Because only three Maine golf professionals (Tim Angis, John Hickson, Mike Bauber) ever had competed in the PGA Championship prior to this year’s event, many Maine golfers thought that Shawn Warren had made a significant accomplishment by qualifying for this year’s tournament, held Aug. 9-12 at the Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri. And […]
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Par for the Course: Not much Maine in the Maine Open
Only four golf professionals from Maine participated in the Charlie’s Maine Open last week at the Augusta Country Club, and that could be a sign of the times. Ron Bibeau, head pro at Dunegrass and president of the New England PGA, feels that things are different than a quarter of a century ago, when many […]
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Par for the Course: Odds against Tiger doing Tiger things again
When this writer mentioned during the week that a subject for this week’s golf column was not coming easily, a golf friend replied, “Why don’t you write about the prospects of Tiger Woods winning a PGA Tour event?” The more thought given to it, the more it became clear that this might make interesting reading. […]
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Par for the Course: Radio host Les Fleisher passionate about golf in Maine
In the early 1980s, Les Fleisher and his wife, Jill, would have bet a lot of money that they would never fall in love with the State of Maine. However, his law school roommate and best friend, David Glaser, and his family moved to Portland, so the Fleishers decided they needed to visit the Pinetree […]
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Par for the Course: Special club missing from memorial tournament
Someone has a golf driver that does not belong to him or her. It is as simple as that. On July 8, the second annual Patton Griggs Memorial Golf Tournament was held at Fairlawn, where there is a Patton Griggs Memorial bench on the women’s 18th tee box. Patti Griggs, who died in Jan. 11, […]
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Par for the Course: MSGA working to pick up the pace of play
For all of the slow-play golfers in Maine, there is a new sheriff in town. Nancy Story, executive director of the Maine State Golf Association, says that this year the pace of play at many membership courses is being monitored, and in championship tournaments, there is an emphasis on players moving along. “There needs to […]
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Par for the Course: Brown, Plummer among past champions playing in Maine Am
This year’s Maine State Golf Association Men’s Amateur Championship is oozing with history. It is the 99th ever played, and in its field July 10-12 at Belgrade Lakes will be a pair of over-60 players who have won multiple Maine Amateur crowns. Ron Brown of Portland, having won it twice with 24 years between them […]
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Par for the Course: Exciting month of golf ahead
A sensational month of Maine golf is on the horizon. It starts July 10-12 with the Maine Amateur Championship at Belgrade Lakes, where 55 exempt players along with 77 qualifiers will comprise a field of 132. Belgrade Lakes, once named among the top 100 public courses in the nation, clearly is a special track. This […]
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Par for the Course: Observations of a tricky U.S. Open
For more than a week, golf rules purists have been calling for Phil Mickelson’s head. Others accepted his two-stroke penalty for hitting a ball while it still was moving during the U.S. Open’s third round June 16. Thoughts on this subject from some folks were solicited during the aftermath of a unique 117th U.S. Open. […]
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Par for the Course: Kannegieser on a roll this season
Thus far, the 2018 golf season has been a good one for Kristin Kannegieser of Minot. On June 10, she won the Maine State Golf Association Mixed Championship at Cape Arundel, and a day later she was named to the Women’s Maine Tri-State Team which will compete June 18-20 with teams from Vermont and New […]