Pennson Badgett is concluding his high school golf career in record-breaking fashion. The East Surry senior shot 12-under-par 60 in Monday’s first round of the state Class 3A Boys’ Championship at Longleaf Golf Club in Southern Pines. Badgett broke the former single-round record for an N.C. state championship round of 63 set by PGA Tour…
There’s often something new at Holly Ridge Golf Links, where I found another new project in the works during a round this past week. More about that later. What’s innovative at Holly Ridge? A few examples: –Though strictly a public course, Holly Ridge has a Men’s Association with a tournament schedule. –The spacious, rustic-style clubhouse…
Norwegian Kristoffer Reitan shot 69 Sunday and beat Ricky Fowler and Nicolai Højgaard by two strokes to win the $3.6-millon first prize at the Truist Championship at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, one of the PGA Tour’s Signature events. Reitan, who posted 15-under for 72 holes, came from behind on the back nine to overtake…
The world’s No. 1 player, Scottie Scheffler, isn’t there. If you bought tickets to this weekend’s Truist Championship, knowing it was a “Signature Event” and believing the world’s top player would be at Quail Hollow, you’re wrong. Let the righteous brothers on the PGA Tour continue to vilify former colleagues who accepted guaranteed millions to…
Virginia is the top seed at Bermuda Run East for the May 11-13 men’s NCAA Division I Winston-Salem Regional hosted by Wake Forest. The Cavaliers, national runners-up last season, are coming off winning the ACC Championship at Shark’s Tooth near Panama City, Florida. Wake Forest was seeded sixth in the 13-team regional behind Ole Miss,…
Qualifiers unofficial, calculated from NCHSAA results R.J. Reynolds High dominated Tuesday’s Class 7A Boys’ Central Regional at Starmount Forest Country Club. Reynolds teammates John Daniel and Andrew Jenkins shared medalist honors with 73 for the Demons, who posted 303 and defeated second-place Cary by 11 shots. Only the top two teams qualified for the 36-hole…
Gillespie Golf Course isn’t the fanciest golf facility in the Triad. It’s an historical, no-frills municipal golf course in a minority neighborhood bordering industrial properties. But it might be the most important course in Greensboro. There’s a lot to like about the nine-hole, par-36 layout only a few minutes south of downtown Greensboro. On Saturday,…
There was little question at any time Sunday that Cameron Young would win the Cadillac Championship at Doral’s Blue Monster, which he eventually did by six strokes over Scottie Scheffler, the world’s top-ranked player. The major questions left: Where does Cameron Young rank among the world’s elite golfers? Will he become the best Wake Forest…
Cameron Young took control while Alex Smalley dropped from contention at the Cadillac Championship, but Smalley remains in position to make a Signature leap on the PGA TOUR. With his strong performance this weekend in South Florida, Smalley likely will qualify for next weekend’s Truist Championship, a Signature Event offering a $20 million purse to…
UNC Greensboro golfer Kelvin Hernandez won medalist honors for the second straight year Thursday at the Southern Conference Championship at Solina Golf Club, a course owned by YouTube stars Wes and George Bryan near Columbia, South Carolina. Hernandez shot 9-under-par 204 for 54 holes. The Spartans shot 9-over to finish fourth in the team standings,…