PEBBLE BEACH — Maine natives Will Kannegieser and Jack Wyman both missed the cut at the U.S. Amateur on Tuesday. Kannegieser, of Minot, shot a second-round 85 (13-over) at Spyglass Hill Golf Course. That followed up a 7-over-par 78 in Monday’s first round. Kannegieser’s round Tuesday was highlighted by a birdie on the 14th hole. […]
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Philip Ray Morse Sr.
AUBURN — Philip Ray Morse Sr. of Readfield died Saturday, Aug. 11, at Androscoggin Hospice House in Auburn, after a two-year battle with cancer. He was born Sept. 1, 1937, the son of Burton R. Morse Sr. and Evelyn (Harmon) Morse. Phil and his sister, Beverly, grew up near Brownfield with Charles and Alice Baker, who […]
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U.S. Amateur: Kannegieser, Wyman far back after first round
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — If Mainers Will Kannegieser and Jack Wyman want to play more rounds on a couple of the country’s most picturesque golf courses then they have some work to do. Both players were far behind the leaders after the first round of the United States Amateur Championship on Monday. Kannegieser, of Minot, […]
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Golf: Mia Hornberger trails Plourde at Janet Drouin Memorial
VASSALBORO — Bailey Plourde is used to being first at the Janet Drouin Memorial Open Championship. She’s finished first each of the past three years, and in the first round of the tournament on Monday she was in the first pairing of the day. She finished the day in first, alone, with an even-par 72 […]
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Rosemary H. Gagnon Cunion
LEWISTON — Rosemary Helen Gagnon Cunion, 90, formerly of Schooner Estates in Auburn, Maine, died peacefully, surrounded by family after an extended period of ill health, Saturday Aug. 11, in Lewiston. She was born in Portland, Maine, on Jan. 9, 1928, daughter of Telesphore and Winnifred (Burke) Gagnon. She was educated at Holy Family School, Lewiston […]
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Koepka holds off Woods to win PGA Championship
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Brooks Koepka is impossible to overlook now, winning the PGA Championship on Sunday with machine-like precision to go with his back-to-back U.S. Open titles. And it still felt — and sounded — like he was playing second billing to Tiger Woods. With roars for Woods unheard anywhere this side of Augusta […]
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Kannegieser squeezes in the U.S. Amateur during a busy summer
Will Kannegeiser pauses for a photo before playing a round of golf at Martindale Country Club recently. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) AUBURN — According to the Cambridge English Dictionary, the term sick day means, “a day for which an employee receives pay while absent from work because of illness.” Minot native Will Kannegieser’s definition of a […]
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Par for the Course: Not much Maine in the Maine Open
Only four golf professionals from Maine participated in the Charlie’s Maine Open last week at the Augusta Country Club, and that could be a sign of the times. Ron Bibeau, head pro at Dunegrass and president of the New England PGA, feels that things are different than a quarter of a century ago, when many […]
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Maine Open: Extra hole an added wrinkle for last men standing
Peter French, left, congratulates Matthew Campbell after Campbell won the Charlie’s Maine Open in a playoff after they had played to a tie on Wednesday at the Augusta Country Club in Manchester. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal Photo) MANCHESTER — Matt Campbell was upset with himself for not making birdie on hole 18 Wednesday afternoon at Augusta […]
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AJGA Golf: Anderson, Manuel lurking behind leader entering final round at Sugarloaf
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Stephen Campbell Jr. broke a first-round tie for second and broke away from the field a bit after the second round of the AJGA Coca-Cola Championship at Sugarloaf Golf Club on Wednesday. The Texas native enters Thursday round ahead of a pair of Maine natives — Camden’s Cole Anderson (the defending champ) […]