The Denver Broncos, my childhood team and greatest love in the sporting world, played against the most dastardly and evil franchise in sports yesterday, the New England Patriots. This has always been the game I circle on the calendar. The chance to wear my heart on the orange and blue sleeves of the jerseys that I grew up in. It…
Category: Passions
Making it Your Own
From the time I was 4 years old, until the day I got fitted for my first Titleist driver at 16, my father and I made every single club I had ever used. These experiences have allowed me to make repairs whenever a club gets broken, or I need to regrip my irons. I can get cheaper components online and have…
The Amateur Vs. The Professional
In golf, the amateur plays for the love of the game. The professional plays for the money. That has been the common conception for a long time now, but from my own experience, I find it rings hollow. I’ve played in many tournaments, ranging from local club venues to USGA qualifiers, to State Opens with professional fields, and I can tell you…
Balance and Fighting The Resistance
Balance is the most important fundamental in golf. I have been able to play some excellent rounds by swinging off-balance and using my hand-eye coordination to square the club at the last second, but the results have been erratic. To be able to build a repeatable golf swing, everything relies on your discipline to stay balanced from takeaway to follow-through.…
An Unexpected Opportunity
I had the opportunity to play in the CVS Charity Classic this year, hosted at the beautiful Sakonnet Country Club, an exclusive country club set in the rolling farmland of Little Compton, Rhode Island. Right on the coast, it had a fantastic view of New Port just across the bay, it was one of the most picturesque courses I’ve had…
VHS and The 1999 Ryder Cup
Remember VHS tapes? Those prehistoric things that no longer have any use other than as coasters? Well, I’ve been thinking back to when I had the 1999 Ryder Cup on tape, recorded during the tournament by my dad, as much of a golf fan as I turned out to be. I must have watched the 3 days in their entirety…
The Story Behind The Snow Ball
This is a post that I wrote on my other website, thesnow-ball.com, which gives you a behind-the-scenes look at what went into creating the 2016 Snow Ball dance. The 2016 Snow Ball started out as the vision of three homeschooled graduates: Luke Ruffing, Elizabeth Phillips, and Petra Jackson, living in central Maine. During their high school years, they had attended…