The Lewiston-Auburn Golf Tournament of Champions — it’s such a natural, that one wonders why it has taken until 2014 to be held. Four club champions from Fox Ridge, Martindale, Poland Spring and Fairlawn will compete Sept. 27-28, with nine holes of play at each course. The teams will comprise each club’s women’s, senior, ‘A’ […]
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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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Par for the Course: Warren takes lead with second win on Exotics Tour
With the Exotics Tour Pro-Am Series event No. 4 having been held this past Tuesday at Sunday River, No. 5 is on tap Sept. 23 at Falmouth. That would not seem newsworthy on its own. However, more than 20 entries already are submitted for the Falmouth tournament. “This is really starting to take off,” said […]
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Par for the Course: Fourth stop for Exotics Tour on tap
The largest field in the two-year history of the Exotics Tour Pro-Am Series is projected Tuesday at Sunday River. Among those golf professionals in that field will be Jimmy Gilleon, a teaching pro at the Bethel Inn Resort. Johnny Johnston, the founder and chairman of the Exotics Tour, is excited about the fact that Gilleon […]
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Par for the Course: Larger holes, greater potential
Pardon the pun, but Fox Ridge is attempting to outfox the golf industry. The Auburn course, which opened in 2001, is experiencing the numbers/players shortages of many semi-private golf courses throughout the nation. The Fox Ridge answer to this problem, in part, is to expand on the standard of methods of attracting more golfers with […]
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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 gaining steam
Chad Hopkins had every reason to be positive. And he was. He was speaking at Old Marsh in Wells on Thursday about the Exotics Tour Pro-Am Series, after he shot a 68 to lead his team to a 16-under-par total score in the tour’s third event of the season. With that score the Hopkins team […]
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Par for the Course: Well-deserved win for Slattery
Andrew Slattery liked his chances in the Maine State Golf Association Amateur Championship held this past week at The Woodlands, even before the calendar crept into July. He expressed as much while working at Martindale in the pro shop on June 26, as several members of the 2014 State Amateur field were there attempting to […]
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Par for the Course: Cailler a player for the ages
Thirty years ago, Pat Cailler of Poland won the Fairlawn men’s club championship at age 60. Today, at age 90, Cailler is in a Fairlawn class by himself. Cailler is the oldest Fairlawn member and the only living “original” among those who joined the club when it opened in 1963. On June 27 (yes, of […]
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Par for the Course: High-profile visits highlight charity tournament
Two Maine residents who are celebrities from different walks of life were participants last Monday in the 20th annual Camp Sunshine Golf Tournament at Point Sebago in Casco. Boston Celtics center Dave Cowens and four-star Air Force general Bill Begert have seen a lot of the world and both have chosen to make Maine their […]