Looking for a good read to get you ready for the upcoming Masters? Check out (or buy) “The Legendary Caddies of Augusta National” by Durham native Ward Clayton, former sports editor of The Augusta (yes, that Augusta) Chronicle during its heyday in the 1990s and later director of editorial services for the PGA Tour. It’s…
Is it the player, or the club? Can a professional club fitting save your game? I was skeptical, believing the fault is with the player, not the club. But with Club Champion offering a free fitting, I decided to see if a new driver would make a difference. I opted for a driver fitting only.…
This weekend’s $8.7-million Valspar Championship recently announced a new title sponsorship deal through 2030. This week, 10 of the top 27 players in the World Golf Rankings are in the field at Innisbrook Resort’s Copperhead Course. Other prominent names competing the Tampa-area event include Jordan Spieth and Will Zalatoris. It’s an impressive field, especially for…
No. 9 ranked Wake Forest won the elite Old Barnwell Derby Match Play on Tuesday with a 3-2 victory over No. 4 South Carolina near Aiken, S.C. Carolina Lopez-Chacarra, Anne-Sterre Den Dunnen and Sky Sload won matches for the Wake women. Winston-Salem’s Macy Pate lost, 4 and 3 to USC’s Eila Galitzky, a freshman from…
An acclaimed Triad-based course architect had one of his projects highlighted this week by Forbes. Earlier this week, Forbes.com posted a feature about Greensboro’s Kris Spence and his renovations at Dunedin Golf Club. Spence recently completed a renovation of Dunedin, an original Donald Ross design on the Gulf Coast, just north of St. Petersburg. Forbes…
With ample justification, Anna Howerton took lofty goals into the “spring” golf season at High Point University. “I’d love to be a contributor to bringing a Big South Championship to High Point,” Howerton told TriadGolf.com on Tuesday. “I’d like to be the Big South Conference Player of the Year.” Lofty goals, yes. Cocky or arrogant?…
There’s been a major shakeup at one of the Triad’s best-known golf facilities. The husband-wife team of Eddie and Jane Stephens have left their positions as general manager and food and beverage director, respectively, at Forest Oaks Country Club. Multiple sources told TriadGolf.com that the couple left their positions a few weeks ago after a…
A small city at one edge of the Triad has a new golf professional at one club and one on the way at another. Veteran Triad golf professional Andy Cardwell is the new pro at Mt. Airy County Club. Cardwell told Triad Golf Magazine that he would take over his new duties on March 24.…
There are about 100 golf courses on Grand Strand. It all depends on how far up and down the coast and into Brunswick County you keeping counting. When I lived there for most of the 1990s, the number increased every year, rising well above the century level. Yes, I had played them all, including private…
The owner of three prestigious Triad golf clubs has added a South Carolina course to its holdings. McConnell Golf, owner of Sedgefield Country Club, The Cardinal by Pete Dye and Old North State Club in the Triad, has purchased the 27-hole Cobblestone Park Golf Club near Columbia, sources with McConnell confirmed Friday to Triad Golf…