The Slammer award goes to the golfer who displays the most raw power while playing golf in my presence. The power doesn’t necessarily have to be combined with accuracy, but it probably helps if it is. This year’s Slammer is a new golfer among the AGB documentation. He first made blog news when he shot […]
NKOB 2018
The NKOB award stands for New Kid on the Block, but instead of throwing a silent “t” in the acronym, I left it out so people could pronounce the award as en-kob. It seems the Arctic Valley Open is the perfect breeding ground for the NKOB, as each of the first two award winners come […]
The Greenside Magician award goes to…
When I evaluate the criteria for Greenside Magician, I tend to lean toward the spectacular. This award isn’t necessarily for the person with the best or most consistent short game, not to say it could never go to that person, but this award is more for the person who demonstrated some amazing short-game shots while […]
And the Grinter is…
The Grint is no longer USGA legit, thanks to some strange actions by the USGA that I won’t delve into. The Grint is still cool as can be and there are more Alaskan on it than ever. There is one Alaskan who used the Grint more than everyone else and he will get an award. […]
The Boss 2018
The Boss award goes to that golfer who carried himself with an air of confidence all summer and generally kicked everyone’s butt. Last year, it went to Herschel Deaton, but this year it goes to Benjie Sumulong. Sumulong made the decision easy on this award. He pretty much won every tournament he entered, including the […]
The first 2018 AGB award is a new one
A long-term goal for the Alaska golf community is to create an awareness that any of us can become an online reporter when a newsworthy item is in front of us at the golf course. So, the first AGB award of 2018 is a new one called the Ace Reporter, given to the member of […]
NKOB Award
Every year we see the same scratch golfers kicking everyone’s rear end, but almost every year there is some new face or name that emerges on the competitive Alaska golf scene. The AGB will be on the lookout each year for such a player and will dub that player the New Kid on the Block. […]
The Grinter (who almost stole Christmas)
Marcus Dolejsi almost stole the first Grinter award with all the scores he is posting to the Grint from a warm location this past couple weeks, but it wasn’t quite enough to overtake Mike Farrell. Farrell wins the 2017 Grinter award for his steady use of the Grint all summer. He usually posts from Settlers […]
The Magician revealed
If you have ever played a round with Benjie Sumulong, you know he can be expected to make a chip shot from anywhere or nail a 90-foot putt just because he feels like it, so the Greenside Magician award goes to the golfer that most reminded me of Sumulong. In this case, one shot determined […]
Big hitter, the Lama
To hit the golf ball a great distance places envy in the hearts of all golfers who cannot. You don’t have to be a long hitter to play good golf, but those who smash the golf ball across state lines get to play a different game. Alaska has several long-ball hitters who are fun to […]