Amateur men: Thorbjornsen in Paris

Before he embarks upon his junior year at Stanford, Michael Thorbjornsen has a festive trip to Paris to cap off his summer. As a member of the three-man U.S. squad that is taking part in the World Amateur Team Championship, the Wellesley, Mass., golfer and 2021 Massachusetts State Amateur champ would love to rekindle the sort of magic that was turned in by another Mass. golfer 28 years ago, the last time the WATC was in France. It was 1994 when Norwood’s Allen Doyle joined John Harris, Todd Demsey and a young kid by the name of Tiger Woods in a gold medal-winning performance for Team USA. Doyle was 46, twice the age of most of his competitors, but it hardly stopped him as he captured medalist honors. Thorbjornsen and his teammates, Gordon Sargent of Vanderbilt and Austin Greaser of the University of North Carolina, will be vying for the coveted Eisenhower Trophy. The men’s competition begins today.

Pros: Center stage for New England PGA

Should you be looking for a favorite in the upcoming NEPGA Championship (Sept. 6-7-8) at Eastward Ho! in Chatham, we’ve got two leading candidates. How about Rich Berberian and Shawn Warren, winners of seven of the last nine editions of this NEPGA major? Berberian, who has won four times, is the teaching pro at Vesper CC. Warren, a three-time winner, teaches at Falmouth CC in Maine.