BANGOR — When he was young, Richard Bissell III knew almost nothing about his late father’s work, and for very good reason. Richard Bissell Jr. was one of the most influential spies in American history. Among the earliest recruits to the CIA, Bissell worked for the spy agency in Washington D.C. during the Cold War […]
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Par for the Course: Pro-Am series plays through Sunday River
The Exotics Pro-Am Series’ third event is scheduled tomorrow at Sunday River with Sean Warren of Nonesuch River leading the field of 36 professionals, each playing on a team with three amateurs. Warren is the leader because he has won the first event at Bath, and finished in a three-way tie for first in the […]
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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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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, […]
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Par For The Course: Wild weather can’t keep Sunday River down
Sunday River is unlike any other golf course in Maine. One of the Pine Tree State’s elite tracks, Sunday River is located totally in western Oxford County’s Mahoosuc Mountain Range, which means it is susceptible to extreme weather that no other course encounters. The 2013 golf season is a prime example of that. Greg Perry, […]
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Par for the Course: Davis Richardson left his mark
Everyone who knew Davis Richardson well remembers that he was a character. The stories about his Maine golf life are legendary, and some of them cannot be repeated. For sure, Richardson was a party animal. But more importantly he was a respected and revered person as tournament director for the Maine State Golf Association for […]
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Par for the Course: Fruits of Bartasuis’ labor evident at Fairlawn
During the spring of 1963, Frank Bartasuis opened the Fairlawn Golf & Country Club with just nine holes in use. “Those were some tough years,” said Bartasuis, whose golf employment dates back to the 1930s when he was a caddy at Martindale and Poland Spring while attending Lewiston High School. “because there was no golf course construction […]
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Local Golf: First Tee gives kids a slice of life and golf
What the Fox Ridge Golf Club is doing for the summer is the part of the First Tee of Maine program which many people know about.Head pro Bob Darling and his assistant pro Matt Wing have taken over the First Tee program there and are running it this summer like many of the best First […]