The first three weeks of the new year were bad for Triad players and many area golf courses due to especially cold temperatures and snow. But it was a good time for cutting down trees, a $720,000 project underway at Winston Lake Golf Course, where tree growth caused poor conditions on the greens and fairways.…
One of the top courses — and one of the most difficult — will play host to this spring’s 65th North Carolina Amateur, according to the 2025 Carolinas Golf Association schedule nearing completion. The Cardinal by Pete Dye will be the host to the state amateur on June 11-14. Local qualifying will be held at…
The new clubhouse at Tanglewood Park is taking shape. Tanglewood director of golf Mike Wilcox told Triad Golf on Friday that the construction appears to be on the schedule for the new clubhouse on the location where the original clubhouse, built more than five decades ago, was demolished last year. Much of the exterior of…
The clubhouse at the City of Greensboro’s Gillespie Golf Course is repaired and back in use, though even some of the layout’s regular customers may not know it. And some improvements are on the way. Gillespie golf pro Bob Brooks told Triad Golf that damage from Tropical Storm Debby in August were repaired and the…
Macy Pate should have the opportunity to play the No. 1 course remaining on her bucket list this spring thanks to her invitation to play in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur on April 2-5. The Wake Forest golfer, No. 51 in the women’s world amateur rankings, is scheduled to play Augusta National Golf Club, the…
Former Wake Forest standout Will Zalatoris made a late withdrawal from the PGA Tour’s Farmers Insurance Open on Wednesday, only a few hours before his scheduled tee time at Torrey Pines outside San Diego. The 28-year-old Zalatoris suffered a back injury in 2022 that required surgery and missed most of 2023. Last summer, he withdrew…
Macy Pate has received an invitation to play in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur at Augusta National Golf Club. The Wake Forest University sophomore, a Reagan High graduate, posted a photo of herself with the invitation on social media Wednesday night. Teammate Carolina Chacarra was also invited. The tournament, which features top collegiate players, is…
After an impressive 2024, Hallie Wilson begins 2025 with a higher profile and striving for more on bigger stages. Winning the North-South Girls’ Amateur last summer — while shooting the girls’ course record at Pinehurst No. 6 — and winning the Carolinas Golf Association’s N.C. Junior Girls Championship should allow the 15-year-old from Lewisville the…