By Steve Huffman Scott Harvey was recently named Carolinas Golf Association player of the year for the fifth consecutive time, so it would be easy to assume the honor is becoming old hat. Not at all, according to the 37-year-old Greensboro resident. “I’m still trying to get my head around it,” Harvey said of the…
By Steve Huffman Lori Beth Adams’ most vivid golfing memories of 2015 had nothing to do with what she did to earn Carolinas Golf Association women’s player of the year honors. It had to do with her practice round at the U.S. Women’s Open, played last July at Lancaster Country Club in Lancaster, Pa. Adams…
Tournament of Champions Entry Form 2016 Tournament of Champions entry 2016 p2 By STEVE WILLIAMS Defending champs haven’t had much luck in the Triad Golf Today Tournament of Champions. Caleb Keck hopes to buck that trend this year when the 20th annual event is played April 2-3 at Greensboro National. Keck won last year’s event…
By STUART HALL Last summer, as Jordan Spieth turned his attention toward preparation for the Open Championship, the third leg of his Grand Slam pursuit, his approach raised a few eyebrows. Though Spieth had played St. Andrews’ Old Course only once — in 2011 prior to the Walker Cup as an amateur — he chose not to…
By BRAD KING When he was contemplating converting the green complexes at historic Pine Needles resort in Southern Pines from bentgrass to an ultra-dwarf strand of bermudagrass, Kelly Miller didn’t have to look far for a good sampling — just across Midland Road, in fact, to the Mid Pines Inn & Golf Club. Miller, the longtime…
Another strong field has been assembled for the Bryan National Collegiate tournament. The 19th annual event, co-hosted by Wake Forest and UNC Greensboro, is scheduled April 1-3 at Bryan Park’s Championship Course. Virginia, which won last year’s event after a playoff with Wake Forest, is one of four top-30 teams (Golfweek’s rankings) scheduled to participate.…
By STEVE WILLIAMS North Carolina’s juniors won bragging rights over their rivals from South Carolina and Georgia in the 8th annual Carolinas-Georgia Junior Championship. The event, which features the top 20 boys and top 10 girls from each of the three states, is annually played in mid-January at Mount Vintage Plantation Golf Club in North…