NORTON, Mass. (AP) — Bryson DeChambeau plays golf differently from everyone else and is getting the results everyone wants. It doesn’t take a scientist to figure that out. For the second straight week in the richest part of the PGA Tour season, DeChambeau took down one of the strongest fields of the year by playing […]
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Patrick Reed holds on for first major title at Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The tepid applause that greeted Patrick Reed on the first tee made it clear he wasn’t the people’s choice. All he cared about was being the Masters champion. He turned back an early move by Rory McIlroy and a late charge by Rickie Fowler. Most daunting in the middle of the […]
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Randy Doucette, master club fitter, ready for Maine return
Randy Doucette is bringing his club-building expertise home. The Auburn native is planning on coming back to the Lewiston/Auburn area next spring after spending the past 20 years working at the Marriott Golf Academy in Orlando, Florida, where he’s worked as their master club fitter, crafting clubs for amateurs, celebrities and PGA Tour pros. He […]
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The Hot Corner: Takedown of Tiger too much
It’s hard to reconcile my existence as a journalism lifer with my overall mistrust of the industry. Hate the sin and love the sinner? Perhaps. My grievances are many, but I especially dislike our “kick ’em when they’re down” tendency. Don Henley made a fair point or two. There was little restraint in the media’s […]
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The mysterious case of the Turnah Flag
TURNER — A standard golf flag is 14×20 inches, and the United States Golf Association recommends its placed on a seven-foot flag pole. The flag represents a hole 4¼-inches in diameter, the target on the green toward which golfers from the tees and fairways shoot. At Turner Highlands, one of those flags — that which […]
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Naval Academy grad Hurley wins Quicken Loans National
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — Billy Hurley III held the club in his left hand and fist pumped with his right. The ball disappeared into the hole in front of him as the crowd roared, and Hurley let loose the emotion he’d been holding in. “That’s probably like the most emotion I’ve ever shown in my […]