On March 15, Traditions Golf and Country Club announced the addition of Stacy H. Jones as the golf course’s chief superintendent. A veteran of golf course management since 1993, Jones’ resume includes Georgia country clubs such as White Columns Country Club in Milton, St. Marlo Country Club in Duluth, Governors Towne Club in Acworth and […]
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Therapeutic golf programs allow people with disabilities to do things they never thought possible
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Mar
Mar
AUGUSTA, Georgia (WJBF) – Shims and Wood is a teaching center on the driving range and over the years has become a place that helps people with disabilities. “On Wednesdays, we hold an adapted golf clinic across the Marty Turcios Foundation then a few times a month we do the GSGA Clinics and then we […]
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Feb
Feb
A new study has revealed the most Instagrammable golf courses in the UK and one of the most famous in Scotland has come out on top. Carnoustie was named top of the list, which ranks the best greens in the UK. Jura Watches looked at the number of hashtags featuring famous courses and saw the […]
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Feb
Feb
LEONA Maguire, FROM IRELAND, has had a meteoric rise in the sport over the past 12 months. The Cavan native’s performance in the Solheim Cup sparked initial interest But that was after she became the first Irishwoman to win an LPGA event, It was when she won the Drive On Championship in Florida that she […]
Golf Tournament
2022 Genesis Invitational one and done picks, expert PGA predictions, betting tips from legendary pro DFS
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Feb
Feb
The 2022 Genesis Invitational is set to begin Thursday, February 17 at Riviera Country Club in California. Tiger Woods returns as tournament host and will be present throughout the event. In what has become an annual tradition, the 2022 Genesis Invitational field is filled with many of the best golfers in the world ready to […]
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Feb
Feb
By DOUG FERGUSON, AP Golf Writer PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Jordan Spieth got in on the action Saturday during the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am title, and he lived to tell the tale. On a day when Seamus Power backed down to allow half a dozen other players back into the game, Spieth backed off […]
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Golf: Mugo, Muraya, Njuguna are the winners of Limuru Ladies Invitation 2022: The standard Sports
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Jan
Jan
Left to right: Lucy Njuguna of Limuru Country Club and Nancy Muraya and Nancy Mugo, both of Sigona Golf Club, receive their awards after winning the 2022 Limuru Ladies Invitational Golf Tournament at the par 72 Limuru Country Club on Friday [February 21, 2022.PHOTO: SAMSON WIRE]. A prolific team comprised of local golfer Lucy Njuguna […]
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Jan
Jan
PGATOUR.COM: In terms of friends, who have become some of your NBA golf friends? KYLE KUZMA: I play a lot of golf with Jason Kidd. I play a lot of golf with Alex Caruso, but it’s so many guys. So many guys play golf. I know Jayson Tatum, we talked a lot about golf, Donovan […]
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Jan
Jan
Albert Lamar Wheeler Jr., 39, who we all knew and loved as Chip, passed away on December 28, 2021. Born May 27, 1982 in Palm Beach, Florida, he moved to Lake Placid, New York in 1988. He was the husband of Mirra (Bickford) Wheeler, whom he married on October 2, 2020. He was the son […]
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EXCLUSIVE IMAGE: Barack Obama hits the golf course in Hawaii with friends ahead of New Years
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Dec
Dec
Former President Barack Obama was spotted golfing in Hawaii with a mysterious friend on Tuesday during the family’s annual vacation to his home state ahead of the New Years. Obama, 60, looked focused as he took the ties with a white Puma golf shirt, blue shorts, white sneakers, sunglasses and a golf cap. He and […]
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Dec
Dec
Want to have fun? Perhaps the most you’ve had in a long time on a golf course? Try something completely different. The whole point of the golf trip is to experience different things. Original routes, fresh landscapes, extreme challenges. As golf travel continued to reopen and then explode throughout 2021, more people took to the […]
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Tiger Woods at last year’s PNC Championship. Photo / AP Justin Thomas’ dad got the first glimpse of Tiger Woods playing golf since his car crash 10 months ago and saw more of it than he expected. “It’s crazy how well he hits – and he hits far – for what he’s been through,” said […]
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Dec
Dec
NEWSDAY – Beloved golf coach and teacher George Cangero dies at 72 Farmingdale, NY – Farmingdale State Head male golf coach George Cangero tragically passed away at his home on November 20. Coach Cangero was an integral part of the athletics department, leading the men’s golf team to five Skyline Conference Championships in six seasons. […]
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Nov
Nov
Through: Dylan Dethier November 5, 2021 Patrick Reed wasn’t always the Patrick Reed we know now. Getty Images These days, that’s a question all the best professional golfers need to answer. Most will answer it privately, but Wednesday in Mayakoba, Patrick Reed publicly answered the question. “How motivated are you about money? “ This is […]
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Oct
Oct
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WMBB) – The 30th annual FSU-PC Golf Invitational was held at Bay Point on Friday morning, but in the future the tournament will not be called that. Instead, they’re changing the name of it to honor the late great FSU, Bobby Bowden. Bowden loved to play in the tournament and has come […]
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Oct
Oct
YOU may know that October 2021 is Black history month. Let me ask you a question: How many black golfers are there in your golf club? When Tiger woods First emerged as a global force in 1996, there was widespread hope that it would change the face of golf around the world. Unfortunately, this did […]
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Oct
Oct
By Martin Savidge, Pamela Kirkland and Scottie Andrew, CNN Debbie Blount is, for the most part, your average undergrad, trying to get through the semester amid piles of homework and a busy after-school schedule. She enjoys her history lessons but struggles with statistics, a subject she calls the “bane of [her] existence. ”She just declared […]
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Oct
Oct
CEDAR FALLS – It was good enough to win the district tournament title on Tuesday. Ottumwa senior Cale Leonard thought another round of three-under-69 might be enough to be chasing the Class 4A state tournament title. “I feel like if I shoot 69 on both days I’ll have a good chance of winning,” Leonard said […]
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Oct
Oct
FREELAND, MI – Avery Pumford is, well, a Pumford. This means that her baby booties had soft tips, her beanie was a visor, and her stroller was equipped with cup holders and t-shirts. His ABC book stated with Aces, Birdies and Clubs. “As far back as I can remember I have played golf,†Pumford said. […]
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Oct
Oct
By Peter Owen It’s a little disturbing to look down as you address the ball off the tee and notice that your driver’s head is only a fraction larger than the ball. But that’s part of the challenge and the fun of playing hickory golf – or, as avid Grathan Leatherbarrow describes it, “golf the […]
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Oct
Oct
Extended ranking The Beaver Boys Golf Team added another notch to their Dynasty Belt Thursday afternoon at the Roosevelt Golf Course on day two of the 2A State Golf Tournament. Led by medalist Sky Moon, Beaver placed four golfers in the top nine as he qualified for a fifth straight state championship with a score […]
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Oct
Oct
JEFFERSON – Hagan Hejduk visited the Hickory Grove Golf Club in Jefferson. In the back of his car were golf clubs about as old as the elder Grand Valley. He was getting ready to do a few swings with the Jefferson boys’ golf team. Hejduk has a reputation on the baseball and basketball courts. He […]
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Sep
Sep
The Black Raiders also golfed Monday at Landsmeer Golf Club in Orange City, and Spier shot a 68. His round on Tuesday got off to a bumpy start, as he missed the first hole and shot two over hole three. But he quickly settled in and finished with four birdies that day. Support local journalism […]
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Sep
Sep
A new movement is brewing in recreational golf: walking. Growing nationally, golfers are rejecting the motorized golf cart – the standard bearer of American rounds of golf for more than 50 years – and are choosing instead to walk or walk one stroke at a time. . This has contributed to a substantial increase in […]
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Wheeling Park, berths for the John Marshall Clinch State golf tournament | News, Sports, Jobs
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Sep
Sep
Photos of Cody Tomer Above: Gavin Goodrich of Wheeling Park shot a 76 for regional match medalist honors. Below: John Marshall’s Ethan Cook got a 78 to lead the Monarchs to declare. MOUNDSVILLE – The W.Va. Class AAA State Golf Tournament will have a mix of new blood and familiar faces this year. For the […]
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Sep
Sep
Through: Ray fisher Saturday 25 September 2021 | 11:01 am Bethel Park golfers, left to right, senior Riley Miller and junior Olivia Willig are members of the 2021 team. Adam Triscila, coach of the Bethel Park women’s golf program, offered an open invitation. “Our team needs golfers,” he said. “If any young girls are interested […]
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Sep
Sep
Body The Florida Collegiate Summer League, a collegiate batting league organized by the communities of Central Florida, will be holding its 13th Annual Celebrity Golf Tournament on November 14-15 at the Reunion Resort in Kissimmee. The event will once again offer golfers and baseball fans the opportunity to mingle with impressive professional baseball celebrities past […]
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Sep
Sep
President Joe Biden spends much less time on the golf course than former President Donald Trump. On Sunday, after Biden played two weekend rounds in Delaware, the current president recorded nine golf outings, compared to at least 36 for Trump during the same time in his presidency, according to the former CBS News correspondent at […]
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Sep
Sep
History links LOS ALTOS, Calif .– Four-time All-American and recent Duke graduate Jaravee Boonchant received the Juli Inkster Senior Award 2021 presented by Workday, recognizing the highest ranked female varsity golfer in Division I in her final year of eligibility for the 2020-21 season. The award is named after Inkster, a member of the Global […]
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Aug
Aug
Edwardsville will start the second round not far behind at 306. Like O’Fallon, the Tigers had four players after under-80 rounds. “If you told me at the start of the day that Caden was going to shoot 66 and we had seven shots behind, I would say I’m going to take it,” said Edwardsville coach […]
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Aug
Aug
After five years in the sport, Maci Williams of Brusly Middle has established herself as one of the best young golfers in the world and she has the results to prove it. Williams, 11, tied for ninth at the US World Children’s Golf Championship in Pinehurst, NC at the end of July. Williams’ top 10 […]
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Aug
Aug
Over the past two years, former Chandigarh Golf Club President Birinder Singh Gill has taken on a new role as President of Forest Hill Golf Course in Nayagaon, near Chandigarh. Gill has overlooked the changes in golf facilities as well as the club’s golf program. With the club launching its junior tournament program on Monday […]
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Aug
Aug
GARDNER – During that long, hot summer 44 years ago, Mike Beaulieu, at age 15, played golf for the first time. Baseball, because of a chronic sore arm, was over for him. But, thanks to his uncle Gerry Arsenault, an avid golfer, Beaulieu found a new, favorite sport. “At first I used to caddy for […]
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Aug
Aug
New figures on golfing participation in Australia have shown a parallel with the UK – in which the pandemic has led to unprecedented growth. Attendance increased by over two million in Britain in 2020 compared to 2019 and by 321,000 in Ireland. Official statistics from AusPlay, the official sport participation survey conducted by Sport Australia, […]
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Aug
Aug
The next time you watch The Golf Channel and the advertisers provide you with general information about the tournament, the course, or the golfers themselves, it’s possible that Drew Powell will provide that information. The 23-year-old Holden native and recent Duke University graduate, who won the Maine State Golf Association’s Match Play tournament last week, […]
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Aug
Aug
The unveiling of the 2021-22 PGA Tour schedule didn’t reveal many major ramifications for the five events hosted in Lone Star State this year, but the storylines are certainly significant. For the first time, the PGA Tour co-sanctions a European Tour event, the Scottish Open. The field of players will be divided between members of […]
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Aug
Aug
Photo courtesy of Susan Dolan Pictured (L to R): Isaac Dolan, Bradley Rose, Cameron Krenik and Lynne Dolan pose for a photo after the Dolan Classic golf tournament in July. TRACY – In July, the family of John and Mary Dolan celebrated 50 years of reuniting at the Tracy Country Club for a much-loved family […]
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GOLF: the Henryville couple ready to represent Team USA in an international event | Sports
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Jul
Jul
SELLERSBURG – A local couple’s shared love for golf takes them to Ireland to represent the United States next week. Henryville residents David Ellis Conyers and Dr Jill Kostick will play for the United States team in the International King’s Cup, which takes place at Glasson Golf Club in Ireland. The couple leave on Saturday. […]