Ocean State Golf

A field of 83 players teed off in the Massachusetts Golf Association’s Members Day tournament held May 25 at Crestwood Country Club in Seekonk, MA.

The MGA-sponsored event allows players with handicaps ranging from 5 – 25 to compete.

Gross honors went to Ron Amado (Pawtucket CC) and Derek Johnson (Highland [...]

North Kingstown’s Samantha Morrell chalked up a stunning regional amateur victory, capturing the 54th New England Women’s Golf Association Championship with a 54-hole total of 222 at the Green Mountain National Golf Club in Killington, Vt.
The 19 year-old Morrell, who will be a sophomore at Old Dominion University this fall, carded [...]

Potowomut’s Bobby Leopold captured his second straight RIGA Burke Memorial Championship and he did it the way he did a year ago, winning on the second playoff hole.
A year ago, the British native edged Charlie Blanchard with a birdie on their second extra hole at Shelter Harbor.
This year, Leopold knocked off Wannamoisett’s Ben Tuthill with [...]

North Kingstown’s Ann Moran captured the 2010 OSWGA R.I. Women’s State Stroke Play Championship with an 83 at Valley Country Club.
Moran started slowly in this shotgun event with a first nine 44, but settled down and finished with a 39 on her back nine. Moran’s 83 was one shot better than Nancy Diemoz (Montaup) and [...]

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This writer had a chance to see a MATT (Motion-Analysis-Technology-by TaylorMade) System at the PGA Village in Port St. Lucie, Fla. in January. We were part of a media tour and didn’t get a chance to actually try it out.
How fortunate it was a month later to have a call from Steve Tolpa, manager of [...]

For the second year in a row the North Kingstown team of Maureen Ford and Ann Moran captured OSWGA’s R.I. Women’s State Team Championship with a four over 76 at the Quidnessett C.C.
On a day that saw the weather conditions vary from rainy, windy to partly sunny, Ford and Moran led almost from start to [...]

Brad Faxon and Billy Andrade, PGA TOUR professionals and co-hosts of the CVS Caremark Charity Classic, today unveiled the 2010 tournament field.
Set for June 27-29 at Rhode Island Country Club, the tournament brings together 20 elite PGA TOUR and LPGA Tour professionals.
The 2010 tournament boasts an impressive roster of world-class golfers, including several newcomers.
New to [...]

MGA Executive Director Joseph Sprague, meets with Henry DeLozier, keynote speaker at the 2010 New England Golf Summit, held recently at Andover Country Club.
Henry DeLozier is a partner in one of the largest golf advisory firms in the world called Global Golf Advisors.
His address focused on “Primary Trends in Golf…and What [...]

Have you ever had 2 people in your group eagle the same hole in the same round? Today, while playing a practice round for North Kingstown High school I had something happen to me for the first time. On the fourth hole at Quonset Golf Course I chipped a sand wedge exactly how I wanted, [...]