How crazy is this? The Wake Forest men’s and women’s golf teams each won their first tournament of the fall season, with the No. 5 players claiming team medalist honors. That certainly bodes well for the depth of each squad heading into the 2020 spring season. On the men’s side, four of Wake Forest’s golfers…
By Brad King Shooting one’s age or lower on the golf course ranks among the most coveted and enviable goals in all of sports. The feat means two important things — that one has lived a relatively long life and that they’re still able-bodied, with enough athleticism left in the tank to skillfully navigate their…
By Brad King Three years ago, Scott Petinga — a cancer survivor and, at the time, a divorced father of three young girls — decided to take up golf as a healthy outlet to spend quality time with his family. “I wanted to make sure the time I spent with my daughters was well served, so…
Former Western Carolina University star shines at Sedgefield By Brad King J.T. Poston’s social media handle is “The Postman.” Given the way his career is arching, he might consider changing that nickname to “Mr. Clutch.” Poston’s Twitter profile says the Postman is, “Open on Sundays,” and he certainly was during the final round of the…
By Steve Huffman At the still-tender age of 11, Ellen Yu has participated in and won more tournaments than most golfers accomplish in a lifetime. But it doesn’t take her but a moment to rank the importance of her win in the U.S. Kids Golf Foundation’s World Championship, played the first week of August at…
By David Droschak Those of us close to the golf world know our proverbial dimpled planet has been rapidly evolving, especially across North Carolina. One of the fastest growing states with some of the nation’s most attractive places to live have driven private country clubs to provide much more than a pristine 18-hole golfing experience…
By David Droschak Few places embrace history like Pinehurst Resort. And the historic golf venue is preparing to add yet another piece of lore to its annals. Just five years after making history by hosting back-to-back U.S. Opens for the men and women on Pinehurst No. 2, the iconic resort and the USGA are once…
By Steve Huffman Mike Cochran has been managing golf courses more years than he cares to admit and said he learned long ago that, try as he might, he wasn’t going to please all golfers. It just wasn’t going to happen. A select few are going to find something – the price of green fees,…
By Kurt Dusterberg The clock was ticking on the junior golf career of Mallory Fobes when she teed off at the Dogwood State Junior Girls’ Championship in July. Fobes was playing the final Carolinas Golf Association junior event of her career, having never won a CGA tournament. Trailing by five strokes heading to the final…
By Brad King What will it take to win this year’s Wyndham Championship? You’ve got to go low. Real low. Four rounds in the 60s are practically a must at Greensboro’s Sedgefield Country Club, which — playing as a par 70 measuring slightly more than 7,100 yards during the Wyndham Championship — is considered a short layout…