Shamrock expected to have new lease, two courses close By STEVE HUFFMAN Plans are to reopen Asheboro Country Club within weeks. The new general manager said that reopening will hopefully take place by March 1, and, if not then, shortly thereafter. “I love the opportunity,” Charles Mackintosh said. “I can do this, it can be…
By David Droschak Staying on top of the competitive golf business in the North Carolina Sandhills takes time, commitment and money. Fall behind ever so slightly and another golf course – figuratively a driver and chip shot away – is ready to steal your golfers. With that in mind, the closing of Legacy Golf Links…
By EDDIE SOUTHARDS One of the smallest players in the field had the biggest game at the girls’ 4-A state high school golf championship in Pinehurst. Victoria Allred, who stands five feet tall, shot 75 and 74 at Pinehurst No. 6 to win the individual title. She is only a sophomore and helped Reagan High…
By STEVE HANF Names from all across the state dotted the individual leaderboard at the state 3-A women’s golf championship. Medalist Tara Simmons from C.B. Aycock highlighted the list of golfers from the eastern half of North Carolina. Sarah Bertram of Concord led the Charlotte-and-beyond region with her second-place showing. Northern Guilford’s Taylor Penzer and…
By JOHN DELL The past will meet the future in mid October at the Wake Forest Pro-Am at Old Town Golf Club. The pro-am, a major fund-raiser for the tradition-rich Demon Deacon men’s and women’s golf programs, will have an added feature with the legendary Arnold Palmer scheduled to be on hand. He’ll be honored…
By MICHAEL GRAFF At the start of June, Brent Gentel was the happiest golf course superintendent around. His greens at Starmount Forest Country Club in Greensboro were in their best shape in six years. The way they rolled, the way they looked, everything was perfect. And then it wasn’t. On June 11, Starmount’s bentgrass greens…
By STEVE HANF GREENSBORO – You’ll have to excuse Webb Simpson for not possessing a long list of memories from Greensboro’s long-running PGA Tour stop. As a top-level junior golfer, the North Carolina native tended to be busy playing golf rather than watching it. Simpson recalled attending the tournament as a 17-year-old and playing in…
By KEITH JARRETT The options for fun and entertainment at Rumbling Bald Resort on Lake Lure stretch as far and wide as the blue waters which surround this golf and vacation destination. Start with 36 holes: the Apple Valley and Bald Mountain championship courses that offer two distinctly different layouts but similar feels for challenge,…
Eight Champions Tour players are scheduled to take part in the Mike Goodes and Friends Charity Pro-Am on Monday, June 13, at Bryan Park. Goodes will be joined by Nick Price, Fred Funk, Loren Roberts, Andy Bean, Larry Mize, Olin Browne and Russ Cochran in the charity event used to raise funds for the Triad…
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