The 19th Hole

Gene Bleile is a retired physical education teacher, high school coach and elementary guidance counselor. Check out his fine art photography website.

Beam Me Up Scotty

Gene Bleile
6 years ago
Some of the strangest nicknames, shots and events have occurred in golf over the years, and believe...

To Putt or Not To Putt

Gene Bleile
6 years ago
If you are a serious golfer, somewhere along the line you have heard the phrase "drive for show and...

The “Babe,” but Not Ruth!

Gene Bleile
6 years ago
There are currently thirty female golfers who have been inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame...

Let the Big Dog Sleep?

Gene Bleile
6 years ago
When your golf cart pulls up to the first tee box and your adrenaline starts to kick in, the moment...

Odd Clothing on the Links?

Gene Bleile
6 years ago
I am always amazed by the style of clothing that professional golfers wear on TV, especially during...

Presidential Chili-Dippers

Gene Bleile
6 years ago
Someone once said, "Presidents and golf go together like Congress and kickbacks." Now I certainly...

Spring has sprung... maybe?

Gene Bleile
6 years ago
It doesn't matter if you're a novice, serious golfer or a dedicated pro; when the daffodils start...

Ghosts and golf

Gene Bleile
7 years ago
I am always sorry to see summer end, especially when writing my last golf column of the season. It...

He died with a broken heart

Gene Bleile
7 years ago
Young Tom was a handsome man with curly black hair who liked to wear the latest fashions; usually a...

Who was Harry?

Gene Bleile
7 years ago
Over the years, I have read many stories of future hall of famers who had to drop out of school at...

Old Tom

Gene Bleile
7 years ago
Thomas Mitchell Morris, Sr., (1821-1908) better known as "old" Tom (because he had a son who was...

Horton who?

Gene Bleile
7 years ago
Looking back to the 2017 Masters when Sergio Garcia won his first major this past April, I wondered...

Duffer-In-Chief

Gene Bleile
7 years ago
Someone once said, "Presidents and golf go together like Congress and kickbacks." Now I certainly...

Weird golf paychecks

Gene Bleile
7 years ago
Now that summer is more than half over, I am going to give you an idea for those chilly fall nights...

World’s Best Amateur

Gene Bleile
7 years ago
This is a story about a young boy, born in 1902, who had everything he ever wanted growing up in...

The Great Sir Walter

Gene Bleile
7 years ago
C harles was born into a modest home in Rochester, NY on December 21, 1892. He was the only boy in...

Golf Ball Evolution

Gene Bleile
7 years ago
The golf ball is so simple, yet complex; just like the game of golf itself. As we all know, golf...

SuperMex

Gene Bleile
7 years ago
Buck started life with the odds against him. No one outside of his grandfather, who was a grave...

The Barefoot Masters Golfer

Gene Bleile
7 years ago
Jackson, the youngest of six kids, was a backwoods boy who grew up in the mountains of Ashwood,...

Arnold, Jack, Gary and Super-Mex; My Top Four!

Gene Bleile
7 years ago
In this day and age, I sometimes wonder if true heroes only exist in the military, police, fire...

Quotable Quotes for Senior Golfers

Gene Bliele
7 years ago
This week's column is mainly for senior golfers, but maybe, just maybe, some millenniums will...

A putter saved his life!

Gene Bleile
7 years ago
In September of 2014, I had the opportunity to play golf at an exclusive course in Pawley's Island...

When knights were bold

Gene Bleile
7 years ago
In my first column last season, Master's Heartbreak; Arnie Not Jordan , I was saddened to see a...

Ghosts and Goblins

Gene Bleile
8 years ago
With Halloween only a few weeks away, I thought I would give you an early trick or treat fright to...

A club by any other name

Gene Bleile
8 years ago
Next time you jump out of a two-thousand dollar golf cart and grab a three-hundred dollar driver...

His drive went 250 yards…backward!

Gene Bleile
8 years ago
If you are old enough to remember the golf movie “Tin Cup,” you might recall a bet between Roy...

When the wheels fall off!

Gene Bleile
8 years ago
The one common denominator in the game of golf is frustration. I believe no matter how good or bad...

Mulligan’s wisdom is absolutely priceless!

Gene Bleile
8 years ago
In the basement of a dusty old bookstore, I recently came across a beaten-up copy of Mulligan’s...

Golf Nickname Quiz

Gene Bleile
8 years ago
This week’s column was going to be about golf in the 2016 Olympic Games, but I changed my mind...

Dung and other loose impediments

Gene Bleile
8 years ago
It seems that every time I play golf, there’s always a new situation that gives my regular foursome...

Do you speak golf?

Gene Bleile
8 years ago
Last September, while visiting my wife’s relatives in Cornwall, England, I played a round of golf...

Year of two sharks!

Gene Bleile
8 years ago
In 1975, there were two different shark stories developing: One shark was feeding off the shore of...

Royal Troon: Two feet from disaster!

Gene Bleile
8 years ago
During the 2016 British Open, or The Open, as the Brits call it, I saw a few minutes of each of the...

He changed golf forever!

Gene Bleile
8 years ago
On February 7, 1902 in Harrison, New York, Eugenio was born to poor Italian immigrant parents. Like...

Quiz: Which one is false?

Gene Bliele
8 years ago
When I was in college, I hated multiple choice questions, especially those with the numerus answer...

Cheer the 19th hole - avoid the 20th hole!

Gene Bleile
8 years ago
This is a story of golfers drowning their sorrows or celebrating their victory at the 19th hole,...

Featherie or Gutty?

Gene Bleile
8 years ago
If you are a true student of the game of golf, you already know where I am headed with the headline...

Danger, Will Robinson, danger!

Gene Bleile
8 years ago
If you are over 55 and you like nostalgia TV, you might like to relive your youth for an hour and...

His towel cost him $37,000

Gene Bleile
8 years ago
Not many young golfers will remember the name Craig Stadler or his nickname, “the Walrus” (due to...

You might be a golf addict if…

Gene Bleile
8 years ago
With all due respect to Jeff Foxworthy, I am going to borrow his idea about rednecks and apply it...