Matt Greenleaf dropped two of the best shots of his life onto the 17th and 18th greens at Fox Ridge Golf Club. Joe Walp, try as he might, couldn’t match them. And so it was Greenleaf who walked off with the 1-up victory and his first individual title in any of the MSGA’s showcase events. […]
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Golf roundup
Norway Memorial Tournament 18-hole winner: Betty Jordon 66; 9-hole winners: Betty Jordon 29; Jeanette Roderick 32; Maureen Thorn 34. Fun-Raider Tournament Gross: 1. Darin Keaten/Greg Roberts 69; 2. John Allen/Tony Criscitelli 70; Net: 1. Ron Morse/Dave Connor; 2. Larry Cousins/Dave Boyer 65 Turner Highlands Couples Championship Gross: 1. Tony and Susan Towns; 2. Scott and […]
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Golf: Greenleaf, Walp reach final of MSGA match play
AUBURN — There haven’t been separate brackets for beards and peach fuzz at the Maine State Golf Association Match Play Invitational this week. It has only worked out that way. Two Portland men reached the present-meets-the-future championship round of the fourth-annual tournament at Fox Ridge Golf Club. Matt Greenleaf, he of the thick whiskers and […]
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Golf: Jones, Wyman survive day of upsets at Fox Ridge
Tuesday’s opening rounds of the MSGA Match Play Championship were brutal for top-ranked players. Fulfilling the adage that anything can happen in head-to-head competition, No. 1 Ricky Jones and No. 2 Jack Wyman were the only amateurs among the top eight to earn a berth in Wednesday’s quarterfinals at Fox Ridge Golf Club in Auburn. […]
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Obama plays final golf round before vacation ends
EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — President Barack Obama returned to the golf course Sunday to play a sixth and final round before heading back to Washington after a weeklong vacation on Martha’s Vineyard. Obama played at Vineyard Golf Club in Edgartown, his third visit there since arriving on the Massachusetts island on Aug. 10. World Bank […]
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Par For the Course: Match play tourney set for Fox Ridge
No tournament ever will replace the Maine Amateur as the crown jewel of amateur events in the Pine Tree State, but the Maine State Golf Association’s Match Play Championship, scheduled Tuesday through Thursday at Fox Ridge, has become a popular event in this, just its fourth year of existence. Unfortunately, only one of the past […]
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Golf roundup
Springbrook Men’s Twilight 2 Player Blind Draw & Pins 1. +13 Ron Leeman/Dan Parent; 2. +11 John Pleau/Rick St. Laurent; 3. +8 Dick Metivier/Jeff Kent; 4. +7 Pat Murphy/Scott Eldrige; Tie +7 Bob Tremblay/Rick Shea; Pins” #2 Rick Shea 15’1″; #8 Lonney Steeves 15’8″ Sunday River Golf Club, 2 Best Ball Gross: 1. Kris Kannegieser/Leslie […]
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Turner Highlands Couples League: Blind two holes dropped First gross: Bert and Sue Tardif 24; First net: George and Donna Chiasson 14.75; Closest to the pin, #15: Lalamands 26’4″ MSGA Individual Gross – Flight 1: Marke Wilcox 71/67, Ricky Jones 74/76, Kent Johnson 75/72, Individual Net – Flight 1: Peter Pacholski 81/68, Barry J Bernard […]
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Par for the Course: Bibeau honored with ‘TK’ award
The golf legend of Tom Kimball lives on, and one of the primary sources of the memories of “TK” is Ron Bibeau, executive director of First Tee of Maine. This is not just because the Maine State Golf Association presented Bibeau with the 2013 Tom Kimball Award on Monday night, but because Bibeau and Kimball, […]