Earnhardt wins second straight Mid-Am Championship Beginning the final round of the 23rd North Carolina Mid-Amateur Championship with a four stroke advantages, Greensboro’s Greg Earnhardt was battling memories of past leads gone wrong. “I’ve choked away so many tournaments when leading,” said the 47-year-old Earnhardt. “I’ve always come from behind.” Earnhardt even talked with seven-time…
Greensboro school fielding first golf team in 125-year history By Steve Huffman History is in the works at North Carolina A&T, where a golf team representing the Greensboro-based university will be teeing it up this fall. That’s something that’s never happened in the school’s 125-year history. “Oh, we’re very excited,” said Richard Watkins, coach of…
By Steve Hanf Folks have continued to trickle in to Jamestown Park Golf Course throughout the summer, eager to bend the ear of head golf professional Ross Sanderlin about the long overdue and highly anticipated changes impacting one of the Triad’s favorite municipal courses. “With the new clubhouse renovations and the new greens, those two…
By David Droschak Bo Watson starts each day with some quiet time recommended by business partner and mental coach Phil Gascoyne. It’s part reflection and part inspiration for the 27-year-old founder of Watson School of Golf. “The plus of owning your own business is you get to do what you want as far as…
By David Droschak Who would have thought a casual encounter at the Wells Fargo Championship in 2011 would change the lives of PGA Tour golfer Justin Rose and Campbell University’s David Orr – and connect the two on a wild ride of golfing success the past five years? “I was working with another player…
By Steve Huffman Justin Emmons has for years been as good a high school golfer as there is, a guy who makes birdies look easy, the three-time player of the year for the PAC-6 2-A Conference. But through it all, the one thing that eluded Emmons, 17, a rising senior at Providence Grove High School,…