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Whitmer joined the Globe in 2001, and has covered golf since 2009 and the Patriots since 2011. A graduate of Miami University, he has worked at newspapers in Georgia and North Carolina, and also spends part of the year working on the Globe’s sports copy desk.
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Arnold Palmer hosts Ouimet scholarship banquet
By Michael Whitmer , Globe Staff
Video tributes poured in from around the world, a sold-out crowd of more than 2,100 packed the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, and Arnold Palmer presided over dinner as the evening’s honorary chairman.Somewhere, Francis Ouimet must have been smiling.The scholarship fund he created in 1949 — inaugural class: 13 scholars — became, in his words, his greatest achievement in golf. So the annual banquet put on by the Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund Wednesday night appropriately honored its namesake, in recognition of the 100-year anniversary of Ouimet’s stirring upset win in the 1913 US Open at The Country Club.
On golf
Tiger Woods letting his play do all the talking
By Michael Whitmer , Globe Staff
It’s rare to find something that Tiger Woods has never accomplished on the golf course.
Golf tip: Good swings start with the right address
By Michael Whitmer , Globe Staff
Almost every good golf swing starts the same: with a proper address to the ball. Danny Caverly, the director of instruction at Willowbend, offers some insight into what goes into a solid setup:“While teaching at the Golf Digest Schools in Orlando, Fla., I’ve concluded that, as teachers/coaches of the game, we need to stress the importance of the initial position to the ball. I tell students, ‘Don’t blame your swinging motion for inconsistent results. Let’s make sure your setup is not contributing to poor shots.’“Ball flight is all about the grip.“All lines lead to the target.“Great posture equals a great turn.”
This week in golf, at a glance
By Michael Whitmer , Globe Staff
While most everyone else was focused on the battle royale brewing between Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia, or who would find the water at No. 17, rookie David Lingmerth quietly went about his business.