GM at Stoneville club takes on “for the team” during greens project By Steve Hanf John Budwine boasts 35 years of experience in the golf business. He never dreamed, however, that one day he’d be in charge of a greens replacement project. “It was rather scary for me,” Budwine said with a chuckle. “This…
By David Droschak Under normal circumstances, it would have been a major downer for the re-opening of the Dogwood Course at the Country Club of North Carolina to transpire in the middle of Tropical Storm Hermine. But with a major directive to transform the Ellis Maples classic into a firmer playing experience for the private…
By Brad King He has been there since the beginning. Tom Ducey remembers back in the early 1990s driving to the Stanly County Airport to pick up Tom Fazio, when the then-relatively unknown golf course architect was in the process of building what would become Old North State Club on 5,300-acre Badin Lake, along a…
Earnhardt wins second straight Mid-Am Championship Beginning the final round of the 23rd North Carolina Mid-Amateur Championship with a four stroke advantages, Greensboro’s Greg Earnhardt was battling memories of past leads gone wrong. “I’ve choked away so many tournaments when leading,” said the 47-year-old Earnhardt. “I’ve always come from behind.” Earnhardt even talked with seven-time…