Kay’s Korner

Joe Andruzzi golf tourney at Pinehills raises $210,000

Posted in Charity, Golf, Golf Tournaments, Golf Writers Column, Kay's Korner, What's News by on June 18th, 2013

Joe Andruzzi joined with scores of his former New England Patriots teammates and other professional athletes and A-listers to raise more than $210,000 in charitable funds Monday at Pinehills Golf Club in Plymouth, Mass., according to the Patriot Ledger. The fifth annual Joe Andruzzi & Friends Golf Tournament attracted 200 players, the largest… Read More

Slow play: The scourge of golf from Ponte Vedra to New England

Posted in 2013 US Open, Golf, Golf Tournaments, Golf Writers Column, Kay's Korner, What's News by on June 16th, 2013

Annika Sorenstam urges the USGA to put some teeth behind its new "While We're Young" pace-of-play campaign Slow play. It’s Exhibit A in the ongoing battle to attract new golfers and ensure those already playing to stay the course. The USGA, with its new pace-of-play push, avowed recently that it was finally going to do something to prod the creepy crawlers at your local mun… Read More

Keegan Bradley worries about watching Bruins ahead of U.S. Open

Posted in 2013 US Open, Golf, Golf Tournaments, Golf Writers Column, Kay's Korner, Team New England on the Tours, U.S. Open Notebook, What's News by on June 13th, 2013

(Photo: keeganbradley.com) Keegan Bradley wears his New England heritage on his Tommy Hilfiger sleeve, so despite an early tee time on Thursday morning in Philadelphia, the Vermont native was more concerned about how his beloved Boston Bruins would make out in their first Stanley Cup Finals game in Chicago. “I can’t believe it,” Bradley, citing the game’s 8 p.m. ET puck drop, told th… Read More

Geoff Sisk qualifies for his sixth U.S. Open

Posted in 2013 US Open, Golf, Golf Tournaments, Golf Writers Column, Kay's Korner, Team New England Hopefuls, What's News by on June 10th, 2013

Geoff Sisk has received a fair amount of media attention since surviving sectional qualifying for this week’s U.S. Open -- not because pundits believe he has a chance to overtake Tiger Woods and the other big names vying for the trophy at Merion Golf Club, but because the Massachusetts resident, as the AP’s Doug Ferguson put it, is the embodiment of this country’s nationa… Read More

Jerry Kelly leads New England golfers to U.S. Open

Posted in Golf, Golf Tournaments, Golf Writers Column, Kay's Korner, Team New England on the Tours, U.S. Open Notebook, What's News by on June 4th, 2013

Jerry Kelly makes his 10th U.S. Open Jerry Kelly reminded Golf Channel viewers that it’s something of a grind to play 36 holes in one day to earn a spot at next week’s U.S. Open. But grind he did, and the 46-year-old University of Hartford grad will be teeing it up at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa., next week in this country’s national championship. “Getting ol… Read More

Karrie Webb posts 39th LPGA Tour win

Posted in Golf, Golf Tournaments, Golf Writers Column, Kay's Korner, Team New England on the Tours, What's News, Womens by on June 2nd, 2013

(Photo: karriewebb.com) Karrie Webb rebounded from a five-shot deficit Sunday to post her 39th LPGA Tour win at the ShopRite LPGA Classic. For the 38-year-old World Golf Hall of Famer, the victory in the 54-hole event was her first in two years, Webb’s last one coming at the 2011 LPGA Founders Cup. It was also her first triumph in the Shoprite competition. She finished two shots clear of r… Read More

K.J. Choi goes all Jim Furyk at Memorial

Posted in Golf, Golf Equipment, Golf Tournaments, Golf Writers Column, Kay's Korner, Wedges and Putters, What's News by on May 30th, 2013

Jim Furyk buys used putter from Boston-area retailer Joe & Leighs (Photo: Joe & Leigh's Discount Golf Pro Shop) K.J. Choi and Jim Furyk are renowned on the PGA Tour for fiddling with their golf gear. So when Choi wanted a new set of irons before this week’s Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio, he did what Furyk did in the middle of the 2010 Deutsche Bank Championship -- he took his bu… Read More

Keegan Bradley teams up with Tiger Woods at Memorial

Posted in Golf, Golf Tournaments, Golf Writers Column, Kay's Korner, Team New England on the Tours, Team New England on the Tours, What's News by on May 28th, 2013

(Photo: keeganbradley.com) Keegan Bradley will get a lot of face time on TV in the first two rounds of this week’s Memorial Tournament, thanks to drawing Tiger Woods as his Thursday and Friday playing partner. Bradley, fresh off a runner-up finish at the Byron Nelson Championship earlier this month, has also drawn Fred Couples in his star-studded threesome. The Vermont-bred 2011 PGA champ… Read More

James Driscoll won’t stop anchoring until he has to

Posted in Golf, Golf Equipment, Golf Writers Column, Kay's Korner, Team New England on the Tours, Wedges and Putters, What's News by on May 23rd, 2013

(Photo: Twitter via @jdriscollpga) James Driscoll was a reluctant convert to the long putter. Now, after a year-plus with a belly bat jammed into his gut -- and despite this week’s announcement by golf’s governing boards that his flat stick will be illegal in under three years -- the New England golfer has no plans to replace the lengthy club any time soon. “I plan on using the belly p… Read More

Keegan Bradley boosts Bruins after Byron Nelson loss to Bae

Posted in Golf, Golf Tournaments, Golf Writers Column, Kay's Korner, Team New England on the Tours, What's News by on May 19th, 2013

In support of the Boston Bruins playoff run, Keegan Bradley sports a playoff beard at the Byron Nelson Championship (Photo: keeganbradley.com) Keegan Bradley’s course-record 60 Thursday at the Byron Nelson Championship went for naught, as the three-time PGA Tour winner could not hold off Sang-Moon Bae, who took the event for his first tour victory. Bae, a student of Rick Smith, who teaches… Read More
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