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First ascents often boost egos. Therefore, we set our sights on Red Mountain in the New River Mountains.

Here is another in our series to highlight some of our local PGA Professionals who have significant impact on the Prescott area golf scene.

It’s not often a town the size of Prescott has a player who makes the big time in professional tennis, but we are lucky enough to have a person who has done just that, Andrew Bogdanov, after only three professional tournaments under his belt.

Hoping for a great wildflower season, we set out on the Pipeline Canyon Trail at Lake Pleasant.

Here is another in our series to highlight some of our local PGA Professionals who have had a significant impact on the Prescott area golf scene.

When you make contact with a tennis ball your racquet and the way you swing or bite into the ball will have some very different effects on how it reacts when it lands on the surface of the court and bounces to your opponent.

The segment of Wolf Creek I hiked on two separate day hikes lies between “Trail” 202 and Forest Road 67 south of Mayer.

Life is tough enough just by itself in testing our everyday determination and commitment of going to work/school, taking care of our spouse, kids, food, clothing, shelter, learning a trade, getting along with everyone, climbing the ladder, vacations, activities, managing life in general at each stage.

Today, we discover more about Mack McCarley’s past as told with his own words. Enjoy and learn more about the Godfather of Prescott Golf.

Brady Butte rises to almost 6,400 feet above sea level, offering views unparalleled in Yavapai County, perhaps all of Arizona.

Many of you know Mack McCarley. He is still active at age 83 sharing his love for golf as an instructor at Antelope Hills G.C. Most of you don’t know his past and his influence on golf in Prescott.

The fifth Grand Slam, the Western U.S. Tennis Open, the Tennis Gardens of Babylon-Indian Wells in the Coachella Valley, Tennis Paradise, are all accurate terms to express the upcoming BNP Paribas Open or Indian Wells Masters held for both ATP men’s and WTA women’s tours Monday, March 6 through Sunday, March 19.

So far, so good. Each hike I’ve done this year has involved a trail I’ve never done, sort of.

Let's play Six Degrees of Steve Wilks, a quick and easy way to connect the dots of racism in the NFL head coaching ranks.

Valentine’s Day – Feb. 14. How can you forget it? We are flooded with ads enticing us to spend money on that day.

Kaitlyn Verfuerth was born and raised in Port Washington, Wisconsin and at 7 years old was injured in an automobile accident. She sustained a T12 spinal cord injury and paralyzed from the waist down.

I try to begin each New Year’s Day hiking. Thanks to the wet weather, my hike for 2023 was delayed by a day.

It looks like we are now facing some cold weather challenges, especially if we love to live here and don’t want to travel to play golf in warmer temperatures (and higher greens fees).

Eight years ago Andrew Bogdanov’s life changed forever…on Valentine’s Day of 2014 he broke his neck snowboarding which paralyzed him from the chest down.

Do you recall, last year the notorious Grinch was spotted on the Maricopa Trail, disguised as jolly old St. Nick? Well, he’s at it again.

Another flip of a page, another blink, another year is upon us and as seems to be human, we look back and try to figure out how the past 12 months went and then forward to what we always hope is that much more favorable.

Here are some golf resolutions that we can easily keep all year round, making golf fun for everyone.

About a dozen of us huddled around a campfire near Acker Park wondering if the occasional raindrops were going to become more frequent.

As I make my way down to the Yavapai College courts to prepare them from the last couple days of snow, ice and cold weather, my mind takes a walk down memory lane.

With Christmas arriving in fourteen days, let’s discuss what you might consider for that golfer on your list.