It could very well be the best Maine State Golf Association tournament score ever shot at the Fairlawn Golf & Country Club, but it is not being considered a record. Reese McFarlane of Purpoodock carded a 29-31—60 June 26 during an MSGA Weekend Tour event at Fairlawn. According to Randy Hodsdon, the MSGA tournament director, […]
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Par for the Course: New head pro excited for first tournament at Poland Spring
John King has come home in a special and historic manner. The new head professional at Poland Spring was hired in March, after being an award-winning teaching pro in Florida and Alabama for many years. Moving from Florida to director of instruction at Saugahatchee Country Club in Opelika, Alabama, King made his mark with numerous […]
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Par for the Course: Mid-Amateur created for older amateurs
There are some notable facts about the Maine State Golf Association’s 27th Mid-Amateur Championship this weekend (Sept 23-24) at Dunegrass. If you are saying to yourself, “Mid-Amateur? Why?” You might be among many who would question the need for a “mid-amateur” championship, when already the MSGA and the U.S. Golf Association have amateur and senior […]
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Par for the Course: Resurrection Golf expanding its reach
The plan is simple and excellent. Implementation is the challenge. No one knows that better than Sean McCarthy, director of operations of Resurrection Golf. Last Dec. 7, Sean and his father, Kevin, retired CEO (2013) of Unum, took over the Bath Country Club and have been running it all year. “We were not a company […]
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Par for the Course: Mark Plummers decorated career rolls on
To say that golf has been an important part of the life of Mark Plummer would be an understatement. To say that Mark Plummer has enjoyed playing golf for as long as he can remember, would be completely accurate. At age 65, Plummer continues to have fun on the golf course, while adding to his […]
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Par for the Course: Book offers glimpse into Maine's golf history
If you are a Maine golfer, and you possess an appreciation for Maine golf history, the book “The Game Has Come to Stay, An Illustrated History of Maine Golf 1894-present,” is must reading. Nancy Storey, executive director of the Maine State Golf Association, which financed publication of the book, recognizes that this publication might not […]
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Par for the Course: Fairlawn celebrates late member Pattie Griggs
There are lots of reasons that golfers at the Fairlawn Golf & Country Club enjoyed playing with the late Patton S. Griggs. Having won the woman’s club championship 13 times (2002, 2004 and 2006-2016), her game was up to the level of all players, male and female. In addition, when Griggs was on the course, […]
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Par for the Course: USGA proposing rules changes that will eliminate penalties
At first glance, it seems like the U.S. Golf Association is proposing a whole new set of rules. That is because there are 30 changes proposed along with 140 overall changes to the rules book, as outlined this week by Joe Foley, manager of rules outreach and programming for the USGA. Among them are the […]
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Par for the Course: How great can Jordan Spieth be?
Jordan Spieth’s Open championship July 23 at Royal Birkdale has put him into the conversation. Talk, since he won The Open, is about how he compares at age 23 with Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods. Keeping in mind that Nicklaus and Spieth are the only modern-era players to have won three major golf championships at […]
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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 […]