Pilot Mountain’s Pennson Badgett (pictured) got off to a good start to 2025 with a tie for 23rd last week at the AJGA Simplify Boys Championship at Carlton Woods. Badgett, a junior at East Surry High, shot rounds of 74, 71 and 73 to finish at 2-over-par 218 on Carlton Woods’ Fazio Championship Course. Miles…
Former Reagan High standout Anna Howerton tied for sixth place while playing for High Point University this week at the Rivertowne Invitational outside Charleston, South Carolina. Howerton shot rounds of 74, 73 and 72 to finish at 3-over-par 219 at Rivertowne Country Club. Ella Perna of HPU shot 216 for finish second for the Panthers,…
Nick Mathews had a big day Tuesday for N.C. State, firing rounds of 70 and 68 to finish at 5-under-par 211 in a tie for sixth place at the Watersound Invitational at Shark’s Tooth Golf Course in Panama City, Florida. The Mebane golfer was five shots off the pace of winner Luke Clanton of Florida…
A Triad golf company has taken over management of another course. During a Triad Golf Podcast taped Monday from the Carolinas PGA Super Show, Rick Dail of Dail Golf announced that it has taken over management at Hedingham Golf Club in northeast Raleigh. About 200 vendors filled the show room at Greensboro Coliseum Complex Special…
The college golf season is here for major programs in North Carolina. The UNC men, impressive in a second-place finish in a powerhouse, 18-team field earlier this month in Hawaii, begin play Monday in The Prestige, a 24-team event including Stanford, Pepperdine and Northwestern at PGA West in LaQuinta, California. The Tar Heels enter the…
The Carolinas PGA Super Show is coming to Greensboro on Monday, bringing new equipment and apparel for display to local golf professionals. Triad Golf Podcast will be there to interview local PGA professionals, CPGA staff and representatives of various golf businesses for upcoming podcasts. The podcast, also available on YouTube, hosted by John Brasier and…
Don Padgett II and David Eger have been selected for induction to the Carolinas Golf Association Hall of Fame, the CGA announced Thursday morning. The 2025 ceremony will be March 22 at Pinehurst Resort and Country Club. Padgett (pictured) served as president and CEO of Pinehurst Resort and Country Club from 2004 to 2014, an…
Morgan Ketchum, a junior from Winston-Salem, shot 6-under-par 210 for 54 holes at the Advance Golf Partners Collegiate at Hammock Creek in Palm City, Florida, as Virginia Tech overwhelmed a field of mid-major competition. Ketchum shot 69 in Tuesday’s final round to finish in second place, two strokes behind teammate Valentine Delon. Four Tech golfers…
The second-year PGA Tour event in Myrtle Beach apparently has a new title sponsor to be officially announced at a news conference scheduled for Feb. 18 at The Dunes Golf & Beach Club, site of what is now known as the Myrtle Beach Classic. ONEFlight International, a private jet service, has been reported as joining…
A municipal Triad course has flipped its sides back to its original routing. Jamestown Park Golf Course swapped the numbering of its front and back nines as a means to smooth operations. As a result, the ninth green is now a short distance and in easy view of the pro shop. Jamestown Park pro Marcy…