A huge golf celebration is being planned by the Maine State Golf Association. That is because 2017 will mark the 100th year of the association’s existence. One of the larger undertakings of the MSGA centennial will be a book, published by the Donning Publishing Co. and written by John Galluzzo. The contents of that publication […]
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Minot’s Will Kannegieser prepares for new athletic opportunities
He recognized it would be his last year in that tournament. From there, his last year of high school was to follow. Graduation would then be looming, and his future would truly begin to evolve. “When I won last year, it was good because I knew I was going out the last tournament on a […]
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Andrew Slattery tops Jeff Cole to earn Maine Match Play title at Martindale
He’d been learning and improving, but the progress he’d made hadn’t translated into confidence. “I think something finally clicked,” Slattery said, trying to explain the transformation in his game the past two years. “I finally played in enough other tournaments to get the hang of playing under pressure. When I finished the Maine Amateur in […]
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Maine Match Play Championship: Slattery, Cole advance to final match
With a makeable birdie putt on the 20th hole of match play Wednesday, Slattery hit the ball and vowed not to let his eyes follow it to the hole. Temptation and the stakes were just too great. “I told myself, ‘Don’t look up, don’t look up, don’t look up,’ and then the first thing you […]
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Maine Match Play Championship: Greenleaf rally highlights opening day
But he couldn’t have felt better. Greenleaf rallied to win the 18th hole and then a playoff hole to advance to the Maine Match Play Championship quarterfinals. He did so by defeating 13-time Maine Amateur champ Mark Plummer on the 19th hole. “I got 37 holes in today,” Greenleaf said as rain still dripped from […]
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Maine Match Play Championship: Tough draws at Martindale this week
AUBURN — Brian Bilodeau wasn’t even sure he was going to play in this week’s Match Play Championship tournament at Martindale. He has played golf sparingly this summer and made only a few appearances in such tourneys as the Maine Amateur and the Maine Open. He didn’t think he’d even qualify for this weeks Maine […]
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Maine Jr. Amateur Golf: Rodrigue, Bryant are ready for championships
Stephanie Rodrigue may be playing some of the best golf of her life. The Lewiston sophomore has won a number of Maine State Golf Association Junior Tour events this summer, and may be peaking just in time for this week’s Maine Junior Amateur Championship. “It’s been a good summer,” Rodrigue said. “I’ve been playing almost […]