Wyndham Worldwide and Winston-Salem based BB&T have signed a 10-year extension as title sponsor of the Wyndham Championship, continuing their commitment through 2026. “We are extremely pleased to announce this new long-term commitment by Wyndham Worldwide, which represents a continuation of the tremendous progress the tournament has made through Wyndham’s support since 2007,” said PGA…
By DAVID DROSCHAK John McConnell readily admits he never set out to purchase a stable of golf courses across the states of North Carolina and South Carolina. But as properties presented themselves throughout the past decade the business itch inside the former high-tech executive took over. So did his “pure golf” belief and affinity for…
By STEVE HANF Scott Harvey is just about ready to put his clubs in the closet for a month and take a much-needed break from golf. He’ll have plenty of memories to tide him over during his break – and plenty to look forward to when it ends – thanks to last month’s victory in…
By STEVE HANF In the Triad, Lanny Wadkins is best remembered for his 1983 victory in the Greater Greensboro Open and endless trips around Forest Oaks Country Club. What many local golf fans may have forgotten is that Wadkins played his first six Greensboro PGA Tour events at Sedgefield Country Club, including his very first…
By SEVE HANF Bill Harvey spent a lifetime playing golf in some of the nation’s biggest tournaments. Harvey also spent a lifetime sharing his love of the game with countless others. The last tournament in which Harvey played – in fact, the last time he played golf at all – was in 2006 at a…
By BOB SUTTON With all the rave reviews associated with Sedgefield Country Club since it became the home to the Wyndham Championship, there’s something else growing on the tournament grounds. New grass for the greens. The switch to a more heat-resistant strain of bermudagrass for the greens complexes is one of the major storylines –…
By MICHAEL GRAFF When George Veach bought Wilshire Golf Course in Winston-Salem 45 years ago, winters gave him fits. Cold seasons didn’t mix well with Wilshire’s bermudagrass greens – greens that would be more comfortable in shorts and sunglasses than overcoats and boots. On the worst years, they froze up and died. So in 1977,…
By MICHAEL GRAFF At the start of June, Brent Gentel was the happiest golf course superintendent around. His greens at Starmount Forest Country Club in Greensboro were in their best shape in six years. The way they rolled, the way they looked, everything was perfect. And then it wasn’t. On June 11, Starmount’s bentgrass greens…
By CARTER CHEVES With so much success over the years, the Duke women’s golf philosophy is pretty simple, according to coach Dan Brooks. “At Duke it’s all about the process,” Brooks said as the Blue Devils prepare for the ACC Championship at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro on April 15-17. “Playing one shot at a…
McConnell Golf, LLC has announced the purchase of its seventh premier golf club in the Carolinas, Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C., a renowned Donald Ross design and site of PGA TOUR’s Wyndham Championship. Sedgefield CC’s membership debated the possible sale throughout most of 2010, and after considering all options decided that the sale to…