Golf

Honu Putter founder and inventor Mitch Bradley works in his Olinda shop last week. Bradley’s trouble on the greens inspired him to create the unique putter out of bamboo and precisely bent brass rods. — The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photoOLINDA — Necessity may be the mother of invention, …

The Stuart Bloch Wheeling Junior Golf Championship was held on Thursday July 22nd. The weather was perfect and thirty participants competed in five divisions. The Stuart Bloch Wheeling Junior Championship is named after the former president of the United States Golf Association. Mr. Bloch was a large supporter of the …

RJ Baker isn’t your average teenager. He doesn’t dream of a green jacket. Instead, he’s doing what he can to see more kids who look like him on the links. MONROE, N.C. — A Union County teen is doing all he can to help other black and brown kids have …

Jeongeun Lee6 ties golf majors record for lowest round of 61Jeongeun Lee6 tied the golf majors record for the lowest round ever when she carded a 10-under-par 61 at the Evian Championship on Friday.Her bogey-free second round equaled countrywoman Hyo Joo Kim, who shot the lowest score by a female …

EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) — South Korean golfer Jeongeun Lee6 tied the men’s and women’s major record for the lowest round when she carded a 10-under-par 61 at the Evian Championship on Friday.Her 36-hole score of 127 is also the lowest total in men’s or women’s major history, beating the 128 …

Tom Abbott (Photo by Curt Littlecott) A Mercer alumnus will be calling the shots for the Olympic golf events in Tokyo. Tom Abbott, a 2004 graduate and 2015 inductee in the Mercer Athletic Hall of Fame, will be one of the NBC Sports announcers for the men’s and women’s golf …