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Monthly Archives: May 2008
DeForest solid in first round of NCAA Division I championship
Illinois freshman Chris DeForest, a 2007 Rondout Valley graduate, shot
a 3-over-par 75 and is tied for 23rd at the NCAA Division I
championship at Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex’s Kampen Course in West
Lafayette, Ind. Wednesday.
DeForest had four birdies, four bogeys and a double bogey. He trails
first-round leader Kevin Chappell of UCLA by by five shots.
DeForest tees [...]
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Herdegen tournament coming soon; C. DeForest update
It’s the tournament, which always sneaks up on the golf season. It’s
usually held the two weekends after the state boys’ high school golf
championships.
But this year, the Ulster County Men’s Amateur, also known as the
Herdegen, will be played in one weekend. Tournament officials have cut
the event from 72 holes (four round) to 54 holes (three rounds). [...]
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O’Donnell low IKE qualifier at Otterkill
It’s great to see Mike O’Donnell, a 2002 Goshen graduate, out there going low.
O’Donnell, who won the OCIAA title as a Goshen senior, fired a 1-over-par 73 to pace the field at the Ike-MGA Stroke Play Championship qualifier at Otterkill Golf and Country Club Thursday.
O’Donnell of Orange County Golf Club advanced to the Ike championship [...]
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Guess who is leading Phil by two at Colonial
You guess it…Johnson Wagner. The PGA Tour must be making a tour stop in Texas because Wagner, a 1998 James I. O’Neill graduate, is atop the leaderboard after the first round of the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial Thursday.
Wagner fired a 7-under 63, which included two bogeys on a day with gusty wind.
“I’d take hitting [...]
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IKE qualifier at Otterkill Thursday
A Metropolitan Golf Association IKE qualifier will be held at Otterkill
Golf & Country Club in Campbell Hall Thursday. The top seven
golfers plus ties will advance to the IKE championship on June 23-24 at
Mountain Ridge Country Club in West Caldwell, N.J.
Here are the tee times for local golfers
First tee
Andrew Shortall (Orange County Golf Club), 8:27 a.m.
Brad [...]
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Johnson Wagner and the U.S. Open
Johnson Wagner is ranked 119th in the world.
The 1998 James I. O’Neill graduate is 29th in the FedEx Cup points standings and 34th on the PGA Tour money list.
All the rankings aren’t enough for Wagner to be exempt for the U.S.
Open, which will be held June 12-15 at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San
Diego, [...]
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New pro at Mansion Ridge
Kieran P. McCarthy is the new golf teaching professional at The Golf Club at Mansion Ridge in Monroe.
McCarthy’s mentor was David Carazo, the golf pro at Tuxedo Club. McCarthy had caddied for Jack Nicklaus and Greg Norman.
McCarthy, 43, reminded me that May is free lesson month with the PGA of
America. Golfers call McCarthy at Mansion [...]
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Wagner makes Players Championship cut
Johnson Wagner shot a 2-under par 74 in the second round of The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass Friday.
Wagner, a 1998 James I. O’Neill graduate, has a two-day score of 2-over 146 and is tied for 37th.
Wagner started his second round with a
double bogey 6 on the par-4, 10th hole. Wagner played the final [...]
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DeForest tied for eighth at NCAAs