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American Press
19 minutes ago
- Sport
- American Press
East's game trending north, carries momentum, new putter into City Championship
Southeastern Louisiana University sophomore Landen East lost at the Louisiana Amateur Championship earlier this month in a sudden death playoff and will go for his first Lake Charles City Championship this weekend. (Southeastern Louisiana University/Special to the American Press) Like baseball and the home run, golf has become more about the booming drive off the tee box in recent years. But to Southeastern Louisiana University sophomore golfer Landen East, success only comes when you can put the ball in the hole. 'You can't shoot low scores if you are not getting it in the hole,' East said. That philosophy has guided his search the last couple of years to find the right putter with the right feel that allowed him to strike the ball with pinpoint accuracy. A couple of months ago, the former Sulphur High School standout picked up a new Ping PLD Milled Anser 30 blade putter and almost won the 106th Louisiana Amateur Championship and almost made the cut at the U.S. Amateur qualifying tournament in the last few weeks. 'I have been putting great,' East said. 'I have probably been putting the best in my life here recently. 'Obviously I am hitting the ball well. Ever since I switched to (the new putter), I have loved it. I don't see myself putting with anything else.' And he looks to carry that success into the Lake Charles City Championship today at Mallard Golf Club. The first group in the championship flight will tee off at 1 p.m. He previously used a Scotty Cameron Platinum Pro for a few months and a Ping mallet putter for two or three years before that. He averaged 75 a round in his sophomore season at SLU. 'I felt like my speed was off,' East said. 'I would get one that I felt that I hit good, and it would roll 6 or 7 feet past the hole. 'I grew up playing a blade and decided to make the switch back, and then I finally found the one that I really like in the new Ping. I switched to it because it is a little bit more face-balanced than the previous blade I had. It helps me keep the face a little more stable. It sets up well, and my speed control is better. That other club was a lighter head, but this heavier head is better for me.' At the state amateur tournament played June 5-8 at Bayou Oaks at City Park in New Orleans, East shot in the 60s in three of four rounds before losing to Shreveport's Connor Cassano, who plays at LSU by way of Loyola Prep, on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff. A key point in the final round allowed East to catch up to Cassano. After a bogey on the 13th hole, East knocked in a 35-foot putt for a birdie on the long par-3 No. 14 and played the final five holes at 3 under to force the playoff. He was 19 under for the tournament. At the U.S. Amateur qualifier, East shot a 69, missing the qualifying cut by one stroke. In his last five rounds, East has three-putted twice. East said there is little room for error at Mallard, especially on the greens. 'At Mallard, you can get away with a couple of errant tee shots, and you can get away with a couple of bad shots,' East said. 'But I feel the player that is going to win is going to limit their mistakes and going to try not to three-putt and make doubles. 'I feel like holing putts for par, making a few more birdies here and there, attributes a lot to being able to win the tournament.' He won the Sulphur City Championship last year and Westlake in 2022 and looks to win his first Lake Charles City Championship and join an elite group — Neithan Allen, Hank Shaheen, Matt Nicholas — who have won all three. 'It would be pretty cool to be a member of that club,' East said. East will be up against multiple past champions, including Nicholas, Blake DeReese, Gage Primeaux, Jacob Lejeune and Billy Gabbert. 'There are a lot of good players,' East said. 'I feel like I have a great chance, and I have proved that to myself.'
Yahoo
14 hours ago
- Health
- Yahoo
Leona Maguire, four back at KPMG, still dealing with aftermath of tick bites at Erin Hills
FRISCO, Texas – Leona Maguire doesn't typically wear sun sleeves on the golf course. But, after suffering from several tick bites at the U.S. Women's Open at Erin Hills, the Irishwoman went on a round of doxycycline, and it has wreaked havoc on her skin. The medication is meant to reduce the chance of contracting Lyme disease, and she's just finished up the two-week treatment. She wore pants last week at the Meijer but couldn't bring herself to do it this week in steamy Texas. Advertisement 'It's made my skin like tissue paper,' said Maguire, who has a particularly nasty blood blister on her right hand that she said looks like a pepperoni. Her twin sister Lisa, who recently graduated from dental school, dressed the wound twice during Round 1 of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship. Maguire opened with an even-par 72 at Fields Ranch East course to sit four strokes back of leader Jeeno Thitikul. After four consecutive missed cuts, Maguire has found something with her driver after switching back to last year's model. She also went back to her old putter — almost. Maguire's Ping rep has always had a backup putter at his house that was identical to her longtime putter, and she asked him to bring it out to Texas this week. Advertisement For the last few weeks, she'd been trying a center-shafted putter. 'Sometimes, what do they say, a rest is as good as a change,' said Maguire. 'It's nice to have this familiar putter.' This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Leona Maguire still dealing with aftermath of tick bites at Erin Hills
Yahoo
14 hours ago
- Health
- Yahoo
Leona Maguire, four back at KPMG, still dealing with aftermath of tick bites at Erin Hills
FRISCO, Texas – Leona Maguire doesn't typically wear sun sleeves on the golf course. But, after suffering from several tick bites at the U.S. Women's Open at Erin Hills, the Irishwoman went on a round of doxycycline, and it has wreaked havoc on her skin. The medication is meant to reduce the chance of contracting Lyme disease, and she's just finished up the two-week treatment. She wore pants last week at the Meijer but couldn't bring herself to do it this week in steamy Texas. Advertisement 'It's made my skin like tissue paper,' said Maguire, who has a particularly nasty blood blister on her right hand that she said looks like a pepperoni. Her twin sister Lisa, who recently graduated from dental school, dressed the wound twice during Round 1 of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship. Maguire opened with an even-par 72 at Fields Ranch East course to sit four strokes back of leader Jeeno Thitikul. After four consecutive missed cuts, Maguire has found something with her driver after switching back to last year's model. She also went back to her old putter — almost. Maguire's Ping rep has always had a backup putter at his house that was identical to her longtime putter, and she asked him to bring it out to Texas this week. Advertisement For the last few weeks, she'd been trying a center-shafted putter. 'Sometimes, what do they say, a rest is as good as a change,' said Maguire. 'It's nice to have this familiar putter.' This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Leona Maguire still dealing with aftermath of tick bites at Erin Hills
USA Today
14 hours ago
- Health
- USA Today
Leona Maguire, four back at KPMG, still dealing with aftermath of tick bites at Erin Hills
FRISCO, Texas – Leona Maguire doesn't typically wear sun sleeves on the golf course. But, after suffering from several tick bites at the U.S. Women's Open at Erin Hills, the Irishwoman went on a round of doxycycline, and it has wreaked havoc on her skin. The medication is meant to reduce the chance of contracting Lyme disease, and she's just finished up the two-week treatment. She wore pants last week at the Meijer but couldn't bring herself to do it this week in steamy Texas. 'It's made my skin like tissue paper,' said Maguire, who has a particularly nasty blood blister on her right hand that she said looks like a pepperoni. Her twin sister Lisa, who recently graduated from dental school, dressed the wound twice during Round 1 of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship. Maguire opened with an even-par 72 at Fields Ranch East course to sit four strokes back of leader Jeeno Thitikul. After four consecutive missed cuts, Maguire has found something with her driver after switching back to last year's model. She also went back to her old putter — almost. Maguire's Ping rep has always had a backup putter at his house that was identical to her longtime putter, and she asked him to bring it out to Texas this week. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle For the last few weeks, she'd been trying a center-shafted putter. 'Sometimes, what do they say, a rest is as good as a change,' said Maguire. 'It's nice to have this familiar putter.'
AsiaOne
a day ago
- General
- AsiaOne
'I just wanted a piece of nostalgia': Hundreds turn up at adoption drive to collect remaining Yale-NUS books, Singapore News
PUBLISHED ON June 19, 2025 5:22 AM By Liv Hana Roberts Hundreds of book lovers turned up at NUS Library's book adoption and exchange drive on Saturday (June 14) to pick up some of the discarded books from Yale-NUS College. Held outside the NUS Central Library, members of the public were given access to about 2,000 books. After the controversy over the disposal of hundreds of books in May, Yale-NUS College decided to host a donation drive for students, staff and their guests that month which saw "overwhelming response". 'A piece of nostalgia' Over at NUS Central Library on June 14, AsiaOne noted hundreds of people, ranging from children to graduates to elderly, queuing up and collecting books. "I just wanted to grab a piece of nostalgia," Yip, who declined to give his full name, said as he waited in the middle of a snaking queue. The 60-year-old, who studied economics in NUS about 20 years ago, added he was interested in collecting books on social sciences, humanities and history, as well as books on communication. "Yale-NUS College is closed, so they are giving away books for free, so I think that's good." The infotech worker said he felt "sad" hearing the books were dumped. "I mean I love books so if you see books being dumped they could be put to better use, somebody could use it. There's still value." Another book lover, who wanted to be known only as Chow, said he was curious to see "who are the people who would come to pick up the books". The school principal said that even though he understands the reason behind the outcry, the 52 year-old hopes the public can understand that "there is a proper way for libraries to dispose of books". He added that when books are "outdated", libraries often have their own "processes" to dispose of them and that information is often not known or accessible to the public. Many fresh graduates were also spotted at the book donation drive. One graduate, who only wanted to be known as Ping, said she wanted to check out the books as they are otherwise expensive. Ping, who had picked up books on anthropology, women in Afghanistan and slavery in America said: "There's so many people who want (the books), then you dump for what?" Jaron Lua and Sharyl Chin, both 25, and NTU English Literature graduates, said they just wanted to make sure the books didn't go to waste. Like Ping, Sharyl also noted that academic books are expensive. "We thought we should try our luck to see if we can get anything useful or relevant for our postgraduate studies." Sharyl, who picked up 18th and 19th century literature like Gertrude Stein, Jane Austin-adjacent titles and books on women's activism, added: "I think it's great that they decided to do this because you can see the whole Singaporean community come together for books. "So for me it disproves the idea that people don't read anymore." Both of them felt that the book dumping incident could have been handled better. Jaron said: "I feel like they should have considered adoption as their first option as opposed to (dumping the books)." The graduate, who collected books on Shakespeare, Italian poet Giovanni Boccaccio and English poet and author Geoffrey Chaucer, said: "They still shredded like 500 plus books… It may not seem like a lot but it actually is." Good haul Yip thought the fair was a good way for NUS Libraries to show the public that they "made an error and were trying to make amends". Yip revealed he wasn't just collecting books for himself but also for his friends and wife, who also had an interest in humanities, specifically history. Sharyl added that the event was "a really good haul" and had a "really good spread" of books. AsiaOne has reached out to NUS Libraries for more information. [[nid:718972]] NUSYale-NUSBooksStudentsUniversitydonations This website is best viewed using the latest versions of web browsers.
