SACO – Seventeen-year-old Ryan Gay of Pittston plays golf with 13-time Maine Amateur Golf Championship winner Mark Plummer of Manchester about a dozen times a year. In addition to the usual banter, Plummer said they talk about more specific golf subjects. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
SACO – Ryan Gay of Pittston found out Wednesday how difficult it is to hang onto a lead, but he’s not discouraged in his bid to win the 89th Maine Amateur Golf Championship. The 17-year-old Gay finished with a 2-over-par 73 at Biddeford-Saco Country Club… Read More
SACO – Mark Plummer of Manchester has been a legendary player in Maine golf circles, winning the Maine Amateur Golf Championship 13 times starting with his first one in 1973. He’s in the running for another one after firing a 1-under-par 70 at Biddeford-Saco Country… Read More
The school year ended nearly two months ago for Jesse Speirs of Bangor, but he still feels like he is in learning mode as he makes his golf rounds this summer. “I try to learn something every time,” said Speirs, who just finished his junior… Read More
OAKLAND – Eric Higgins of Kennebunk was never the No. 1 player on his high school golf team, and he didn’t take a starry-eyed approach to his golf future. He wasn’t sure he even wanted to continue with competitive golf after he graduated. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
OAKLAND – Lance Libby of Sidney is familiar with Waterville Country Club, the site of this week’s 88th Maine Amateur Golf Championship. “I’ve worked here for six years,” he said. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
Two-time champion Ricky Jones of Thomaston heads the field of 126 players for the 88th Maine Amateur Golf Championship, which gets under way today at Waterville Country Club in Oakland. Jones, who won back-to-back titles in 2003 and ’04, is the closest thing to a… Read More
FALMOUTH FORESIDE – The round wasn’t a thing of beauty, but the result was for Shawn Warren of Windham. Warren finally won the Maine Amateur Golf Championship on Thursday, shooting a 4-over-par 74 at Portland Country Club for a three-day total of 1-under 209 and… Read More
FALMOUTH FORESIDE – Jesse Speirs of Bangor knows the game of golf. Now he’s learning the sport of golf. “Yesterday [Tuesday], I was trying to play too conservatively,” said the 19-year-old. “I was holding myself back. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
FALMOUTH FORESIDE – Jim Veno was a golf phenom when he won the Maine Amateur twice during and just after his days at Orono High School. Now the 63-year-old Old Orchard Beach resident is competitive once again as he shares the lead at this year’s… Read More
Ricky Jones of Thomaston will be trying to regain his title and Jesse Speirs of Bangor will be in search of his first as the 87th Maine Amateur Golf Championship kicks off today at Portland Country Club in Falmouth. The tournament, which was first held… Read More
BOOTHBAY – For several years, she has celebrated each good shot by Corey Poulin, agonized over every miscue, congratulated him on his good rounds, consoled him when the day didn’t turn out so well. Friday, Denise Poulin wept as she was finally able to give… Read More
BOOTHBAY – Joe Alvarez of Bangor has advanced past the first round of match play in the Maine Amateur Golf Championship for the first time in three tries, so he has an excuse if it looks like he’s still working on his strategy. After eliminating… Read More
BOOTHBAY – Joe Alvarez of Bangor had a new experience this year in Wednesday’s Round of 32 at the 86th Maine Amateur Golf Championship at Boothbay Country Club. He won a match. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
BOOTHBAY – Feelings are about split on the return of stroke play next year to decide the Maine Amateur Golf Championship. “Everybody knows I don’t like match play,” said Shawn Warren of Windham, who won his Round of 32 match Wednesday at Boothbay Country Club… Read More
BOOTHBAY – After two days of qualifying at Boothbay Country Club, the 86th Maine Amateur Golf Championship will be known as much for who didn’t make the cut as it is for those who did. While Shawn Warren of Windham shot a course-record 6-under-par 65… Read More
SANFORD – The past four years have been a dream for Ricky Jones of Thomaston, who successfully defended his Maine Amateur Golf Championship Friday. “Let’s see. I’ve won two [Paul] Bunyans, two Amateurs, and two Mid-Amateurs,” said Jones, who defeated Cash Wiseman of South Portland… Read More
SANFORD – Ricky Jones of Thomaston fell behind early but caught and defeated Keith Patterson of Biddeford on Thursday to keep alive his chances of defending his Maine Amateur Golf Championship crown. Jones finally pulled ahead on the 15th hole at the Sanford Country Club… Read More
SANFORD – In the first test of the round of 32 players in the 85th Maine Amateur Golf Championship, more than half of the top 16 seeds did not get past the opening day of match play Wednesday at Sanford Country Club. Defending champion Ricky… Read More
SANFORD – Ricky Jones of Thomaston put himself in prime position to defend his Maine Amateur Golf Championship crown by finishing as medalist during the two-day qualifying for the match play competition which will decide the tournament. Jones fired a 3-under-par 69 at Sanford Country… Read More
Jones begins title defense Monday Thirteen-time champ Plummer thinks five-day tournament is too long
Ricky Jones will open defense of his title against 125 challengers when the 85th Maine Amateur Golf Championship begins Monday at Sanford Country Club. After 18 holes of stroke play Monday and 18 more on Tuesday, the field will be trimmed to the low 32… Read More
ORONO – Ricky Jones and Jay Livingston played college golf together at the University of Maine about 10 years ago and became good friends. “I love to watch him play,” said Livingston. “He’s a bulldog. He doesn’t give in one iota.” googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
ORONO – Scott Dewitt of Biddeford faced a daunting task Thursday in the quarterfinal round of the 84th Maine Amateur Golf Championship at Penobscot Valley Country Club. Dewitt was relieved, however, “to be able to come out ahead over the best player to ever come… Read More
ORONO – The question after Wednesday’s second round of the 84th Maine Amateur Golf Championship at Penobscot Valley Country Club was match play or medal play? The directors of the Maine State Golf Association, which conducts the Maine Amateur, asked the players which they preferred… Read More
ORONO – For the third straight year, Shawn Warren of Windham opened stroke-play qualifying at the Maine Amateur Golf Championship with a 68. He’s still trying to parlay such a good start into a berth in the final match, but his attitude is different this… Read More
Since his days as a member of the University of Maine golf team in the early 1970s, Mark Plummer of Manchester has seen the evolution of Penobscot Valley Country Club in Orono. As the three-time defending champion in the 84th Maine Amateur Golf Championship that… Read More
FALMOUTH – Challengers to Mark Plummer of Manchester in the Maine Amateur Golf Championship are like bowling pins. The Maine State Golf Association, which conducts the tournament, keeps setting them up, and Plummer keeps knocking them down. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
FALMOUTH – For someone who has never played in the Maine Amateur Golf Championship before, James Frost Jr. of Calais is giving the appearance of being a veteran. The 19-year-old Frost won two matches Thursday at Falmouth Country Club to become one of four players… Read More
FALMOUTH – Sixteen players advanced to match play competition in the 83rd Maine Amateur Golf Championship, but 15 sets of eyes were on one man, defending champion Mark Plummer of Augusta. Plummer did not have the best two-day score at Falmouth Country Club. In fact,… Read More
Mark Plummer of Manchester and Abby Spector of Waterville open defense of two of their golf championships today. Plummer will try to hold on to his Maine Amateur Golf Championship at Falmouth Country Club as he and 125 challengers compete over two days of medal… Read More
MANCHESTER – Corey Poulin of Jackman had Mark Plummer of Manchester right where anyone would want him Friday afternoon, ahead by three holes with three to play in the 82nd Maine Amateur Golf Championship. Plummer was the defending champion, though, and he was playing on… Read More
MANCHESTER – Corey Poulin of Jackman admits he doesn’t get a lot of respect on the golf course. At 5-foot-6 and 145 pounds, the 23-year-old realizes he doesn’t cut an imposing figure. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
MANCHESTER – Mark Plummer of Manchester thought Wednesday that he was in danger of not making the cut in the 82nd Maine Amateur Golf Championship at Augusta Country Club. As the defending champion and playing at his home club, it would have been quite a… Read More
The Maine Amateur Golf Championship returns to a prior format when first-round play begins today at Augusta Country Club in Manchester. After conducting the event for 27 years as a medal-play tournament, the Maine State Golf Association is bringing match play back to decide its… Read More