MARION — Though it may be a friendly rivalry, make no mistake. Both teams want to win the prize. At stake was the 2013 Senior (age 50-and-over) Challenge Cup men’s golf title. Iowa City won last year, but the team from Cedar Rapids wanted to bring the trophy north. Cedar Rapids got the revenge it [...]

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - Tiger Woods held on to clinch his second Players Championship by two strokes on Sunday after long-time adversary Sergio Garcia spectacularly imploded on his last two holes. Spaniard Garcia shared the lead on 13-under with Woods when he teed off at the short but treacherous 17th, but hit into the water twice to [...]

Editor’s note: Steve Charters is in his 11th year as a pro at Twin Pines Golf Course. Born and raised in Cedar Rapids, Charters competed at Central College in Pella and has been a pro for 18 years in Dubuque and Cedar Rapids. So you’ve reached that point where your close enough to the green [...]

Zach Johnson started strong on his front nine Friday at the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass, making three birdies and firing 33. At the turn – Johnson started on the back nine – he was just two shots back of Sergio Garcia. But Johnson made back-to-back bogeys on his 15th and 16th holes (Nos. 6 [...]

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida (Reuters) – Unheralded Roberto Castro fired a 63 to tie the course record for a three-shot lead over Rory McIlroy and Zach Johnson with Tiger Woods lurking after Thursday’s first round of the Players Championship. The world class leaderboard also included U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson, U.S. Ryder Cup players Steve [...]

Here is our latest list of golf tournaments throughout Eastern Iowa. If you would like your golf tournaments listed here, send them to sports@sourcemedia.net Like the running calendar, we will update this from time to time and repost. Enjoy. May 4 — 2-couple best shot, Buffalo Creek Golf Course, (319) 935-3697 4 — 1-person best [...]

Editor’s note: Steve Charters is in his 11th year as a pro at Twin Pines Golf Course. Born and raised in Cedar Rapids, Charters competed at Central College in Pella and has been a pro for 18 years in Dubuque and Cedar Rapids. We’ve all had it happen, that beautiful feeling swing that results in [...]

CEDAR RAPIDS – The Cedar Rapids municipal courses and ranges (Ellis, Gardner, Jones, Twin Pines) will close for the rest of today due to weather and course conditions. Golfers are encouraged to call ahead Thursday through the weekend for conditions and availability of golf cars and driving range facilities. More information is available online at [...]

  AUGUSTA, Ga. — It was raining. It was dusk. It was dreary. It was sublime. It was Argentina against Australia in a sudden-death playoff Sunday. Argentina got a pope a month ago. Australia got a Masters champion Sunday night. Joy abounds in both nations for both firsts. “We like to think we are the [...]

Editor’s note: Steve Charters is in his 11th year as a pro at Twin Pines Golf Course. Born and raised in Cedar Rapids, Charters competed at Central College in Pella and has been a pro for 18 years in Dubuque and Cedar Rapids. Too often I hear the comment “I’m hitting it pretty well on [...]