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Author Archives: Jay Allred

Varner’s victory is helping today’s youth

Featured News, Junior GolfBy Jay AllredOctober 4, 2021Leave a comment

        By David Droschak Harold Varner III has come close but has yet to win on the PGA Tour. He finished second this past season at the RBC Heritage and played in the final pairing at the 2019 PGA Championship before carding a disappointing 81. Varner, now 31, no longer dwells on the close calls, or pays…

Smalley adds to rooting interest for North Carolina golf fans

Featured News, Junior GolfBy Jay AllredOctober 4, 2021Leave a comment

        By David Droschak More so than any time in recent memory, there are plenty of local favorites to root for on the PGA Tour. Add former Duke All-American and Sedgefield Country Club member Alex Smalley to that list after a great showing as a sponsor exemption in the Wyndham Championship in mid August helped propel…

Raising the Canopy: Southern Pines Golf Club renovation latest Franz masterpiece

Course Features, Featured NewsBy Jay AllredSeptember 9, 2021Leave a comment

        By David Droschak The first lunch meeting in February 2012 between Pine Needles Resort president Kelly Miller and golf course architect Kyle Franz hit on a wide range of topics. At one point, Southern Pines Golf Club came up, and Franz sat up in his chair. Franz had played the 115-year-old course numerous times while…

No small accomplishment for Smalley at Wyndham Championship

Featured News, Tournament NewsBy Jay AllredSeptember 9, 2021Leave a comment

        By Brad King Alex Smalley didn’t quite play his way into the six-man playoff to determine the 2021 Wyndham Championship, eventually won by Kevin Kisner. Nevertheless, the former Duke star captured plenty of attention along the way. Playing on his home course at Sedgefield Country Club, the 24-year-old Smalley carded three rounds in the 60s,…

Schlottman selects service over scorecards

Featured News, Junior GolfBy Jay AllredSeptember 9, 2021Leave a comment

        By David Droschak For every PGA Tour player, there are hundreds, even thousands of guys like Ben Schlottman. Schlottman was a state champion at Forsyth Country Day, a star college golfer at Auburn who was named SEC freshman of the year and won the prestigious North and South Men’s Amateur Championship at Pinehurst Resort in…

Widening His Horizons: Jason Widener gearing up for senior circuit

Featured News, Tournament NewsBy Jay AllredAugust 8, 2021Leave a comment

        By David Droschak Few golfers – outside of Tiger Woods – have had a more successful junior career than Jason Widener. The former Greensboro native won over 50 junior tournaments, including the U.S. Junior Amateur, was the No. 1 ranked junior player in the country for two years in the late 1980s and became one…

Three-Pate: Reagan sophomore strings together a summer to remember with three CGA wins

Featured News, Junior GolfBy Jay AllredAugust 6, 2021Leave a comment

        By David Droschak Macy Pate was seeking warmer weather and the ability to work on her golf game on a full-time basis when her family moved from the North Carolina mountains to Winston-Salem last August. The 15-year-old Pate, a fierce competitor, was also looking for players to push her and challenge a skill set that…

Country Club of North Carolina shines during U.S. Junior Am

Junior Golf, UncategorizedBy Jay AllredAugust 6, 2021Leave a comment

        By David Droschak It’s unclear when the next United States Golf Association championship will be staged at Country Club of North Carolina, but it’s likely to be sooner than later after the club’s nearly flawless showing during the U.S. Junior Amateur in late July. CCNC hosted more than 250 of the world’s best junior golfers…

Expect longer rough to add new test to Wyndham Championship contenders

Featured NewsBy Jay AllredAugust 6, 2021Leave a comment

        By David Droschak Going low has been the rule at the Wyndham Championship since moving to Sedgefield Country Club rather than the exception, with winning scores regularly at 20-under-par or better. The last five Greensboro winners have broken that barrier with Brandt Snedeker firing an opening round 59 in 2018 and last year’s champion Jim…

Lessons Learned: Dona Lerner, Kathy Bounds have changed thousands of young lives

Featured News, InstructionBy Jay AllredJuly 5, 2021Leave a comment

        By David Droschak Spend more than five minutes with Dona Lerner and Kathy Bounds and its evident there is a true division of labor in the well-oiled machine that is the Dona Lerner Golf Academy. Lerner is the face of the business while Bounds is the worker bee. The common ground is a love for…

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