By David Droschak Aaron Purviance had time to reflect on his college golfing career in late May as he drove cross country with his brother Austin, heading to finish up an internship at the Jim McLean Golf School at Red Ledges in Park City. Utah is a far piece from Methodist University in Fayetteville, but…
By Brad King Longtime Wake Forest women’s golf coach Dianne Dailey said she plans on knocking the rust off her clubs in retirement. “I’d like to actually play a little bit more golf, just because I haven’t had a chance to play much,” she said. “Maybe if I can get my game back in shape…
By Steve Huffman To say Wake Forest’s Jennifer Kupcho closed strong in the NCAA Women’s Golf Championship would be an understatement. The junior made five birdies on the last eight holes to shoot 71 and win by two shots over Stanford’s Andrea Lee and Arizona’s Bianca Pagdanganan at Karsten Creek Golf Course in Stillwater, Okla.,…
By David Droschak Growing up a few miles from Willow Creek Country Club in High Point, Thomas Walsh was always the biggest kid on the block. “On the golf course, I was able to overpower people,” says Walsh, who made the varsity golf team at Westchester Country Day School for coach Adam Schwartz as a…
By David Droschak Methodist men’s golf coach Steve Conley has fond memories of the last time his team was on the big stage at Grandover. Sure, his team won the 2015 Division III national championship at the Greensboro resort, but the title and trophy presentation was only half the experience. “The staff at Grandover really…
By Brad King Fittingly in many ways, legendary Wake Forest University golf coach Jesse Haddock passed away during the week of the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Though he never coached Palmer during his historic, three-decade stint at Wake Forest, the program Haddock inherited in 1960 always benefited from The King’s cachet. Shortly after assuming control of…
BY TIM PEELER Press McPhaul remembers the end of his freshman season at North Carolina State, and not fondly. His confidence was shot. His golf game was crap. He just wanted to go home to Sanford and not come back. A bit disconsolate, McPhaul stopped by head coach Richard Sykes’ office late in the spring…
By Kurt Dusterberg Andrew DiBitetto is in an unlikely situation, coaching a major Division I golf program at the age of 31. He’s on the young side, but he’s well prepared to be the head coach at University of North Carolina, a position he earned in July after the dismissal of Andrew Sapp. He may…
North Carolina star wins U.S. Amateur, takes runner-up at Western Am By David Droschak More times than college coaches would like to admit, they set out to recruit a player or two at a junior tournament, and somebody else turns their head. Such was the case at the Carolinas Junior championship at Willow Creek in…
By David Droschak North Carolina A&T women’s golf coach Richard Watkins reluctantly accepted pats on the back this season as he launched the school’s first golf program in 125 years. Forgive Watkins for being a little hard on himself and his team – he wants to win like most coaches – even though the odds…