Thoughts on team golf from Teders & Sumulong

Rich Teders and Benjie Sumulong were long-time partners in all the team events here in Alaska and one day Teders offered a cool story about the partnership. Teders and Sumulong both made an agreement before teeing off in their first event together that neither would ever say they were sorry for a bad shot. They […]

Birdie Juice

Kids can’t have birdie juice. Which came first, the birdie juice or the birdie? The answer is the birdie. Birdie juice doesn’t create birdies, it’s the other way around. There is a certain group of golfers in Alaska who, after making a birdie, will pass around a flask full of scotch or often Crown Royal […]

Chilean golf pro kicks butt at U.S. Open qualifier

Horacio Leon shot a 67 at Palmer golf course Wednesday to win the local U.S. Open qualifier by six shots. Leon is listed as being form Jupiter, Florida, but is a golf pro from Chile. Anchorage’s Adam Baxter, a two-time State-Am champ shot 73 to take second place and secure first alternate. He was one […]

Qualifier coming to a theater near you in 2017

It was 37 degrees outside this morning and raining, but that won’t stop Alaskans from holding their U.S. Open qualifier on Wednesday at Palmer. There are 12 dreamers lined up to battle the fuzzy greens and yellow fairways for a chance to play in the U.S. Open at Erin Hills in Wisconsin next month. The […]

JDP Invitational IV

The fourth annual JDP Invitational crowned its fourth new champion last week, with Laura Walsh claiming the green candle. Her net 71 was the first score posted and sat there begging for a challenger that never materialized. The other four players all failed to break 80 with their net scores. Defending champion Debbie Peters made […]