Two Maine golfers, Jason Harris of Bath and Ryan Gay of Augusta, turned professional this season. It is easy enough for a golfer to declare that he is becoming a tournament pro, but it is far more difficult for them to enter pro tournaments and actually make money. For Harris and Gay it is a […]
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Golf roundup
Turner Highlands Senior League Two teams tied for first place at -2: Stan Timberlake/Bob Campbell; Ron Jubinville/Norm St. Pierre; Closest second shot on pin #3: Bob Spencer 14’8″; Closest to pin #15: David Hodgkins 7’6″ MartindaleSenior Two-Ball Results 1st Wayne Hackett & Larry Faiman 61; 2nd Peter Sassano & Chip Morrison 62; 3rd Doug Craib […]
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Golf roundup
Pine Acres Game of the week was least putts and most putts. Winners with 16 putts were: Jan Davis, Lynn Polley, Diane Doyon, and Fran Blanchette. Most putts 22 Germaine Martel. 50/50 winners; Jan Davis, Connie Richards, and Fran Blanchette. The end of the season was topped off with coffee, doughnuts, and surprise bags. Anyone […]
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Golf roundup
Turner Highlands Senior League 1. +8 Frank Anastasio/Bob Campbell; 2. +3 George Dragonetti/John Richey; 3. +1 Bob Campbell/Kenneth Merrill; Closests second shot on pin #9: Roger Deschaine 9″; Closest to pin #10: Kenneth Merrill 19’8″ Senior League (Sept. 25) 1.+8 Frank Dragonetti/Bob Campbell; 2. +3 George Dragonetti/John Richey; 3. +1 Bob Campbell/Kenneth Merri; Closest second […]
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Time to hurry up and play golf
No one is happier than Maine State Golf Association executive director Nancy Storey that the U.S. Golf Association is on a campaign to improve “pace of play.” On the USGA website, USGA.org, there is a June 12 story entitled “USGA Pace of Play Initiative,” in which the theme is “While We’re Young,” and it is […]
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Golf roundup
Meadows Sunday Scramble: First Place: Mary O’Mara, Dawn Gates, Veronica Babcock, Diane Freeman; Second Place: Judy Edgecomb, Al Edgecomb, Gerry Landry, JoAnne Landry; Closest to the Pins: Hole #7 1st Place Diane Freeman 8’2″; 2nd Place Joanne Landry 26′ 3 1/2″; Hole #17 1st Place Al Edgecomb 15′ 1″; 2nd Place Kevin Babcock 20′ 3″ […]
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High school golf: Morang is Ramblers’ ace
LEEDS — Taylor Morang consistently shoots in the mid-30s for nine holes and the mid-70s over 18 at his home golf course, Springbrook. Stand at any location on that sprawling layout and the safe assumption is that any high school player bringing the course to its knees must be a hulking, strapping soul who got […]
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Par for the course: Looking for that perfect fit
Many golfers have been to “demos” and “club fitting” clinics, but how many can claim they have been to a “golf ball fitting” session? Wednesday at Cape Neddick, this writer attended his first ball-fitting which was sponsored by Bridgestone, and conducted by two of the firm’s ball-fitting technicians, Joe Machado and Jeff Sartorelli. They are based […]
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Golf roundup
Turner Highlands Senior League 1. +14 Conrad Conant/Norm St. Pierre; 2. +12 David Hodgkins/Bob Campbell; 3. +7 Fred Leadbetter/Bob Fitzgerald; Closest to second hold on pin #3: Bob Spencer 2’3″; Closest to pin on #15: Bob Spencer 14’1″ Men’s League Flight 1: low gross: tied at 34 Paul Soracco/Marke Wilcox; low net: tied at 31 […]