By STEVE HANF Steven Brame left his truck in Winston-Salem but returned home to Henderson with a nice consolation prize: his first tournament win at the 53rd North Carolina Amateur Championship of the Carolinas Golf Association. Brame tamed the Forsyth Country Club course with an 11-under total of 273, good for a one-shot win over…
By BOB SUTTON A grassroots campaign has Shamrock Golf Club on the comeback trail. The grooming of the grounds is happening as neighbors and supporters of the course handle a good share of the chores. A greens project is being overseen by a Texas group. “This is a massive endeavor,” said Jon Harris, who has…
By MARC PRUITT Keith Henshaw has his brother Rob and their penchant for smoking cigars to thank for their latest innovation, one they hope will provide an alternative – and more cost effective – solution to players who are constantly re-gripping their clubs. It was over cigars last fall when Rob pulled out his clubs…
Registration for the First Tee of the Triad’s fall program will open earlier than expected because of an overwhelming success story for the summer edition. All the summer programs – spread among various Piedmont Triad locations – are filled to capacity. Locations are Gillespie Park in Greensboro, Winston Lake and The Meadowlands in Winston-Salem, Tanglewood…
Perry Maxwell’s 1939 course at Old Town Club to reopen this summer By BRAD KING Bill Coore is standing on the first tee box at Winston-Salem’s Old Town Club pointing toward a trio of bunkers flanking the right side of the opening fairway. On an unseasonably cool, spring morning, the soft-spoken, 67-year-old golf course architect –…
By CHRISTIAN WORSTELL With a 103-stroke blowout victory for The Elon School, the North Carolina Independent School Association’s 1-A state championship was never much in doubt. The individual title was another story. Elon teammates Nick Davenport and Dexter Blank finished the 36-hole tournament deadlocked at 158 and squared off in a sudden death playoff at…
By MARC PRUITT Jay Hunt had a hunch that his 5-foot putt for bogey meant something. Standing over the ball on the 18th green during the final round of the NCISAA 3-A state championship at Bryan Park’s Champions Course, it was a situation the Forsyth Country Day junior had rehearsed time and time again. “I’m…
By EDDIE SOUTHARDS Salisbury golf coach Dale Snyder knew his team had a target on its back at the state 2-A golf championship this year. The Hornets were the two-time defending champions and had suffered heavy graduation losses. Making it three titles in a row would be difficult. “We had talked about a three-peat, but…
By STEVE WILLIAMS Burlington Williams has won seven North Carolina high school championships in its proud golf history and there have been a lot of close calls along the way. The Bulldogs had to settle for second this year at Foxfire Golf and Country Club as there was no stopping a veteran, loaded Gastonia Forestview…
BY MICHAEL LINDSAY Westchester Country Day didn’t like finishing second last year. It was determined to not let it happen again in 2013. The Wildcats, who won consecutive state titles in 2010 and 2011, shot 308-299 – 607 to capture the North Carolina independent 2-A state championship by eight shots over second-place St. David’s of…