By Robert Kimball Whether you strolled the fairways of some of the most exclusive private clubs in the Triad area, or were just a weekend warrior, you have no doubt seen it. The spray painted white lines that marked off “Ground under Repair,” par-4 holes turned into par 3s, the bare patches on what normally…
By MICHAEL GRAFF Standing in the first fairway on the first hole of the first round played at the newly renovated Bryan Park Golf course, Kevin Smith pulled out a 9-iron. The course’s superintendent has stared at approach shots on this hole countless times during his 10 years at Bryan Park. But this day, August…
By MICHAEL GRAFF And now, they’ll be side-by-side. For the past five years, golf course superintendents in the Triad have faced a difficult decision: Join the movement toward hot-weather bermudagrass greens or stick with the old-favorite, cold-weather bentgrass. Greensboro’s most well-known public golf facility will try both. On June 17, Bryan Park will close its…
By STUART HALL Patrick Reed has played Pinehurst No. 2, the Olympic Club and even a couple of rounds at Augusta National. Not surprising, those courses left favorable impressions on the 19-year-old. And so did Bryan Park Golf and Conference Center, recent host of the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship. “Easily the best public course…
Copyright USGA/Fred Vuich By STEVE HANF The planning has been in the works for some four years. The event will last six days. The relationship between Bryan Park Golf & Conference Center, the city of Greensboro and the United States Golf Association? That could last a lifetime if all goes well from July 12-17…