tournaments,
weddings and more. Rizzo’s
at Rothland will be the perfect venue to kick back and
relax after a great round of
golf!
Photo by Ron Montesano
The pastoral ambiance of Rothland offers a tranquil setting for golf.
Ben Potter of the Banchetti
group will manage the golf
course on a daily basis. The
ownership group welcomes
tournaments and outings
from 16 to 200 players.
Upgrades to equipment
will be seen in the $100,000plus purchase of mowers,
along with the purchase of a
new fleet of golf carts. Gone
are the relics from the 1990s,
replaced by swift and comfortable contemporary models, complete with windshields and beverage holders. Although Rothland
exemplifies the notion of the
walk in the park, those who
choose to ride will do so in
comfort that borders on luxury.
Jeffrey Ferguson was hired
as superintendent of the golf
course and grounds. A graduate of the respected SUNYDelhi program for superintendents, Ferguson most
recently
worked
at
Brookfield Country Club in
Clarence, as assistant superintendent. His stated goal is
to offer environmentallysound maintenance practices
while keeping the course
aesthetically attractive and
sensitive to golfers, neighbors and wildlife.
Rothland is known for its
three diverse nine-hole
courses. They are paired for
play by the course and daily
alignments may be found on
the website up to ten days in
advance. The Red nine is the
longest, tipping at 3,400
yards. It features the widest
fairways, ensuring that aficionados of the long ball
have ample room to chase
their drives. Memorable
holes on the red are the
sweeping third, a 550-yard
par five, the uphill fifth, a
challenging par 3 and
the
double-dogleg
ninth, a 560-yard par
five.
Across the road from the
Red is the White, a 3,200
yard course that winds into
the woods, then back out to
an interesting finish. The
two newest holes on the
property are found on the
White nine. The 370-yard
sixth and 412-yard seventh,
both
leftward-turning
doglegs, were developed in
the 2000s and add strategy
and structure to the White.
One of the area’s “love it or
hate it” holes is found on the
White. The 500-yard third
hole, a 90-degree, doglegright par five, features a tree
squarely in the landing zone
of your second shot.
Successful negotiation leaves
a straightforward pitch for
birdie. Should you get stuck
behind the tree, you’ll find
out how good a scrambler
you are!
The Gold nine completes
the tour of Rothland.
Although it is the shortest of
the three courses, it is easily
the
most
challenging.
Situated adjacent to the Red,
the Gold features water hazards on six of nine holes.
None of the ponds or creeks
is unfairly-placed, but each
will make you think before
executing the next shot.
While your round ends with
the treacherous ninth, where
you might cross water twice
from tee to green, your trip
from tee one to green nine is
etched in your memory long
before. The downward-cascading fourth and sixth holes
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take you on runs into natural
glades.
A new website, www.rothlandsgolf.com, will bring
you instantly to photos and
course layouts, in preparation for your tour of nine, 18
or all 27 holes. Forms customized to requests for outings, league play and email
newsletter subscriptions are
accessed easily from the
main menu. A centralized
calendar of all Rothland
events is featured prominently on the site.
The driving range will be
renovated and will include
an all-grass tee deck and new
range balls. Social network
interaction with Facebook
and Twitter updates and
feeds will become standard
operating procedure. A site
blog will develop throughout
the year on the Rothland
website.
It’s almost too easy to
make
the
connection
between the roots of each
blade of grass and the roots
laid down by Rothland at its
inception. That image is precisely the one that the new
team along Clarence Center
Road wants each guest to
envision. Rothland is returning to its roots, from each of
the 27 holes to customer
service to a complete recreational experience. Whether
you stop by for a single
round, schedule an outing or
join a league, Rothland version 2013 will satisfy your
expectations.
Ron Montesano writes about
golf
on
his
website,
BuffaloGolfer.Com
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25/30 inc cart
Lima
585-624-1490
35/41 inc cart
Lima
Geneseo
Livonia
Nunda
Nunda
585-624-1490
585-243-4430
585-346-2450
585-468-2116
585-468-5010
35/41 inc cart
38/40 inc cart
30/35 inc cart
22/28 inc cart
22/26 inc cart
Spencerport
Brockport
585-352-5360
585-638-2266
25/30 inc cart
28/33 inc cart
Spencerport
Scottsville
Churchville
Brockport
Irondequoit
Perinton
Rochester
Fairport
Greece
585-352-4720
585-889-9325
585-293-0680
585-392-8080
585-266-0110
585-377-5200
585-424-2920
585-586-1300
585-663-0300
13/13
32/34 inc cart
21/22 inc cart
28/38 inc cart
30/31 inc cart
43/48 inc cart
30/31 inc cart
12/13
36/36 inc cart
Greece
Churchville
Short Course
Perinton
Spencerport
Henrietta
Spencerport
Penfield
Penfield
585-663-9440
585-889-4110
585-889-0739
585-223-7651
585-352-5314
585-334-6196
585-352-4300
585-385-2010
585-385-8550
8.75/8.75
39/49 inc cart
10/10
CALL
12/12
21/22 inc cart
23/27 inc cart
42/46 inc cart
42/47 inc cart
Penfield
585-385-2010
12/12
Greece
585-621-1030
10/12
Rush
Rochester
585-533-2440
585-385-8458
10/11
10/11
Brockport
Spencerport
Webster
Webster
Rush
585-637-2582
585-352-4800
585-265-1920
585-265-1920
585-334-5860
25/25 inc cart
30*/38* inc cart
41/50 inc. cart
26/31 inc cart
42/45 inc cart
Fairport
585-248-4880
11*/13*
Monroe County
Braemar
Brockport
Buttonwood
18 hole (par 3)
Chili
Churchville
Deerfield
Durand-Eastman
Eagle Vale
Genesee Valley
Island Valley (9)
Lake Shore
Latta Lea
(Par 3, 9 holes)
Mill Creek
Mill Creek
Perinton
Pinewood (9)
Riverton( 9)
Salmon Creek
Shadow Lake
Shadow Pines
Shadow Lake
Executive 9
Shore Acres
Executive 9
Southern
Meadows (9)
St. John Fisher (9)
Timber Ridge
Golf Club, LLC
Twin Hills
Webster East
Webster West
Wildwood
Woodcliff
Golf Course (9)
Niagara County
Course
Location
Deerwood
N. Tonawanda
Gothic Hill( 9)
Lockport
www.gothichillgolf.com
Hyde Park
(18 holes)
Niagara Falls
Newfane Pro-Am
(9 holes, par 3)
Newfane
Niagara County
Lockport
Niagara-Orleans Middleport
Oak Run
Lockport
Seneca
Hickory Stick
Lewiston
Shawnee( 9)
Wheatfield
Willowbrook
Lockport
Phone
716-695-8525
716-438-5477
Daily/Wknd rate
14r;26nr/14;26nr
11/11
716-297-2067
17r;20nr/19r;23nr
716-778-8302
716-439-7954
716-735-9000
716-434-8851
10/11
29/32 inc cart
30/34 inc cart
34/36 inc cart
716-754-2424
716-731-5177
716-434-0111
59/69 inc cart
13/13
35/37
315-789-9419
585-396-2200
585-924-5346
585-657-7539
585-924-5100
26/29 inc cart
59/79 inc cart
28/37 inc cart
30/37 inc cart
55/65
585-374-8010
42/47 inc. cart
585-289-8846
30/36 inc cart
585-924-0280
8/10
585-682-3922
585-638-4653
20*/25* inc cart
25/30 inc cart
585-682-3280
22/25 inc cart
585-765-2630
7/8
315-539-8076
26/30 inc cart
Macedon
Macedon
Walworth
315-986-5888
315-986-4455
315-524-0022
40/50 inc cart
25/32 inc cart
48/60 inc cart
Wolcott
Sodus
Lyons
315-594-8295
315-483-6777
315-946-6944
29/29 inc cart
39/49 inc cart
38*/54* inc cart
Ontario County
Big Oak
Geneva
Bristol Harbour
Cananadaigua
Centerpointe
Canandaigua
Parkview Fairways East Bloomfield
Ravenwood
Victor
www.ravenwoodgolf.com
Reservoir Creek Naples
Winged Pheasant
(27 holes)
Farmington
Winding Creek
Executive (9)
Victor
Orleans County
Harbour Pointe
Waterport
Hickory Ridge
Holly
www.hickoryridgegolfresort.com
Ricci Meadows
Albion
White Birch
(Par 3)
Lyndonville
Seneca County
Silver Creek
Waterloo
Wayne County
Blue Heron
Hills GC
Crooked Pines
Greystone
Port Bay
Golf Course
Sodus Bay Heights
Wayne Hills
Wyoming County
Course
Location
Phone
Archie’s Chip & Putt
(11 hole, Par-3)
Java
585-457-9505
Byrncliff Resort
& Conference Ctr Varysburg
585-535-7300
www.byrncliff.com
Ironwood
Cowlesville
585-805-0350
Quiet Times
(par 62)
Attica
585-591-1747
Rolling Acres
Pike
585-567-8557
Spruce Ridge GC Arcade
585-492-4122
(9 holes/rate is for 18) www.spruceridgegolfcourse.com
Daily/Wknd rate
10/10
39/48 inc cart
35/42 inc cart
16.50/16.50
27*/29* inc cart
25/25 inc cart
Yates County
Lakeside
Penn Yan
315-536-7252
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60/66 inc cart
Canada
Course
Location
Beechwood
Niagara Falls
www.beechwoodgolf.com
Chippawa (9)
Niag Falls
Eagle Valley GC
(Par 63)
Niagara Falls
Emerald Pines
Port Colborne
Fort Erie Golf Club Fort Erie
www. www.forteriegolf.ca
Grand Niagara
Resort
Niagara Falls
Hunters Pointe
(formerly
LochNess Links) Welland
International
Stevensville
Legends on the
Niagara
(Ussher’s Creek) N. Falls
Legends on the
Niagara
(Battlefield)
N. Falls
Niagara GC (9)
Niag.-on-the-Lake
Niagara Falls GC Niagara Falls
Oak Hall Par 3 (9) Niag. Falls
Oaklands
Niagara Falls
Peninsula Lakes Fonthill
Queenston(9)
Queenston
Rio Vista (9)
Fort Erie
Rockway
St. Catharines
Vineyards
Rolling Meadows Niagara Falls
Royal Niagara
Niag.-on-the-Lake
St. David’s (9)
Niag.-on-the-Lake
Thundering
Waters GC
Niagara Falls
Whirlpool GC
Niagara Falls
Whiskey Run
Port Colborne
Willowdel
Golf Club
(formerly Links
of Niagara)
Niagara Falls
Phone
866-883-3633
Daily/Wknd (Can.$)
49.95/59.95 cart/tax
905-295-2240
15/15
905-374-2110
905-835-2234
905-991-8883
26/26
40/40 cart/taxes
25/25 inc cart
905-384-4653
95/110 inc cart
905-714-4659
905-382-2000
45/49 inc cart
35/40 inc cart
866-465-3642
75/90 inc cart
866-465-3642
905-468-3424
905-358-5846
905-358-6418
905-295-6643
905-892-8844
905-262-4528
905-871-0921
877-762-5929
75/90 inc cart
31/35.50 inc taxes
30/35
5*/5*
28/34
89/111.87 cart & tax
13.25/14.75
15/18
59/65 inc cart
905-384-9894
866-ROYAL-18
905-262-4522
39/44 inc cart & tax
67.50/85 inc cart
13.25/14.75
905-357-6000
905-356-1140
905-835-6864
74.99/89.99 inc cart
65/80 inc cart
37.50/37.50
800-790-0912
50*/60* inc cart
Due to space constraints, complete pricing information for each golf course could
not be printed. Several courses offer season passes, spring and fall rates, senior and
youth discounts and variable pricing throughout the day, week and weekend.
Weekday fees are listed in front of the slash (/), followed by weekend and holiday
rates. Some weekend prices are for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday and Holidays,
while others are for Saturday and Sunday only. Fees which include carts are denoted by “inc. cart.” An asterisk (*) denotes 2012 prices, as not all golf courses are yet
open for the season and/or could not be reached for their updated pricing information. Resident prices are indicated with an “r,” and most require an ID card. Nonresident prices are indicated by “nr.” Prices for 9-hole courses are for 9 holes only,
but some courses offer discounted rates for completing the course twice. All prices
for Canadian golf courses are in Canadian funds (Can) and do not include tax unless
noted.
PGA
from page 1
golf
experience
at
Ravenwood. In years past
he and his group have
also enjoyed the other
courses on the “Finger
Lakes Golf Trail” (Bristol
Harbour
Resort,
Greystone and Mill
Creek), but he loved the
experience
at
Ravenwood. Enough said.
Half way between
Buffalo and Rochester is
Batavia Country Club. I
host
a
scholarship
fundraising tournament
there for the NYS Junior
Golf Tour and invite you
to join us June 30. Cost is
$100, but you will get
your money’s worth with
$60 in welcome gifts plus
golf, cart, lunch, streak
dinner, beverages all day
and $3K of prizes on the
table. Golf Director Chris
Pompa does a great job
with tournaments and his
course gets better every
year. I was there last week
to personally see a beautifully renovated club
house with a new bar
area, state of the art restrooms and more. This
after he already re-did the
pro shop last year. It’s a
great setting and fun
course to play and always
affordable.
If a great night of golf
and dinner combo is what
you are looking for, I
highly
recommend
Gothic Hill in Lockport.
Dave and Ginny Miller
put on a great fish fry
with steamers also available. Throw in a cold beer
and nine holes in the day,
or night (They are now
hosting “Glow Golf”
events) and their “Nine
and Dine” is tough to
beat.
So what else is happening on the local links?
Well here we go around
the horn.
International Country
Club of Niagara, aka ICC,
has new owners and is
under new management.
They are installing a state
of the art irrigation system and building a new
clubhouse that will open
this summer. That change
of ownership opened the
door at Rio Vista in Fort
Erie for my good friend
Rob Dunn to take over.
Watch for him to head up
some great changes there.
The sand bunkers and
irrigation system are
already being improved.
Keeping it in Canada,
Beechwood has added a
5th tee box in line with
the “play it forward” campaign. More trees and
grass bunkers are also in
the works. This according
to the world’s biggest
Notre
Dame
fan,
Beechwood Owner Brian
Antonsen. Whiskey Run
in Port Colbourne is also
on the tree planting move
adding over 100 blue
spruce. They will accompany a new bed and
breakfast called the
Bootlegger on the property. Also in Port is Emerald
Pines which, under new
ownership and manage-
ment,
are
changing
“everything, to give the
public what it wants.”
There is a renovated
restaurant and new menu
at the only true links
course in the area, that
being Hunter’s Pointe in
Welland. Fort Erie Golf
Club
Owner
Larry
Gibson tells me he has
gone green adding a fleet
of electric carts. And
Rockway Glen in St
Catharines is now called
Rockway Vineyards and
they have a new Director
of Golf, Bob Allan.
In the Rochester area,
Timber
Ridge
in
Brockport has added 8
tees and some 600 additional yards with seven
new bunkers coming in
the Summer. A new irrigation system and new
sand can be found
at
Brockport
Country
Club.
Deerfield
in
Brockport has new
management and is
rebuilding bunkers
to go along with
their new GPS
carts. Todd Riolo
(formerly
at
Ravenwood) is the
new
pro
at
C a l e d o n i a
Country Club. He
is featuring pro
shop
sidewalk
sales on Mondays
and Tuesdays when
his sweet private
country club is
open to the public.
Take advantage of
Caledonia’s
MondayTuesday golf and lunch
deal. Dan Cordaro is the
new
Director
of
Instruction at Eagle Vale
which has added a new
set of senior tees. Lake
Shore Country Club has
new carts. Wildwood has
added new tee markers
for US Kids Golf and has
a new club fitting system.
Blue Heron Hills has
reconstructed
their
bunkers and will host an
AJGA event. LeRoy CC
has new tee boxes (and a
nice layout). Hickory
Ridge in Holly has added
more RV sites and
increased their golf cart
fleet. To the south we go
where Peek’n Peak has
added GPS to their carts
to help you maneuver
around their awesome
upper course. The Lodge
at Holiday Valley now
features McCarty’s Café.
The Lodge is 66,000 sq.
feet and can accommodate just about any golf
outing.
Wellsville
Country Club has new
owners/management, a
new chef, menu, golf
carts and big renovations
happening. Spruce Ridge
in Arcade has a new
enclosure on their patio.
Owners Tim and Laurie
Berger expanded the facility and added blue tees on
the course as well.
Waterways Golf Club in
Belfast now has an on site
hotel and host outings.
The Belfast course also
has an Irish Pub. Go figure.
Last, but not least, if
you are looking for some
entertainment at your
course or your tournament this year, I highly
recommend Marc Melzer
and
his
Rodney
Dangerfield show (see his
ad in this section). He performs at full day golf
tournament and charity
events. He gets no respect
but will keep your group
laughing. “Hey, let me tell
ya, let me tell ya…” He
even looks like Rodney,
which is a little scary.
Rick Zurak is the
Host/Producer of the WNY
Golf Report TV Show
Tuesdays at 6:30 pm on
Time Warner Ch. 20 in
Buffalo. He is also the
Director of The NYS Junior
Golf
Tour
(halfpricegolf.com).
Contact Rick at zurakgolf@roadruner.com.