In arguably the greatest golf moment of his young life, Jack Carr briefly stepped away from the festivities to do what all good boys and girls should. The West High senior grabbed his phone and called his mother from just outside the Anchorage Golf Course clubhouse....
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Swinton’s college golf journey started with grandpa’s clubs
Tyler Swinton of Haines started golfing because it was something his dad did, and his dad before him. His first clubs were hand-me-downs from his grandpa after he died. He’s too big to use those clubs today, but he still carries that passion for the sport. The...
Alaska’s only college golfer thriving at Oregon Tech
One bad round cost Tyler Swinton of Haines over the weekend as he slipped outside the top 25 at the Corban Spring Invitational at Creekside Golf Club in Oregon. The Oregon Tech University junior golfer finished the three-day tournament with a 54-hole total of 230,...
Bomar participates on Canadian women’s golf tour
We don’t have many professional golfers coming out of Alaska, but Brittany Bomar of Anchorage is one of the few. So that makes her one of the greatest. The 25-year-old turned pro in 2011 and played her first two seasons in Australia. Now this is her second season on...
Rare Alaska college golfer, Swinton to play for Oregon Tech
College coaches don’t typically line up to sign Alaska golfers, so Tyler Swinton of Haines took matters into his own hands. He recruited Oregon Institute of Technology. After helping Southwestern Oregon Community College win last fall’s NWAACC championship and...
Bomar career-best 7th at Michigan Open
Anchorage's Brittany Bomar earned her best finish as a professional golfer, finishing seventh at the Michigan PGA Women’s Open. She finished with a 54-hole total of 216 [72-70-74], four strokes off the lead. Bomar, of Service High fame, turned pro in 2011 after a...
Daniels shoots 83 on first day of NCAAs
Anchorage’s Kevin Daniels of American International College is tied for 64th out of 110 golfers after the first day of the NCAA Super Regional in Pennsylvania. The senior fired an 83 this afternoon on the Par 71 6,984-yard East Course at Hershey Country Club. He is 11...
Daniels cards 2-under 70, finishes 2nd
Tied for fourth after the first round of the American International College Invitational, Anchorage’s Kevin Daniels needed to play the best golf of his life to have a chance to win. He nearly pulled it off. Daniels, of South High fame, fired a career-low 2-under 70 in...
Daniels ties for 19th at Long Island GC
American International College senior golfer Kevin Daniels of Anchorage tied for 19th in a 91-man field at the 8th annual Peter King Memorial at Long Island National Golf Course in New York. He fired a two-day, 36-hole total of 155 [+13], nine shots off the lead....