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Bobby McCartney T-27 After Day 1!!!!

Bobby McCartney (Webster, NY) shot a 1 under 71 on the first day of the Gateway's Tour stop at Raven Golf Club.  There will be another round tomorrow before a cut followed by a third and final round. You can follow his results here.

Good Luck Bobby!!!!!

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Bobby McCartney Finishes Tied for 30th

Bobby McCartney (Webster, NY) finished the tournament at 1 over par after three round and cashed his first Gateway Tour full field check.  Congratulations Bobby and I'm sure there's more to come.

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Bobby McCartney T-20 in Full Field Gateway Tour Event!!!!!

Bobby McCartney shot rounds of 70, 72 to make the cut in this year's first Gateway Winter Series Event.  One more round tomorrow but Bobby is getting paid for making the cut.  Currently, first place is 14 under, 12 ahead of Bobby.  Follow his results here.

Great Job and Good Luck Tomorrow Bobby!!!!!!

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Bobby McCartney-7th Place and Cashes First Check!!!

Bobby McCartney shot a 2nd round 70 to finish the two day preseason event at 3 under par and alone in 7th place.  He finished 5 shots out of first and cashed his first check in only his second mini tour event.  He will play in 5 more events on the Gateway Tour in 2010.

Congrats Bobby!!!!!!

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Bobby McCartney T-11 at Gateway Pro Dessert Series!!!

Bobby McCartney, from Webster, NY, has spent this fall/winter in Arizona at the TPC at Scottsdale working on his game and is currently playing in his second professional event.  Bobby shot a 1 under 71 to put himself into a tie for 11th place after day 1 of the two day event.  He is currently 4 shots back of the leader.  He will be competing in 5 Gateway Tour events this winter after this pre-season event.

Good Luck Bobby!!!!

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Tom Muto, Jr selected as Conference Carolinas Player of the Month!!!!

High Point, N.C. - Barton College's Tom Muto, Jr. has been selected as the NCAA Division II Conference Carolinas men's golf Player of the Month during the month of October.  Barton College senior Tom Muto Jr. just completed one of the best fall seasons in school history while leading the Bulldogs to a national ranking of No. 3 in Golfstat. Muto finished third of 105, third of 90 and second of 87 players in three team events in October. The Bulldogs beat eight teams in the top 10 nationally
to finish third of 21 teams at the AFLAC Cougar Invitational hosted by Columbus State on Oct. 5-6. Muto was the leader in the clubhouse for two hours before finishing third at 70-69--139 (-3). The next week in the Queens Invitational at the TPC of Sawgrass, Muto fired 70-72--142 (-2) to finish tied for third overall as the Bulldogs claimed the title of the 17-team field with identical even par rounds of 288. Barton's 576 was five shots clear of runner-up Florida Southern. Muto was in
contention for yet another title at the Will Wilson Southeast Regional Preview at Tanglewood Oct. 18-20 and finished just one shot off the pace again at 71-67-73--211 (+1), good for a tie for second as Barton won the 16-team event at 299-284-296--879 by two shots over USC Aiken. For the month, Muto, an Academic All-American last season and a DIII All-American at St. John Fisher before transferring to Barton,
averaged 70.29 and shot six of seven rounds at par or better. He is ranked among the top five nationally in DII scoring through four events at 70.7.

Here's a quote from the coach,"Tom has taken on a leadership role with this team, both on and off the course. We played some outstanding golf courses, and he still posted a scoring average under par, so that speaks volumes about the level of his game. He is hitting 71.6 percent of the greens in regulation, which is outstanding, and has a .658 short-game save percentage, which ranks him among the country's best. He converts 29.3 percent of his birdie opportunities and is averaging 30.3 putts per round, so his game is sharp on almost every level. He -- and all of us -- have some big goals, and we're off to a good start."

Great Job Tom.  Keep it Going!!!!!!

December '09 As winter quickly approaches here in Western New York, it seems appropriate to review the year as I have done in the past.  The strange thing about this year is that more news continues to come in.  More and more students have improved and work in warmer climates and continue to play tournament golf.  As always, I will post updates in the news feed at the top of the page.

Here's a brief summary of summer event results:

8 Club Champions-Men's, Women's, Junior and Senior

Paychex Male College Athlete of the Year

2 Players pass PAT an start PGA Apprentice Program.

MCC Hall of Fame Inductee

MCC National Champs and Individual National Champion

RDGA Junior Champion

5 Players in top 20 at NYS Amateur, Ryan Memorial Section Championship and at the Brook Lea Invitational.

College players ranked 2nd in the US for Division II and 4th in the US for Division III.

I gave my first PGA section level discussion on the topic of the D-Plane.

I want to thank Mark Sweeney, from Aimpoint Golf, for coming here and providing the green reading clinic.  I've added a place for questions about the system on my forum for anyone needing a little review. The other reason Mark came here was to certify me as an Authorized Aimpoint Instructor. I will be holding additional clinics as interest grows and I expect to be traveling around and showing it to other clubs and college golf teams.

As always, I will continue to try and improve my knowledge base and seek out information I believe will help my students achieve their goals. This fall I had conferences in Chicago and Washington DC along with many great teachers throughout the US, Canada and Europe. Slowly but surely my name is getting out there as I participate more and more in these situations.