One of those golf phrases that every golfer on the planet has heard is “Drive for Show and Putt for Dough.” I’m not sure who coined it, but it has to have been around the sport for more than a century now. As far as advice goes, it certainly makes sense. It’s all about getting the ball in the hole in as few strokes as possible. A great putter who can make a 30 footer while his opponent two putts from eight feet doesn’t necessarily need to bash it 350 yards.
Recent Cal State San Bernardino graduate as well as a member of their golf team, Matt Wotherspoon, overwhelmed the rest of the field to win the 40th annual Lake County Amateur Golf Championship this weekend at Adams Springs Golf Course on Cobb Mountain. The Amateur is the longest running golf tournament of note in Lake County and the 23-year-old Wotherspoon won it for the second time, having also captured the title in 2020.