The new 10th course at Pinehurst Resort will have a distinctive name reflecting its unique setting and local history. The resort announced the course would be known as Pinehurst Sandmines, though it is still also referred to as Pinehurst No. 10. The course, scheduled to open in May, is routed on more than 900 acres,…
Triad golfer Macy Pate tied for eighth playing for Wake Forest in the 54-hole Darius Rucker Intercollegiate at Long Cove Club on Hilton Head Island. The freshman from Winston-Salem shot 1-over-par 72 in Wednesday’s final round for a 1-under 212 total in a 17-team field with six of the nation’s top 10 teams. The tie…
UNC Greensboro, which pulled a stunner last year by winning the Wake Forest Invitational at Pinehurst No. 2 (pictured above), wasn’t able to repeat as champions this week. Auburn shot 12-over-par 852 to win the 54-hole team championship Tuesday by one stroke over East Tennessee State. Wake Forest finished third at 17-over, one stroke ahead…
After watching the PGA Tour play the second of two tournaments at the remote Congaree Golf Club in the South Carolina Lowcountry in October 2022, Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce CEO Karen Riordan said she asked Myrtle Beach’s mega-golf marketing firm, Golf Tourism Solutions, why the Grand Strand, can’t have a Tour stop. After all,…
Macy Pate eliminated any doubts she was ready for top-flight collegiate golf in her first round playing for defending NCAA champion Wake Forest. Pate shot 2-under-par 70 in September at the Annika (Sorenstam) Invitational in Minnesota on her way to a tie for ninth at 6-under 210 in a 12-team field including many of the…
The Carolinas Golf Association brought a special guest to its annual Golf Night celebration on Feb. 10 at Pinehurst Resort’s Carolina Hotel. On a night that began with the election of a new president and included recognition of the organization’s players of the year, the star of show may have been the U.S. Open trophy,…
By John Brasier Less than three years ago, Nick Dunlap failed to close out a victory at the Wyndham Junior Championship at Sedgefield Country Club (pictured above), eventually finishing in a tie for second place. But Sunday, at age 20, the University of Alabama sophomore was good enough to win the American Express tournament at…
Construction work on a new $15-million clubhouse at Tanglewood Park for one of the Triad’s finest public golf facilities was given the go-ahead Dec. 21 from the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners. Samet Corp. of Greensboro will build a slightly smaller clubhouse on the site of the current clubhouse at the top of a hill…
A trio of Triad golfers were ranked in the top 100 of the women’s and men’s NCAA Division I rankings after the fall season, with Wake Forest and North Carolina No. 1 in the team rankings. Freshman Macy Pate of Wake Forest (pictured) was No. 43 and former Reagan High teammate Morgan Ketchum of Virginia…
There’s no need for a pro in a team tournament when you’ve got an amateur shooting 64. And 8-under-par, gross 64 is what Nate Hargett shot to lead a prominent team (pictured above) of local golfers to a three-stroke victory in the fifth-annual First Responders of the Triad charity tournament Oct. 6 at Greensboro National…