Excitement evident for inaugural Myrtle Beach event on PGA Tour

        By John Brasier After watching the PGA Tour play the second of two tournaments at the remote Congaree Golf Club in the South Carolina Lowcountry in October 2022, Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce CEO Karen Riordan said she asked Myrtle Beach’s mega-golf marketing firm, Golf Tourism Solutions, why the Grand Strand, can’t have a Tour…

Sunday’s amateur PGA Tour winner tied for 2nd in 2021 in junior event at Sedgefield

        By John Brasier Less than three years ago, Nick Dunlap failed to close out a victory at the Wyndham Junior Championship at Sedgefield Country Club (pictured above), eventually finishing in a tie for second place. But Sunday, at age 20, the University of Alabama sophomore was good enough to win the American Express tournament at…

Forsyth signs off for construction of $15-million clubhouse for Tanglewood, perhaps ready by 2025

        Construction work on a new $15-million clubhouse at Tanglewood Park for one of the Triad’s finest public golf facilities was given the go-ahead Dec. 21 from the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners. Samet Corp. of Greensboro will build a slightly smaller clubhouse on the site of the current clubhouse at the top of a hill…

Hargett shoots 64, Greensboro National event donates $60,000 to First Responders

        There’s no need for a pro in a team tournament when you’ve got an amateur shooting 64. And 8-under-par, gross 64 is what Nate Hargett shot to lead a prominent team (pictured above) of local golfers to a three-stroke victory in the fifth-annual First Responders of the Triad charity tournament Oct. 6 at Greensboro National…