By EDDIE HUFFMAN Outside it was a cold and windy winter day, but inside Brian Uhl and J’oel Sanfilippo offered a reminder that spring is coming as they taught some basic golf skills to a group of young boys and girls. “Back up just a little bit,” Uhl said, positioning a boy on…
By STEVE WILLIAMS Payne McLeod was one of two North Carolina junior boys named to the All-Carolinas golf team, the second major honor he has received in December. McLeod, a senior at Reidsville High School who will play collegiately at UNC Wilmington, was also named to the Carolinas Golf Association’s All-State team. The only other…
Located on the site of the historic Lexington Plantation is Charleston’s nationally acclaimed golf facility, Dunes West Golf Club. This Arthur Hills design is a diamond. This par 72, 6871 yard masterpiece is one of the best you will ever play. Set amid bermuda-covered dunes and 200 year old oaks draped in spanish moss…
Q-School survivor eyes chances on Nationwide Tour By STEVE HANF Perhaps one good adage deserves another, because if timing is, in fact, everything – Chris Mundorf could be in trouble. Instead, how about good things come to those who wait? The 2009 golfing year proved to be a mixed bag for Mundorf, the former East Forsyth…
Redesigned Greensboro CC Farm Course exceeds expectations More than 300,000 cubic yards of dirt got moved in the new layout. Some 1,300 sprinkler heads went in for a new irrigation system. Rolls of lush sod measuring 24 acres on the fairways and 125 acres in all went down. A winding 5.3 miles of pristine concrete cart…
For golf equipment geeks, the year’s first golf publications are as highly anticipated as the season’s first warm weather tee time. The reason? Hot List, ClubTest and reviews of golf’s newest equipment. The lists are akin to the Grammys for music lovers and Academy Awards for movie fans. “It’s somewhat difficult to actually quantify how…
Tobacco Road: Risky proposition turns into Sandhills gold If you’ve ever golfed at Tobacco Road, it is hard to believe the Mike Strantz layout is situated just seven miles south of the hard red clay that once helped Sanford lay claim as the “Brick Capital of the World.” You may see red after playing…