A savvy bettor could have made $50 on a dollar bet this weekend, if betting was legal at the Arctic Valley Open. Tyler McKinley, a 50-1 shot in the underdog report, put together a round of golf for the ages to pull off a comeback win at Moose Run's Creek Course on Sunday and win […]
Blanche leads AVO
Paul Blanche's 74 was good enough to build a one-shot lead over Michael Oldenkamp (75) after Saturday's round on the Hill Course at Moose Run. With one round at the Creek remaining, Blanche is in position to win his first Arctic Valley Open and the first leg of the AGB Grand Slam. Defending champ Brad […]
AVO Underdog Report
Humps and bumps and bears await the 39 men and eight women ready to march across the Hill Course at Moose Run when the second annual Arctic Valley Open begins Saturday morning. Among the men, Paul Blanche and Michael Oldenkamp are two known quantities ranked No. 8 and No. 9, respectively on the AGB Tour. […]
The AGB Grand Slam
Until last summer, we were deprived of the notion of each major golf facility in the Anchorage area holding its own club championship. The Anchorage Golf Course, Palmer Golf Course, Settlers Bay and Moose Run now all host course championships, marking a modern shift in the challenge presented to the area’s most competitive golfers. To […]
Awaiting Alaska’s champions
This weekend marks the beginning of a big, busy stretch of serious Alaskan golf competition. There are essentially five primary courses in the Anchorage area and all of them will be utilized in the next five weeks, giving golf fans a sense of which courses are the toughest and which golfers are the best. This […]
Smith outlasts Farrell at Creek
Paul Smith’s 345-yard drive on the 16th hole at the Moose Run Creek Course put him in position to keep momentum rolling toward a black-tee course record Sunday, but Smith had to settle for a victory in the Mid-July Mash as a consolation prize. The course record since 2016 is 78 from the black tees. […]
The new AGB Tour season
We all know the Alaska golf season is short, but when one considers that course conditions don’t usually reach tournament-level until July, the competitive season is even shorter. That’s why the AGB Tour season will last about a month to six weeks each summer. Each ABG Tour season will by necessity have to be a […]
Working without a net
AGB Tour events will be all gross all the time, meaning no use of handicaps. Net scoring always seems to carry some element of unfairness, so in the interest of saving the time and energy it takes to monitor handicaps, net scoring is eliminated. In a related matter, all AGB Tour events will be played […]
A little early July golf update
Chris Daigrepont is a really long hitter. While playing the black tees at the Creek last month with Daigrepont, I watched him drive the ball nearly into the fairway bunkers at the 18th hole’s division point. We measured the drive with lasers and came to consensus that he hit the ball 334 yards. It was […]