A prominent High Country private golf club ravaged by Hurricane Helene will reopen in May, according to a release from the club. Elk River Club’s layout will open in May after reconstruction by Nicklaus Design. The course was closed the past 20 months due to extensive flooding. The layout, a few miles southwest of downtown…
The High Point women were not able to maintain their hot play during the second round of the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic. The Wildcats, who were in first place ahead of host Georgia after the first round, struggled to an 18-over-par total Sunday at the University of Georgia Golf Course. HPU dropped to fourth at…
The High Point University women’s team is in the lead, ahead of two of the country’s most prominent programs after Saturday’s first round of the 54-hole Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic in Athens, Georgia. Led by Winston-Salem native Anna Howerton, who shot 4-under 68, the Wildcats are leading the tournament on the University of Georgia course.…
A trio of North Carolina’s Big Four struggled at one of the nation’s top collegiate events. UNC finished eighth, Duke tied for ninth and Wake Forest tied for 11th Tuesday at the Valspar Collegiate Invitational at Floridian National in Palm City. Texas Tech won the 54-hole tournament at 45-under 807. UNC posted 833, Duke had 835…
Elon moved into third place Saturday at the Linger Longer Invitational at Reynolds Lake Oconee’s Great Waters Course in Greensboro, Georgia. At 11-under-par, Elon is 20 shots behind leader Georgia, but trails second-place Alabama by only two going into Sunday’s final round. Ohio State is fourth and Vanderbilt is in fifth. UNCG is tied for…
A Triad golfer fired the “Shot of the Day” in Friday’s second round of the PGA Tour’s Valspar Championship at Innisbrook Resort’s Copperhead Course in Palm Harbor, Florida. Featured on the Tour’s website, Alex Smalley holed a 102-yard shot for an eagle at the par-5 14th on his way to shooting 2-under-par 69 and joining…
The state’s most exclusive and expensive course isn’t in the mountains, on the coast or in Pinehurst. Not in Charlotte or Raleigh, either. According to Country Club Magazine, it’s Old Town Club in Winston-Salem. Otherwise the Triad’s private courses are remarkably affordable and accessible compared to others across the state. In a recent list, the…
Elon and UNC Greensboro are off to good starts at the 54-hole Linger Longer Invitational on the Great Waters Course at Reynolds Lake Oconee in Greensboro, Georgia. With several traditional major-college powers in an 18-team field, Elon was in the sixth place at 9-under-par and UNC was tied for 10th at 3-under after Friday’s opening…
Macy Pate and Morgan Ketchum won matches for Wake Forest, which beat Mississippi State 3.5-1.5 in Monday’s final round of matches at the Derby Match Play at Old Barnwell Golf Club in Aiken, South Carolina. Pate beat Avery Weed, the nation’s top-ranked player after the fall season, 3 and 1. Pate won her final match…
Cameron Young claimed the biggest victory of his career Sunday at the Players Championship. The 28-year-old Wake Forest graduate shot 4-under-par 68, including a winning birdie on the iconic 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass to beat Matt Fitzpatrick by one stroke. Young finished at 13-under 275. Young, whose victory last August at the Wyndham Championship…