Wake Forest’s Scotty Kennon shot his second consecutive 3-under-par 67 to join a tie for 11th at 8-under 202 entering Saturday’s final round of the Southern Amateur at Idle Hour Country Club in Lexington, Kentucky. Kennon is four strokes behind leaders Wenyi Ding of Arizona State, Lance Simpson of Tennessee and Australian Quinnton Croker. Kennon,…
Macy Pate of Winston-Salem advanced to the semifinals of the Women’s Western Amateur at Onwentsia Club in Lake Forest, Illinois, on Friday afternoon before dropping a 2-up decision to Elise Lee of Irvine, California. Pate, a rising sophomore at Wake Forest, beat Alice Hodge 2-up in Friday morning’s quarterfinals, winning three of the last four…
Macy Pate (pictured) advanced to the quarterfinals of match play at the Women’s Western Amateur at Onwentsia Club in Lake Forest, Illinois, with Thursday victories over Sydney Roberts of Chesnee, South Carolina, and Kaitlyn Schroeder of Jacksonville, Florida. Pate, who lives in Winston-Salem and plays for Wake Forest, beat Roberts, a Clemson golfer, 2 and…
Macy Pate (pictured) of Winston-Salem, a rising sophomore at Wake Forest, coasted into match play competition with a 1-over-par 73 Wednesday in the second round of stroke play at the Women’s Western Amateur at Onwentsia Club in Lake Forest, Illinois. Pate, who shot 68 Tuesday, tied for fifth as the top 32 players advanced to…
Hallie Wilson of Lewisville birdied the 18th hole Wednesday to shoot 5-under-par 67 at Pinehurst No. 6 to win the North and South Junior Girls’ championship. Wilson, who shot 7-under 209 for the 54-hole tournament, rallied from a six-shot deficit entering the final round to beat Zoe Cusack of Potomac, Maryland, by one stroke. Wilson…
The Carolinas Golf Association has hired Alabama Golf Association’s Andy Priest as its executive director effective in January. Priest, who had held four posts with the CGA, will replace Jack Nance, who announced his retirement earlier this year. “We are thrilled that Andy will be returning to his roots in the Carolinas to lead our…
Sage Bradshaw of Bluffton, South Carolina, birdied the final hole to force a playoff and went on to win The Carolinas PGA Junior Boys’ championship Tuesday at Colonial Country Club. Bradshaw and John Santospago of Charlotte each shot 7-under-par 64 in the final round after opening with 67 to finish at 11-under 131 in the…
Macy Pate’s dominance at the Women’s North and South Amateur came to a quick halt in Saturday afternoon’s championship match at Pinehurst No. 2. The Winston-Salem resident and Wake Forest standout, who claimed medalist honors in stroke play and followed with four straight match play victories lost 4 and 3 to Catie Craig, a Georgia…
Macy Pate continued her march through the North and South Amateur Championship bracket with two hard-fought victories at Pinehurst No. 2, earning her a berth in Saturday morning’s semifinals. The Winston-Salem resident and rising sophomore at Wake Forest took the lead with a par on the 17th hole and made another par at 18 to…
Michael Riebe of Vanderbilt University knocked off medalist Kelly Chinn of Pinehurst, who plays at Duke, 3 and 1 Thursday at Pinehurst No. 2 in the first round of match play in the North and South Amateur. Another Pinehurst native, Jackson Van Paris, a teammate of Riebe at Vanderbilt, also advanced with a 3 and…