Two stroke-play qualifying rounds of the 74th U.S. Junior Amateur Championship were conducted on Monday and Tuesday at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort in Bandon, Ore. They proved, without a doubt, that the games of the best Massachusetts junior golfers travel very well. John Broderick (Wellesley, Mass.), … [Read more...]
Aidan Emmerich, headed to U.S. Junior Amateur again, is making a mark
It was a blur of a four-day tournament golf road trip, one that junior players dream about and 96 hours that Aidan Emmerich will not soon forget. On Tuesday, June 14, Emmerich (Swampscott, Mass.) traveled to Rockaway Hunting Club on Long Island (a perennial AJGA Tournament host site) to compete in … [Read more...]
Don’t be surprised to see Christian Emmerich’s game take off this summer
The demonstrated ability of a player to go low when it counts, to keep his foot on the gas without backing off and get into the clubhouse by posting a sub-70 score, is a strong indicator of potential golfing success. A prime example of one such player – a gunslinger who actually seems to revel in … [Read more...]
For the Spitz brothers of Massachusetts, this golf season is already looking up
Nothing personifies the meritocratic nature of competitive golf more acutely than the qualifying processes for the U.S. Open and the U.S. Senior Open. For this year’s U.S. Open, for instance, local qualifying rounds have reduced 8,880 non-exempt entrants to 530 advancers. Those 1-out-of-every-17 … [Read more...]
BU women, despite loss in NCAA regionals, add ‘a big jolt of confidence’ to program
BU women's golf coach Bruce Chalas surveyed the NCAA Division 1 Regional scoreboard over the final nine holes at Vanderbilt’s Legends Club on Wednesday. No, his team, which would eventually finish 11th, would not be one of the four squads to advance to the NCAA championship. But two things jumped … [Read more...]
Preparation, then a curve ball: How the BU women have readied for NCAA Regionals
As the Sunday evening JetBlue flight to Boston lifted off from Reagan Airport on April 17, all was right with the world of BU women’s golf. That afternoon, at the US Naval Academy golf course in Annapolis, Md., Flair Kuan had calmly rolled in a 6-foot putt on the 54th hole of the Patriot League … [Read more...]