Ralph Wimbish
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HOT DRIVER BIG HIT WITH PROS
July 11, 2004 | 4:00amN.Y. GOLF The concept is screwy, but the TaylorMade r7 quad driver is the hottest club in golf right now and it's already made a big impact on local fairways....
GOOSE ON THE LOOSE!
June 16, 2004 | 4:00amThree years ago, a South African twister blew into Oklahoma and stormed off with the U.S. Open. Now it appears Retief Goosen is quietly bearing down on eastern Long Island....
FIXING TIGER - HOW GOLF'S BEST TEACHERS WOULD HELP WOODS CLIMB BACK TO TOP
June 16, 2004 | 4:00amTiger Woods enters this week's U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills having won just once in 2004, the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in February. The Post's Ralph Wimbish asked six of...
HOLE LOTTA HISTORY - SHINNECOCK WAS HOME TO AMERICA'S 1ST BLACK GOLF PRO BETT
June 16, 2004 | 4:00amAlong time ago, before there was Teddy Rhodes, Charlie Sifford, Lee Elder and Tiger Woods, there was John Shippen Jr., the legend of Shinnecock Hills Golf Club. Shippen not only...
SOLSTICE TOURNEY ON HOLD AT DYKER
June 6, 2004 | 4:00amN.Y. GOLF Sad to say, but the longest day of the golfing year will be dark in Brooklyn. For the first time in four years, there will be no all-day,...
SOLSTICE TOURNEY IS DARK AT DYKER
June 6, 2004 | 4:00amN.Y. GOLF BSad to say, but the longest day of the golfing year will be dark in Brooklyn. For the first time in four years, there will be no all-day,...
WANTED: CLUB MEMBERS
May 23, 2004 | 4:00amN.Y. GOLF OK, you want to join a private golf club but don't know where to go. Call Country Club Advisor. Yep, there's a matchmaker out there pairing up lonesome...
THORPE LIKES HIS L.I. CHANCES
May 18, 2004 | 4:00amThere's a "damn good" chance Jim Thorpe will cash in another winner's check next month when he defends his title at the Commerce Bank Long Island Classic. A two-time winner...
GREENS MAKE GOLFERS BLUE AT BETHPAGE
May 2, 2004 | 4:00amN.Y. GOLF Don't fret, Bethpage golfers, the bad greens are only temporary. At last count, there were 19 temporary greens on the five courses at the Long Island golf mecca,...
WESTCHESTER'S NEW COURSE I$N'T FOR EVERYONE
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amN.Y. GOLF Jan Deahl marched off the 18th green last week at Hudson Hills and gave a ringing endorsement to Westchester County's sixth public golf course. "It's definitely the best...
PUNTA CANA PERFECT TRIP FOR FOURSOME
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amN.Y. GOLF These guys who call themselves the "Fusion Foursome" aren't great golfers, but they're pros at taking golf trips. Maybe you've seen them in the rough at La Tourette...
BIG SHOTS ARE COMING OUR WAY
April 4, 2004 | 5:00amN.Y. GOLF In addition to the U.S. Open, this year's local golf calendar is jam-packed with all sorts of championship events. Two years after Bethpage Black, the Open returns to...
FORE! IT'S TEE TIME
March 14, 2004 | 5:00amIt's March, the weather's been decent, and there's a number of New York golf courses now open for play. Here's a sampling of a few places where you can get...
GOLF GETAWAYS CAN BE LOVE-LY
September 21, 2003 | 4:00amLOCAL GOLF Sometimes a golf getaway is not feasible unless there is a spouse involved. With fall just around the corner, here are a few amorous destinations for you and...
ELSTON HOWARD. PINSTRIPE PIONEER: FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO PLAY FOR YANKS AND WIN AL MVP
September 10, 2003 | 4:00amBack in 1954, the Yankees didn't want Elston Howard or any black players on their team. Seven years after Jackie Robinson had broken the color barrier, the Yankees were the...
TOUGH YEAR FOR LINKS OWNER
September 7, 2003 | 4:00amLOCAL GOLF First it was bad weather, then vandalism, now TV cameras. It's been a tough year for Mel Mindich. Recently, Mindich, owner of The Links at Shirley on Long...
OWNER OF L.I. LINKS HANDLES PROBLEMS
September 7, 2003 | 4:00amLOCAL GOLF First it was bad weather, then vandalism, now TV cameras. It's been a tough year for Mel Mindich. Recently, Mindich, owner of The Links at Shirley on Long...
NOTHING BUT PROS IN CONN.
August 10, 2003 | 4:00amLOCAL GOLF August is a good time to grab your clubs and head to Connecticut. The Nutmeg State has a bunch of decent public courses, many of them no more...
HOLES FROM HELL! AREA COURSES PROVIDE PLENTY OF NIGHTMARES
August 10, 2003 | 4:00amEvery golfer has a blow-up hole. A hole so bad, so hated, so diabolical, you want to blow it up with dynamite. In one's mind, a dastardly designed hole might...
HAGEN'S HAVEN SET FOR LONG ISLAND CLASSIC
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amLOCAL GOLF Let's go live to the Red Course at Long Island's Eisenhower Park, where the ghost of Walter Hagen is holding a press conference:Reporter: Mr. Hagen, the Long Island...