Mid-Amateur opens up at Neshobe Golf Club
(WorldNews Sport)

BRANDON — The 2020 Vermont Golf Association Mid-Amateur championship begins competition Thursday morning at Neshobe Golf Club. Five-time Mid-Amateur champion Garren Poirier, of Rutland Country Club, is back and looking to defend his crown. Poirier comes in as winner of the tournament in four of the last five years. Poirier went into last year`s round of 32 as the No. 15 seed, following a 4-over stroke play qualifying round at Manchester Country Club. He battled through a tough bracket and eventually topped Country Club of Barre`s Eric Lajeunesse 2-and-1 in the match play final. Poirier and Lajeunesse are joined by Rutland`s Frankie Sanborn, who was the top qualifier in stroke play last year....