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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MSGA's Randy Hodsdon hooked on the rules of golf
Randy Hodsdon, left, talks to Peter French on the 18th green while working as a roving rules official on the back nine during final round of Charlie’s Maine Open earlier this month at the Augusta Country Club in Manchester. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) AUBURN — So you want to become an rules official for golf? Like […]
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Golf: Anderson beats Powell convincingly in Match Play final
Camden golfer Cole Anderson chips onto the green at Falmouth Country Club on Thursday during the final match of the Maine State Golf Association Match Play Invitational. (Ben McCanna/Portland Press Herald Photo) FALMOUTH — Cole Anderson thinks it would be fun if Maine’s amateur golf championship incorporated both stroke and match play, like the other […]
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Golf: Top seeds Anderson, Powell to meet for Match Play title
FALMOUTH — Two players that were at the front of the field after the first round in July’s Maine Amateur Championship will be the last two players standing in the Match Play Invitational at Falmouth Country Club. Cole Anderson and Drew Powell made it out of Wednesday’s quarterfinal and semifinal rounds and will square off […]
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Golf: Mia Hornberger trails Plourde at Janet Drouin Memorial
VASSALBORO — Bailey Plourde is used to being first at the Janet Drouin Memorial Open Championship. She’s finished first each of the past three years, and in the first round of the tournament on Monday she was in the first pairing of the day. She finished the day in first, alone, with an even-par 72 […]
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Maine Women's Amateur: Young players take first round lead
Bailey Plourde of Newcastle and Samoset Resort watches play with her caddy, Hans Stromberg, on the 17th green during the Maine Women’s Amateur golf championship at Rockland Golf Club on Monday. (Jill Brady/Portland Press Herald Photo)Erin Holmes of Cumberland and Val Halla Golf Course, right, hugs Elizabeth Lacognata of Scarborough and Falmouth Country Club after […]
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MSGA hopes Maine Girls' Championship keeps growing
Stephanie Rodrigue of Lewiston hands her club to her caddy during the Maine Women’s Amateur Golf Championship at Martindale Country Club in Auburn this summer. She’s defending her MSGA Girls’ Championship Sunday at Natanis. LEEDS — Some of the state’s top girl golfers will be teeing it up Sunday at Natanis Golf Club’s Arrowhead course […]
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Grindle beats Wyman to win Maine Match Play Invitational golf championship
OAKLAND — In July, he was the runner-up. In August, he became champion. Sam Grindle, who plays out of Island Country Club, exacted revenge on Jack Wyman, defeating him 3 and 2 and claim the 2017 Maine Match Play Invitational golf championship at Waterville Country Club on Thursday. Grindle, a 22-year-old from Deer Isle, settled […]
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Stephanie Rodrigue keeping her emotions in check for Maine Junior Championships
AUBURN — Stephanie Rodrigue hopes improvement in her mental game will be the key heading into the Maine State Golf Association’s Maine Junior Championship at Val Halla, which begins Tuesday. The soon-to-be senior at Lewiston High School is trying not to get her emotions the better of her when she’s out on the course. The […]