U.S. Open Memoribilia

1996 US Open at Oakland hills

1984 US Open at Winged foot won by Fuzzy Zoeller
1998 US Open at the Olympic Club won by Lee Janzen
Scorecard from Bethpage Black site of the 2002 US Open won by Tiger Woods
2001 US Open at Southern Hills won by Retief Goosen
Ticket to the US Open at Bethpage Black won by Tiger Woods

My press pass to the 1998 US Open at Olympic Club

Parking pass and ticket to the 1993 US Open at Baltusrol won by Lee Janzen
1999 US Open from Pinehurst No. 2 won by Payne Stewart
1997 US Open from Congressional won by Ernie Els.

I will be posting some other US Open memoribilia from my collection soon. I hope you enjoy the posts.

The Masters

Since the Masters is just a week away, I thought I would share my collection of Masters badges.

1987 - Larry Mize

1994 -Jose Maria Olazabal 1995 - Ben Crenshaw
1997 - Tiger Woods
1996 - Nick Faldo
2000 - Tiger Woods
1999 - Jose Maria Olazabal

1983 - Seve Ballesteros
2003 - -Mike Weir

2002 - Tiger Woods
1993 - Bernhard Langer
1998 - Mark O'Meara
2000 - Vijay Singh

1992 - Fred Couples

2001 - Tiger Woods

1990 - Nick Faldo 1991 - Ian Woosnam

Old Desert Inn Golf Course

I thought I would share some memorablia I have from the Desert Inn Country Club in Las Vegas.The course and hotel were torn down when Steve Wynn bought and built the billion dollar Wynn Las Vegas Resort and golf course. Wynn's course does not resemble the DI at all. As you can see from the post card, the PGA held the Tournament of Champions at the Desert Inn. I also have a bag tag , a golf bag claim check and a yardage book. It was a great old course. I played it many times and as a matter of fact, I played it just a month before it was closed down.

Tournamet results

Well, we went to Monterey and competed in the NCGA 4 man best ball North zone tournament and did pretty good finishing 8th out of 26 team. We were 5 strokes from moving on to the zone championship. The first day we shot 132 and were in 4th place. The 2nd day, our partners played well, but my partner and I did not play at all well. If we would have do just a little, we would have won the whole thing. It was a good experience and the courses were great. I forgot my camera, but I hope to have some pics from one of the other guys to post soon.

Spyglass Hill Golf Course

we go to Monterey this coming Saturday for the NCGA 4 man qualifier. We Play Poppy Hills and Spyglass Hill. Here are some shots of Spyglass. It is constantly ranked as one of the hardest courses in the U.S.. I just hope I have some good fortune.

Just for laughs

I played in the Almond blossum tournament at Arbuckle last weekend and it was just a disaster. The weather was horrible and the greens were impossible to putt. I needed a laugh at the expense of golf and this is what I came up with.

Poppy Hills

It's just two weeks until we go to Monterey to play in the NCGA 4 man qualifier. I thought a few shots of Poppy Hills would be in order. Poppy Hills is one of the courses that the PGA plays in the AT&T Pro Am. As you can see it is a beautiful course with much vegetation around it. Like the other course we will play , Spyglass Hill, you need to hit the ball straight. Length is not as important as accuracy. I'll post some shots of Spyglass in the next day or two.