Josh Durso

Former journalist. Sharing things I see and hear around the FLX & Roc. Still writing on Substack.

[Josh Durso @JoshDurso]

Good looking morning out here for some miles.

[PGA TOUR Communications @PGATOURComms]

Si Woo Kim finishes runner-up at THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson, his second this season (T2/Farmers Insurance Open).

Kim records 33 birdies for the week, five more than the second-most 28 made by winner Wyndham Clark, and two birdies shy of the 35 made by Hideki Matsuyama at the 2025 Sentry, the most made in a 72-hole event on TOUR on record.

[Josh Durso @JoshDurso]

The truth is that a lot of housing and development projects are resisted because of how they look. But there's a reason we see the same things over-and-over across the U.S.

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[Josh Durso @JoshDurso]

After a conversation with a reader struggling to keep her family housed in Yates County, I was reminded of the very real human cost communities ignore when they don't take action.

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[Josh Durso @JoshDurso]

Communities across the region have to decide whether they want viable towns and villages or open air museums. If serious action isn't taken in the coming years, then most will be turning into the latter.

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[NWS Eastern Region @NWSEastern]

After a cooldown over the Memorial Day Weekend, warmer than normal conditions are favored to close out May & start off June. Drier than normal conditions are favored then across the Northeast & Eastern Great Lakes.

[Josh Durso @JoshDurso]

While many were surprised about RRH's decision to end birthing at Newark-Wayne, the reality is this was a long time coming after years of NIMBY-ism in shrinking, rural counties.

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[Jamie Kennedy @jamierkennedy]

Alex Smalley's major record...

[Masters Burner @ANGC_burner]

I bet real US dollars on this fucking man

[Jason Sobel @JasonSobelGolf]

They’re playing a PGA Championship on a U.S. Open setup with Open Championship conditions.

[Justin Ray @JustinRayGolf]

48 players are at or within 3 shots of the lead after round one of the PGA Championship.

That is the most players within 3 after any major round in the modern era.

[Josh Durso @JoshDurso]

Oh, good.

[Jennifer Lewke @WHEC_JLewke]

NEW: @NYSDPS approved a temporary rate increase for @RGandE and @NYSEandG customers today while they continue to negotiate a bigger/longer rate plan. Starting 6/1:
RG&E: Electric: +2.9%, Gas: +1.2%
NYSEG: Electric: +.02%, Gas: +2.9%
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[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

Garrick Higgo was assessed a two-stroke penalty for arriving one minute late to his tee time.

[Golf Digest @GolfDigest]

"My mom always did one thing that was interesting. She never asked me what I shot. She said, 'If you want me to know what you shot, you'll tell me. I don't have to ask you what you shot.'"

Scottie Scheffler shares his advice for golf parents. 🙌

[Josh Durso @JoshDurso]

This past weekend was the most grueling thing I’ve ever taken on. 5,000+ feet of elevation gain, packed into a 21 mile race. Speed was not on the menu, but mud (and I mean an absolute ton of it) was.

[Josh Durso @JoshDurso]

Seneca Falls deserves better. Most days lately, I'm writing about housing, energy, or something like that. But after last week, I had to share some thoughts about the community that raised me, and a place I still care a lot about today.

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[Josh Durso @JoshDurso]

Utilities say approve billions now or customers will pay more later. What they don’t say is that customers repay the full cost plus profit, and there’s little clear evidence past spending improved reliability. If we’re footing the bill, we deserve real answers.

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[Joel Beall @JoelMBeall]

Bryson continues denying that his representatives have talked to PGA Tour about a return. He also denied signing with LIV in early 2022, only to admit in antitrust lawsuit he had already committed months before jumping to Saudi circuit

[Josh Durso @JoshDurso]

Good god.

[Kyle Porter @KylePorterNS]

I think two lessons from LIV will be ...

1. You can't solve time problems with money. It took 40 years of playing the Masters before people *really* started to care. You can't speed that up by signing big checks. You can't microwave history.

2. A modicum of humility goes a long way. Thumping your chest out of the gate and saying "we're gonna redefine a 200-year-old sport over the next few seasons" is not a good strategy. It might eventually be true (spoiler: it wasn't), but it does the opposite of what it probably feels like it's going to do. Most fans are smart, and immense hubris is rarely attractive in any business setting.