Despite her trim, 5-3 stature, Mebane native Emily Mathews generates prodigious power with her golf swing, driving the ball at least 275 yards, according to her coach. Chase Duncan, the longtime instructor at Lonnie Poole Golf Course in Raleigh whose pupils include PGA Tour winner Ashkay Bhatia, jokes that the petite Mathews, a standout freshman…
Mebane native Nick Mathews, who plays for N.C. State, received an individual berth in the NCAA Men’s Golf Regional at UNC’s Finley Golf Course. The redshirt junior finished the regular season with a 72.34 stroke average and won N.C. State’s Stitch Invitational earlier this month. Spencer Oxendine of Fayetteville, who edged Mathews with a 72.31…
The top-seeded Wake Forest women’s golf team won its eighth conference title in program history Sunday after two rain delays caused the championship match to be called due to darkness at Porter’s Neck Country Club in Wilmington. Wake, the top seed after 54 holes of stroke play, was leading Clemson in three of the five…
Rachel Kuehn took medalist honors for Wake Forest, which led the ACC stroke-play portion Saturday at Porter’s Neck Country Club near Wilmington. Wake shot 23-under 851 as a team to beat Clemson by seven strokes. Virginia was third, North Carolina fourth, Duke fifth and N.C. State tied for sixth. Wake will be the top seed…
Mebane native Nick Mathews won medalist honors at N.C. State’s Stitch Intercollegiate, which concluded April 13 at the Wolfpack’s Lonnie Poole Golf Course. Mathews shot rounds of 73, 70 and 72 to finish at 2-over-par 215, one shot ahead of Duke’s Luke Sample, to lead the Wolfpack to the team title in the 12-team tournament,…
Virginia Tech, with two Triad golfers in its starting five, finished second, one spot ahead of Wake Forest and another local player at the Wolfpack Match Play tournament, which concluded Tuesday at Lonnie Poole Golf Course in Raleigh. North Carolina won the eight-team event, knocking off Virginia Tech 3-2 in the championship round. Virginia Tech’s…
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…
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…
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…