Tournament winner Bailey Plourde plays in the final round of the Maine Women’s Amateur on Wednesday at the Rockland Golf Club in Rockland. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) ROCKLAND — Nothing, not even her co-leader hitting a shot out of a tree, was going to disturb Bailey Plourde’s laser-like focus on her own game at Wednesday’s final […]
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Par for the course: It should be amateur hour at Olympics
For those of us who are old enough to remember when the Olympic Games were held for “amateur” athletes only, the inaugural professional golfers competition in Rio de Janeiro is less than compelling. Sixty men will play four rounds of individual stroke play with no cut at Reserva de Marapendi from Aug. 11 to the […]
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Maine Women’s Amateur: Staci Creech pulls away from Emily Bouchard
Staci Aber Creech of Veazie survived a barrage of birdies by three-time champion Emily Bouchard, breaking it open with a steady hand over the final six holes to win her first state title in her initial attempt. The women were tied through 12 holes of the third and final round, exchanging shot for brilliant shot, […]
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Maine Women’s Amateur: Staci Aber Creech leads Emily Bouchard by two
Staci Aber Creech still leads, but Emily Bouchard has given herself a shot to win her fourth Maine Women’s Amateur golf championship on home turf. Bouchard carded Tuesday’s low round at Biddeford-Saco Country Club with a 76 and cut Creech’s lead to two strokes with 18 holes to play. Creech backed up her opening-day 75 […]
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Golf: Maine Amateur champion John Hayes IV just getting started
John Hayes IV made the news with one of the most dominant Maine Amateur golf championship performances of recent vintage. Then the 25-year-old delivered the bad news to every other player with a vested interest: He likely isn’t going anywhere, anytime soon. Past young winners of the state amateur have cut the field a break […]
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John Hayes wins Maine Amateur golf tournament
OAKLAND — Mark Plummer made a run. Then John Hayes IV ran away. His lead sliced to a single stroke after Plummer’s birdie on the first hole Thursday morning, Hayes answered with three consecutive birdies and led by as many as seven shots before winning the 96th Maine Amateur golf championship by five. “I don’t […]
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Maine Amateur: John Hayes IV leads with sensational 65
OAKLAND — After an attempted banana cut that proved fruitless, leading to a double bogey Tuesday morning, John Hayes IV didn’t panic. Two-over par, merely three holes into the 96th Maine Amateur, might have looked like a dreadful start. The gamble fit into Hayes’ risk-versus-reward scheme, however. “I was just trying to make eagle on […]
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Maine Amateur Notebook: Andrew Slattery opens defense with 72
That’s understandable, in light of a 7 a.m. Tuesday tee time at Waterville Country Club. And it was a foregone conclusion, given his status as defending Maine Amateur champion. Slattery hasn’t played himself out of a chance to go back-to-back. The 26-year-old from West Minot shot an all-over-the-charts, 2-over 72 and is seven shots back […]
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Golf: No longer a dark horse, Andrew Slattery eager to defend Maine Amateur title
Maine State Golf Association officials patted Andrew Slattery on the back and put a crystal vase in his hand. Television cameras and notebook-wielding reporters captured his every word. The scene at the Woodlands club in Falmouth one year ago had all the proper earmarks. Slattery, relative newcomer to the game from West Minot, was a […]
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Maine Golf: Waterville, Martindale to host MSGA majors this summer
The major championship season for Maine golf is upon us. Two near-century-old gems return to the Maine State Golf Association schedule this summer. Waterville Country Club in Oakland draws the curtain a week from Tuesday, July 7, with the opening round of the Maine Amateur. In August, the Match Play Invitational returns to the Twin […]