The college golf season is here for major programs in North Carolina. The UNC men, impressive in a second-place finish in a powerhouse, 18-team field earlier this month in Hawaii, begin play Monday in The Prestige, a 24-team event including Stanford, Pepperdine and Northwestern at PGA West in LaQuinta, California. The Tar Heels enter the…
Morgan Ketchum, a junior from Winston-Salem, shot 6-under-par 210 for 54 holes at the Advance Golf Partners Collegiate at Hammock Creek in Palm City, Florida, as Virginia Tech overwhelmed a field of mid-major competition. Ketchum shot 69 in Tuesday’s final round to finish in second place, two strokes behind teammate Valentine Delon. Four Tech golfers…
UNC Greensboro golfer Kelvin Hernandez has earned another spot in a PGA Tour event. Hernandez claimed the a berth in the 2025 Puerto Rico Open with a third-place showing at the Golf Puerto Rico Tournament series at TPC Dorado Beach last weekend. He shot even-par 216. The Puerto Rico Open will be March 6-9 at Grand…
HOLLYWOOD, S.C. — Kyle Haas and Jorge Hao tied for fourth, the top finish by a Wake Forest player at The Stono, a season-opening, individual stroke-play college tournament that concluded Tuesday at The Links at Stono Ferry near Charleston, South Carolina. Haas, the son of Wake coach Jerry Haas, shot rounds of 68, 73 and…
Macy Pate should have the opportunity to play the No. 1 course remaining on her bucket list this spring thanks to her invitation to play in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur on April 2-5. The Wake Forest golfer, No. 51 in the women’s world amateur rankings, is scheduled to play Augusta National Golf Club, the…
Macy Pate has received an invitation to play in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur at Augusta National Golf Club. The Wake Forest University sophomore, a Reagan High graduate, posted a photo of herself with the invitation on social media Wednesday night. Teammate Carolina Chacarra was also invited. The tournament, which features top collegiate players, is…
She’s won back-to-back Class 4A individual high school state championships at Northwest Guilford, both times outdueling a player hailed by The Charlotte Observer as “America’s best 12th grade golfer.” She’s a tireless worker, commonly seen during daily practice sessions with a determined smile on her face and a Carolinas Golf Association stocking cap atop her…
Macy Pate tied for second in the individual race to lead the Wake Forest women’s team to a victory in a strong 11-school field at the Charles Schwab Collegiate in Fort Worth, Texas. Pate, a sophomore who attended Reagan High, shot 2-under-par 211 in the 54-hole tournament at Ridglea Country Club, two strokes behind Cayetana…
Recent UNC Wilmington graduate and East Bend native Mallory Fobes, hopeful of a pro playing career, won the second Carolinas Women’s Mid-Amateur last week at Longleaf Golf Club in Southern Pines. Fobes (pictured) shot 71 and 77 to finish at 4-over-par 148, beating Courtney Stiles of Pinehurst with a birdie in the first hole of…
With two championship courses and spacious practice facilities, Grandover Resort is a popular venue for high school and college golf teams. According to Grandover’s director of golf, Jonathan York, several Triad college and high school teams use the facilities. Leading the list is UNC Greensboro, whose men’s and women’s teams call the resort home. In…