Roundup: Marshall tops WVU in volleyball tournament Sep 15, 2007
SKINNER VISIT: NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series points leader Mike Skinner is scheduled to play in the 10th annual Toyota/Special Olympics West Virginia Golf Classic at 10 a.m. Monday at Sleepy Hollow Country Club. Skinner, the 1995 series champion, will join local golfers to raise funds for West Virginia Special Olympics. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
State Am notebook: It was a bumpy road for final threesome Aug 10, 2007
After the 12th, the players were asked to pick up the pace by Tony Leo, an official of the West Virginia Golf Association. For a while, it seemed like 12-time Amateur champ Pat Carter might get back in the proceedings playing two groups ahead of the final threesome. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Two-shot penalty costs Carter in U.S. qualifier Aug 2, 2007
As it often does at tournaments when more than one round is played on one day, the West Virginia Golf Association moved the tee locations after Wednesdays first round. When Carters group arrived at the third hole in the second round, the golfers teed off from the same location as they did in the first round, even though the tee locations were moved to another tee area. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Bradshaws Open title defense up to WVGA Jul 5, 2007
That, apparently, is up to the West Virginia Golf Association. - advertisement. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Boomers and birdies Jun 28, 2007
MORGANTOWN A lot has changed since the last time Ryan Whalen seriously contended for any sort of West Virginia golf championship. Back when the Bluefield native had top-three finishes in both the West Virginia Open and the West Virginia Amateur in 2002, he was getting ready for his senior year at Virginia Tech. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Golf notebook: Junior Match Play tourney begins today at Glade Springs Jun 8, 2007
As Ken Tackett, executive director of the West Virginia Golf Association defines it, there are three biggies in state junior golf: the Junior Match Play tournament, the Junior Amateur and the high school state championship. The Junior Match Play begins today at Glade Springs Cobb Course, with 51 players playing 18 holes in a stroke-play qualifier. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Golf notebook: U.S. Open qualifier today at Edgewood May 17, 2007
The players will begin teeing off at 8 a.m. According to Ken Tackett of the West Virginia Golf Association, the course will play at 7,007 yards. Continue 1. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Area roundup Sep 19, 2006
GOLF VISIT: PGA golfer Jeff Gallagher headlined the ninth Toyota/Special Olympics West Virginia golf classic Monday at the Sleepy Hollow Country Club. Gallagher performed a golf clinic and visited with local golfers before the tournament began. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
West Virginia Amateur notebook Aug 2, 2006
All the junior tournaments, all the high school tournaments, all the college tournaments and other West Virginia Golf Association events are 54 holes, or fewer. Reale has made the cut all but once in his State Am career, so he does know how to handle the 72-hole grind. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
State Junior Amateur Golf Jul 6, 2006
Persistent showers Wednesday morning and afternoon dumped about 3 inches of rain on Sleepy Hollow, forcing the West Virginia Golf Association to suspend play in the 36-hole event, with some golfers completing 11 holes and others just two. The WVGA didnt release scores since no one completed a round. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Glade Springs length will test State Open field Jun 25, 2006
Its] a true test of golf, said Ken Tackett of the West Virginia Golf Association. The rough is so severe you have to swing it straight. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Junior golf event set for Greenbrier Jan 10, 2006
Weve had a long, long history with them, said Ken Tackett, tournament director of the West Virginia Golf Association. The sate junior match play tournament, which was played at Edgewood Country Club last year, has gained prestige in recent years, said Tackett. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
West Virginia Golf Association Schedule Jan 10, 2006
The Charleston Gazette - Sports. At 3:54 AM in Charleston, West Virginia. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
