Category: Golf
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Door County Golf Events for Sept. 20 – 27
Sept. 20: Couples Golf Scramble, Maxwelton Braes Golf Course, 3 pm shotgun start, nine holes with cart, dinner at Florian II. To register, call 920.421.GOLF (4653). Sept. 24: Leadership Door County Mini Golf Masters, Egg Harbor Fun Park, 5 – 8 pm. Sept. 27: 2nd Annual Little Eddie Big Cup Scramble, Peninsula State Park Golf […]
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Door County Golf League Results, Sept. 8 – 10
ALPINE Alpine Men’s Golf League (Sept. 8) End of Season Results Most Points: Team: Pete Hickey, Paul Riha, Dennis Starr & Randy Kenny; Individuals: A Flight – Jeff Olson; B Flight – Mark Dufek; C Flight – Dennis Starr; D Flight – Randy Kenny. IDLEWILD Senior League (Sept. 10) Best Scores: Ken Larson 45; […]
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GOLF LEAGUE RESULTS, Sept. 1 – 3
ALPINE Alpine Men’s Golf League (Sept. 1) • Low Gross: A Flight – John Borycki & Paul Wiesner Jr. 36; B Flight – Tom Weisensel 42; C Flight – Paul Lucas 44; D Flight – Greg Miller 45. • Low Net: A Flight – Paul Wiesner Jr. 27; B Flight – Tom Weisensel 31; C […]
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Ed Strege: The Life Behind the Little Eddie Big Cup
The task of penning a personality like Ed Strege’s is daunting. How can justice be done to a colorful and three-dimensional character in lines of black and white on a flat computer screen? I’m going to try, because knowing Ed is knowing why a day spent in Door County with friends on fairways, followed by […]
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Sept. 24: Leadership Door County Mini Golf Masters, Egg Harbor Fun Park, 5 – 8 pm. Sept. 27: 2nd Annual Little Eddie Big Cup Scramble, Peninsula State Park Golf Course
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Mini Golf Masters Hosted by Egg Harbor Fun Park
The Egg Harbor Fun Park will be the site for this year’s Leadership Door County (LDC) Mini Golf Masters event on Sept. 24 from 5 to 8 pm. The Mini Golf Masters is LDC’s only fundraising event and benefits a number of area organizations by having each of the mini-golf teams raise money for both […]
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DOOR COUNTY GOLF LEAGUE RESULTS
ALPINE Alpine Men’s Golf League (Aug. 25) Low Gross: A Flight – Darryl Severson 41; B Flight – Harry Proctor 43; C Flight – Jocko Rader 44; D Flight – Greg Miller 43. Low Net: A Flight – Darryl Severson 35; B Flight – Jim McDermott, Dennis Krishka & Dennis McCarthy 34; C Flight – […]
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A Round with the Youngsters at 27 Pines
Josh Baudhuin took his son Isaac and nephew Caden out to 27 Pines for a round of golf. Submitted photos.
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Anyone who has ever spent much time playing the game of golf has realized that golf is several games within a game. Those who have not played the game much can learn much faster and have more fun if they take the most important part of the game and spend a bit of time learning […]
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No matter what your skill level is in golf, if you have played, you have been in the rough. Rough is the grass along the fairways and around the greens that is typically long grass and can wreak havoc on your next shot. Depending on the conditioning of your golf course, this grass can be […]
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Golf is tricky. Immensely tricky. One of the trickiest games out there, they say. Anyone who has flopped a wedge before will tell you so. The root of that trickiness, however, is also the trickiest of delusions, as it is commonly attributed to the player’s brain, body, instruments or some tricky combination of the three. […]
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It was only a few years ago, back in 2008, that Apple released its App Store with the popular phrase “There’s an app for that,” changing the way technology worked at our fingertips. The reach quickly extended to communication, health, finance, weather and even sports. Want to run for 30 minutes at an eight-minute per […]
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The Door County vacation is every bit a tradition, with reasons aplenty between the cherries, wine, beaches, ma-and-pa shops and serenity. Somewhere on that list – not too high, not too low – is golf. Does it deserve a larger calling on the Door Peninsula? Maybe. Maybe not. Truth is, the turn of the century […]
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As the much-anticipated spring begins its seasonal assimilation on Wisconsin’s premier peninsula, local athletes and outdoor enthusiasts prepare for recreational activities on the recently thawed lake and park grounds. None are happier than Mary Aiken, who can finally break out her favorite TaylorMade driver and Callaway iron on the lush greens of Door County’s alluring […]
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The Black Nine: Bill Bertschinger’s Baby
It takes awhile before Door County’s bay side forces you to ride the brake pedal. Once across Sturgeon Bay’s bridges, there are about 17 scenic miles along Green Bay waters before Horseshoe Bay Road winds east and west. Without the landscape-forced hesitation, it would be easy to drive right by the Alpine Golf Course, and […]
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3 Toughest Holes in Door County
As a county, the Door Peninsula provides almost everything to tempt golfers’ desires. Between the short and sweet par-3 course and the elegant country club lays an assortment of courses, holes, bunkers and greens adding to the lore of the vacation hotbed. Beauty is just part of the everyday attraction. But the game of golf […]
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When it comes to golf, Door County has it all. Beautiful public courses, par-3 prizefighting fun and even a private venture worth ogling at. Although it lacks a notorious course known across the nation, Door County makes perfect sense as a great golf destination. The best part, it already is a golf destination, and has […]
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Beside Every Great Golfer is a Great Caddy
As difficult as the game of golf may seem, the Tiger Woods, Arnold Palmers and your local club champion can generally set up the foundation of a golf victory. After all, they are the ones making the swings, taking the strokes and holing the putts — making it seem effortless every step of the way. […]
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Titleist, TaylorMade, Nike, and Callaway. Top-Flite, Ping, Pinnacle, and Bridgestone. Any of these names ring a bell? I hope so. They are the top golf brands in the world.
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For nearly 20 years, the ladies of the Bonnie Braes golf league at Maxwelton Braes in Baileys Harbor continue to carry a tradition of camaraderie and friendship through their common interest in the game of golf. The Thursday night ladies’ league began in 1994 by a varied group of Door County career women and business […]