Atlantic City Golf

As is so often the case, a special week in your life can pass in a flash, with so much left to say and do. In this case, the ShopRite LPGA Classic at Seaview of Atlantic City came with somewhat of a whimper, but left with a bang. A brilliant final round 63 on the Bay Course at Seaview by the young amateur Seon Hwa Lee clenched her first LPGA title. As painful as it is to admit, to both the reader and your scribe, the organization and implementation of the tournament was in many respects very disappointing. However, at every turn the golf and the LPGA golfers themselves were nothing short of amazing. Professional golf is a unique sport that provides both risk and reward to be part of day in and day out. My respect for the LPGA golfers grows each time I am afforded the opportunity to watch how golf can be played. My concerns about the organization of the tournament are, in some cases, out of the control of the organizers, but some are. The ShopRite Classic Website This has disappointmen...

It was a great pleasure to take Adam, the Atlantic City Golfer's 18 month old son, to the ShopRite LPGA Classic early Friday morning. He knows golf, but in a different way than we do. It is clear that he likes the flowers around the course and the smell of them more than he cares about the clubs, balls, tee, bag, flag-stick or anything else related to golf. Irrelevant and charming to say the absolute least. But, one thing that 18-month-old boys are fond of, are women, especially young beautiful ones. It's pure instinct and an LPGA event is the perfect place to witness this instinct rise to the surface. But logically, women love them back and have an almost instant attraction to children this age. It is a fit made in heaven and just as it should be. As father and son wandered past the practice greens that Friday morning during the opening tee times, Morgan Pressel who the Atlantic City Golfer had watched the day before at the practice range, was putting and loosening up....

Having never attended a Pro/Am at any event, the Atlantic City Golfer decided to give it a whirl. The only preconceived notions of a Pro/Am come from the numerous events seen on TV where famous individuals from entertainment pair up with the golf pros. The Pebble Beach Pro/Am with Bill Murray lighting up the course with his humor and talent. However, the miracle of television allows for selected scenes from the tournament and a complete perspective of the event is never really apparent. Most amateur golfers at these events just suck, or maybe it seems more so because of the quality of the LPGA Pros. After taking the pilgrimage to the ShopRite LPGA Classic on Thursday, the first hole seemed a great place to start. Teeing off was Nina Reis with her foursome. There were several unique elements that had never crossed the ACGolfer's mind. The first was that the LPGA Pros walked while the Amateurs had the option of riding. While gazing around the course, not all Amateurs rode,...

After a trip around the block today, the Atlantic City Gofler learned that parking for the ShopRite LPGA Classic has moved to Stockton from the Galloway Township Municipal Building. Instead of making a right off the Garden State Parkway, make a left. Follow this about a mile look for the big sign on the right for Stockton. There are also lots of LPGA signs too.

Atlantic City's primary source of revenue is derived from tourism and as such, holiday weekends are where Atlantic City thrives. As a result, golf can be a timely proposition during the holidays. Memorial Day weekend is notoriously the start of the summer tourist season, and for many travelers coming to Atlantic City, it is often their first round of the year. It is remarkable how few golfers take the time to do any practicing what-so-ever. Combine this with the challenging array of Atlantic City Golf Courses , and as wonderful as this weekend has been, which will continue to be right through the picnics tomorrow, it is a bad weekend to play golf (picky prick isn't he). Most courses will designate a round to be timed at 4 hours 15 minutes, yet only the most hoity-toity courses will enforce such a limit (and even they will be lenient). The Atlantic City Golfer assumes that the courses simply don't want to offend or interrupt many tourists rounds by a course marshal fo...

Almost as fast as the Atlantic City Golfer wrote the post on a blustery week ahead for Atlantic City Golf , the forecast has changed, and in dramatic fashion. The outlook for the start of the ShopRite LPGA Classic looks much as it did at last year's event; warm/hot, sticky and greatly subsiding winds. With a quick couple hundred balls at Blue Heron today, it was clear that the climate here has changed dramatically. Spring felt over, at least for the moment. To open the ShopRite LPGA Classic's ceremonies on March 23rd, a "Women's Forum" was held. I know not yet the details for this event, but they will be forthcoming. So, the next couple of days are prep for the volunteers and the arrival of the players. Monday is the start of the qualifying round and practice rounds for the players who have already qualified. Excitement squared!