OAKLAND — Leslie Guenther was in a familiar position going into Wednesday’s final round of the Maine Women’s Amateur golf championship. The veteran player out of Norway Country Club, who had led the tournament after two rounds in each of its first two years, was again at top of the leaderboard. Despite her recent history […]
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Maine Women’s Amateur: Guenther takes it from top
After shooting a 2-over-par 75 that put her in the lead, the veteran golfer quietly snuck away to her car after at the 3rd annual Maine Women’s Amateur golf championship at Waterville Country Club. “She’s very consistent,” said Monica Austin of the Woodlands Club in Falmouth, who played in a threesome with Guenther and Kathy […]
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Golf: Championship week has arrived
The most intense week of Maine’s competitive golf season is in full swing. Saturday marked the final round of the 48th Greater Bangor Open, played at Bangor Municipal. And the tension and excitement are only beginning. Championship week reaches a fever pitch Monday, when both the 96th Charlie’s Maine Open and the Maine Women’s Amateur […]
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Golf: Proud mom seeks third state title
MINOT — The timeline of Maine women’s golf is built around dynasties. We’ve had the era of Auburn natives and sisters Martha White and Pennie Cummings. Later, prior to a life-altering health scare and then turning professional, Abby Spector had things in the palms of her teenage hands. And now we’re in the Emily Bouchard […]
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Gamache, Cugno giving boxing a fighting chance in Lewiston/Auburn
The two trainers have been devising an amateur fight card in this dark and dingy enclave, surrounded by their prospects, who sparred and pummeled a heavy bag. The two men are like contenders, fighting to revive a sport whose popularity has waned in the Twin Cities. The sport has had trouble absorbing knockout blows from […]
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Golf: Slattery still new at this
FALMOUTH — Ten years ago, Andrew Slattery’s approach to golf was no different than the way most of us experience it. Pay to play once a month or so, because it beat sitting at home and because the harsh reality of a cooped-up winter was right around the corner. Hit the ball without having any […]
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Maine Amateur Analysis: Slattery survived sputtering start
FALMOUTH — Believing in signs wasn’t a prerequisite to giving up on Andrew Slattery’s chances about a half hour into the final round of the Maine Amateur golf tournament Thursday. Being a subscriber to logic and reason was sufficient. Even Slattery himself — on his way to being crowned champion for the first time at […]
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Maine Amateur Golf: Steady, sturdy Slattery is champ
FALMOUTH — Athletes routinely claim to ignore the scoreboard. Others mysteriously talk about ascending into “the zone,” a tunnel vision that makes them oblivious to their surroundings. Andrew Slattery, the golfer from West Minot who was only a household name among his family and friends prior to this week’s 95th Maine Amateur, achieved both measures […]
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Maine Amateur Day 2 Notebook: Not a breeze, but Bilodeau makes cut
FALMOUTH – You didn’t need to call up the radar screen or hourly forecast on a smartphone to assess the playing conditions at Woodlands Club on Wednesday. Brian Bilodeau’s scorecard was an ideal barometer and bellwether. In Tuesday’s opening round of the 95th Maine Amateur, Bilodeau, of Auburn, dropped in four birdies. For Wednesday’s encore, […]
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Maine Amateur Golf Day 2: West Minot’s Andrew Slattery surges into lead
Slattery sits on the lead two-thirds of the way through the 95th Maine Amateur golf championship. When it comes to information that could interrupt the status quo for someone who has never before made it to this level, less is more. “That is a very new experience,” Slattery said of being in the final group. […]