Today's Sports

Well, I’ve never been to Spain, but I do like catching Spanish mackerel.

Spanish mackerel are the smaller cousins of the prized king mackerel, a big game fish for which our state is widely known. Although they don’t get as large as kings, Spanish are easier to catch, more colorful and better tasting. Like kings, they are a fish of the ocean, not going deep into inshore waters, but roaming close enough to the beach so they are often in range of pier and surf fishermen as well as those with small boats.

As a tournament fisherman as well as a tournament operator, I feel I have the highest level of responsibility to ensure the rules of my tournaments are followed.

As such, and with the commitment to uphold the honor and integrity of the Jolly Mon King Mackerel Classic, the tournament committee has made the decision to disqualify the boat Takin It Easy, captained by Cameron Bowers, for failure to comply with tournament rules.

The winner of the tournament is Keith Logan and crew of Logan’s Love.

Golfers ace holes at Ocean Ridge Plantation golf courses

On July 30 at Ocean Ridge, Howard Ray had his third hole-in-one in his golfing career, this one on the 137-yard sixth hole on Panther’s Run. He used an 8-iron.

On July 28 at Ocean Ridge, Mike Ratchford had his first hole-in-one. It happened on the 154-yard 17th hole on Lion’s Paw. He used a 5-wood.

BEACHCOMBERS

Dalton Gore, a rising junior at South Brunswick High School will fly on Aug. 23 to Monterey, Calif., to compete in the Wal-Mart First Tee Open, a Champions Tour event.

Each First Tee participant is teamed with one Champions Tour player and two amateurs in a 54-hole tournament played at the Pebble Beach Golf Links and the Del Monte Golf Course.