Jocks Readers Picks

Best Golf Course:
Blue Ash
4040 Cooper Road, Blue Ash, 513-745-8577

2. California
5924 Kellogg Ave., California, 513-231-6513

3. Camargo Country Club
8605 Shawnee Run Road, Indian Hill, 513-561-9234

4. The Vineyard
600 Nordyke Road, Adnerson Twp., 513-474-3007

5. Shaker Run
4361 Greentree Road, Lebanon, 513-727-0007

Best Athlete:
Carson Palmer, Bengals

Best Coach/Manager (Pro/College):
Sean Miller, Xavier basketball

Best Coach/Manager (High School):
Steve Specht, St. Xavier football

Best Team (Pro):
Cincinnati Bengals

Best Team (Amateur):
Xavier basketball

Best Health/Workout Club:
Urban Active (formerly called Gold’s Gym)
Multiple locations

Best Place for Pickup Basketball:
YWCA
Multiple locations

Best Place for Volleyball:
The Sand Bar
4625 Kellogg Ave., East End, 513-533-3810

Best Soccer Facility:
Town & Country
1018 Town Drive, Wilder, 859-442-5800

Best Softball Fields:
Rumpke Park
10400 Hamilton-Cleves Hwy., Crosby Twp., 513-738-2646

Best Sports Coverage:
WXIX (Channel 19)

Best Sports Bar:
Willie’s Café
Multiple locations

Best Tennis Courts:
Lunken Airport Playfields,
Mount Washington

The Ticker: Here’s the score: Willie’s (Sports Bar) wins for the seventh straight year; Town & Country (Soccer) wins for the sixth time in seven years; and the Bengals (Team/Pro), Urban Active/Gold’s Gym (Health/Workout Club) and Rumpke Park (Softball Fields) win for the fifth straight year. … The only first-time winner is Sean Miller of Xavier hoops (Pro/College Coach).