Hard as it may be to believe, the only NCAA Division I women’s golfer to win three tournaments this fall has an inferiority complex. Or at least, she had one. “I suffer from Imposter Syndrome,” said High Point University sophomore Makayla Grubb. The symptoms, according to Grubb (rhymes with “tube”), include feeling insecure when she…
David Ford passed Ryan Gerard on the leaderboard Sunday at the World Wide Technology Championship in Mexico on the PGA Tour’s Fall Series. But while the former Tar Heels each claimed top 10 finishes, the drama at the top was supplied by Blades Brown and Ben James. The 19-year-old Brown, bidding to become the youngest…
Ryan Gerard should feel a lot more comfortable than most of his opposition this weekend at the PGA Tour’s World Wide Technology Championship. And he’s playing like it. The Raleigh native and University of North Carolina standout shot 65 Saturday to move into second place entering the final round at El Cardonal at Diamante in…
A Wake Forest player advanced to the Final Stage of LPGA Tour Qualifying while two three players came up short. Anne-Sterre den Dunnen of The Netherlands, who finished her career at Wake Forest in the spring, tied for 35th place Friday at Plantation Golf Club in Venice, Florida, to advance to the Final Stage later…
The much-anticipated completions of projects at a few high-profile Triangle golf facilities are on the horizon. The new No. 2 hole at N.C. State’s Lonnie Poole Golf Course and the new driving range and practice area at Raleigh Golf Association are almost ready for public play. “It is growing in now and our plan is…
Macy Pate of Winston-Salem shot 69 Sunday to climb to second place and help Wake Forest to finish second in the team standings at the Landfall Tradition in Wilmington. Pate, who birdied the final two holes at Landfall’s Dye Course, finished nine strokes behind runaway medalist Rianne Malixi, who led sixth-ranked Duke to the team…
Pennson Badgett (pictured) captured his first collegiate victory. Tanner Cadieux played a major role in helping his team win the team championship. Badgett, a Pilot Mountain native and freshman at Tennessee, shot 5-under-par 67 including a birdie on the 18th hole Wednesday, to win medalist honors at the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate at Blackthorn Club…
High Point University sophomore Makayla Grubb (pictured) earned medalist honors for the third time this fall. Grubb, a Stafford, Virginia, native, shot 2-under-par 69 Tuesday to win medalist honors and lead High Point University to a share of the team championship at the Edisto Island Invitational. The Wildcats were awarded the winners’ trophy based on…
Valentine Delon of Virginia Tech shot 5-under-par 66 Sunday to win the Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitation at Finley Golf Club with a 10-under 203 total. Duke won the team title at 11-under, beating second-place Virginia Tech by 13 strokes. N.C. State was third at 6-over and top-ranked Wake Forest was fourth with 9-over. Host…
Ellie Hildreth shot 5-under-par 66 Friday to lead the N.C. State women into first place after the first round of the 54-hole Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational at UNC’s Finley Golf Club. With Hildreth taking the medalist lead, the Wolfpack shot 6-under 278 to lead Boston College and Virginia Tech by one stroke. Benedicte Brent-Peterson…