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Golf: U.S. Open
A first major for Rose, another second for Lefty
• Justin Rose survives Merion; Mickelson is the runner-up in the U.S. Open for a sixth time
June 17, 2013 4:00 am
ARDMORE, Pa. — The best golfers in the world came to Merion Golf Club for the 113th U. S. Open, and an amusement park ride....MORE
The hand of golf
• Bend’s Rick Wild is in the professional ranks, with the unusual job of scorekeeper on the Web.com Tour
June 17, 2013 4:00 am
Sometimes the best occupation comes by chance. Just ask Rick Wild, a 45-year-old Bend golf professional who is enjoying a....MORE
U.S. Open commentary
Heartbreak, for a sixth time, for Mickelson
June 17, 2013 4:00 am
ARDMORE, Pa. —This wasn’t the way it was supposed to end, not on Phil Mickelson’s birthday and not at Merion Golf Club, where history will record with little fanfare outside of England that Justin Rose won his first major championship. When the rain began falling on the back nine Sunday after Mickelson pitched in for an eagle on the 10th hole to take the lead in the U. S. Open, ....MORE
Golf Scoreboard
June 17, 2013 4:00 am
The Bulletin welcomes contributions to its weekly local golf results listings and events calendar. Clearly legible items should be faxed to the sports department, 541-385-0831, emailed to sports@bendbulletin. com, or mailed to P. O. Box 6020; Bend, OR ....MORE
Tee to Green Calendar
June 17, 2013 4:00 am
CLINICS OR CLASSESJune 17-19, June 24-26, July 15-17 and Aug. 5-7: Youth golf lessons for children ages 8 to 14 at Lost Tracks Golf Club in Bend offered by the Bend Park & Recreation District. Three-day clinics held 9 a. m. to noon each day and....MORE
Merion stands up to fears of its frailty
June 17, 2013 4:00 am
ARDMORE, Pa. —As rain lashed Merion Golf Club last Monday, alarm rose with the water. Whitecaps lapped in the creek at the 11th hole! Trout swam in the flooded bunker! The course was softer and pudgier than Phil Mickelson! Time to bring out....MORE
Golf
eAmateur stuns field to win Oregon Open
Torrid finish helps Albany golfer leap into win • Albany’s Hans Reimers eagles the final hole at Redmond’s Juniper Golf Course to shoot a 66 and claim a one-shot victory
June 14, 2013 4:00 am
REDMOND — Hans Reimers knew he could go low on Juniper Golf Course’s back nine. After all, the 22-year-old amateur....MORE
Golf: U.S. Open
A long day, a low score for Lefty
• Phil Mickelson has the clubhouse lead in a rain-delayed first round
June 14, 2013 4:00 am
ARDMORE, Pa. — Even for Phil Mickelson, his path to the top of the leaderboard Thursday in the U. S. Open was unconventional. He traveled about 2,400 miles in the air and 7,000 yards on the ground. He took a short nap on his private jet from San Diego and another one during a rain delay when he found a secluded corner of the library room in the Merion clubhouse. He carried five wedges but no....MORE
U.S. Open notebook
Players make themselves right at home at Merion
June 14, 2013 4:00 am
ARDMORE, Pa. — The Merion Golf Club is shoehorned into a tightly spaced residential neighborhood, so players know the logistics and some of the day-to-day details are going to be different than the average PGA Tour tournament. How different?....MORE
golf
eEugene golfer edges local to win Bend Ladies Invitational
• Bend's Rosie Cook is runner-up
June 13, 2013 4:00 am
Leilani Norman came from two shots back Wednesday to edge Bend's Rosie Cook in the final round of the Bend Ladies Invitational.....MORE
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Amateurs in control at Oregon Open
June 13, 2013 4:00 am
REDMOND — The 2013 Oregon Open Invitational has been taken over by a bunch of amateurs. In a field filled with the top club professionals from around the Pacific Northwest, it is four amateurs sitting atop the leaderboard heading into....MORE
Golf
eOregon Open is a family affair
• Five teams of fathers and sons are competing in Redmond
June 12, 2013 4:00 am
REDMOND — When Bend pro Andy Heinly watched his playing partner miss a 3-foot birdie putt on the 17th green, he could not help but react.“I die," Heinly said Tuesday afternoon at Juniper Golf Club after the first round at the Oregon Open ....MORE
Golf
Local takes Bend Ladies invite lead
June 12, 2013 4:00 am
Bend golfer Rosie Cook shot an 8-over-par 80 Tuesday at Bend Golf and Country Club to take the first-round lead in the Bend Ladies Invitational. On a windy Tuesday, Cook, a Bend resident, was able to squeeze out a one-stroke lead over....MORE
Golf
eBend Ladies to tee it up at invite
June 11, 2013 4:00 am
Some of Central Oregon’s top amateur women golfers will try to continue their hot streak this week at the 48th Bend Ladies Invitational. The two-day, 36-hole stroke-play tournament begins today at Bend Golf and Country Club and includes a field ....MORE
Golf
eLocals look to break streak at Oregon Open
More than 30 golfers are vying to be the first Central Oregon winner since 1990
June 11, 2013 4:00 am
The Oregon Open has not been that kind to Central Oregon’s golfers. This region has hosted the Oregon Open golf tournament for all but one year since 1982. Yet not since 1990 — when Pat Fitzsimons, then head pro at Prineville Golf and....MORE
Golf Roundup
Park wins playoff to claim LPGA Championship
June 10, 2013 4:00 am
PITTSFORD, N. Y. — Inbee Park birdied the third hole of a sudden-death playoff with Catriona Matthew to win the rain-delayed LPGA Championship on Sunday. Park made a 20-foot putt on the par-4 18th to go 2-for-2 in LPGA Tour majors this season. She rebounded in the playoff after blowing a three-shot lead with a closing 3-over 75. The top-ranked South Korean star bogeyed three of her final....MORE
‘Time for Nine’ after all?
• Central Oregon courses laud the efforts of golf’s guardians to promote nine-hole rounds
June 10, 2013 4:00 am
What golfer wants to be limited to just nine holes?Golf purists often scoff at the idea of cutting a traditional 18-hole round in ....MORE
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Meadow Lakes free on Friday, full house expected
• The Prineville municipal course is celebrating its 20th anniversary
June 10, 2013 4:00 am
Free golf — two of the sweetest words a golfer can hear. For that very reason Meadow Lakes Golf Course in Prineville is expecting to host a full house Friday of more than 300 golfers. To celebrate its 20th anniversary, Meadow Lakes will be....MORE
Tee to Green Calendar
June 10, 2013 4:00 am
CLINICS OR CLASSESJune 13-15: Adult coed golf lessons at Lost Tracks Golf Club in Bend offered by the Bend Park & Recreation District. Sessions are 5:30 to 7 p. m. and are taught by PGA professional Bob Garza. Each session includes on-course....MORE
Golf Scoreboard
June 10, 2013 4:00 am
The Bulletin welcomes contributions to its weekly local golf results listings and events calendar. Clearly legible items should be faxed to the sports department, 541-385-0831, emailed to sports@bendbulletin. com, or mailed to P. O. Box 6020; Bend, OR ....MORE
Golf in Brief
June 10, 2013 4:00 am
LocalLocal pro finishes third in Oregon PGA tournament — Brandon Kearney, a 33-year-old assistant professional at Bend Golf and Country Club, shot a 1-under-par 71-70—141 to finish in third place last week at the 2013 Callaway Golf....MORE
Golf
The U.S. Open really is open to almost everyone
June 5, 2013 4:00 am
Geoffrey Sisk is going back to the U. S. Open, an example of why this major championship truly is open to one and all. In what looked like a marathon and felt like a sprint, the 48-year-old New Englander went from being a long shot to assuring himself ....MORE
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Pronghorn caddie set to play in U.S. Women’s Open
June 3, 2013 4:00 am
A budding professional who has spent the past two golf seasons as a caddie at Bend’s Pronghorn Club last week qualified for the 2013 U. S. Women’s Open. Karinn Dickinson, 23, shot a 2 over par 72-74—146 at a sectional qualifier at....MORE
Golf roundup
Kuchar holds on to win Memorial
June 3, 2013 4:00 am
DUBLIN, Ohio — Most of the perks from winning the Memorial were evident to Matt Kuchar soon after his 20-foot birdie putt tumbled into the final hole Sunday. He looked just beyond the 18th green to where 3-year-old son Carson was giving a high-five to tournament host Jack Nicklaus. He had the first multiple-win season of his PGA Tour career. Kuchar went to a career-best No. 4 in the world....MORE
Kids on the course?
If you want your children to learn to play golf, you should introduce the game to them slowly
June 3, 2013 4:00 am
Most avid golfers with young children share a dream. Just about all of us hope the day comes when we can share our love of the game with the love of our lives. I certainly do. My daughter is only 2 now, so I will no doubt have to wait for a few more years. That will give me time to contemplate: Just when, and how, can we introduce a child to golf?For those of us who are enthusiastic about the sport....MORE
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Bend golfer vying for chance at U.S. Open
• Jesse Heinly will play in a sectional qualifier
June 3, 2013 4:00 am
Jesse Heinly is 36 holes away from a dream coming true. A graduate of Bend’s Summit High School who turned 21 just last week, Heinly is vying to advance to the 2013 U. S. Open today at a 36-hole sectional qualifier at Tumble Creek Golf Club in....MORE
Golf Scoreboard
June 3, 2013 4:00 am
The Bulletin welcomes contributions to its weekly local golf results listings and events calendar. Clearly legible items should be faxed to the sports department, 541-385-0831, emailed to sports@bendbulletin. com, or mailed to P. O. Box 6020; Bend, OR ....MORE
Tee to Green Calendar
June 3, 2013 4:00 am
PUBLIC LEAGUESAspen Lakes Men: The Men’s Club at Aspen Lakes Golf Course in Sisters plays on Wednesdays at 9 a. m. through the golf season. New members are welcome. For more information, call Aspen Lakes at 541-549-4653. Black Butte Ranch Women: ....MORE
Correction
June 2, 2013 4:00 am
A brief headlined “Timbers captain to visit Bend" that appeared in Friday’s Bulletin on page C1 contained an incorrect date and other incorrect information about the Bend FC Timbers Golf Tournament. The tournament, a four-person scramble ....MORE
Soccer
Timbers captain to visit Bend
May 31, 2013 4:00 am
Will Johnson, the captain of Major League Soccer’s Portland Timbers, will be in Bend Saturday to sign autographs and help raise money for the Bend FC Timbers soccer club. Johnson, who is among the leading goal scorers in MLS this season with....MORE
Pro Golf
eOff to Canada
• Bend pro Andrew Vijarro takes a step toward his goal with PGA Tour Canada
May 28, 2013 4:00 am
Andrew Vijarro has almost forgotten about the snow flurries that occasionally fall over the course of a Central Oregon May. Yet....MORE
Golf roundup
Weekley rallies past Kuchar for win at Colonial
May 27, 2013 4:00 am
FORT WORTH, Texas — Boo Weekley was at the 13th hole during the final round of the Colonial before he finally glanced at a leaderboard — and saw his name on the top. It was at that par 3 surrounded by an often rowdy crowd that he also heard the loudest “Boo!" in quite some time. Weekley hit his birdie putt from about 22 feet, then swiped his putter in the air as if guiding the....MORE
Tee to Green Calendar
May 27, 2013 4:00 am
PUBLIC LEAGUESCentral Oregon Senior Men: The Central Oregon Senior Golf Organization meets on a Monday each month at golf courses across the region. Series is open to men’s club members of host sites. Cost is $150 for the season plus $5 per....MORE
Commentary
A return to the nine-hole round of golf?
May 27, 2013 4:00 am
Less than 30 years ago, nearly half of the golf courses in America had nine holes. There was no stigma to that number. The nine-hole golf round was as common as a slice off the first tee. As golf boomed late in the 20th century, the vast majority of....MORE
Golf Scoreboard
May 27, 2013 4:00 am
The Bulletin welcomes contributions to its weekly local golf results listings and events calendar. Clearly legible items should be faxed to the sports department, 541-385-0831, emailed to sports@bendbulletin. com, or mailed to P. O. Box 6020; Bend, OR ....MORE
Local golf: Commentary
7,400 yards?
• The Central Oregon Ironman golf tournament at Juniper Golf Course will try to test area amateurs from the Redmond course’s back tee positions
May 27, 2013 4:00 am
REDMOND —Jason Pigot is no masochist. Yet the 47-year-old Redmond resident wants to find out how he would handle playing....MORE
Anchored putting strokes to be banned in 2016
• The new rule will take effect for professionals and amateurs in 2016
May 22, 2013 4:00 am
FAR HILLS, N. J. — Golf's rules-making bodies, the U. S. Golf Association and the Royal & Ancient, on Tuesday prohibited golfers from anchoring a putter against their bodies while making a stroke, a rule change the organizations first....MORE
Golf
eAnchored putting strokes to be banned
• USGA and R&A recent ruling leaves plenty for region's players to digest
May 22, 2013 4:00 am
Time for many a golfer to dust off that old, conventional putting stroke. The United States Golf Association and the Royal & Ancient, the governing bodies responsible for the Rules of Golf, announced Tuesday that Rule 14-1b has been adopted and will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2016. The rule — which was first proposed in November 2012 — bans both amateur and professional golfers from ....MORE
Golf
eAvoiding the waiting game
* Many golfers could learn a lesson from last week's Men's Master-40, a tournament played at a breathtakingly quick pace. • asdfNonulla consequ amconsed et, sed magnit velis ea alit in ut atue te cons amcor autat. Lore min hent iliqu
May 21, 2013 4:00 am
You would think a spectator catching up with a twosome less than three hours into a championship match would leave plenty of time to watch the action during the last few holes. Not at last week's Pacific Northwest Men's Master-40 Amateur Championship, where three hours was at best just enough time to catch a handshake on the 18th green. The tournament — a match-play event held at Brasada....MORE
Local golf
eChanging course
Formerly known as Missing Link Family Golf Center, Smith Rock Golf Course is attempting to gain notice with rapid improvements under new ownership
May 20, 2013 4:00 am
REDMOND — Walt Zelinsky solitarily mows the green putting surfaces of his pitch-and-putt golf course under the bright blue....MORE
Golf Scoreboard
May 20, 2013 4:00 am
The Bulletin welcomes contributions to its weekly local golf results listings and events calendar. Clearly legible items should be faxed to the sports department, 541-385-0831, emailed to sports@bendbulletin. com, or mailed to P. O. Box 6020; Bend, OR ....MORE
Golf roundup
Korean takes Byron Nelson for first career PGA Tour title
May 20, 2013 4:00 am
IRVING, Texas — Sang-Moon Bae watched anxiously after hitting his tee shot at the par-3 17th hole Sunday in the Byron Nelson Championship. When the ball landed on the front edge of the green fronted by water, he bent his knees and leaned backward, obviously relieved. He was only a few shots away from his first PGA Tour victory and a congratulatory hug from the widow of the tournament’s ....MORE
Out of nowhere, Austrian teen reaches LPGA Tour
May 20, 2013 4:00 am
The Austrian teenager Marina Stuetz’s path to the LPGA Tour did not go through an American college program, Golf Channel’s “Big Break" or the Ladies European Tour. She arrived like a snowstorm in spring, catching everyone by surprise. At the LPGA Tour’s qualifying school in December, she tied for 11th as an amateur and promptly turned professional. After five career starts....MORE
Tee to Green Calendar
May 20, 2013 4:00 am
CLINICS OR CLASSESMay 21-22: Two-day beginner and intermediate Rules of Golf workshop at Bend Golf and Country Club. From 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. each day, participants will learn detailed information about the Rules of Golf from the Oregon Golf....MORE
Golf roundup
Bradley maintains lead at Byron Nelson
May 19, 2013 4:00 am
IRVING, Texas — Keegan Bradley still hasn’t gotten things right on the 18th hole at the Byron Nelson Championship,....MORE
Golf: Pacific Northwest Men's Master-40 Amateur
eBeaverton golfer triumphs at Brasada
Former University of Portland golf coach Bill Winter downs Canadian
May 18, 2013 4:00 am
POWELL BUTTE — Golfers never know when the opportunity to win will come along in match play. For Bill Winter, a 48-year-old....MORE
Golf
eLocal bows out in Master-40 semis at Brasada
May 17, 2013 4:00 am
POWELL BUTTE — All Tom Carlsen could do was shake his head and laugh. Carlsen, of Bend, had just been eliminated from the semifinals of the Pacific Northwest Men’s Master-40 Amateur Championship, losing 1 down to Beaverton’s Bill....MORE
Golf
Local advances at Master-40
May 16, 2013 4:00 am
POWELL BUTTE — Tom Carlsen was the lone Central Oregon golfer to advance to the quarterfinals after he won two matches Wednesday at the Pacific Northwest Golf Association Men’s Master-40 Amateur Championship. Carlsen, a 64-year-old....MORE
Boys Golf
eBend places second, Summit is third at state
May 15, 2013 4:00 am
CORVALLIS — Rusty Clemons wished he did not know where his Bend High team stood midway through Tuesday's round. But after the first nine holes of the final round of the Class 5A boys state golf championship Tuesday at Trysting Tree Golf Club, the Lava Bears had overcome the five-stroke lead West Albany built in the first round.“I was thinking 'They don't give trophies out at halftime,' ....MORE
Girls Golf
eSummit takes home two titles
• The Storm win their fifth straight team title, while Madison Odiorne repeats as the individual champion
May 15, 2013 4:00 am
BANKS — What a way to win. Seemingly on the brink of defeat, Summit's Madison Odiorne came roaring from behind over the....MORE
Idaho man starts fast at Master-40
May 14, 2013 4:00 am
POWELL BUTTE — An Idaho golfer shot the low round of the day, while five of 17 Central Oregon golfers in the field settled in position to make the championship flight in Monday’s first round of the Pacific Northwest Golf Association....MORE
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