OAKLAND — Will Kannegieser of Minot and Joe Baker of Oxford advanced to the second day of the Match Play Invitational at Waterville Country Club on Tuesday. But only one of the Martindale Country Club members will make it to the third day. Kannegieser and Baker will square off in the quarterfinals on Wednesday, teeing […]
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Golf: Jones cruises to match play title
SOUTH PORTLAND — Ricky Jones bagged his partridge in a pear tree Thursday morning. The 42-year-old from Thomaston won his first Maine State Golf Association match play championship to go with six Mid-Amateurs, five Paul Bunyan Amateurs, three Maine Amateurs, two Tri-State team titles and a Maine Open. Jones sank four birdies, including all three […]
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Golf: Jones, Cole advance to match play final
Jones’ vastly different experiences in Wednesday’s quarterfinal and semifinal wins to correct that surprising omission from his resume underscored the point, too. In his morning match at Sable Oaks Golf Club against Brian Angis, Jones — three-time winner of the Maine Amateur and a Maine Open champion — shot 10-over par through 17 holes. Fortunately […]
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Golf: Top seeds, locals ousted at MSGA Match Play
SOUTH PORTLAND — The temperature kept rising. The supply of cigarettes in the golf cart operated by Joe Baker and caddie Ashley Fifield dwindled. Good shots didn’t go away, but they stopped coming consecutively. It was a Tuesday afternoon grind for Baker, whose hopes of a berth in the Maine State Golf Association match play […]
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Golf: Greenleaf, Walp reach final of MSGA match play
AUBURN — There haven’t been separate brackets for beards and peach fuzz at the Maine State Golf Association Match Play Invitational this week. It has only worked out that way. Two Portland men reached the present-meets-the-future championship round of the fourth-annual tournament at Fox Ridge Golf Club. Matt Greenleaf, he of the thick whiskers and […]
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Golf: Jones, Wyman survive day of upsets at Fox Ridge
Tuesday’s opening rounds of the MSGA Match Play Championship were brutal for top-ranked players. Fulfilling the adage that anything can happen in head-to-head competition, No. 1 Ricky Jones and No. 2 Jack Wyman were the only amateurs among the top eight to earn a berth in Wednesday’s quarterfinals at Fox Ridge Golf Club in Auburn. […]