PHOTO PROVIDED Swing speed dictates proper loft. Have you ever wondered why you hit your 3-wood or even your 5-wood as far or further than your driver? The answer is quite simple: you may not have enough driver loft to match your slower swing speed. There are other factors to …
Read More »125 Years After the First College Golf Match, a Rematch
On a fall day in 1896, a group of Yale students, caught up in a new sports craze called golf, traveled from their New Haven, Conn., campus by train and stagecoach to a course north of New York City — one of the few clubs in the country at the …
Read More »Women’s Golf Moves Up Leaderboard at Landfall Tradition
Story Links WILMINGTON, N.C. – The Penn State women’s golf team is up to 16th in a stacked field at the Landfall Tradition following the second round of play at the Country Club of Landfall’s Dye Course on Saturday.The Nittany Lions shaved 15 shots of their first-round total and are …
Read More »Twenty years ago, golf team almost pulled off the tri-fecta | Sports
Part of our fall series of looking back at league championship teams. This week, we highlight the 2001 WHS Golf team, which won the Cape Ann League title, won the Division 3 North Sectional Title and finished second at the Division 3 state meet.This article (with several additions) originally appeared …
Read More »Loyalsock girls golf team ends season as most decorated | News, Sports, Jobs
PHOTO PROVIDED Loyalsock’s girls golf team is pictured. Shown are, from left, Grace Shaible, Mia Patterson, Allyia Kennedy and coach Jeff Whiteman. The 2021 Loyalsock girls golf team ended the fall campaign as the most decorated in the history of the program. The seniors combined to win four consecutive District …
Read More »3A Golf: Four Hilanders named to All-League teams | Preps+
Four members of the Kelso golf team received some postseason accolades in the 3A Greater St. Helens League.Riley Kirk was named 1st Team All-League as Kelso’s top golfer this fall. Kirk helped led the Hilanders to a second place finish at Districts, finishing the two-round tournament in 164 strokes to …
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