By Keith Jarrett When famed golf course designer Tom Fazio came to the mountains of Western North Carolina in the mid 1980s to design Wade Hampton Golf Club in Cashiers, it was love at first sight. Not only with the majestic scenery and views, and the potential to carve beautiful and challenging 18-hole layouts, but…
By David Droschak Growing up a few miles from Willow Creek Country Club in High Point, Thomas Walsh was always the biggest kid on the block. “On the golf course, I was able to overpower people,” says Walsh, who made the varsity golf team at Westchester Country Day School for coach Adam Schwartz as a…
By David Droschak The oldest town in Yadkin County features quite a golfing throwback. Barry Byrd, the owner of Tee Time Golf & Repair Shop in Jonesville, has amassed what can best be described as a “picker’s paradise,” with more than 400 sets of used irons, 500 putters, and 1,000 woods and hybrids to fit…
By Kurt Dusterberg Mike West is still getting the feel for High Meadows Golf and Country Club. Since he took over as general manager last fall, West has overseen projects big and small at the club in tiny Roaring Gap, about an hour northwest of Winston-Salem. The main floor and the dining areas are getting…
By Stuart Hall When Katherine Perry was asked her thoughts on the LPGA’s inaugural Q-Series heading to Pinehurst in October, her emotions were mixed. “I can’t think of a better venue to have some of the best female professional golfers compete for their LPGA card,” said Perry, who played collegiately at the University of North…
By STEVE WILLIAMS Maple Chase Golf & Country Club’s team was formed piece by piece but the end result was a dominating foursome in the 22nd annual Triad Golf Today Interclub Challenge at Greensboro National. Great play by senior champ Harrison Rutter and Interclub medalist Davis Womble left the rest of the 10-team field…
By STEVE WILLIAMS If anybody in the Triad Golf Today Tournament of Champions field was waiting for Chris Cassetta to make a mistake in the final round, they are still waiting. Cassetta, a 44-year-old lefty from High Point, began the final round on April 22 at Greensboro National with a three-shot lead and never took…