By MARC PRUITT Say goodbye to Pine Brook Country Club in Winston-Salem as you might know it. No, the club that opened in 1954 isn’t shutting its doors. It has a new ownership group that is making plenty of changes, most notably a new name – Maple Chase Golf and Country Club. Initially the…
By BRAD KING Well known in the Triad during her college career by her maiden name, Laura Philo, the Wake Forest hall-of-famer was a two-time first team All-American and the 1996-97 Marge Crisp Award winner as the school’s top female athlete. Laura Diaz has gone on to become the most successful Demon Deacon in LPGA…
By STEVE WILLIAMS SOUTHERN PINES – It was totally understandable that Annika Winebarger was nervous during the final round of the 2-A/1-A State Championship at Longleaf Golf and Country Club. The senior from Elkin High School found herself in the lead after an opening-round 74 on Oct. 28 and she was in the final pairing…
By EDDIE SOUTHARDS FOXFIRE VILLAGE – A group of girls at Ledford High School has proven that golf can be a team sport. Despite not having a player contending for the individual title, the Panthers won their third straight 3-A state championship at Foxfire Resort and Golf Club. They won by 29 shots over Northern…
By STEVE WILLIAMS SOUTHERN PINES – Isabella Rusher and Grace Yatawara are successful year-round players on the junior golf circuit and both are ranked in the top 20 in the N.C. Junior Girls Rankings. So it was no surprise that they were the leaders when Salisbury captured its third consecutive 2-A/1-A state title at Longleaf…
By CHRISTIAN WORSTELL Walking up to the ninth green at Pinehurst No. 6 on Oct. 29, Victoria Allred couldn’t hold it in any longer. After starting her day on the 10th tee of the final round of the 4-A state championships, Allred knew this would be the last fairway she would ever walk as a…
By Jay Allred Most golfers walk into a golf shop, pick up a putter and start trying to see if they can make a few putts from 10 feet to decide if the flat stick fits their game. In a few months they are in search of another putter, but Edel Golf is trying to…
By SEVE HANF Bill Harvey spent a lifetime playing golf in some of the nation’s biggest tournaments. Harvey also spent a lifetime sharing his love of the game with countless others. The last tournament in which Harvey played – in fact, the last time he played golf at all – was in 2006 at a…
By MARC PRUITT Ryan Sullivan has one less thing to worry about. Between booking flights and making hotel arrangements in foreign countries for upcoming tournaments and figuring out where he left his passport from his last trip, Sullivan’s whirlwind season of success that began when he played in the U.S Open at Merion in June…