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Steve Solloway: The 'best friend' of Maine golf enters Hall of Fame write way

Sport: Golf

Posted: September 7th, 2012 by T Nolette

by Steve Solloway

After writing thousands of words detailing Maine golfers and the games they play, Tom Chard wonders what he'll say Thursday when he accepts his induction into the Maine Golf Hall of Fame. For the first time since his days as a three-sport athlete at Deering High, the spotlight will be on him.

Chard is my colleague at the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. We're not in the business to write about each other. But it's not often someone is beckoned into a hall of fame.

Chard might have wished he had won at least one Maine Amateur tournament. He hasn't lost his competitive edge. In fact, at age 61 he carries a 4 handicap and in recent years has made that tournament's cut.

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