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.
Sweden's Dani Holmqvist birdied on the final hole to avoid a playoff and win the LPGA Symetra Tour's Island Resort Championship by one stroke on Sunday at the Sweetgrass Golf Course. Canadian Samantha Richdale (Kelowna, British Columbia) finished second, while fellow Canadian Brooke Henderson (Smith Falls, Ontario) took third. Click the above headline to read the details, courtesy of the LPGA Symetra Tour.
Anne-Catherine Tanguay (Quebec, Canada) will take a one-shot lead over Dani Holmqvist (Stockholm, Sweden) into the final round of the Island Resort Championship. Tanguay shot a 67 in Saturday's second round at the Sweetgrass Golf Course. Click the above headline to read more details, courtesy of the Symetra Tour.
Four golfers share the lead after the first day of the LPGA Symetra Tour event at the Sweetgrass Golf Course in Harris. Dani Holmqvist, Lee Lopez, Lauren Doughtie, and Giulia Molinaro all shot five under par on Friday. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of the Symetra Tour.
The Island Resort Championship LPGA Symetra Tour begins Friday morning at the Sweetgrass Golf Course in Harris. Defending champion Molly Aronsson is back in town, and says she has fought off a hip injury to get back into contention for another title. Click the above headline to read details.
Brooke Henderson from Smiths Falls, Ontario carded a 3-under 69 to win the 2015 Four Winds Invitational by three shots at 10-under 206 Sunday in South Bend, Indiana. She then petitioned the Symetra Tour Commissioner to allow her to play this weekend in the Island Resort Championships at Sweetgrass. Click the above headline to read more.
Carney-Nadeau's Hunter Eichhorn scored the Irish Oaks Golf Course, shooting a 68 to lead the Wolves to the MHSAA Division Three Boys U.P. Championship on Thursday. Bark River-Harris won the Division Three girls championship, with Hannah Starnes shooting a 92. Click the above headline for details.
The Houghton Gremlins won both the boys and girls MHSAA Division One golf U.P. championships Thursday in Iron Mountain. Marquette finished second and Escanaba was a strong third. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Escanaba Eskymos edged the Gladstone Braves to win the Great Northern Conference boys golf championship Thursday in Marquette. The Eskymos won with 322 strokes, with Gladstone second at 325 and Marquette third with 329. Marquette won the girls title. Click the above headline to read details. Pictured above: Kyle Pouliot was the medalist.
The Gladstone High School boys golf team won the championship of the Marquette Invitational Wednesday at the North Shore Golf Course. Marquette's Brett Specker (pictured above) was the medalist, shooting a 74. Click the above headline for details.
Tickets are on sale now for the LPGA Symetra Tour event, set for June 26th through the 28th at the Sweetgrass Golf Club in Harris. Tournament officials say more than 5,000 spectators will attend the three days of event. Click the above headline to read details.
The Escanaba Eskymos won the championship of the Gladstone Quad Golf Invitational on Monday as Eskymo junior Dylan Gauthier beat Marquette's Brett Specker in a playoff. Both boys shot 77's, and Gauthier won medalist honors with a birdie on the second playoff hole. Kingsford and Gladstone also competed. Pictured: Gauthier with a tee shot Monday.
The Northern Michigan University men's golf team wrapped up action at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional IV at Purgatory Golf Course Monday. The Wildcats finished in 16th place out of 31 teams with a combined two day score of 603 strokes including shooting a team 307 on the second day. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of NMU Athletics.
Escanaba native Scott Hebert dominated the field to win the Michigan PGA Professional Championship by six strokes in the Detroit suburb of Rochester Hills. Click the above headline to read more details.
Joe Quinn beat Brian Smith in a playoff hole to take the championship of the Upper Peninsula Golf Association's Men's Championship Sunday in Gladstone. Both men finished with 290's for the four rounds of the event, sending it into a playoff round. Three other golfers were a stroke back, and ten golfers were within six.
Marquette native Avery Rochester won the Upper Peninsula Lady's Golf Association championship for a third straight year Tuesday at Escanaba's Highland Golf Course. She defeated Calumet's Zoe Woodworth in the championship flight, 3 and 2. Click the above headline to see Tuesday's results.
Molly Aronsson shot a final-round even-par 72 to capture the 2014 Island Resort Championship on Sunday at Sweetgrass Golf Club. She finished at one-under for the three-day tournament, one stroke in front of her college teammate at the University of Washington, Sadena Parks. Click the above headline to read the full story.
Georgia native Lacey Agnew has the lead heading into Sunday's final round of the LPGA Symetra Tour golf event at the Sweetgrass Golf Course in Harris. Agnew chipped in for a birdie on the 19th hole, and has a one stroke lead after 36 holes. Click the above headline to read all of the details, courtesy of the Symetra Tour. Pictured above: Lacey Agenew. Symetra Tour photo courtesy of Scott Miller.
Lee Lopez shot a four-under 68 Friday to take the first round lead at the LPGA Symetra Tour's Island Resort Championship at the Sweetgrass Golf Course in Harris. The California native leads three other golfers by one stroke. Click the above headline to read details, courtesy of the Symetra Tour.
The LPGA Symetra Tour golf tournament begins on Friday at the Sweetgrass Golf Course in Harris. The Island Resort Championship has a $125,000 purse, as 144 of the top ladies golfers from around the world compete for a spot on the professional LPGA Tour. Click the above headline to see the details.
