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 […]
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Maine Women's Amateur: Creech, Plourde jump out to a three-shot lead
AUBURN — After the first round of the 2017 Maine Women’s Amateur Golf Championship at Martindale Country Club, it’s a battle between the young and a seasoned veteran. The two-time defending Maine Women’s Amateur champion Staci Creech out of Bangor Municipal and Bailey Plourde, the defending Maine Junior girls’ champion and girls’ high school state […]
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Par for the Course: Golf courses spared from tornado damage
The devastation caused by tornadoes July 1, apparently was not inflicted on golf courses. A poll of a half dozen courses in the northern part of Cumberland County and the western section of Oxford County proved to be mostly good news with the damage limited to branches down and some erosion. None of the clubs […]
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Par for the Course: Baker, Doran team up to win four-ball event
Martindale’s Joe Baker studies his putt on the ninth green during the second round of last year’s Maine Amateur Golf Championship. People who know Joe Baker think he probably prefers being in a lake fishing boat or on a ski mobile over playing golf. He is that kind of native Mainer. Baker teamed June 17-18 […]
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Bates adds three to golf coaching staff
AUBURN — When Robert Flynn retired in 2015 after 18 years at the helm, the Bates College Bobcats were in search for a new golf coach for both their men’s and women’s programs. Flynn, who held multiple roles in the athletic department at Bates including head baseball coach, assistant football coach and the head ski […]
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Par for the Course: Brown, a golfer for the ages
Dale Brown is what you could describe as a veteran Maine golfer. As he approaches his 78th birthday on July 21, he realizes his better playing days are behind him. “Before I turned 75, my index always was under five,” he said, admitting that number has grown to 7.9. That does not mean that the […]
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Par for the Course: Lesson learned in rules conundrum
The rules of golf can be frustrating, cruel and complicated, and there are times when they can put golfers in an embarrassing position. Just ask Will Kannegieser of Minot, who plays out of Martindale. He played in the 52nd annual Paul Bunyan Tournament, held June 19 at Penobscot Valley and on June 20 at Falmouth. […]
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Andrew Slattery tops Jeff Cole to earn Maine Match Play title at Martindale
He’d been learning and improving, but the progress he’d made hadn’t translated into confidence. “I think something finally clicked,” Slattery said, trying to explain the transformation in his game the past two years. “I finally played in enough other tournaments to get the hang of playing under pressure. When I finished the Maine Amateur in […]
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Maine Match Play Championship: Greenleaf rally highlights opening day
But he couldn’t have felt better. Greenleaf rallied to win the 18th hole and then a playoff hole to advance to the Maine Match Play Championship quarterfinals. He did so by defeating 13-time Maine Amateur champ Mark Plummer on the 19th hole. “I got 37 holes in today,” Greenleaf said as rain still dripped from […]
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Maine Match Play Championship: Tough draws at Martindale this week
AUBURN — Brian Bilodeau wasn’t even sure he was going to play in this week’s Match Play Championship tournament at Martindale. He has played golf sparingly this summer and made only a few appearances in such tourneys as the Maine Amateur and the Maine Open. He didn’t think he’d even qualify for this weeks Maine […]