Author Archives: mike allen

Peach Reynolds shot 70-68, six under par for 36 holes, to win the Men’s Senior City Championship at Morris Williams Golf Course.  Chris Hartenstein finished second, four shots back at two under par.  Mark Bedillion, Craig Scott and Randy Reynolds … Continue reading →

Peach Reynolds combined four birdies and two bogies to shoot 35-35=70 to grab the first round lead in the Austin Senior Men’s City Championship. Chris Hartenstein, who recently played in the U.S. Senior Amateur Championship as well as the British … Continue reading →

Tim Wilson is a great guy and friend to many of us.  An Austin native who played golf for the University of Texas at Austin, won the Trans-Miss Amateur, the Austin Mens City Championship, The Firecracker Open (twice) and has … Continue reading →

Alex Ellis, a former Westlake High School Golfer and currently an assistant golf coach at the College of Charleston had a pleasant homecoming.  He fired  a nine under par 62 to grab a three shot lead after the first round … Continue reading →

Wehman Hopke, who played golf at Westlake High School and Furman University, shot 67 in a Web.com Tour qualifier and will play in the inaugural Savannah Open.  Click here to read the story. Hopke turned professional after graduating from Furman … Continue reading →

Approximately 1200 people are volunteers for the Dell Match Play tournament.  Their contribution to the success of the event is significant because they all work anywhere from 25-50 hours prior to, during and after the tournament.  Do the math and … Continue reading →

In a recent conversation with Tom Kite, he stressed  the importance of alignment in putting.  His contention was that many players, both amateurs and professionals,  do not line up properly when putting and as a result the stroke itself is … Continue reading →

Spectators who attended the Dell Match Play Championship during the practice rounds on Monday and Tuesday spent more time watching players on the practice range, chipping and putting areas than they did on the course because there were no matches. … Continue reading →

I received an email from Charlie and Teri Mahar, friends of mine from Minneapolis, MN.  They were recently in Austin and played Austin Golf Club along with the TPC in San Antonio and watched the practice round on Monday at … Continue reading →

The worlds best players are congregating at Austin Country Club for the 2018 World Golf Championship Dell Match Play event.  The practice tee, putting and chipping greens were busy as players prepared and began their preparations for the matches that … Continue reading →