By MICHAEL GRAFF This time last year, Greensboro National Golf Club, full of unrealized potential, would have enlisted anyone with a lawnmower to help maintain the grounds. This time last year, Andrew Kilpinen, full of unbridled enthusiasm, would have lived anywhere in the country with a golf course to try to make a living. It…
By MICHAEL GRAFF After 15 years at Asheboro Country Club, Harold “Boots” Jordan notices when something is abnormal. Take, for instance, these ducks. There are three of them on a small pond on No. 5. Jordan, driving the hole in reverse, sees them from the fairway as he pulls his cart down the hill toward…
By BOB SUTTON Even coming off a bad back, Daniel Brantley carried the load. The Asheboro senior not only recovered from an April ailment, but he put the hurt on Foxfire Golf and Country Club with two consistent rounds in the 3-A state golf tournament, winning the individual title at 2-under-par 142. “I knew…
By STEVE WILLIAMS Taylor Coalson has all the shots that have made him one of the state’s top junior golfers. His easy, calm demeanor also includes patience as a virtue. The North Surry High School senior withstood a two-hour rain delay in the first round of the state 2-A golf tournament to grab a share…
By STEVE WILLIAMS There was some talk going around after the first day of the state 2-A championship that Salisbury coach Dale Snyder could have made a nice piece of change selling off something he didn’t really need. In high school golf, the top four scores of six are counted in the team total and…
By EDDIE SOUTHARDS Stanhope Johnson did not let a hand injury or a hot teammate stop him from winning the state 1-A golf championship for the second straight year. Johnson shot a 31 on the back nine at Keith Hills Country Club to lead Bishop McGuinness to its second straight team title. Johnson made eight…
By STEVE HUFFMAN Depth paid huge dividends for Elon School in the North Carolina independent 1-A state championship. The Commodores, with four players among the top 13 finishers, won its first state golf championship, posting a 623 total to best second-place finisher Trinity of Durham/Chapel Hill, which 10 shots off the pace at Talamore Golf…