Golfer Profile: Gregg Edwards

From the Bradenton Herald, 9/28/06:

Behind the Greens

Who: Gregg Edwards.

Age: 35.

Job title: Mini-tour professional, instructor at The River Club.

Family: Fiancee, Sandra Wimmer; son Carter Lane, 13 months.

Favorite sports team: Tampa Bay Buccaneers. I've had season tickets for six years.

Noteworthy accomplishment: Winning last weekend's Sarasota County Open at the Golf Club at Capri Isles in Venice in a five-hole playoff against Mike Cummings (both shot rounds of 72-70 for a 142 total).

Most rewarding aspect of job: I always feel I'm playing to better myself. I've played every sport, and golf is the best - it doesn't matter how big you are, what color you are, where you came from. All that matters is, what did you shoot?

Most challenging aspect: Making a 3-footer for the win. Any time you make a swing, you're one nanosecond from disaster, so you have to grind it. It's a lot of fun, but it's exhausting.

Management skills: They call Capri Isles "Capri Alley," and I had to accept hitting 4-iron instead of 3-wood and allowing 150-160 yards as opposed to getting greedy. I hit 16 greens the first day, which is pretty solid.

Moving on up: I'm playing this week in The Florida Open Golf Championship at Eagle Creek in Orlando. Mike Pascuzzi, the owner here, has given me a great opportunity by allowing me to practice and teach, and I'm going to represent the club as best as I can. I won a Moonlight Tour event in Lakeland and tied the course record here with a 65, so I'm on a roll.

Staying focused: My brother Charles sent me a book, Zen in the Art of Archery, and it was so basic it brought everything back.

Climbing the ladder: I had a 14 handicap when I moved here in 1994. When I worked in the cart barn at Tara Golf and Country Club, I was hitting 1,000 balls a day, then I got lessons from David Leadbetter in Naples. Later on, I worked in the cart barn at Longboat Key - whatever I had to do to keep my dream alive.

Favorite quote: It's from Bobby Jones: 'Intense concentration upon results, to the absolute exclusion of all thoughts as to method, is the secret of a good shot.'

Dream foursome: Bobby Jones, because he was a pioneer of the game. Freddy Couples, just because he's cool. And Tiger Woods - he's probably the greatest of all time.


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Mike Henry, Herald Staff

The Denver Skyline

For a variety of reasons, downtown Denver is experiencing a building boom. The Denver skyline hasn't changed much since 1985, when most of the tall buildings downtown were constructed, but that is soon to change. In addition to the projects you can already see like Glass House, several projects have broken ground or are in the planning stages. Here is a quick look at some of them:


One Lincoln Park (website)

One Lincoln Park is already under construction on the lot formed by the intersection of 20th St., E. 20th Ave., Lincoln St. and Welton St. The building will be 32 stories and feature condos, ground-floor retail, underground and structured parking, and an infinity pool on the 7th floor.



The Spire

This project is a 41-story condo tower on the corner of 14th and Champa. According to the ever-trustworthy Denverinfill.com, it should be breaking ground within the month!






Great Gulf tower (see their website here)

This 55-story building is planned for the southwest corner of 14th and Lawrence, just behind the restaurants and shops of Larimer St. The tower will feature for-sale condos, a landscaped rooftop park with pool, a private gym/spa/wellness center, ground floor retail, and underground parking.




Four Seasons Hotel and Residences (see their website here)

A 50-story Four Seasons hotel tower that will feature luxury condos in addition to hotel rooms, along with commercial space and underground parking. The tower will be located on 14th St. between Lawrence and Arapahoe. So far the only progress on this project is a new sales office in the DPAC complex.