Diaz will replace current assistant coach Robin Walton Wake Forest women’s golf head coach Dianne Dailey has announced the hiring of Kevin Diaz, who will serve as assistant coach beginning next season. Diaz, who is the husband of Demon Deacon great Laura Diaz, comes to Wake Forest with a strong golf background. He began his…
By STEVE HANF Davis Womble became a target as a middle-school player on Wesleyan Christian Academy’s varsity golf team. The target has grown a little larger each year: a win at the Donald Ross Junior in 2009, the Wake Forest commitment that followed and a state championship at the N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association 3-A…
Pinewood’s Head Professional winner of 2011 Horton Smith Award By JOHN DELL It’s appropriate that Chad Newton has a couple of baseball mitts on a shelf in his office. Those gloves have a hidden meaning for Newton, 36, who is in his ninth year as the Head Golf Professional at Pinewood Country Club in Asheboro.…
Shamrock expected to have new lease, two courses close By STEVE HUFFMAN Plans are to reopen Asheboro Country Club within weeks. The new general manager said that reopening will hopefully take place by March 1, and, if not then, shortly thereafter. “I love the opportunity,” Charles Mackintosh said. “I can do this, it can be…