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Jenna Cannon hits a shot during her semifinal match with Missy Tabery. Photo by Monte Draper.

Birchmont championship matches set

Jenna Cannon wants to keep playing in The Birchmont. Winning her semifinal match Friday to reach the women's championship is a good sign she will return next year. "I work...

sports Fri, Jul 31, 2009 - 7:17pm

Friday's Birchmont championship results, Saturday's tee times

Friday's Championship Results (Hometown in parentheses) Men's Championship Quarterfinals Tim Skarperud (Grand Forks, N.D.) def. Thomas Strandemo (Fargo, N.D.), 4 and 2. Mike Christensen (Grand Rapids) def. Jesse Nelson (Pine...

sports Fri, Jul 31, 2009 - 7:16pm

David Mooney drives a ball into Lake Bemidji as part of a posthumous tribute to his father, Keith Mooney, Thursday night at Bemidji Town & Country Club. Keith Mooney served as The Birchmont starter for 43 years. Pioneer Photo/Eric Stromgren

Legendary Birchmont starter Keith Mooney remembered with salute on the shore

A bright rainbow curled high in the sky over the first fairway during Thursday night's long drive contest. "You see that," David Mooney said as he pointed to the clouds,...

sports Thu, Jul 30, 2009 - 11:00pm

Mike Christensen of Grand Rapids hits out of the sand on the sixth hole during men's championship play Thursday at Bemidji Town & Country Club. Pioneer Photo/Monte Draper

Birchmont golfers fight through the rain

Put the rain gear on, take the rain gear off - so went the rain dance in the men's championship Thursday at The Birchmont. The eight golfers that emerged from...

sports Thu, Jul 30, 2009 - 10:59pm

Birchmont match play underway with close matches, rallies and super shots

In the opening day of match play Wednesday at The Birchmont, perhaps no one had a sweeter shot in the men's championship than Brandon Myers. The Motley native and New...

sports Wed, Jul 29, 2009 - 9:10pm

Birchmont notebook: Future North Dakota St. teammates to meet in quarterfinals

College orientation will come early for Cydney Hasselberg. The Staples-Motley graduate will attend North Dakota State this fall and play for the Bison women's golf team. Her opponent in the...

sports Wed, Jul 29, 2009 - 9:08pm

Anne Fraser was the only player in the Women's Championship to break 80 during Wednesday's qualifying and took medalist honors with a four-over-par 76. Pioneer Photo/Monte Draper

Birchmont: Nelson fires five-under 67, takes qualifying medalist honors

A self-described glorified cartboy from Pine River walked away with medalist honors in The Birchmont men's championship Tuesday. Jesse Nelson shot a five-under-par 67 Tuesday to finish with the low...

sports Wed, Jul 29, 2009 - 12:00am

Tuesday's Birchmont results, Wednesday's championship tee times

Men's championship Final Qualifying scores Jesse Nelson, Pine River 73 67 140 Tim Skarperud, Grand Forks 70 72 142 Devin Hexner, S. Francisco 72 72 144 Tom Jenkins, Maple Grove...

sports Wed, Jul 29, 2009 - 12:00am

Amy Anderson (right) gets a congratulatory hug from Kimberly Kim after winning the 61st U.S. Girls' Junior on the 31st hole. (John Mummert/USGA)

Birchmont champ Amy Anderson wins U.S. Junior Girls title

BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) -- Amy Anderson of Oxbow, N.D., won the Ladies Championship at the 2008 Birchmont golf tournament in Bemidji. Now she is a national champion as well. Anderson...

sports Sat, Jul 25, 2009 - 4:24pm

Seventeen-year-old Amy Anderson of Oxbow, N.D., advanced to the semifinal round of the 2009 U.S. Girls Juniors golf tournament today. If she wins her semifinal match she will play for the title on Saturday.

Birchmont champion Amy Anderson reaches finals of U.S. Junior Girls tournament

BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) -- Medalists Jordan Spieth of Dallas and Amy Anderson of Oxbow, N.D. scored semifinal victories to advance to the finals of the boys and girls USGA Junior...

sports Fri, Jul 24, 2009 - 5:00pm

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