Junior Golf Pyramid By David Droschak Starting your child out in a golf program may not be a simple as it sounds if you’re new to the game. Proper direction from the start could mean all the difference in the world as to whether a 10-year-old falls in love with golf or finds the whole…
By John Brasier With its new white sand bunkers, Oak Valley Golf Club traded a little flash for dramatically improved playability and playing conditions. In a renovation expected to be complete by early March, Pinnacle Golf, which manages the Arnold Palmer design, is replacing the original sand with a white, G-Angle variety and converting many…
By Stuart Hall When Peggy Kirk Bell first met golf at age 17, how the wondrous, intertwining 78-year journey would unfold must have been unfathomable. In 1938, the idea of a young woman becoming a golf instructor or a touring professional or even a savvy business negotiator was likely as much wishful thinking as practical because…
By Steve Huffman Forsyth County voters last fall approved a $430 million bond package, $15 million of which was earmarked for parks and recreation facilities. Tanglewood’s share of the latter is $6.9 million. Some of the money will go for trail and road improvements, but the lion’s share will be used for improving Tanglewood’s golf…
By Dave Droschak The Golf Academy at Salem Glen will launch the first week of March, offering a first-class golf instruction experience at the club located in Clemmons. The new golf academy at the Triad’s only Nicklaus Design course will be headed by veteran pro Jimmy McMullen, who was named the 2003 Florida Heartlands Golf…