Eden golf shop celebrating 30 years

        By STEVE WILLIAMS When Tee to Green Golf Shop opened in 1984, woods were wood and shafts were steel. Tee to Green is still in its original location on Highway 14 in Eden, but just about everything else has changed. “It was laminated or persimmon with all steel shafts,” said Jerry Woodall, who took over…

Past winners coming back for 75th Wyndham

        By STEVE HANF In the Triad, Lanny Wadkins is best remembered for his 1983 victory in the Greater Greensboro Open and endless trips around Forest Oaks Country Club. What many local golf fans may have forgotten is that Wadkins played his first six Greensboro PGA Tour events at Sedgefield Country Club, including his very first…

New owner breaths fresh life into Salem Glen

        By BRAD KING From a quick glance at his Friday afternoon attire – yellow, logoed polo shirt tailored with sleek performance thread, grey checkered shorts, stylishly wide, white belt, Adidas Adizero Tour shoes and Oakley sunglasses – it is immediately apparent Vince Lima lives and breathes the game of golf. On this day, he has…

Winston Lake reopens with new zoysia greens

        By MARC PRUITT   The director of Parks and Recreation for the City of Winston-Salem likes to remind people he isn’t a scientist despite all of the knowledge he has developed about climate and turf management at Winston Lake and Reynolds Park golf courses during his tenure. Particularly alarming to Tim Grant were the deteriorating…