Broken Joe

Well, here we are at the end of another year—getting ready to enjoy more holidays with family and friends. Much like the North Pole, this is also a busy time of year  here at Broken Joe Golf HQ  as we wrap up one season and start planning for the next. Looking ahead to the 2026 BJG Season, which will be our 13th season. Here are a few important updates and requests as we prepare for 2026.  Please send ME an INDIVIDUAL text message with the answers to these questions.  Pleas

It’s been a minute since I’ve seen or talked to most of you—most recently at the 2025 BJG Winter Classic Championship, where we watched Iron Mike earn his second trophy of the year.   Shortly after that, I had the privilege to once again play in the Marine Corps Golf Tournament with my usual team: EJ and Rey. This year, my youngest son decided golf (drinking) wasn’t for him and bowed out of the tournament.   That made the next choice easy—I called James, a fellow Vet, to see

As the days got closer to the Winter Classic Championship (WCC), the better the weather looked.  It would be a chilly start, but then the temperature would climb to 71.   This is the first time in a long time that we have had this many golfers. We also did not have the usual frost delay, which was nice, though it seemed a little early for the Winter Classic Championship.   JT and Alex were out, and Rey had to work.   On Sunday morning, Stephen texted me at 7 am to say he wou

Winter is coming... eventually... Yes, you can feel the weather just starting to change, and this will be the earliest that the Winter Classic has ever been played.  It may also be the last Winter Classic Championship at Broken Joe Golf.   Like all good things, sometimes it just has to come to an end.  At the very beginning of Broken Joe Golf, the Winter Classic Championship WAS the annual championship!!!  Over the last few years, we have had less and less participation, plus

The day finally arrived, and it was time for the Presidents Cup: Magic Mike and the Magicians vs Adam and his Aces.   Alex (Aces) vs EJ...

After the BJG FedUp Cup Finals, we moved on to the 2025 BJG Presidents Cup, where the Captains, Magic Mike and Adam, would draft their...

At just under 5700 yards, I did not expect the things that I saw at Gillette Ridge.  I don’t think anyone left that golf course...

Well, we finally made it to the BJG FedUp Cup Finals and the Legends of Tomorrow.   A major storm cancelled our 2 nd Round and the...

Saturday, around 3:30 pm, the rain came down hard, and then Alexa told me it was going to rain from 2 am to 2 pm on Sunday.  That night,...

The FEDUP Cup continues, The AMC Championship. On the PGA Tour, the BMW Championship  marks the second round of the playoffs. At BJG ,...

Before we crown the next Legend of Tomorrow , let’s look back at how each of our “Losers of Today” ended up here.   Rob, Eric, Matt, and...

Chaos, Clutch Shots, and a Trophy: Round One of the 2025 BJG FedUp Cup   After the smoke cleared from the BJG Championship, the brackets...

Up until 2021, Northern Trust sponsored the PGA’s first round of the FedEx Cup. At BJG, our First Round of the FedUp Cup is the Northern...

In the BJG Championship preview, I said we were heading into a “moving day,”  and that by the end, we’d have some answers. Turns out, I...

Of all the scenarios I talked about in the last blog, the one that I had forgotten was that Rachelle was unavailable to play in the First...

We have come to the final regular-season match-up and our Final Major of the year, the 2025 Broken Joe Golf (BJG) Championship.   Kenny...

Alex wins the Valhalla by playing smart and avoiding too much trouble.  When the day was over, I think Alex shot a 98.  This is Alex’s 3...

This will be the first time BJG has attempted to play Match Play.  The issue is always about having an even number of Golfers and hoping...

It was a hard-fought battle, but Alex was able to travel back to his winning form from the 3-club challenge and deny Joe his three-peat....

The Travelers Championship is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour in Cromwell, CT, a suburb of Hartford.   The tournament has...