Last year was a fresh start for Greensboro’s Tanner Cadieux. New school, new team, new surroundings. And everything seemed to fall into place after an uneventful year at N.C. State. As a sophomore at Viriginia Commonwealth, the Greensboro native quickly became a mainstay on the team on his way to Atlantic 10 All-Conference team honors.…
The long-awaited unveiling of a popular nine holes with a new look is only a few days away. Raleigh Golf Association will reopen its front nine with a sold-out Friday shotgun start, completing the facility’s new 18-hole course made up of the front nine of the former 18-hole public course and a back nine comprised…
Ryan Gerard didn’t win the Tour Championship on Sunday at East Lake Golf Club. But he made a putt worth more than $1 million on the final hole. Scottie Scheffler got off to a fast start and took control on the back nine on his way to 66 and a three-stroke victory at 16-under-par 264.…
Sweltering temperatures. Steamy humidity. Sizzing sun and afternoon thunderstorms. It didn’t matter this past weekend at one Triad golf course. On Saturday, 260 players teed off on reopening day at Salem Glen Country Club. On Sunday, 247 more filled the course. Members of the semi-private Clemmons layout, a product of Nicklaus Design, were anxious to…
In a way, Mark Kriston turned back time at the 79th Forsyth Amateur Championship. Twenty years, to be exact. Kriston seized control Sunday on the front nine at Old Town Club and survived a late triple-bogey to win by three strokes over second-round leader Fisher Kennedy. The 42-year-old Kriston shot 2-under-par 68 in the final…
Clemmons native Brandon Einstein made a bogey this week in defense of his title at the North Carolina Open. But that bogey Tuesday — his only blemish in 108 holes in the past two State Opens — isn’t what cost him another victory. Symon Balbin just made too many birdies. Balbin, a 24-year-old former UNC…
It’s official. The PGA Tour will remain in Greensboro as one of the Tour’s premier tournaments. The Tour, Raymond James and tournament operator and host Piedmont Triad Charitable Foundation announced a multi-year agreement with Raymond James to sponsor the tournament held at Sedgefield Country Club. The tournament will be known as GO by Raymond James,…
The Greensboro PGA Tour event has a new title sponsor and a seat with the big boys, according to Sports Business Journal. Raymond James, known as the title sponsor of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ home stadium, is expected to be the new title sponsor of Greensboro’s PGA Tour event. SBJ also reported that the Greensboro…
The third chance in three weeks was the charm for Michael Brennan at the Wyndham Championship. The 24-year-old Wake Forest graduate, who suffered final-round breakdowns while in contention the previous two weeks, fought off some final-round jitters Sunday while pulling away for a popular victory at Sedgefield Country Club. He rolled in a 13-foot birdie…
Now that this year’s Wyndham Championship is over, the real drama awaits. OK, former Wake Forest star Michael Brennan earning a first regular-season victory, making the FedExCup Playoffs and securing his 2027 exemption comes pretty close. But that’s history. Was the 87th annual PGA Tour event the last — or second-to-last — in Greensboro? If…