Billy Tom Sargent, two-time Mr. Kentucky Golf at Scott County High School and an All-American at Western Kentucky University, continues to chase his professional dreams all around the country on the PGA Korn Ferry Tour.Sargent took another step forward last weekend by making his third cut on the tour that …
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Golf is one of the world’s oldest sports, with treasured traditions honed across several centuries. But increasingly over the last decade, many people have come to see golf as just plain old. And not in a good way.The number of devoted recreational golfers in the United States has hovered at …
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Norway Athletic Booster Club’s annual Jim Moore Memorial Golf Tournament 4-person scramble was held Saturday at Oak Crest Golf Club in Norway. The winning team, from left: John Grayvold Sr., John Grayvold Jr., Heidi Olson and Austin Grayvold. During the event, Bob Peterson of Norway sank a hole-in-one on the …
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RALEIGH, N.C. — Back when Ralston Turner was playing basketball at N.C. State, he remembers seeing fans in “Beard Gang” T-shirts that paid homage to his facially hirsute teammate Richard Howell.Turner is a financial adviser with Morgan Stanley in Raleigh now, so his mind naturally veers to the monetary, but …
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University Director of Athletics Shane Lyons has announced the 2021-22 golf schedule. “We are excited to play another challenging schedule in 2021-22,” head coach Sean Covich said. “We have a great mix of old familiar events with some new tournaments as well.” The …
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There was a lot of red ink when it came to the ratings for sports events this weekend. Ratings declines were the rule, rather than the exception.The women’s finals of the U.S. Olympic Gymnastic Trials, for example, drew their lowest ratings since 2000.NASCAR staged two races this weekend and both …
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