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Golf’s Grass-Mowing Grandma
By Mike May Patti Emerson, a 63-year-old mother, grandmother, and retired postal work from Seymour, Indiana, is doing a job which she never considered doing in her lifetime, but loves doing. Emerson works on the grounds crew, cutting grass on tees and fairways at Seymour’s Shadowood Golf Course, four mornings each week in the Spring, […]
Hello Indiana Golfers!
It’s been warm sunny, for the most part, in Indiana, I hope you have been taking advantage of the extended daylight to pursue Old Man Par. I’m excited about the breadth and depth of stories in this issue and I hope you enjoy them as much as we enjoyed putting them all together. […]
Indiana’s Annabelle Pancake Having Another Strong Summer
By Mike May One of the players at last month’s Otter Creek Championship was Indiana-native Annabelle Pancake, one of the few amateurs in the field. Pancake, a lifelong resident of Zionsville and a recent college graduate of Clemson University, made the cut and recorded a strong finish on the weekend. After opening with rounds of […]
Adam Schenk, U.S. Open, IHSAA State Championship & Lexi Retires
With the Indianapolis 500 in the rearview mirror and the Pacers out of the NBA Playoffs, Indiana golfers can now focus solely on golf. One Indiana dad, who deserves special recognition on Father’s Day, is PGA Tour professional Adam Schenk. He will be playing in the U.S. Open at held in Pinehurst. The last Indiana […]
Ted Bishop Honored By The Met PGA Section
By Mike May The Metropolitan Section of the Professional Golfers’ Association of America (Met PGA) has proudly announced that Indiana’s Ted Bishop will receive the prestigious Sam Snead Award. This accolade recognizes Bishop’s exceptional contributions to the Met Section and the broader golf community. “Ted Bishop’s impact on the Met Section has been […]
Senior PGA Visits Harbor Shores For Last Time
By Mike May Last month, the 84th Senior PGA Championship was held at Harbor Shores Golf Club in Benton Harbor for the sixth time in the last 12 years. It was also the last time it will be held there. Harbor Shores Golf Club is located in southwestern Michigan, not too far from the […]
Spring Is Getting Closer
Despite the cold, frosty, and, at times, frigid conditions outside, let’s all ‘encourage’ the thermostat to inch a little higher so everybody can play golf in Indiana in March. In the meantime, I suggest hitting chips in your back yard off artificial turf, putt inside on your carpet, and take full practice swings inside your garage. […]
Franklin Lady Grizzly Cubs Were On A Mission
By Mike May One of the more interesting team stories at this year’s IHSAA Girls Golf State Finals was the Lady Grizzly Cubs from Franklin Community High School, coached by Ted Bishop and Crystal Morse. Franklin’s home course is the Legends Golf Club in Franklin where Bishop is the club’s general manager and Morse is […]
Carmel Wins IHSAA State Girls Golf Title-Westfield’s Samantha Brown Grabs Individual Crown
By Mike May This year’s Indiana High School Athletic Association’s (IHSAA) State Girl’s Golf Finals – held at the Prairie View Golf Club in Carmel — featured more than 100 players and 15 five-player teams, all in search of individual and team titles. The Carmel Greyhounds were the defending state champions, while Ava Bunker, from […]
Did Ben Hogan Really Win Five U.S. Opens?
By Mike May As we look forward to the 2023 U.S. Open that will be held at the Los Angeles Country Club, June 15-18, we want to look back at 1953, one of the greatest seasons in major championship history. It was 70 years ago that Ben Hogan won three of golf’s four major […]