By Brad King Kernersville’s Peyton Wyatt started playing golf two years ago when he was 7 years old. After he immediately began showing progress, Peyton told his father, “Dad, I want to get into some tournaments.” With his son playing in his first few competitions, father Alex Wyatt met a few other parents who told…
By Brad King Brett Miller has worn many hats in the Carolinas golf industry. He’s a lifetime member of the PGA of America and former longtime president of the Great Smokies Mountain Golf Association, the area’s regional co-op of golf course owners promoting golf tourism. Miller also played collegiately at Western Carolina University, where he…
N.C. A&T bringing MEAC Championship to Bryan Park By STEVE WILLIAMS In its next to last year in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, North Carolina A&T will serve as host to the league golf championships. The Aggies, in only their fourth year of fielding a golf program, will entertain their conference foes at Bryan Park’s Champions…
By David Droschak Why this time? Why, after eight management firms since the Wyndham Championship left in 2007, is Forest Oaks Country Club ready to become a major player again in the Triad golf market? For starters, there is a new ownership group after nearly three decades. In late August, Guilford Development Group purchased…
By Brad King Robert Linville knows the highs and lows of competitive golf better than most. An All-American golfer at Guilford College, where he won All-Carolinas Conference recognition four times and All-NAIA District 26 honors three times, Linville moved to Florida following graduation with his sights on the PGA Tour. Battling on the mini-tours weekly,…
By Steve Huffman After the first day of the 1-A/2-A golf championship, Oak Grove girls coach Vaughn Black knew his team was capable of playing better, he just knew it. The Grizzlies hadn’t played terribly on the first day of the tournament, held in late October at Longleaf Golf & Family Club in Southern Pines,…
By Eddie Southards Rockingham County was thwarted in its bid to win a fifth straight state title in the women’s 3-A tournament by a red-hot Cox Mill team from Concord. The Cougars were consistent shooting 240-241 for a 481 total at Foxfire Resort & Golf Club to finish in second place. Their score was 12…
Seniors Kenzel, Hirtle spark Patriots to second 4-A title in four seasons By David Droschak It was hard for Jaclyn Kenzel to imagine winning the 4-A women’s high school golf championship two months ago. Kenzel and her family had just returned from a two-week vacation to the Cayman Islands and the future college bio-medical engineering…
By Steve Huffman An updated version of a book that offers instruction on what some feel is a radical approach to putting has been released. The authors are locals. “Instinct Putting Revisited: Look Where You Want to Putt the Ball” is the work of Bob Christina, a former assistant golf coach at UNC Greensboro, and…
By David Droschak Tucked into the northwest corner of North Carolina, in the heart or Christmas tree country, bordering the rafting and canoeing experiences of the New River and just a 10-minute drive to the Blue Ridge Parkway, sits one of the state’s best golfing layouts. In case you haven’t been to Jefferson Landing Club…