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By ALEX CERVANTES
BURLINGTON — Late in the afternoon on Thursday, with a gaggle of onlookers gathered adjacent to the 18th green at Burlington Country Club, Hartford’s Rowan Irvine stood over a short putt for par. The sophomore needed to sink it. Having already torn...
By ALEX CERVANTES
It wasn’t long after Ben Britton had joined the Lebanon High School golf team four years ago before he had earned himself a nickname: The Franchise.A self-described “pretty small” freshman with a quality short game, Britton’s talent was evident early....
By PATRICK O’GRADY
It’s time to tee it up.Upper Valley high school golf has a rich history of success. It extended last season when Hartford High rolled to a Southern Vermont League crown before adding a VPA Division II state championship for the second time in five...
HANOVER Coach: Joshua Flanders (1) Last year: seventh out of eight teams at state tournament League: NHIAA Division I.Home course: Montcalm Golf Club.Returners: Seniors — Adam Goodney, Andrew Cahoon, Trevor Lichtenstein, Jake Toulmin; Sophomores —...
By JUSTIN CAMPFIELD
WEST LEBANON — Golf and Ski Warehouse, the Route 12A retail fixture that has served Upper Valley golfers and skiers for nearly 35 years while growing to include four locations in New Hampshire and Maine, has been sold to one of the nation’s largest...
HANOVER — The Dartmouth College softball team opened both its home schedule and Ivy League play in style, twice coming from behind in the seventh inning for walk-off wins in completing a three-game sweep against Penn.The Big Green (8-11, 3-0 Ivy...
By JIM KENYON
Andy Sigler was a captain of industry who earned millions as the CEO of Champion International, once the largest forest products company in the U.S. that made everything from plywood to copier paper.In 1984, after he stepped in to save a competitor...
NORWICH — Andrew Sigler, a former Fortune 500 CEO who after retiring to the Upper Valley 25 years ago built everything from a state-of-the-art dairy farm to a nationally-recognized golf course, died Sunday at his home in Norwich.He was 89.Sigler, a...
By JOHN LIPPMAN
ENFIELD — The Montcalm Golf Club has changed hands for the second time in less than a year after a West Lebanon native and his wife who owned half the property acquired the remaining 50% interest.Chuck Currier, a 1970 Lebanon High School graduate and...
Staff Reports
Thetford — The Thetford Academy boys soccer team snapped a six-game losing streak in style on Monday, exploding for five goals after halftime to defeat visiting Montpelier, 5-3.Will Bosco scored two minutes after intermission and again four minutes...
By Greg Fennell
Woodstock — As Keegan Bradley talked his way through the clinic that precedes his annual charity golf tournament at Woodstock Country Club on Monday morning, one little voice cut occasionally through the chatter. Bradley’s infant son, Logan, squealed...
By Peter Harris
Staying connected in the golf swing is when the arms and body are in sync and move together to improve the overall timing and path of the golf club and provide better ball striking and consistency.Last week, we discussed the benefits of keeping the...
By Peter Harris
Staying connected is a common phrase you’ll hear in golf, but what does it really mean? There are many ways to talk about staying connected within in the golf swing. It assumes the premise that when the arms and body are moving together, the overall...
By Peter Harris
Don’t quote me on this, but I think it was Sam Snead (or someone) who once said, “If you want to hit the ball 250 yards, swing like you’re trying to hit it 200. If you want to hit it 200 yards, then swing like you’re trying to hit it 250.”Most golfers...
By Peter Harris
It you’re inconsistent with your ball striking or you’re not hitting the ball as far as you normally do, take a look at the rate of acceleration you create when delivering the club to the ball. When you’re not hitting the ball like you normally would,...
By Peter Harris
It’s so frustrating when we are so close to the green and just need a small chip or pitch shot to get on the green and we instead send it rolling out of control over the green. This type of shot is called a thin shot, or skulled shot, and it’s no...
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