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Long drive to the top
Her summer schedule doesn't show it, but there's more to Mieke Canan than her golf game. Now that school has started, she's put her golf clubs aside and is already busy with volleyball practice for Antelope Union High. She's also started training two...
Canan wins Player of the Year award
Junior golfer Mieke Canan won the girls Player of the Year Award from the Junior Golf Association of Arizona. Canan, who lives in Roll and plays high school golf for Antelope Union, competed in 15 JGAA and PGA sponsored events this year and won four...
Yuma's top juniors off to state championships
Six of Yuma's junior golfers have qualified for the PGA Antigua Tour's state championships on Aug. 5-6 at Antelope Hills Golf Course in Prescott. Kody Fiser, Cameron Sharp, Grady Bourguignon, Collin Catron, Henry Canan and Mieke Canan each qualified...
Canan wins junior match play event
Mieke Canan is no stranger to contending and winning on the Junior Golf Association of Arizona circuit. But the three-time JGAA champion in 2008 still had to overcome a few tense moments this week to pick up win No. 4 at the Arizona Junior Match Play...
Nakasawa one step closer at State Am
SCOTTSDALE - Former Yuma Catholic golfer Bentley Nakasawa pulled away on the back nine to come out with an opening-round match play victory at the 84th Arizona Amateur Championship on Wednesday in Scottsdale at Troon Country Club. R.J. Wood, a two-time...
Pair of Yumans reach match play at Arizona Amateur
After two rounds of stroke play the 84th Arizona Amateur Championship has been trimmed down to 64 golfers, and two of those still standing are Yuma's Bentley Nakasawa and R.J. Wood. Both players finished in the top 30 to advance into the match play portion...
Catron, Vallejo claim first at Mesa Del Sol
Colin Catron and David Vallejo shot a scrambling gross score of seven under par 29 to win first place in the Mesa Del Sol twilight league play on Thursday afternoon. Vallejo’s hole-in-one on the 5th hole gave the team their victory over Harry...
Inside the ropes at the U.S. Open
A golf course superintendant to the core, Tim Holyk said his first tour of the North Course at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego made him a bit teary-eyed. Fairways overtaken by hospitality tents. Greens covered up by sponsor events and...
Toast of Torrey
SAN DIEGO - Seventy two holes wasn't enough to end it. Ninety holes wasn't enough to end it. But on the 91st hole of the U.S. Open, Rocco Mediate finally succumbed to the finish that Tiger Woods never fails to provide in a major - even on one bad leg. In...
Father's Day tie at U.S. Open
SAN DIEGO - Traditionally, the U.S Open rewards the steady golfer who can avoid big numbers and make par a premium. That's exactly what Rocco Mediate did. But the blueprint for winning this tournament doesn't include instructions for holding off Tiger...
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