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Jun 12
Certainly not the best, but you're missing several of the finest ones in the area - Jup Hills, Loblolly, Atlantic Fields, MacArthur, Bear's club, Tequesta, Dye Preserve, Jonathan's Landing, Old Marsh, and of course Seminole (which is in Juno Beach).
Hobe Sound/Jupiter area is the best golf place in the country (other than Philly)
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Jun 11
LOS ANGELES – Growing up, there was no Wi-Fi in the Romero house. No cell phones for the kids until age 16. No after-school TV binges either. The activity plan was simple: Go outside and find something to do.
“Kind of like the 80s,” said Rick Romero, a chiropractor who, along with his wife Maricel, also kept them away from junk food and sodas.
They played other sports growing up in San Jose, California, particularly baseball, but after the Romero kids – Kyreece, Kaleiya and Kiara – were gifted their first set of golf clubs by their grandparents, they became regulars at the par-3 course near their house, Santa Teresa, because they could pay $5 and play every day. The self-taught, athletic trio began taking formal lessons from Jon Horner at CordeValle in high school, and he remains their only instructor. Neither of their parents play.
Full story below:
(USGA photo)
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Jun 12
Am News: Jupiter, Florida - At the 109th @fsga Amateur Championship yesterday at Dye Preserve & Admirals Cove, Anthony Amoroso, Eddie Carnes and Lee Poppell share the first round lead at -4.
Charlie Woods struggled, tied for 112th with an opening round 79 at Admirals Cove. Woods plays at Dye Preserve in Jupiter today at 9:48 am.
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Before each @CurtisCup, caddies from the host venue are randomly assigned to players on both the USA and GB&I sides.
Kary Hollenbaugh and Bel-Air’s Ray Shafizadeh have been an ELECTRIC duo so far 😅
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Jun 11
FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF was released 40 years ago today.
Writer-director John Hughes wrote the screenplay in less than a week, working so quickly that he reportedly completed much of the script before the studio had even finished reading the first pages.
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Jun 10
Jun 10
It’s the middle of June!
Imagine coming up 18 on the Old Course and playing through a snow storm.
That’s just what happened yesterday.
Feel awful for the guys who lost their round. But for the ones who finished liked this, what a memory!
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Jun 10
BT, on paper that sounds true, but it's false. I know it was just under 3ft, but if you ever played Riv, you'd know that every putt on the 18th green has crazy break, especially to that hole location. It brakes off the map. She probably only pulled that about 1-2" from where she intended to start it. Luckily she chose the proper speed, so if it grabbed the edge it had a decent chance to still go down.
Jun 10
🚨🚨🚨#GOLFCHAT QUESTION #2🚨🚨🚨
Fortunately for Nelly, her pulled two-footer on the 18th at Riviera circled the cup and still went in. Had she missed, it would have been one of the biggest chokes in golf ever.
What do you think is the biggest choke in golf history? #GolfChat
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Jun 10
Amateur Championship News:
The @CurtisCup comes to the iconic George Thomas/Billy Bell design at Bel-Air for the first time. If you've never been to this SoCal beauty, you'll wanna check out the telecast and take in the surroundings. The last of several designers to put their handiwork on the property is Tom Doak, and it shows... and so does the work of Agronomy leader @JustinDePippo and his team (easily a top 5 turf presentation that I've ever experienced).
Four @USGA championships have been held at the club: '76 U.S. Amateur, '04 U.S. Senior Amateur, 2017 U.S. Amateur (co-host), and most recently the '23 U.S. Women’s Amateur.
@GeoffShac does a fantastic job of detailing the club's origins in his Quadrilateral newsletter. Of the Thomas layouts I've experienced, Bel-Air might be my favorite.
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HOW GOOD IS IT...
That 10 amateurs qualified for next week' @usopengolf
✅️ @TOURMISS
Jun 9
43 names. One destination.
These players survived Golf's Longest Day and punched their tickets to Shinnecock Hills.
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Jun 9
Instant classic!
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Jun 9
🤯Could have been our QB1 last 6 years, footwork, arm way better arm than Tua. Probably could take a hit too. Just sayin...
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Jun 9
Happy Place! 👇👇👇
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Jun 9
About time, better late than never! #Bravo
The @PGATOUR is partnering with @GolfAust and the @DPWorldTour to help elevate the @AusOpenGolf.
The agreement creates greater opportunities for TOUR members to compete internationally while strengthening one of golf’s premier national opens.
pgatour.com/article/news/lat…
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Jun 8
Lip out or Fall in, we were this close to a playoff at Riv yesterday @uswomensopen.
What an Open. Our recap of Sunday's finish- linksnation.com/nelly-korda-…
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Jun 8
Nelly!
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Course superintendent Marshall Dick has called Riviera home for 14 years.
Today, he received the USGA's E.J. Marshall Platter, honoring him and his grounds team for delivering a @USWomensOpen stage worthy of the world's best.
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A new name will be added today.
And for the first time, it will be a woman's.
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