Esther Lee fired a seven-under 65 to take the lead after the first round of the LPGA Symetra Tour event Friday at the Sweetgrass Golf Course in Harris. There are 22 people within four shots of the lead heading into Saturday. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School girls golf team won the MHSAA Upper Peninsula Division One championship on Thursday, using the home-course advantage to upset Houghton and Menominee for the trophy. Click the above headline for details, photos, and interviews. (Pictured: Esky's Paxton Johnson, left, and Megan Dagenais, right, were emotional)
The Escanaba High School boys golf team won the MHSAA Division One Upper Peninsula championship on Thursday at the Sweetgrass Golf Club in Harris. The Eskymos outlasted Calumet by five strokes to win the title. Click the above headline to read details.
Carney-Nadeau High School graduate and Marquette University freshman Hunter Eichhorn took first place Tuesday at the Big East Conference championships in South Carolina. MU finished second as a team. Click the above headline for details. (MU Photo)
Carney-Nadeau High School graduate Hunter Eichhorn shot a final round 71 for Marquette University at a tournament in Louisiana on Tuesday, leading the Golden Eagles to a second-place finish in the event. Click the above headline for details, from Marquette University Athletics. (Marquette University Photo)
Emma Talley finished up her second round on Sunday at the Island Resort Championship at Sweetgrass, and then watched the rains fall again. This time, it was too much for the course to take and the third round was called off, and Talley collected the trophy and winner's check. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of Symetra Tour.
The Island Resort Championship Symetra Tour ladies golf event was halted by rain on Saturday at the Sweetgrass Golf Course. Emma Talley shot three under par on nine holes of golf to take the lead at -9. Click the above headline to details, courtesy of Symetra Tour.
Symetra Tour rookie Ruixin Liu fired a career-best round of 7-under par 65 on Friday in the first round of the seventh annual Island Resort Championship. Second-year Symetra player Emma Talley is one stroke back. Click the above headline for details.
Hunter Eichhorn won his fourth straight MHSAA Division Three Upper Peninsula golf championship on Thursday, and his Carney-Nadeau Wolves lifted the trophy for a third straight year. DeTour won the girls championship. Click the above headline for the details.
The Escanaba High School golf teams won both the boys and girls Division One Upper Peninsula championships on Wednesday in Marquette. The boys edged Gladstone by one stroke while the girls beat Houghton by 18 strokes. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School boys golf team won the Great Northern Conference championship on Thursday, edging Escanaba by four strokes, behind a 72 from Bryce Douglas and 74 from Rudy Peterson. Click the above headline to see all of the results.
The Escanaba High School girls golf team cruised to the Great Northern Conference championship on Thursday as Paxton Johnson, Megan Dagenais, and Sam Henderson all shot in the 80's. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Gladstone High School boys golf team won the championship of the Marquette Invitational on Wednesday. The Braves won with a team score of 320. Bryce Douglas was the medalist with 73 and Rudy Peterson took third with 76. In the girls meet, Gladstone's Megan Lukezich was fourth with a 111. The Braves host the GNC meet on Thursday.
The Gladstone High School boys golf team won the Menominee Invitational at the Riverside Golf Course on Monday. Click the above headline to read the scores.
Bryce Douglas fired a 69 and Rudy Peterson carded a 74 to help the Gladstone Braves win the Eskymo Gold Invitational Thursday at the Escanaba Country Club. Meanwhile, in the girls invitational, the Eskymos came out on top. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School boys golf team won the championship of the Kiwanis Invitational on Tuesday at the NMU Golf Course, while the Eskymo girls lost a close battle with Houghton. Click the above headline for the scores.
The Escanaba County Club was busy on Thursday as the boys and girls golf teams hosted the annual Eskymo Invitational. The Gladstone boys won, as did the Escanaba girls. Click the above headline to see all of the results.
The Northern Michigan women's golf team captured its first team title on its home course Sunday afternoon. The Wildcats posted a two-round 490 (178-312), 25 strokes better than second-place Davenport. Click the above headline to read more details. (NMU Photo)
The Northern Michigan University athletic department announced Friday morning that Bob Bastian has been elevated to interim head men's and women's golf coach. Click the above headline to learn more about Bastian.
Sherman “Champagne” Santiwiwatthanaphong of Thailand battled a ferocious wind and carded a 3-under, 69, on Sunday, to win the Island Resort Championship by two shots at 6-under, 210. Click the above headline to see details, courtesy of SymetraTour.com.
Madelene Sagstrom hit a 326-yard drive on her final hole for a birdie to close at 1-under, 71 on Saturday at the Island Resort Championship at the Sweetgrass Golf Club. Click the above headline for all of the details, courtesy of the LPGA Symetra Tour.
Peiyun Chien carded a 5-under, 67, to take the outright 18-hole lead on Friday at the Island Resort Championship. She made eight birdies on the day and has a one shot lead over two-time winner Madelene Sagstrom, and Jennifer Brumbaugh. Click the above headline to read the story, courtesy of the LPGA Symetra Tour.
Hunter Eichhorn scorched carded a 75 on Thursday to lead the Carney-Nadeau Wolves to the MHSAA Division Three U.P. golf championship Thursday. It was the Wolves' second straight U.P. title, and Eichhorn's third straight. Click the above headline to read details.
The Escanaba High School girls golf team rolled to an MHSAA Division One Upper Peninsula championship on Thursday, breaking Houghton's five-year reign as U.P. champs. Houghton's boys won their third straight. Click the above headline for scores.
The Escanaba High School golf teams added conference championships to their hardware on Thursday, with their sights set on next week's U.P. Finals. The Esky boys beat Gladstone by 11 strokes while the Esky girls topped the Braves, and everybody else, by a wide margin. Click the above headline to see the scores. (Pictured: the Eskymo boys)
The Escanaba High School boys and golf teams both won the championship of the Northern Michigan Bank Invitational Thursday at the Escanaba Country Club. Gladstone's boys finished second, and Marquette's girls were runners-up. Click the above headline for scores, and to see photos taken by Mary Gauthier.
The Escababa High School boys golf team edged the Negaunee Miners by one stroke Tuesday to win the Kiwanis Invitational at the Wawonowin Country Club. The Escanaba girls finished second behind Houghton. Click the above headline to see the scores.
The Gladstone Braves won the boys championship of its home golf meet on Monday, while the Escanaba Eskymos easily took the girls meet. Click the above headline to read details.
Gladstone's Matt Argall won the U.P. Challenge men's golf tournament on Sunday, which was actually held in Marinette, Wisconsin. Argall shot a third-round "70" to end the three-round event with a 209, two shots clear of second place. Click the above headline for details.
Last weekend's Island Resort Championship tournament played at Sweetgrass Golf Club – hosted near-record crowds and continued its tradition of supporting local non-profit organizations, prompting organizers to call it the most successful week in the five-year history of the tournament. Click the above headline to read the details.
