Jeff Sinkiewicz

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High priced equipment does not always net low scores

There is an old saying in golf ” what wins on Sunday, sells on Monday”. What does that mean? Simply said what ever brand of golf clubs the winner of the most recent PGA Tour event used, are the most searched clubs on the internet come Monday morning. What works for the Pros doesn’t necessarily   read more »

New England Hooters Tour Players Get a Little Home Cooking

New England has been well represented on the Hooters Pro Tour and it has been very successful for several Massachusetts players such as Rob Oppenheim who is now on the Nationwide Tour, Jim Renner ( 5th on the money list) and  Michael Welch (6th on the money list) as well as up and coming ho   read more »

Renner Captures Second Title

This weeks Hooters Pro Tour Event was held at Sunset Hills CC in Edwardsville, IL and Plainville's, Jim Renner was the only player from New England to take the trip. Constant rains and lengthy delays shortened The Sunset Hills NGA Classic to 54 holes.   read more »

Welch gets a taste of the Nationwide Tour

Quincy's Michael Welch was awarded an exemption into this weeks Nationwide Tour event, The Fresh Express Classic at TPC Stonebrae in Hayward, CA. Welch earned his ticket to Cali and a chance to play compete against fellow Massachusetts native, Rob Oppenheim (who gained a full exemption last fall   read more »

Michael Welch finding his groove on the Hooters Tour

This weeks NGA Hooters Pro Golf Tour stopped  in Fernandina Beach, FL at the Amelia National Golf & Country Club. After a few weather delays and suspended play due to darkness, Quincy's Michael Welch is $30,000 richer as he took the victory over the 168 player field this week. This was W   read more »

Oppenheim/Parziale go 1st and 3rd at Forest Lakes GC

Rob Oppenheim(-9) completed his wire to wire run at Forest Lakes golf club with a 2-under,69 as he held off Ted Potter(-8) who also carded a 69 today. This is Oppenheim's second title of the Hooters Winter Tour.   read more »

Parziale earns top 20 finish at Diamondback GC

It's been a while since we have heard any news on one of New Englands young hopefuls, Matt Parziale. Matt has had a rollercoaster ride down in Florida as he plays on the Hooter Pro Tour and this week he shows signs of a positive future.    read more »

Oppenheim/Renner give one, two punch at Shingle Creek

With Florida having record cold weather this week, team New England felt right at home as they entered three players in this weeks Hooters Pro Tour event in Orlando and all three made the cut and cashed.   read more »

Mike Calef jumps on board at Brockton Country Club

The Brockton Country Club has appointed former Pro player, Mike Calef as the Director of Golf and Shop operations. Mike turned pro in 2003 where he traveled on the Hooters Tour before coming back home to play on the New England Pro Golf Tour before deciding to gain his amateur status after a three y   read more »

New England gets two top ten finishes at Southern Dunes

Four of the ten New England players entered in this weeks Hooters event made it into the final round at The Southern Dunes Golf and CC today with two of them finishing in the top ten.   read more »

Another Top Ten finish for Renner

Travis Hampshire(-11) carded a 61 in round two and  took a 7 shot lead  into the final round of the Hooters Pro Tour this week at Sugarloaf Mountain GC and made it a little interesting. After 8 straight pars, the tournament leader made bogey on the 9th hole. Hampshire opened the backside w   read more »

Late Season Ace at DW Field GC

This time of year in New England only the die hard golfers try to get in those few extra holes before the first snow and for one college student home on Thanksgiving break it was a rewarding day. Michael Archard of Brockton, Ma had not picked up a golf club for nearly 2 months went out and played a   read more »

My Biggest Pet Peeves in Golf

I figured this would be a fun article to write but I must warn you, although I mean no disrespect to anybody what so ever, this will probably still offend a few of you so if you can’t take constructive criticism with a little bit of sarcasm, I suggest that if you are reading this on line, clic   read more »

A Look Back at Q-School 2009

The week after Labor Day, hundreds of PGA  hopefuls started their journey to earn a chance to play with the best next season on the PGA Tour  and after 3 Qualifying stages (216 holes) it came down to this week at Bear Lakes CC. With just 25 PGA Tour Cards to be handed out to the 170 p   read more »

Sink the Putts is coming to Myrtle Beach

The season is winding down here in the Northeast as the leaves change and the cold weather is coming in, that means it is time for our annual trip to Myrtle Beach October 9-14th. What better time to give you some travel advice if you plan to take a golf trip.   read more »

Rounds played under "winter rules" Count

Up here in the Northeast, we are not so lucky when it comes to golfing in nice conditions year round. To compensate for frozen grounds, wet conditions, leaves all over the place and just plain old crappy weather, we have what is called winter rules.   read more »

How about some fun golf tournaments

Obviously played on or around Thanksgiving. There are two key elements to this format. First off, pin placement. Throw the USGA rule book out the door, these placements should resemble a miniature golf course. Ask your grounds keeper to place every pin on the hardest part of the green like the top o   read more »

The Brockton City Open ends in a dog fight

With the field already going to the playoff, the buzz in the clubhouse was would the seeded follow suit? Dave Tasho went into the final round of the Brockton City Open with a three shot lead over cousin Steve and a four shot lead over defending champ Mike Calef. All three players brought their "A" g   read more »

Disaster down the stretch, leads to a playoff in the field

After two days of wet, miserable weather, golfers at Thorny Lea finally saw the sun. Course superintendent, Jim Mederos tried to make it tough on the remaining 57 golfers with difficult pin placements but with the 6" of rain in the last two days, golfers were able to throw darts at the soft greens k   read more »

When you are in the beach, rake the bunker

Golf is supposed to be a relaxing sport, a day away from the realities of life, work , home etc. That doesn't mean that you do not have to work while playing golf and I am not talking about grinding shots out and sweating those 2 foot putts. What I am talking about is your responsibilities as a gol   read more »

Parziale 2 for 2

Matt Parziale had his first speed bumps (if you want to call them that) in his short time on the eGolf Tour. Matt started the 4 day Championship at Savannah with rounds of 69 and 71 (-4) which coincidentally was the cut for the weekend event. Matt cashed in his second event finishing 64th at even p   read more »

Handicap Manual rule 4-3. Equitable Stroke Control

Recently I have been approached quite a bit about players not properly adjusting their scorecards. After asking around and taking surveys, I was amazed of the amount of golfers that do not know the proper ruling. Everybody seems to have their own interpretation of adjusting scores and surpris   read more »

What are your greens on the Stimp Meter.....a what?

When most average golfers are referring to the speed of the putting greens, terms they often use would be fast or slow. Other critical golfers may use terms like "putting on Velcro" or "it's like putting on concrete" and some will say they are great or just terrible. But when you get to the pro l   read more »

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