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LIV Golf’s Richard Bland wins senior major at 2024 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship
BENTON HARBOR, Mich. — After putting poorly for the first three rounds of 84th KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship, England’s Richard Bland put his putter “Gamer” on notice. Sunday at Harbor Shores, “Gamer” delivered, and Bland, a member of LIV Golf who was in the field on a special exemption from the PGA of America, shot the day’s best round at the par-71, 6,744-yard Jack Nicklaus designed course by Lake Michigan — an 8-under 63 — to capture his debut senior major by three strokes. The 51-year-old Bland, who earned $630,000 with the victory over Australian lefthander Richard Green, was thinking about changing putters...
Great eight, Northport boys lax in county final again
It was a rivalry that has become a domination. And the latest chapter was delivered with quite the punctuation. The Northport boys lacrosse program thrashed Ward Melville on Saturday, May 18, by a score of 14-3 in the Suffolk County Class A semifinal match at Northport. It is the eighth straight time the Tigers have beaten the Patriots, three of the eight knocking Ward Melville out of the playoffs.
Long Island sports teams and local businesses: a symbiotic relationship
Long Island provides one of the largest populations among regions in the U.S., which makes it a great market for sports as a business. In turn, Long Islanders can count on those sports to further posi...
HS boys’ lacrosse: St. Peter’s comes back on Holy Trinity to capture CHSAA B Intersectionals
HICKSVILLE, L.I. -- St. Peter’s varsity lacrosse team won its second crown in five days by beating host Holy Trinity, 10-5, Wednesday in the CHSAA B Intersectional championship. It’s the first Intersectional crown the school has won in the six short years of existence. The Eagles claimed the CHSAA...
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