Category: Golf Course Reviews
REPORTING RESULTS
REPORTING SCORES Varsity coaches are urged to report varsity results in a timely fashion by e-mail to senior editor Dan Stickradt at dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com or results@northoaklandsports.com, or by calling the sports nightline recording at (248) 812-1053. Deadlines are normally midnight each day. High schools and colleges in the NorthOaklandSports coverage region include Auburn Hills Avondale, Auburn [...]
SPORTS BRIEFS — AUGUST
SPORTS BRIEFS — AUGUST COACHES NEEDED TEAM Basketball, Together Everyone Achieves More, is commencing its 10th year of travel basketball. The club currently has boys teams beginning 3rd grade through U-17 and girls teams in many of the same age groups. TEAM Basketball administration is looking for coaches in several age groups and players of [...]
North Oakland Sports expands to three more schools
OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. — NorthOaklandSports.com has expanded. Founded in December, 2009, to replace former print publications or current print publications that have severely downsized in recent times, has added the communities of Holly and Ortonville and incorporated Holly, Ortonville Brandon and Pontiac Notre Dame Prep high schools into its coverage region. Previously, NOS included public [...]
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AOTW: Michigan State’s Meier continues to impress on golf course
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — Challenge Christine Meier and she’ll eventually rise to the occasion. Put her in the position to win and she’ll at least compete. After all, her resume is stacked with impressive wins and top-10 finishes. The Rochester Hills resident and sophomore-to-be at Michigan State has had quite [...]
Teammates face head-to-head at Michigan Women’s Amateur
Rochester Hills’ Christine Meier advances to semifinals BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com HIGHLAND TOWNSHIP — Chances are that in match play of the Michigan Women’s Amateur, a golfer will face off with a former, current or future teammate. It happened several times this week at Prestwick Village Country Club near Milford. In quarterfinal play [...]
FLASHBACK: Third annual TRC golf outing reaches goal of ‘chippin in’ for special causes
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — Nikki Baize Moran is quite honest about her golfing etiquette. The 1990 Rochester High School grad hasn’t swung a club in over seven years until Friday, when she hit the links. “I haven’t played in a long, long time,” she laughed, just moments after participating in [...]
FLASHBACK: All for charity … Friends ‘link up’ for a good cause
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Joe Perk remembers the day like it was just moments ago. It was a day supposed to be set aside for Christmas gift-wrapping and last-minute shopping. After all, Christmas was only three short days away and with many events planned for the holidays, there was [...]
Johnson takes stroke play at Michigan Women’s Amateur
Yurik, Compton, Meier all in top 10 heading into match play BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com HIGHLAND TOWNSHIP — Sarah Johnson knows that a top-seed has never lost in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament in the first round. She wants to make sure that type of upset doesn’t happen in women’s golf, either, at [...]
Openings still available for TRC-Moscato Golf Outing
ROCHESTER HILLS — The Thomas Richards Charity still has openings for its annual Matt Moscato Golf Outing, which will take place at 12 noon on July 29 at Twin Lakes Golf Course. The outing, a memorial golf tournament named after the late Matt Moscato, a 1989 Rochester (Mich.) High School graduate tragically killed in a [...]
Fore their memory: Golfers, friends, family unite for fallen colleagues
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — Greg Beckett remembers the time that he surpassed his father as a golfer. “I started golfing around the time I was a freshman in high school. At that time I was way worse than my dad,” said Beckett. “Half a year later and I pretty much [...]
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Do you have video you wish to submit? Do you have video of a local high school varsity, college, youth/club or recreational league? Feel free to send us the youtube link and embed code for publication consideration. For details, e-mail Senior Editor Dan Stickradt at dan.stickradt@northoaklandspor ts.com. Comeback daily to www.northoaklandsports.com, home of over 4 [...]
REPORTING VARSITY RESULTS
REPORTING SCORES Varsity coaches are urged to report varsity results by calling the nightline recording at (248) 812-1053, or e-mail senior editor Dan Stickradt at dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com or results@northoaklandsports.com)
The White Move: Tips and thoughts from the lesson tee
Did you know that for the average golfer it takes approximately 1.25 seconds to make contact with the ball from the address takeaway position? Of that 1.25 seconds, approximately .80 seconds is consumed with the takeaway to top of swing position. That leaves less than a half second to get back down to the ball [...]
The White Move: Tips and thoughts from the lesson tee
New years resolutions are something we all think about this time of year. We can all think of personal resolutions, family resolutions and career resolutions. I’ve tried to come up with some golf related resolutions that you can think about achieving in 2011. It’s always best when we put pen to paper, listing our goals [...]
