Ralph Wimbish

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PRIVATE CLUBS CAN MAKE YOU FEEL TIPS-Y

LOCAL GOLF It sometimes can be an awkward situation. A friend invites you to play at a swanky golf club and you may not know whom or when to tip....

MICHIGAN'S TOP SECRET FOR GOLFERS

LOCAL GOLF Sssh! Northern Michigan is supposed to be a secret, but some New Yorkers already know it's a hot spot to play golf this summer. Michigan's western shoreline -about...

STILL TIME TO GET BUICK TIGER TIX

LOCAL GOLF It's not too late to buy tickets to see Tiger Woods and those other PGA Tour hotshots at this week's Buick Classic at Westchester Country Club. "Ticket sales...

BOREK'S DREAM ROUND LIVES ON

Thirty years ago this week, Gene Borek lit up the U.S. Open and became the Roger Maris of Oakmont. On June 15, 1973, Borek shot a 5-under-par 65, the best...

NOW HEAR THIS! GOLF'S MAKING WAVES ON RADIO

LOCAL GOLF Golf on the radio? Friends, golfers, countrymen . . . lend me your ears. Yes, there is a station out there on your radio dial where you can...

BETHPAGE IS RED HOT

The Red Course at Bethpage State Park is no longer a bridesmaid. Someday, it's going to have its own wedding. Sure, the Black Course still gets all the attention in...

MONDAYS ARE HOLE-IN-1 DAYS FOR CONN. PRO

LOCAL GOLF Joe Felder pulled another ace out of his sleeve last week. Felder, the head pro at Griff Harris in Greenwich, notched his second hole-in-one in eight days on...

A GOLF STORE GROWS ; IN BROOKLYN

LOCAL GOLF Duke Johnson is a Brooklyn guy who loves golf just as much as he loves Brooklyn. A native of Bay Ridge, his idea of a perfect day might...

FERRY PT. COURSE IS BACK ON TRACK

LOCAL GOLF You can't miss it driving over the Whitestone Bridge into The Bronx. For years it was a garbage dump. Someday it will be a golf course. Finally, after...

IT'LL BE PARADISE UNDER THE BRIDGE

LOCAL GOLF You can't miss it driving over the Whitestone Bridge into The Bronx. For years it was a garbage dump. Someday it will be a golf course. Finally, after...

MORE SHOTS TO BE STRUCK IN PRIVATE

LOCAL GOLF The stiff winds of a bumpy economy are slowly turning against the public golfer. Citing a changing financial landscape, a number of upscale, daily-fee courses in the metropolitan...

LOCAL COURSES OPEN FOR PLAY

LOCAL GOLF The brutal winter is over. Here's a list of area golf courses that are open for play:Bethpage - The Blue and Yellow courses are open. The Red Course...

ZAGAT'S GOLF GUIDE OFFERS TASTY TREATS

LOCAL GOLF First it was restaurants, then hotels. And now golf is on Zagat's menu. With the help of 5,311 golf connoisseurs who answered its survey, Zagat has just published...

THE REYNOLDS RAP - QUEENS DA CONFIRMS SJU FORWARD'S ARREST

A spokesman for the Queens District Attorney yesterday confirmed a report in yesterday's Post that St. John's forward Grady Reynolds was arrested on Nov. 17 for assaulting a female student....

HOT DEALS FOR NOV. TEE TIMES

LOCAL GOLF Wait! Don't put those golf clubs away just yet. With mild temperatures in the forecast, November is a good time to tee it up at bargain prices. A...

USGA CHEERS BETHPAGE CROWDS

Maybe the crowds last June at Bethpage Black weren't so rowdy after all. Although some golfers complained about the galleries, the USGA last week announced that Bethpage Black would again...

MCCANN HEADIN' TO CADDIE HALL

LOCAL GOLF Peter McCann, the pride of Alpine Country Club, is going to the Hall of Fame. McCann, a 78-year-old former tour caddie who now loops at the Demarest, N.J.,...

MET PGA CHAMP WON'T EVER FORGET LAST YEAR'S TOURNEY

LOCAL GOLF Last year's Met PGA Championship was one golf tournament Mark Mielke will never forget. The first round began the morning of Sept. 11 at Inwood Country Club. From...

PUBLIC'S LAST SHOT AT ROYCE BROOK WEST

LOCAL GOLF The spirit of Horace Greeley is alive and well at Royce Brook Golf Club, where the term "Go West" has taken on new meaning. In fact, it's time...

TWO MONTHS LATER, BETHPAGE SHINES ON

LOCAL GOLF A woman from Canada phoned the Bethpage pro shop the other day, looking for a tee time on the Black Course. "She wanted directions," said Joe Rehor, Bethpage's...