By Brad King Most golf professionals will tell you that the grip is the foundation for a golfer’s swing. North Carolina-based Golf Pride Grips is recognized globally as the No. 1 choice in grips among touring and club professionals, recreational players, competitive amateur golfers, club manufacturers — such as Callaway, PING, Taylor Made, Titleist, etc. —…
By Brad King In the world of golf course architecture, Ellis Maples may not be as prolific or renowned as fellow North Carolinians Donald Ross or Tom Fazio. But Maples is unquestionably the centerpiece of North Carolina’s first family of golf course design, construction and maintenance. Maples was born in Pinehurst in 1909. His father,…
By David Droschak Bath County in Virginia has virtually stood still for years, where doors are left unlocked and you fish, hunt or play golf – and wake up the next day and do it all over again. Legendary touring pro Sam Snead was born and died here, but early in his pro career made…
By Kurt Dusterberg Brandon Einstein will soon be off to college, but he’s not letting the summer months slip away without squeezing a few more memories out of his current golf era. The 18-year-old from Clemmons has qualified for the U.S. Amateur Championship at Pebble Beach on Aug. 13-18. That achievement came just weeks after…
By Steve Huffman The renovation of Tanglewood’s Championship Golf Course is going well, with the facility on track to reopen around the first of October. “We haven’t experienced any major setbacks,” said Mike Wilcox, Tanglewood’s director of golf. “Our goal was to reopen Oct. 1, and with any luck, we’re going to hit it, or…
By Steve Huffman Kim Lewellen had a tough time deciding to leave the University of Virginia, where she was the women’s golf coach to accept the same job at Wake Forest. Ultimately, she said, the fact that she’d be replacing Dianne Dailey, who recently retired after 30 years at Wake Forest, factored greatly into her…
It was quite a June for Triad area juniors. Brandon Einstein of Clemmons won the 51st North Carolina Junior Boys’ Championship, while Emily Hawkins was crowned the champion of the 22nd North Carolina Junior Girls’ Championship at Maple Chase Golf and Country Club in Winston-Salem. Einstein blew away his competition at Pine Island Country Club in…
By David Droschak Officially located in the unincorporated community of State Road, picturesque Cedarbrook County Club has been Zim Zimmerman’s second home for 36 years. “Being here for more than three decades I’ve pretty much seen the membership turn over,” says the 62-year-old Zimmerman, who also stays young by coaching the Elkin High School golf…
By Brad King His story began 700 miles from the Arctic Circle on the east coast of Scotland in Dornoch, north of the Highlands and fast by the sea. But the Scottish immigrant who arrived in America at the turn of the century and became one of North Carolina’s greatest ambassadors did not come directly…
By Bill Hensley This will be a festive year at the Grandfather Golf and Country Club, which will host a variety of events in a season-long celebration of its 50th anniversary. “It will be a time for us to honor the past as we celebrate the future,” said event chairman Bob Eoff. In addition to…