By David Droschak The work is complete …. Now the reviews start. In what some have described as a bold move after two successful U.S. Opens and a unique USGA double-header on the horizon in 2014, Pinehurst Resort is ready to unveil the throwback design of its classic No. 2 course to the golfing public.…
By STEVE HANF More than one person questioned Alex Johnston’s sanity when he interviewed for a job at Salem Glen Golf & Country Club. Sure, the facility still boasted the only Nicklaus-designed golf course in the area. There was, however, that little matter of Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, which Salem Glen remained under when Johnston…
By CARTER CHEVES In Georgia Tech Coach Bruce Heppler’s first season (1995-96), the Yellow Jackets finished dead last at the ACC Championship. In his second year they managed to beat one other team. In year three, Tech made a move to the runner-up position and in year four, the Ramblin’ Wreck won the ACC Championship.…
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…
By BOB SUTTON With the ideal set-up to have a home site, officials with the Carolinas Section of the PGA decided the best way to go about that was to return home. By agreeing to lease about a 3-acre piece of property at Bryan Park Golf & Conference Center in Greensboro, the group is essentially…
VILLAGE OF PINEHURST, N.C. (March 14, 2011) – PCC Realty LLC, which is controlled by the owners of Pinehurst Resort, today announced that it will not reopen the newly-acquired Pit Golf Links at least for the remainder of 2011. After an extensive review, PPC officials determined that in lieu of current economic conditions and the required…
By DAVID DROSCHAK It has been 13 years since the passing of real estate mogul Joseph Koury, but Mo Milani can rattle off stories about the early development of Grandover Resort on demand, offering vivid details of long walks the two shared, covering every piece of dirt, every plan, and every idea for the expansive…
By BOB SUTTON The golf part of Forest Oaks Country Club always has been one of the foundations associated with the facility in southeast Guilford County. Its rich history was solidified as a PGA Tour stop for more than three decades. But Geoff Dail, who’s general manager at Forest Oaks, said it has so much…
Victoria Allred bests strong field at Pine Needles By STEVE WILLIAMS Victoria Allred has come of age. Though still only a high school freshman, she claimed her first title in a major event’s oldest age group when she won the Peggy Kirk Bell Girls Golf Tour’s Pine Needles Classic on Jan. 30. Not only…
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…