Ocean State Golf

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 [...]

Enjoy the May 2010 Edition of Ocean State Golf’s Newspaper by clicking on the Icon below…
Just click on the newspaper Icon below and it will open up in a new window in your browser with the Rhode Island Golf newspaper. If you want to read this Ocean State Golf Newspaper on a PDF, just [...]

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, [...]

NORTON – While hitting balls on the practice tee at TPC on Patriots Day, April 19, you could feel the buzz. Not because the Pinnacle range balls at TPC are brand new, but rather, it was opening day of the New England Amateur Tour, a/k/a The New England Series.
Sixty players, with [...]

North Kingstown Municipal Golf Course, what my family refers to as “Quonnie,” is an underrated track with one of the finest links-style par-4s in the state, 13, a sweeping dogleg with beautiful views of Narragansett Bay. Underrated for aesthetic reasons, but the course is challenging, requires shot making and is eminently fair and interesting [...]

We know much of our readership comes from golf courses, so we thought we’d include some golf course marketing strategies on our blog.  Enjoy the article.
How To Sell More Memberships…
Implement these five steps at your club today.
Step 1: Identify your prospects
Who can you sell a membership to? Everyone? Wrong. Tell me the last time you [...]