By STEVE HUFFMAN Depth paid huge dividends for Elon School in the North Carolina independent 1-A state championship. The Commodores, with four players among the top 13 finishers, won its first state golf championship, posting a 623 total to best second-place finisher Trinity of Durham/Chapel Hill, which 10 shots off the pace at Talamore Golf…
By MICHAEL GRAFF About six years ago, 10-year-old Tanner Owen stood beside the practice range at Willow Creek Golf Club, a place where he’s hit thousands upon thousands of practice shots, and watched a grown man hit balls like he’d never seen before. The man was big, and he swung left-handed, just like Owen. The…
Read Complete Coverage Forest Oaks CC, Greensboro • Saturday and Sunday, March 31-April 1 Ben Pinkleton wins Tournament of Champions Senior Division FINAL SCORES Team scoring details (best 4 of 5 scores each nine) Tanglewood wins team title Hensley medalist in Interclub division after playoff T of C/Interclub history 1997-2012
By HEATHER ANGELL Wake Forest has come a long way from the last-place finish in its first tournament of the spring to having some momentum heading into the NCAA Regionals. The Demon Deacons posted the lowest final-round score of the ACC Women’s Tournament at Sedgefield Country Club on April 15 to claim third place, 17…
By DAVID DROSCHAK It seems more than just coincidence Lindy Duncan’s climb to the top of the college golf rankings coincides with Duke’s return to favorite role heading into the Atlantic Coast Conference women’s golf championship. Duncan, a junior who is the reigning ACC player of the year, was always a top golfer as a…
By MICHAEL GRAFF When George Veach bought Wilshire Golf Course in Winston-Salem 45 years ago, winters gave him fits. Cold seasons didn’t mix well with Wilshire’s bermudagrass greens – greens that would be more comfortable in shorts and sunglasses than overcoats and boots. On the worst years, they froze up and died. So in 1977,…
Schlottman rallies to take International Tour victory By STEVE WILLIAMS Ben Schlottman of Advance captured his second victory on the International Junior Golf Tour, rallying from a four-shot deficit to win at Hilton Head Island, S.C. A first-round 77 at Barony Golf Course left Schlottman in 10th position on the 71-player leaderboard in the boys…
Diaz will replace current assistant coach Robin Walton Wake Forest women’s golf head coach Dianne Dailey has announced the hiring of Kevin Diaz, who will serve as assistant coach beginning next season. Diaz, who is the husband of Demon Deacon great Laura Diaz, comes to Wake Forest with a strong golf background. He began his…
By STEVE HANF Davis Womble became a target as a middle-school player on Wesleyan Christian Academy’s varsity golf team. The target has grown a little larger each year: a win at the Donald Ross Junior in 2009, the Wake Forest commitment that followed and a state championship at the N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association 3-A…
Pinewood’s Head Professional winner of 2011 Horton Smith Award By JOHN DELL It’s appropriate that Chad Newton has a couple of baseball mitts on a shelf in his office. Those gloves have a hidden meaning for Newton, 36, who is in his ninth year as the Head Golf Professional at Pinewood Country Club in Asheboro.…