Brian Lawton is returning home after three years working as an assistant pro and playing tournaments in Florida. Lawton is taking over as head pro at Felt Brook Golf Center, the nine-hole facility in Holden. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
ROCKPORT – Golfers, including the ones competing in this week’s $48,000 New England Open, will find the Samoset Resort Golf Club nearing the end of a series of changes to one of Maine’s most scenic courses. It’s all part of a $10 million project that… Read More
When Ed and Lucille Koncinsky bought Kenduskeag Valley Golf Course in 1978, he was taking early retirement from one job. Now they’re both planning for their second retirements as they have the nine-hole golf course up for sale. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
When Bill Albrecht of Veazie competed in the Budweiser Open at Hermon Meadow Golf Club on Saturday, he saved the best for last. His final stroke in the tournament was an ace on the par-3 12th hole. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
Golfers who have played Hermon Meadow Golf Club are familiar with the ponds and streams that dot the golf course. Get ready for one more pond, one more big pond. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
Thea Davis, the pro at Hermon Meadow Golf Club, was 11 years old when she started playing golf. “Both parents golfed,” said Davis, but for a long time she didn’t get any formal instruction in the game. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
Gary Rees has stepped down as golf coach at Greely High School in Cumberland Center after 22 years. Rees, who also coached Foxcroft Academy in 1971, would love to have kept coaching, but he decided the Rangers needed someone who could stay in closer contact. Read More
MANCHESTER – Nick Pelotte of Bingham is used to pressure. He has played basketball state championship games in front of thousands of screaming spectators more than once. The quick guard’s slashing moves to the basket helped lead Valley High School to four perfect seasons, an… Read More
Abby Spector’s golf swing was good enough for her to win four straight schoolgirl championships, play No. 1 on the Waterville High School team, triumph in the last five Women’s Maine State Golf Association championships, and earn the Waterville resident a scholarship to the University of North Carolina. Read More
Last winter, 14-year-old Jesse Speirs of Bangor and his mother Debbie spent a few months in Myrtle Beach, S.C., so Jesse could play on the Plantation Junior Golf Tour. “On the way back up from South Carolina, we stopped at the Masters,” said Speirs. “We… Read More
Women’s needs haven’t always been a concern at private clubs, but female golfers have come up as definite winners in the current work being done at Penobscot Valley Country Club in Orono. A new clubhouse is under construction and Phase 1 of the golf course… Read More
Bob Darling Jr. is the lone selection for the Maine Golf Hall of Fame this year, but the longtime pro at Martindale Country Club in Auburn is not ready to hang up his soft spikes and rest on the honor. Darling, 44, is contemplating qualifying… Read More
For a golfer whose part-time job requires working almost every weekend from mid-April to the end of October, getting done with that job would seem to be a joy. For Pittsfield’s Roger Ross, Central Division scorer for the Maine State Golf Association for the past… Read More
Cary Weston of Bangor is building a golf Web site, MainelyGolf.com, which will be grounded in Maine but touching the rest of the golf world. He wants his Internet site to be more inclusive than many that are available now. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
Sometimes, it’s all a matter of perspective. Ryan Day of Lamoine concluded his collegiate career recently at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., with one individual title, at the Rehoboth Beach (Del.) Invitational on Oct. 2, but coach Scott Allen saw more than just that… Read More
“We need a day or two of rain. One to two inches would be great.” Two weeks ago, that statement from Carl Brown, owner of Country View Golf Course in Brooks, might have earned him derisive catcalls from a segment of the sporting population that… Read More
If you’ve ever learned anything that excited you so much you wanted to do teach it to others, then you’ll understand why golf pro Len Cole is helping start up a short-game school. The short game consists of every shot 100 yards from the green… Read More
As the University of Maine golf team prepares for its final two tournaments of the season, the program prepares for the final two tournaments in its history. Maybe. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
HERMON – The XL Tour returns for a second season with four changes greeting its players. Changes include the schedule, the addition of a voucher system, a season-ending championship tournament, and the entry fees. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
The 37th R.H. Foster Energy/Mobil Paul Bunyan Amateur Golf Tournament will have a new look this year as Bar Harbor Golf Course in Trenton replaces Kebo Valley Golf Club in Bar Harbor in the tournament’s three-course rotation. The other two courses, Bangor Municipal Golf Course… Read More