I visited my old high school football field last night to watch the Chugiak Mustangs take on the Service Cougars in the opening round of the Alaska state football playoffs. Though the Mustangs came within a yard or so of tying the score at the half, they trailed 14-7 at the break and went on […]
Molinari at +120
Francesco Molinari is nearly an even-money favorite to win the weekly PGA Tour sponsored event. Known more for beating all the pros in Europe, Molinari is listed at +120 at sportsbook.ag, meaning $100 wager wins you $120. Abraham Ancer is tied with Molinari on the golf score board, but not on the odds board, where […]
Eliminating the driving range
I’ve been to the driving range twice this summer and both times it led to my worst rounds of golf of the year. Both times, it led to an inability to make consistent contact with the golf ball on the course. I don’t know exactly why this happens, but I do know I will never […]
Practice swing vs. real swing
Golfing with my sister today, I was also teaching her how to swing the club a little better, because she desires improvement. We went over some basic fundamentals and basically worked on getting her to swing the club in more of a circle around her body. She is athletic and coordinated, so she picked up […]
All Koepka does is win U.S. Opens
Last year, when Brooks Koepka won the U.S. Open, he took about a year off immediately after collecting that massive trophy. This year, I guess he decided to keep the ball rolling at the tournament now known as the Travelers. Koepka is not the favorite, however, as that honor goes to Justin Thomas. Rory McIlroy […]
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 […]
Passing Don’s wisdom on to writers
I continued my reading of Don Quixote this morning and stumbled across a passage that could easily apply to writers in today’s world. In the passage, Sancho Panza asks Quixote why he continues to wander around doing great deeds that nobody will ever see or hear about. Why doesn’t Quixote go into the service of […]
Write every day
One of the biggest lessons I learned in my journalistic days was that sometimes people like the dumbest stories. No, what I mean is, you never can tell what people are going to like. I would turn in stories I loved and hear nothing from anyone and I would turn in stories I hated and […]