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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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The Lakewood YMCA is still holding registration for its annual Family Golf Scramble. The nine-hole tournament is scheduled for July 31 at Maplehurst Country Club. Check-in is at 8:30 a.m. Play begins at 9 a.m. The cost is $45 per person, which includes a cart, food and prizes. Today’s breaking …
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Spectators had to wait an extra year for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, but the weeks-long tournament has now arrived. As usual, broadcast networks are going all-out with their coverage of the Olympics. During the 2016 Rio Olympics, the United States broadcast 6,755 hours of Olympic action. Canada itself produced over …
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