As a founding member of the Maine State Golf Association, Brunswick Golf Club is proud to be hosting the 98th annual Maine State Golf Association Maine Amateur Championship starting Tuesday and running through Thursday. It will be the second time Brunswick has hosted the Maine Amateur. The first time was 20 years ago when Mark […]
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Decker, Dougherty win MSGA Awards
Tony Decker and Norm Dougherty received awards last week from the Maine State Golf Association for their dedication to the game of golf in Maine. Decker was named the recipient of the 2016 Thomas “TK” Kimball Award, with Dougherty getting the distinction as 2016 Dave Child Volunteer of the Year. Decker, the head golf professional […]
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Par for the Course: Poland Spring helping neighbor course
To say that Cyndi Robbins, the owner of the Poland Spring Resort, is very good for golf would be an understatement. Robbins supports the Poland Spring Preservation Society by allowing it to raise money by conducting the Fell Ross Heritage Cup Scramble at the Poland Spring Golf Course in the spring, supplying it with the […]
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Par for the course: Big anniversary for the MSGA
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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MSGA hands out college scholarships
Fifteen outstanding young people from Maine are the recipients of the Maine State Golf Association’s annual scholarships. These scholarships have been awarded since 1950, making it the 66th year that they have been given. Better yet, they are not one-and-done scholarships, meaning the recipients receive $1,500 a year for four years of college, if they […]
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Par for the Course: Season’s not over yet
With Maine schools open, an inquiring mind asked the Maine State Golf Association and First Tee of Maine if that has impacted the organizations’ fall scheduling. Ron Bibeau, First Tee’s executive director, almost never has grass growing under his feet, so he is always busy. First Tee currently has programs in physical education classes at […]
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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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Par for the Course: Maine golf in fine shape
On July 23, HBO Real Sports aired a show titled, “The Future of Golf,” in which host Bryant Gumbel, an avid golfer, had Jack Nicklaus and Taylor Made executive Mark King as his guests. They painted a picture of the golf industry that was not pretty. It showed closed courses and a variety of gimmicks […]
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Par for the Course: Exotics tour returns, with improvements
The Exotics Pro-Am Tour began its second season this past Wednesday at the Bath Golf Club in Bath, where Rich Berberian of the Windham Country Club in New Hampshire took top honors by shooting a 7-under-par 63, which was three shots better than Ryan Gay of Augusta and Jeff Seavy of Samoset. Sean Warren of […]
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Par for the Course: Bibeau honored with ‘TK’ award
The golf legend of Tom Kimball lives on, and one of the primary sources of the memories of “TK” is Ron Bibeau, executive director of First Tee of Maine. This is not just because the Maine State Golf Association presented Bibeau with the 2013 Tom Kimball Award on Monday night, but because Bibeau and Kimball, […]