From this vantage point, the United States Ryder Cup team of 12 players has been viewed by fans as a simple and almost automatic selection process. The team that will play Sept. 28-30 at Le Golf National, located outside of the Paris, France city limits, is composed of 12 outstanding Americans — Brooks Koepka, Dustin […]
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Return home has been a success for Doucette
Randy Doucette is back home and business has never been busier for the former Marriott Golf Academy club fitter. After 21 years working at the Marriott Golf Academy in Orlando, Florida, where during his time as a master club fitter he fitted clubs for amateurs, celebrities and professionals. He moved back to Greene in November […]
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Robert M. Francis
INDUSTRY — Robert Max Francis, 93, passed away at his home in Industry on Sept. 6. He was born July 7, 1925, in Altoona, Pa., the son of Samuel and Ethel (Dolly) (Livingston) Francis. Bob graduated from Mt. Union High School (PA) in the class of 1943 and went on to serve his country in the […]
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Golf: Lewiston's Lacombes enjoy volunteering at Dell Technologies Championship
Michael and Linda Lacombe of Lewiston onthe eighth tee box at TPC Boston in Norton, Massachusetts, where they were hole marshals during the Dell Technologies Championship over Labor Day weekend. (Submitted photo) Michael and Lisa Lacombe love all aspects of golf. When they went down to the National Golf Expo in Boston this past spring […]
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Par for the Course: Undressing golf course dress codes
It might be time to “undress” the subject of golf course dress codes. Probably the most debatable parts of dress codes concern men’s socks and shorts. Apparently there still are clubs which insist on golfers wearing white socks only. With socks manufacturers selling black socks and socks of a variety of colors, it seems to […]
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Golf: Mt. Blue golf will play JV schedule
Last year, the Mt. Blue golf team never came to fruition because there wasn’t enough players to man the team. This year, the Cougars will play as a junior varsity team. “The team is made up of all new players,” Mt. Blue coach Mark Cyr said. “We did not have enough players last year to […]
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Seth Wescott, chamber golf tourney Sept. 21
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — The 16th annual Seth Wescott & Franklin County Chamber of Commerce Golf Classic will be held at Friday, Sept. 21, at Sugarloaf Golf Club. The shotgun start is at 9 a.m. Proceeds will help fund the annual Franklin County Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Program and the Level Field Fund for area students […]
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DeChambeau wins at TPC Boston; 2nd straight FedEx Cup victory
NORTON, Mass. (AP) — Bryson DeChambeau plays golf differently from everyone else and is getting the results everyone wants. It doesn’t take a scientist to figure that out. For the second straight week in the richest part of the PGA Tour season, DeChambeau took down one of the strongest fields of the year by playing […]
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Vesta Gillon
ORLANDO, Fla. — Vesta Gillon, 80, of The Villages, Florida, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 29. She was born Oct. 17, 1937, the daughter of George Jaffe (a WW II U.S. Marine veteran) and his wife Margarite (“Mike”), both school teachers, in Long Island, New York. Vesta attended college at Hofstra University in New York and spent […]
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Whitney, Darling restarting St. Dom's middle school golf program
Fox Ridge Head Pro Bob Darling and St. Dom’s varsity golf coach Chris Whitney are working together on a new golf program for middle school students. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) AUBURN — New St. Dominic Academy varsity golf coach Chris Whitney wants to bring the Saints program back to the glory days when they were contenders for […]