Will Zalatoris’ back issues haven’t gone away, nor even improved enough to keep him on the course. The 30-year-old former Wake Forest star announced that he will have another back surgery that will sideline him for the 2027 season. Zalatoris told Golf Channel that he would have spinal-fusion surgery after participating in the PGA Tour’s…
Though Scottie Pearman is ranked No. 1 on the Pinnacle World Long Drive Tour, he’s never won the tour’s biggest event, the World Long Drive Championship. The 42-year-old Greensboro resident gets another chance this weekend in Sparks, Nevada. The preliminary rounds are Thursday and Friday, followed by Saturday’s eight-man, head-to-head final round, which will be…
Wake Forest’s Tom Haberer held on to win the Elon Phoenix Invitational on Tuesday at Alamance Country Club. Haberer, 13-under through his final 27 holes Monday, was 4-under through his first 14 holes Tuesday and cruising to an apparent victory before a late challenge by Campbell’s Benjamin Killingstad, who birdied Nos. 15 and 17 to…
A player without a team is leading the Elon Invitational entering Tuesday’s final round at Alamance Country Club. Tom Haberer of Wake Forest, competing as an individual, shot 13 under par over his final 27 holes, while shooting 66 and 62 Monday for a 14-under 128 total and a three-shot lead over Benjamin Killingstad of…
Banzai! The latest Wake Forest University standout on the PGA Tour won his second tournament of the year Sunday at the Baycurrent Classic in Japan. Michael Brennan, who won the Wyndham Championship in August, birdied Nos. 11 and 12 and followed with six consecutive pars to hang on for a one-shot victory over Jacob Bridgeman…
Austin Hitt had to win Sunday. There was no other way he could be assured of earning a promotion to the PGA Tour. And with his Tar Heels pride showing for all to see on his shot book as well as his mother’s rain attire, Hill went out and did it. The 28-year-old UNC alum…
If you’re headed to Mount Airy this weekend for “Mayberry Days,” you have one less golf option for your trip. White Pines Country Club, a few miles northwest of Mt. Airy and just inside the North Carolina-Virginia border has closed its greens. The manager of the nine-hole course said on Thursday the layout remains open…
By John Brasier When will the new driving range and practice green at Raleigh Golf Association be open? Many Raleigh-area golfers have been eagerly waiting the new range (pictured above from behind the No. 1 green during construction in early September) in the heart of the city and convenient to N.C. State along Tryon Road.…
By John Brasier A Triangle club with a century-old Donald Ross design — tweaked a handful of times over the decades — plans to make renovations to restore the original “magic” of the historic layout. Greensboro-based architect Kris Spence, considered a master at restorations and renovations of Ross designs, will begin an extensive project in…
B.J. Boyce of UNC Greensboro was the medalist as the Spartans finished second Monday at Arkansas’ Blessings Collegiate Invitational. The graduate student from Fayetteville shot 8-under-par 64 in the final round to come from behind to take his first collegiate victory at 5-under 211 for 54 holes. Boyce won the Carolinas Amateur this summer at…