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French rookie Adela Cernousek is the leader of the Portland Classic and is being pursued by a posse of challengers, including Australian star Gabriela Ruffels.

Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre birdied his last six holes to blow past world No.1 Scottie Scheffler and grab the first-round lead of the BMW Championship.

A Victorian rookie making just his third start on the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia is the surprise Round 1 leader at the PNG Open at Royal Port Moresby Golf Club.

Elvis Smylie has made a bright start in the Danish Championship, Australia’s top man in the European tour’s Race to Dubai shooting an opening 68 in Copenhagen.

  Even though the Ryder Cup won’t be contested until the end of September, it’s never too early to take a look at Bethpage Black and get a better understanding of what team members will face when competing on this difficult track.   Through the technology of Shot Scope users, here are a few strategies
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Mia Hammond, a 17-year-old senior in high school from New Albany, won the Greater Toledo Classic last month. It is highly unusual for an amateur of any age to win against the professionals, let alone a high school senior. However, Mia Hammond is not your average teenager. This was her second time playing in a
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In March Balcar won the Yuengling Open at Fort Myers Country Club by draining a three-foot putt on the final hole to claim the title. “I knew I had to make it, obviously,” said Balcar, an assistant golf professional at Toledo’s Brandywine Country Club. “Thankfully, my coaches have ingrained in me the importance of putting.
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Cheryl Fox carded a one-over par 73 at the Lakes Golf & Country Club to win the Ohio Golf Association’s Qualifier for the U.S. Senior Women’s Open to be held at San Diego Country Club at the end of August. She bested Christine Lindsey, from Kentucky, by two shots and amateur Michele Thompson, from Columbus,
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By Ed Travis Most every golfer is wants to improve their game and some are even serious about it. They practice religiously, take lessons, play at every opportunity and presuming they are not adopting bad swing habits, may gradually see their scores decrease. Ben Hogan famously said the secret to getting better was to, “dig
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By Fred Altvater Last month I visited a unique twist to the traditional driving range. Of course, there was the usual mats, balls, plus a variety of targets at which to aim, but Long Shots, in Troy, Ohio, is not your grandfather’s practice range. TopTracer technology is available at several of Long Shots’ covered hitting
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BOYNE Resort can trace it beginnings to 1948, when it was opened primarily as a winter ski resort on a 40-acre hillside. In 1966, Robert Trent Jones Sr. was contracted to build the first golf course, the Heather, at the Highlands and it was immediately recognized by Golf Digest magazine, ranking it in the “Top
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By Mike May South Florida resident Jeff Simke has been a lifelong fan of golf.  These days, the 70-year-old Simke, spends most of his days at the Village Golf Club in Royal Palm Beach, Florida where he teaches golf at Jeff Simke’s Golf Academy. In addition, he coaches the Cardinal Newman High School varsity boys golf team in
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