Rodrigue is back in Maine, adjusting to the weather after spending a year playing college golf in North Carolina.
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Par for the Course: Tiger Woods Masters’ win is one of best golf stories of the 21st century
Still, Jack Nicklaus’ major championship record seems safe, Bill Kennedy writes.
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Par for the Course: Mark Bosse takes on general manager role at Poland Spring
Former Poland fire chief has wide range of responsibilities at resort.
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Par for the Course: Brian Bickford hired as new MSGA executive director
Val Halla pro takes over for Nancy Storey, who retired after more than 20 years at the helm.
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Par for the Course: MSGA executive director Nancy Storey retiring after 20 important years
Storey oversaw merger of Maine State Golf Association and the state’s women’s organizations.
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Par for the Course: MSGA merger the highlight of the 2018 Maine golf season
“Par For The Course” today is completing its sixth season of publication in the Sun Journal. That being the case, it is appropriate to evaluate the 2018 Maine golf season. This has been a landmark year for the Maine State Golf Association, which formally and officially merged Jan. 1 with the Women’s Maine State Golf […]
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Par for the Course: Good players left off U.S. Ryder Cup team
From this vantage point, the United States Ryder Cup team of 12 players has been viewed by fans as a simple and almost automatic selection process. The team that will play Sept. 28-30 at Le Golf National, located outside of the Paris, France city limits, is composed of 12 outstanding Americans — Brooks Koepka, Dustin […]
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Par for the Course: Undressing golf course dress codes
It might be time to “undress” the subject of golf course dress codes. Probably the most debatable parts of dress codes concern men’s socks and shorts. Apparently there still are clubs which insist on golfers wearing white socks only. With socks manufacturers selling black socks and socks of a variety of colors, it seems to […]
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Par for the Course: Ricky Jones highlights Hall of Fame class
This year’s Maine Hall of Fame class consists of one of the state’s best-ever amateurs, Maine’s top rules official, a well-known teaching professional, and an all-time great women’s player. They will be inducted Sept. 6 in the banquet room of the Poland Spring Resort Inn. One of the many buildings on the Poland Spring complex […]
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Par for the Course: State of Maine Championship hoping for a comeback
The State of Maine Championship will be held Aug. 27-29 at Sugarloaf, but according to veteran Maine golfers it will not be the event it once was. When started back in 1989, primarily as a project promoted by Augusta Country Club pro Al Biondi, it became an extremely popular event. The field was good when […]