Aug-2017
Matthew Ladd and Spencer Wagner stood on the practice green. The soon-to-be teammates at the University of Evansville joked with each other that it would be funny if the two of them had to go to a playoff to decide the Courier & Press Men’s City Tournament champion. Little did they know. The duo needed […]
Aug-2016
Logan Osborne won his second Evansville Courier & Press Men’s City Golf Tournament championship Sunday with an even-par 71 Sunday at Evansville Country Club for a four-shot win over Stewie Hobgood. Osborne, who won his first title in 2013, started the day with a 4-under par total of 209 for a one-shot lead over Matthew […]
Logan Osborne can’t explain why, but he has made an inordinate amount of long putts on the 18th hole at Rolling Hills Country Club. He did it again Saturday, and this particular bomb may directly impact who wins the Evansville Courier & Press City Golf Tournament.
Aug-2016
Mater Dei senior Spencer Wagner had no idea just how close he was to the lead of the Evansville Courier & Press City Tournament. After all, most of the spectators were watching Logan Osborne, Matthew Ladd and Stewie Hobgood in the group behind him. If not for a tough stretch coming in, Wagner could have […]
Logan Osborne, the 2013 Evansville Courier & Press Men’s City Golf Tournament champion, made a 60-foot uphill putt for par on No. 18 at Rolling Hills to hold onto a one-shot lead in the 2016 tourney Saturday at Rolling Hills. Osborne needed the long putt to finish at even par 72 for the day and […]
Aug-2016
The previous 86 editions of the Evansville Courier & Press City Golf Tournament have included at least 54 of a possible 72 holes. That run could be tested this weekend. “It is the most threatening forecast that I have seen in my 37 years as tournament director,” Bob Walther said.
Aug-2016
When Jon Wagner was the same age as most of his Evansville Courier & Press City Golf Tournament competitors, he couldn’t break 100. Wagner wrestled and played baseball for Castle High School but didn’t pick up golf until his 20s. A greybeard compared to most other City contenders, the 33-year-old Wagner is tied for fourth […]
While the final groups were finishing the second round of the Evansville Courier & Press City Golf Tournament at Fendrich Golf Course, tension built inside the clubhouse.
Matthew Ladd received a do-over of sorts on Sunday. He missed a short par putt on the 18th hole Saturday at Helfrich Hills Golf Course, squandering a chance to grab the outright lead at the Evansville Courier & Press City Golf Tournament.
Aug-2016
Matthew Ladd, 2016 Scism Scholarship Award winner and co first-round leader of the Courier & Press Men’s City Golf Tournament, continued his storybook run Sunday at Fendrich. The freshman-to-be at the University of Evansville shot a 3-under par 67 to take a one-stroke lead over 2013 champion Logan Osborne, who also shot 67. That put […]