Will Zalatoris will play with the youngest and the oldest players in the field on Thursday and Friday in the first two rounds of the Masters. The 28-year-old former Wake Forest standout, Masters runner-up in 2021 with top 10 finishes in 2022 and 2024, will play with 20-year-old Noah Kent of the University of Florida…
Anais Arafi and Anna Howerton provided top-10 finishes as the High Point University women’s golf team finished second behind Michigan at the Terrapin Invitational on Monday at the University of Maryland Golf Course. Arafi finished fifth at 1-over-par 217 after shooting a final-round 75. Howerton, a Winston-Salem native, tied for seventh at 218 after firing…
Anna Howerton of Winston-Salem and High Point teammate Anais Arafi were two of the three co-leaders Sunday after the first 36 holes of the University of Maryland’s Terrapin Invitational. Howerton and Arafi are at 2-under-par 142, helping High Point tie Notre Dame for third place in the team standings entering Monday’s final round. Howerton shot…
Carolina Lopez-Chacarra of Wake Forest made an early splash with spectacular dash through Amen Corner during the final round of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur. The Spaniard birdied Nos. 11, 12 and 13 — the three holes comprising the course’s legendary “Amen Corner” — on her way to an impressive 4-under-par 68 at Augusta National…
Kris Spence is staying busy. The Greensboro-based golf architect has several projects in the works, including extensive work at Starmount Forest Country Club. He’s also helping repair flood damage at Hound Ears in Boone. Other project sites in the pipeline include Raleigh Golf Association and Pine Valley Country Club in Wilmington. Listen to Spence describe…
Carolina Lopez-Chacarra made the cut, but Wake Forest teammate Macy Pate came up one stroke short Thursday in the second round of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur. At 2-under-par 142 at Champions Retreat Golf Club, Lopez-Chacarra advanced to Saturday’s final round at Augusta National Golf Club. Pate, a Winston-Salem resident, finished at 144. Playing in…
Macy Pate of Winston-Salem shot even-par 72 Wednesday at Champions Retreat Golf Club outside Augusta, Georgia, to stand just inside the cutline at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur. Pate, a sophomore at Wake Forest, balanced three birdies and three bogeys to pull into a tie with 11 others for 30th place. The top 30 scores…
Winston-Salem native Megan Ketchum of Virginia Tech finished second as an individual at the ECU Ironwood Invitational in Greenville. Ketchum shot 3-under-par in the 36-hole event, which the Hokies won as a team at 11-over. Host East Carolina was second at 17-over. N.C. State was third at 34-over. UNC Greensboro was fourth and Elon was…
Macy Pate is looking forward playing at the famous home of the Masters, Augusta National Golf Club, later this week. But first, she’s trying to focus on a nearby course, hoping her play at Augusta National isn’t limited to a practice round. At the Augusta National Women’s Amateur, the 72 players invited into the field…
Visiting golfers won’t be playing Myrtle Beach’s municipal course this summer. As Myrtle Beach’s On The Green Magazine reports, Whispering Pines, the former Myrtle Beach Air Force Base course, will close May 23 to regrass greens, fairways and tees. The course is expected to reopen Sept. 1 (OK, summer officially lasts another three weeks, but…