If someone told you that you posted a double-figure number on the first hole of a tournament, and then lost your ball on the second-hole tee shot, you might be inclined to ask: “Why would I want to finish the round when I could quietly withdraw?” Not only did Nick and Evan Glicos of Martindale […]
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MSGA hands out college scholarships
Fifteen outstanding young people from Maine are the recipients of the Maine State Golf Association’s annual scholarships. These scholarships have been awarded since 1950, making it the 66th year that they have been given. Better yet, they are not one-and-done scholarships, meaning the recipients receive $1,500 a year for four years of college, if they […]
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On Golf: Ross Cup continues to grow, improve
The Fenn Ross Cup scramble at Poland Spring last year was as well run an event as this columnist has played in. That said, the new tournament director, Jim Delamater of Oxford, has put his banking vision to work, and with the help of Mike Bartley of Casco, the 2016 Fenn Ross Cup is expected […]
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Keep an eye out for Chapman, Jordan
The goal is to get to Winged Foot, the fabled Mamaroneck, N.Y., golf course. The road to Winged Foot goes through Portsmouth, R.I., tomorrow in the U.S. Golf Association’s 4-Ball Qualifying event at the Carnegie Abbey Club. Winged Foot is the site of the 2016 USGA 4-Ball Championship next spring. Among the four Maine teams […]
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Golf: Tournament of champions on course
The fact that the second annual Tournament of Champions is scheduled Oct. 3 and 4 means that a dream has come true. A year ago at this time, it simply was a dream, because no one was certain that the four Lewiston-Auburn area clubs being asked to participate in this event would comply. Fox Ridge, […]
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Par for the course: Examining rarities on the course
On Sept. 2, this writer recorded an eagle on the 345-yard, par-4 14th hole at Fairlawn Golf Course in Poland from the senior tees using a driver and a 5-wood. Never having had a hole-in-one on a par-3, or an eagle on a par-4, this feat begged the question: Which of those two is more […]
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Man shot by Lewiston Police in 2014 pleads guilty to felonies
AUBURN — A Lewiston man who was shot several times by police in Kennedy Park in October 2014 has pleaded guilty to three felony charges from that incident. Albert Crowley, 21, of 1 Knox St. pleaded guilty Thursday to criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon and domestic violence assault. […]
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Lewiston’s Rodrigue rises and shines
If the old adage “Good things come in small packages,” is accurate, then Lewiston High School golfer Stephanie Rodrigue is a mighty mite. The 15-year-old sophomore is projected to play No. 1 on the Blue Devils golf team this fall and that is with a four-foot, 11-inch body weighing 97 pounds, on a good day. […]
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Par for the Course: Fairlawn’s Frank Bartasius will be missed
Not many people on this planet can say they went from being an accountant for a shoe company to being the owner and operator of a golf course. That was the transition that the late Frank Bartasius made in the 1950s and 1960s. Bartasius, who passed away May 8, worked for Fitz Brothers Shoe Co. […]
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Plenty opinions about Woods’ future
Perhaps they should start to identify him by his real name, because Tiger Woods certainly has been playing golf this season like an “Eldrick.” During the 2015 season, Woods has made just four PGA Tour cuts and earned just $318,998, which is paltry by Woods standards. His play this year has raised the question. Can […]