The PGA is once again hoping for a big-name winner, as it has each and every year the handicap format has been in existence, writes Bill Kennedy.
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Tiger Woods earns first PGA victory in five years
ATLANTA (AP) — Tiger Woods, in his Sunday red shirt, both arms raised in victory on the 18th green. For so many years, the scene was familiar. This time, it was surreal. “I can’t believe I pulled this off,” Woods said Sunday during the trophy presentation at the Tour Championship, where he gave thousands of […]
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Koepka holds off Woods to win PGA Championship
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Brooks Koepka is impossible to overlook now, winning the PGA Championship on Sunday with machine-like precision to go with his back-to-back U.S. Open titles. And it still felt — and sounded — like he was playing second billing to Tiger Woods. With roars for Woods unheard anywhere this side of Augusta […]
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Kisner, Olesen open with 67s at PGA Championship
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jordan Spieth felt like he was “free rolling” coming into the PGA Championship, the only major keeping him from the career Grand Slam. He just didn’t anticipate greens rolling like this. On some of the fastest, frightening and at times frustrating greens the PGA Championship has ever seen, Kevin Kisner and Thorbjorn […]
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Jordan Spieth holes bunker shot to win Travelers playoff
CROMWELL, Conn. — Jordan Spieth needed an extra hole, a little bit of luck and an amazing final shot to finish off a wire-to-wire victory in the Travelers Championship. The two-time major champion holed out from 60 feet for birdie from a greenside bunker on the first hole of a playoff with Daniel Berger on […]
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Francis ‘Frank’ Bartasius
AUBURN — A Mass of Christian Burial celebrating the life of Francis “Frank” Bartasius was held on Friday, May 15, at Sacred Heart Church. The Rev. Lionel Chouinard celebrated the Mass and recited committal prayers at Mount Hope Cemetery. The pallbearers were Scott Bryant, Mark Pontbriand, Paul Cutter, Ron Bibeau, Fred Aberle and Adam Bean. […]
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Par for the Course: Golf humbles even the best players
At his best, Tiger Woods did not win every golf tournament in which he played. It just seemed like he always came up big in PGA majors. That is why it should come as no surprise that Emily Bouchard, who has dominated the Maine Women’s Amateur the past three years, finished seventh in this year’s […]