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  • Alpine Launches Summer Sports Camps

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    The Alpine Sports Club will begin its new summer camps and classes June 20. Soccer, golf and multisport camps for all ages and skill levels will be offered, in addition to adult yoga classes for all levels and experiences. The multisport camps include various teams by age groups of 3-6 and 7-12 in the sports […]

  • Maxwelton Braes under Contract for Sale

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    Owner takes pride in course improvements since 2014 Also this week: Maybe you need a lesson Some golfers saw a “Closed” sign on the door at Maxwelton Braes Golf Course for a few days this spring and promptly jumped to the wrong conclusion. Owner Jim Bresnahan said he and an employee were diagnosed with COVID-19 […]

  • Golf by Design – the Origins of Door County’s Courses

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    Who designed Door County’s golf courses? Do-it-yourselfers, famous architects – and nature This is part one of a two-part look at the people behind the design of Door County’s 10 golf courses. Part two will be found in the Summer edition of Door County Living, available July 1.  Door County’s nine public golf facilities and […]

  • NEW MONDAY LEAGUES AT THE ALPINE

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    Managers at the Alpine Golf Course have announced a new format for a league night starting May 30: A ladies’ league, a men’s league and Alpine’s first co-ed league will be open to locals and visitors every Monday at 4 pm. Organizers plan to offer prizes and will fashion recreational brackets as well as competitive […]

  • Cold Spring Swing

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    Northeastern Wisconsin weather keeps high school golf season short The game of golf has been called “a good walk spoiled,” and the weather on some early-spring days didn’t even make the walk pleasant for some local high school golfers. Still, it’s pretty tough to ruin a stroll around some of the places where Door County […]

  • FAIRWAYS: Get Your Crew Together

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    A roundup of this season’s charity outings “Golf is not about your score. It’s about who you play with.” Megan Sarkis and her family use that quote each year to promote the Jim Sarkis Memorial Golf Classic, a fundraiser for Door CANcer and other local charities. But that slogan pertains to a lot of golfers […]

  • Gray Days Perfect for Horseshoe Bay Photo Shoot

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    Alpine course revitalization rolling along Motorists on Highway G might have thought Horseshoe Bay Golf Club was hosting a college golf match or lessons the first week of May, when a couple of groups of seven young men and women – clad in clothing suitable for cold, windy days at the British Open – milled about on […]

  • FAIRWAYS: Golf Course Owners Open Carefully for 2022 Season

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    Winter 2022 treated some Door County golf courses more gently than others, but course operators are coping and gearing up to open this month or early next month. At Idlewild, pro and owner Brandon Hansen scheduled Friday, April 29, as the opening day, although the course would have been in good enough shape to accommodate […]

  • A Golfing Tradition Returns to Northern Door

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    After a two-year hiatus, one of Northern Door’s most popular golfing events will resume at the Peninsula State Park Golf Course in Ephraim.  The golf benefit, previously sponsored by Good Samaritan Society–Scandia Village, will return July 17 under the new sponsorship of the Sister Bay Lions Club. For 23 years, this daylong golf outing has […]

  • Hobbyist Studies Missing Links’ Designers

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    Significant architects played roles in the former Sturgeon Bay country club Local readers took notice of a Fairways-section story last year on the 1970s highway construction that put an end to the old Leathem Smith golf course. But the beginnings of the course also grabbed the attention of an Indiana reader who’s a golf-history hobbyist. […]

  • New Owners Have Big Plans for Stonehedge Golf Course

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    A pair of television executives are still dreaming up what to add indoors and out at Stonehedge Golf Course in Egg Harbor after closing on the purchase just before the new year. And future patrons, whether they enjoy golf or like having a beer with friends, might just brace themselves for something interesting at the […]

  • Sevastopol Graduate Leads Golf Division for TGW

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    Also: Players embrace on-course technology In his work as general manager of merchandise for worldwide golf-equipment distributor TGW (formerly called The Golf Warehouse), Chris Schram keeps seeing high demand, as well as some shortages. This year and last year have been profitable, said the 1995 Sevastopol High School graduate and UW-Stout alumnus, despite the supply-chain […]

  • Door County’s Dynamic Duos: Back-to-back pairs of holes can make or break your round

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    Golf courses often have signature holes, famous for scenery and difficulty. But at each of Door County’s 18-hole courses, back-to-back pairs of unsung golf holes also can make or break a player’s round. For example, the 12th hole with the bell on the fairway and the clifftop tee shot on the sixth might be the […]

  • Golf Resurgence Continues: Wisconsin outpaces other states in midsummer rounds played

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    A resurgence in golf popularity continues nationwide this year, and especially in Wisconsin, according to data in a recent National Golf Foundation (NGF) report. Rounds played in July 2021 were actually down 3.9% nationwide from the “furious pace” of July 2020, but they’re way up from 2019 levels, NGF reported. In July 2020, NGF recorded […]

  • Golf League Results Oct. 6

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    THE ORCHARDS Wednesday Hustle Oct. 6, 2021 • Low team, front side (best three of the foursome):  John Dew, Tom Moeller, Steve Smith, Jim Tarkowski -1; Ed Movall, Bruce Shewchuk, Dan Welch, Jeff McCullough even • Low team, back side: Ed Movall, Bruce Shewchuk, Dan Welch, Jeff McCullough -9; Joe Kidd, Steve Banasik, George Wilson -4 • Low […]

  • Golf League Results Sept. 22 – 23, 2021

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    IDLEWILD Thursday 8:30 am Senior Men’s Group Sept. 23, 2021  • Closest to the pin on #6: Bill Borchardt • Longest putt on #9: Bill Utley Open to all men aged 50 or older. First tee is at 8:15 am. Seasonal play depends on the weather.  MAXWELTON BRAES Bonnie Braes Ladies 9-Hole League 2021 final results […]

  • Three Holes-in-One at Maxwelton Braes

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    Carol DeVault had a hole-in-one Sept. 17 on hole #8 at Maxwelton Braes Golf Course in Baileys Harbor. Then Jim Bresnahan at Maxwelton Braes sent this update: “Wow! Nothing all year until Carol had hers, [and] now two more.” They were Tom Leighty of Hayward, Wisconsin, on Sept. 22 on hole #17; and Terry Murphy […]

  • Golf League Results Sept. 30, 2021

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    IDLEWILD Thursday 8:30 am Senior Men’s Group Sept. 30, 2021  • Closest to the pin on #13: Gregg Schuchhardt • Longest putt on #18: Bill Utley Open to all men ages 50 or older. The group will end in October, but a few may still play at 8:30 am.

  • Pat Hellen Memorial Scramble Raises $7,500 for YMCA

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    (Above) Jim Bresnahan presents Tyler Powell of the Northern Door YMCA with a check for $7,500, which was raised during the second annual Pat Hellen Memorial Scramble. (From left) Jim Musiel, Deb Hellen, Tyler Powell, Jim Bresnahan, Jeanine Bresnahan and Carl Podlasek. The second annual Pat Hellen Memorial Scramble raised $7,500 at Maxwelton Braes Golf […]

  • Wisconsin Golf Season Ends with a Flourish

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    It’s (almost) closing time A public servant and avid golfer from Sturgeon Bay had a deep desire to drive to Whistling Straits to see the best golfers in the world compete in the Ryder Cup because he said such a collection of amazing players would never return to the spectacular lakeside course northeast of Sheboygan. […]