2024 was a banner year for golf in Western Pennsylvania. On the local courses, the region saw immense growth in participation in both sanctioned competitions and in rounds played by golfers of all skill levels. Golf in Western Pennsylvania also burst into the national...
While Western Pennsylvania experiences a mid-December deep freeze, Neal Shipley sits in his new apartment in sunny West Palm Beach, Florida, going through the mundane yet tumultuous task of building Ikea furniture. Shipley, the Pittsburgh native who burst onto the...
As evident in last week’s Steelers-Browns AFC North collision, the rivalry between the cities of Pittsburgh and Cleveland continues to be strong on the football field. But, on the golf course, the two regions have found some common ground at the collegiate ranks. Four...
Inevitably, golf was going to make its way into Western Pennsylvania. But John Moorhead Jr. is the man responsible for — quite literally — getting the ball rolling over 125 years ago. Moorhead’s impact on the initiation of the game in the region, as well his...
Four of the five of the Western Pennsylvania Golf Association’s founding clubs still are, in some way, situated on a playable golf course today. The outlier is Edgeworth Club, a Sewickley-based private establishment that still operates as home for racket sports,...
