North Carolina made the final eight in the NCAA Championship with a tie for third place in stroke play at La Costa North in Carlsbad, California. The Tar Heels shot 4-under-par 284 Monday to tie Virginia at 11-over 1163, 17 strokes behind team leader llinois. Seeded No. 4 for match play, UNC will play No.…
Virginia took a three-stroke lead after Saturday’s second round of the NCAA Men’s Championship at La Costa North in Carlsbad, California. North Carolina, which entered the day only one-shot from the top, struggled and fell 10 strokes back. Virginia has a 1-over-par 557 total, three shots better than Illinois and six ahead of Vanderbilt. North…
Participating as individuals, Mebane native Nick Mathews of N.C. State and Nick Hernandez of UNC Greensboro got off to good starts at the NCAA Men’s Championship Friday before fading down the stretch at La Costa North in Carlsbad, California. Powered by brothers David and Maxwell Ford and Peter Fountain, North Carolina grabbed third place. The…
Noah Connor would have rather been in Southern California this week rather than playing in the N.C. Open at Starmount Forest Country Club. And that sentiment was probably shared by the rest of the field. Connor, a recent UNC Greensboro graduate and the defending Carolinas Open champion, shot 7-under-par 64 Wednesday to grab a six-stroke…
Sparked by leader Michael Brennan, Wake Forest moved up to sixth place Tuesday in the NCAA Austin Regional at the University of Texas Golf Club. Brennan shot 3-under-par 68 to grab the individual lead at 7-under 135 as the Demon Deacons pulled within two strokes of Utah for the fifth and final qualifying spot for…
The third round of the NCAA Regional at Finley Golf Course in Chapel Hill was suspended by rain on Tuesday with the leading teams playing five holes or less. Host North Carolina did manage to pull within four shots of leader East Tennessee with a 6-under-par start. The Tar Heels are 19-under for the 54-hole…
Rachel Kuehn tied for medalist honors at 12-under-par 204 to lead Wake Forest to a third-place finish behind Ole Miss and Texas on Wednesday at the women’s NCAA Regional at Bermuda Run’s East Course. Kuehn shot 69 in the final round, but was caught by Ole Miss’ Caitlyn Macnab, who closed with 67 in the…
Emily Mathews of Virginia Tech, a Mebane resident, fell just short of qualifying for the upcoming NCAA women’s championship Wednesday at the Cle Elum, Washington, regional. Mathews shot 76 to finish the 54-hole tournament at 5-over-par 221 in a tie for 14th place. Though Tech did not advance as a team, Mathews was in position…
Rachel Kuehn and Macy Pate remained high on the individual leaderboard for first-place Wake Forest after two rounds of the NCAA women’s golf regional at Bermuda Run East. Meanwhile, Mebane native Emily Mathews is tied for 12th after rounds of 72 and 73 3at the regional at Tumble Creek Club in Cle Elum, Washington, despite…
Though a pro golf career remains a dream for Preston Howe, the Forsyth Country Day School junior made academics the priority when deciding to play college golf in the Ivy League. In March, Howe committed to Yale University, one of the nation’s most prestigious academic institutions, known more for producing U.S. presidents than PGA Tour…