She might be the defending champion, but Bailey Plourde has plenty of motivation heading into the Maine Junior Amateur Golf Championship at Val Halla Golf Course, which begins Tuesday. Plourde is coming off a disappointing runner-up finish in last week’s Maine Women’s Amateur Championship — her second straight second-place finish behind champion Staci Creech. A […]
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Stephanie Rodrigue keeping her emotions in check for Maine Junior Championships
AUBURN — Stephanie Rodrigue hopes improvement in her mental game will be the key heading into the Maine State Golf Association’s Maine Junior Championship at Val Halla, which begins Tuesday. The soon-to-be senior at Lewiston High School is trying not to get her emotions the better of her when she’s out on the course. The […]
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Par for the Course: How great can Jordan Spieth be?
Jordan Spieth’s Open championship July 23 at Royal Birkdale has put him into the conversation. Talk, since he won The Open, is about how he compares at age 23 with Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods. Keeping in mind that Nicklaus and Spieth are the only modern-era players to have won three major golf championships at […]
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Local golf results
Fairlawn Wednesday, July 26 Senior League Three Ball point results: 1. Dennis Fox/Pastor Vail/Rick Gardiner/Ron Grant 80 1. P.G. Cote/Chanel Leblanc/Bob Bolduc/Ken Austin 80 3. Dale Brown/John Mathieu/Dave Depot/Norm Bilodeau 79; Pins: No. 11 — 1. Mitch Curtis 11’10” 2. Chanel Leblanc 12’6″ 3. Len Winsky 27’5″ No. 13 — 1. Bob Bolduc 8’8″ 2. […]
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MLB Alumni coming to Waterville for two golfing events
WATERVILLE — MLB Alumni 50/50 Putting Contest Sponsored by Ray Haskell Ford will be hosted by Silver Street Tavern! Join us August 2 at Silver Street Tavern at 5 p.m.. for an “All Star” Putt Off! Putt against: Bruce Berenyi, Kevin Buckley, Tom Burgmeier, Steve Crawford, Ron Diorio, Larry Gowell, Fergie Jenkins, Matt Kinney, Pete […]
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Local golf results
Fairlawn Men’s League standings as of Wednesday, July 19: Briggs/E Cyr 194, Bilodeau/McCurdy 187.5, Derocher/Ouellette 182, Sawyer/Jalbert 180, Fennessy/Haley 177, VanBaars/Arnoldy 173, Tabb/Williams 166.5, Emery/Johnson 164, Baril/McManus 152, Dubois/Smyth 149.5, Jones/Haines 144.5, Boucher/Tebow 142.5, Caron/Caron 142, Dionne/R Cyr 142, Bissonnette/Marichal 140.5, Richard/Bates 140; Pin — No. 12 Brian Bilodeau 2’1″. Fox Ridge Sunday, July 23 results: Pin: […]
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Maine Women's Amateur: Creech strong-arms Plourde with short game for third title
AUBURN — No two golf tournament victories are the same. The result of this year’s Maine Women’s Amateur Championship was the same as last year, with Staci Creech beating out Bailey Plourde, but how it happened was different. There was no meltdown for Plourde. There were no birdies either. Creech happily putted for pars, Plourde […]
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Camden Hills' Cole Anderson qualifies for U.S. Amateur
As a freshman, Cole Anderson made a statement with a win at the Class A state golf championships in 2015. Last summer, he followed with a win at the New England Junior Amateur, and doubled down in Maine Class A with his second consecutice title as a sophomore. Tuesday, Anderson took his budding golf career […]
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Newcomer Dornes holds off veteran Sisk for Maine Open title
James Dornes blasts out of the bunker on the final hole of Tuesday’s Charlie’s Maine Open at the Augusta Country Club in Manchester close enough to the hole to make a putt to seal his victory over Geoffrey Sisk who was 2 back. MANCHESTER — James Dornes was two years old when Geoffrey Sisk won […]
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Maine Women's Amateur: Creech pulls ahead of Plourde heading into final round
Ruby Haylock tees off on the 15th hole during the 2nd round of Maine Women’s Amateur Golf Championship Tuesday afternoon at Martindale Country Club in Auburn. AUBURN — The pressure began to mount in the second round of the Maine Women’s Amateur Golf Championship on Tuesday. It just didn’t seem to affect two-time defending champion […]