MDI golf enjoys strong 2021 season
Although many fall sports were watered down if not outright torpedoed as the pre-vaccine pandemic gripped the country a year ago, golf experienced far less of a blow.
MOUNT DESERT—Sponsored by The First National Bank and First Wealth Management, the Mount Desert Nursing Association (MDNA) held its 4th Annual Stethoscope Open Golf Tournament on Saturday, Sept. 12 at the Northeast Harbor Golf Club. Thirty teams competed in a four–person scramble format. This year, due to COVID-19, the normal “shotgun” start was replaced by the use of tee times that started at 8 a.m. and ended at 3 p.m. …
BAR HARBOR—Registration for the 27th Annual David R. Harding Memorial Golf Tournament is now open. The event will run Sept. 17–23 at Kebo Valley Golf Club in Bar Harbor. Up to 28 teams will compete for top prizes and to raise money for the YWCA of Mount Desert Island. Golfers interested in competing in the tournament can register at barharbor.bank/golf. Registration is $95 per person …
CUMBERLAND – The Maine State Golf Association is pleased to announce the two winners of the Frank Langlois Scholarship. This award gives a one-time grant of $5,000 to one male and one female student who have shown an active interest in golf in Maine. This year’s Frank Langlois Scholarship recipients are Gabrielle James of Bar Harbor and …
BAR HARBOR — Hancock County golf courses spend every spring at the mercy of the weather. This year, they’ve been at the mercy of a pandemic as well. Whereas social distancing guidelines haven’t stopped Mainers from engaging in many outdoor activities throughout the early spring, golfers have spent much of it unable to do so. …
By Drew Bonifant Kennebec Journal/Morning Sentinel AUGUSTA — It was a sunny, warm day, so Robert Berube did Monday what he often does on such an afternoon. He grabbed his clubs and hit the links at the Augusta Country Club in Manchester — even as courses across the state were closed April 2 per …
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