By Harris Prevost Chetola, one of the South’s finest resorts, has combined with the Hound Ears Club to provide an unforgettable couples’ experience, both on and off the golf course. The private Hound Ears course is a unique layout in that higher handicap golfers enjoy good scoring rounds but lower handicap golfers are challenged to…
BY JOHN DELL After 15 years as a top-flight teaching pro Chris Haarlow has figured out the balancing act between teaching and playing. Haarlow, 43, an instructor at Precision Golf School in Greensboro, can somehow find the time to practice and play in between his many hours spent teaching the game. The results, at least…
By MARC PRUITT A pair of former Reagan Raiders teammates had strong finishes at the Trusted Choice Big I Girls State Tournament at Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club in Southern Pines on July 13-14. Hannah Craver, a rising freshman at Appalachian State, had a 2-over total of 142 after rounds of 75-67 for a…
By STEVE WILLIAMS Despite a rain-drenched summer, the new greens project at Bryan Park’s Champions Course is right on target for a late-August re-opening. “We were so lucky at the very beginning of the process that we managed some way or another to miss the really torrential downpours that would have caused those sprigs to…
By MARC PRUITT Jon Isaacson still isn’t sure how his family talked him into dressing into tropically-themed clothing to attend the Wyndham Championship last year. “I remember hearing about the contest they were having and just thinking ‘no way am I going to do that,’” Isaacson said. “Then, my wife told me about what was…