When I was a kid, the State Am was a big deal. It was the 80s and there were real newspapers covering the event with full-page pictures and multiple articles providing insight to the Anchorage spectacle. The winner each year got a lot of attention and was a bit of a hero to local golfers. […]
What makes Greg Sanders the second best golfer in Alaska
Once, while playing golf with Greg Sanders, he made a surprising admission. I had just finished telling him I heard Rob Nelson was considering returning to amateur golf. “If he does, I’ll never win anything again,” Sanders said. Whether he was just being humble or being a realist resigned to his fate, you can be […]
What makes Alaska golf so unique
Just the other day, Golf Magazine writer Dylan Dethier posted an article at golf.com announcing the U.S. Open qualifying sites for 2022. The last one on the list was in Palmer, Alaska in late May. Sprinkled in around the article were links to the story Dethier did about our Alaskan qualifier. You can click here […]
Why Rob Nelson is Alaska’s top golfer
He’s never won a State Am or any other sanctioned state tournament in Alaska, but Rob Nelson is the undisputed best golfer in the state. You could go out and win the State Am or some other sanctioned event this summer and unless you best Nelson in the process, I will not move you to […]
AGA has new website and possible new format
In thinking over plans for 2022, I made my way onto the AGA website. It has revamped its presentation and it looks good so far. I also learned from a reliable source that the state match play event at Moose Run in July will possibly revert from the pod system back to a traditional bracket […]
Prepping for a great 2022
It’s nearly 2022, which is hard to fathom, because it seems like yesterday I was 18 and setting off to make the big golf tour. Along the way, for what is now nearly three decades, I learned a lot about golf and myself, including the realization that tour life would be really awful. Playing amateur […]
Social media is dead to me
After about a year with no social media, I’ve realized life is better without it. So, I’m never going back. I’ve tried them all, including Twitter and Facebook and found them essentially useless. Twitter was my favorite by far, but nobody really used Twitter and it made for a lonely experience. I never liked Facebook, […]
Golf rankings changing before Christmas
Jake McGraw moved out last fall to Augusta, Georgia or thereabouts. He may secretly be in charge of next spring’s Masters, but he wouldn’t confess to it when I asked. We all wish Jake the best, but he isn’t in Alaska anymore, so I’m going to remove him the list of Alaska’s top 10 golfers. […]
Resilient South does the impossible
Ok, so it’s not really impossible, what South did, but sportscasters use that word all the time, so why not. The South volleyball team battled through the losers bracket in the state high school tournament to eventually defeat Dimond in the final. It seems Dimond and South are always meeting in the final, but South’s […]
South is down but not out
The state high school volleyball tournament is of the double-elimination variety in Alaska, so even though South lost to West Thursday, the Wolverines are still alive and can battle their way back to a title via the losers bracket. Dimond did win it’s latest match and will play West tonight for the right to advance […]