There can be no Maine State Golf Affiliation Play Days through the upcoming week.
Invoice Kennedy, Golf Columnist
As a result of there can be Maine Novice Championship qualifying at two websites throughout that week, the Play Days weren’t scheduled.
June 7, the qualifier can be at Bridgton Highlands, and on June 9, a qualifier is slated for Biddeford-Saco. Three different Maine Am qualifiers are deliberate, main as much as the precise Maine Novice Championship July 12-14 at Webhannet.
It has been reported on this column that Maine’s match schedule ranks among the many most energetic in the US. Maine continues to be among the many U.S. leaders for essentially the most tournaments held. That is a tremendous reality when you think about that Maine is also among the many U.S. leaders for the shortest golf seasons.
Climate situations in The Pine Tree State make it unimaginable to schedule golf tournaments through the winter months.
Sure, there are days through the winter when the bravest and most avid golfers are on this state’s golf programs. However most of that’s within the southern a part of Vacationland. And even there, we aren’t speaking about loads of golf.
And Previous Man Winter can deal some harsh blows to the bodily situation of Maine golf programs. This previous winter left most programs with freeze burns on greens and fairways, with a few of that extending into the roughs. That’s what occurs when programs change into moist, and that water turns to ice.
Snow can defend grass from this, but when snow doesn’t fall first, the grass pays a expensive value.
Ultimately, the inexperienced grass will return. In early June, it’s too quickly for grass to “heal” from its winter wounds.
Be affected person along with your golf course and its staff, who’re doing one of the best they will to hurry up the restoration course of from the winter of 2021-22.
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The MSGA Mid-Novice Championship was Could 31-June 1 at Waterville Nation Membership in Oakland. Amongst 130 gamers entered, 10 space contestants completed within the high 50.
Will Kannegieser of Minot, and a member at Martindale and Portland, shot 69-74—143 to complete eighth. Former Martindale member Andrew Slattery, now out of Portland, tied for thirteenth (73-73—146), whereas two different Martindale members, Brian J. Bilodeau (67-80—147) and Ashley Fifield (74-73—147) tied for sixteenth.
Jace Pearson of Martindale (73-75—148) tied for nineteenth, with two Fox Ridge members, Craig Chapman (74-76—150) and Dylan Rodrigue (74-76—150) deadlocked for twenty sixth. Timothy Doyle of Turner Highlands (80-72—152) tied for thirty fourth, Mathew Ouellette of Martindale (75-78—153) was knotted in a tie for thirty seventh, and Wealthy Gilbride of Level Sebago (81-75—156) completed in a tie for fiftieth.
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Two MSGA Girls’s Play Days have been scheduled for June 7 — one at Hermon Meadows, and the opposite at Val Halla.
Invoice Kennedy, a retired New Jersey golf author and editor now residing on Thompson Lake in Otisfield, is in his tenth season as Solar Journal golf columnist.
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