Davis DeLille of High Point shot his second straight 3-under-par 69 Sunday at High Point Country Club’s Willow Creek course to win the Triad Amateur Golf Classic. DeLille’s 138 total beat Grady Newton of Winston-Salem, Paul Goetz III of Clifton Park, N.Y., and Ayush Bodhale of Huntersville by five strokes. The field included 25 players…
Alex Smalley made a charge on the back nine in his second straight final round on the PGA Tour. And for the second straight time, he came up just a little short in a bid to earn his first Tour victory. Trailing by five shots with fewer than nine holes to play Sunday, the Jamestown…
Alex Smalley will enter another final round of a PGA Tour event in contention for his first victory. The Jamestown resident shot 1-under-par 69 Saturday to join a tie for fifth place in the Charles Schwab Challenge, three strokes behind leader Eric Cole, who fired 63 to storm from back in the pack to take…
Duke and North Carolina got off to strong starts Friday at the Men’s NCAA Championship at Omni La Costa Resort. Ethan Evans and Bryan Kim each shot 1-under-par 71 for Duke, which shot 2-under 286 as a team, good for a tie for fourth place with San Diego, six shots behind leader UCLA. Auburn is…
Alex Smalley is back in contention to win his first PGA Tour event. The Jamestown resident added 67 Friday to his opening-round 65 at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, to join a tie for sixth place at 8-under-par 132 in the Charles Schwab Challenge. Smalley, the third-round leader in the PGA Championship two…
The holes follow the routes they always have since 1985, when Elk River Club unveiled Jack Nicklaus’ first North Carolina Signature Course. But just about everything on the Banner Elk course, ravaged by Hurricane Helene in September 2024, is new. That Elk River looked much the same to me a few days ago as it…
After its five golfers played 54 holes this weekend in the NCAA Championship, Wake Forest came up one stroke short from advancing after a tough finish late Sunday afternoon at La Costa Resort in Carlsbad, California. Meanwhile, 12th-ranked North Carolina, which entered the day tied with No. 8 Wake, posted 1-under 287 to move up…
Alex Smalley’s home in Jamestown and his membership at Sedgefield Country Club make him a sure-thing to play in the upcoming Wyndham Championship, right? No, not really. Smalley’s rise to No. 42 in the Official World Golf Rankings and No. 15 in the PGA Tour FedEx Cup standings now allow the 29-year-old Smalley to play…
Wake Forest and N.C. State fell short Wednesday in the final round of the NCAA regional at Bermuda Run East. The Wolfpack rallied from a mediocre opening round to finish seventh at 17-under 835, nine shots behind Mississippi State, which grabbed the last of five qualifying spots for the national championship in Carlsbad, California. The…
Nicholas Prieto birdied the first two holes then eagled No. 17 to shoot 4-under-par 67 at Bermuda Run East to spark host Wake Forest into a tie for third place after the first round of the 14-team NCAA Winston-Salem Regional. The Demon Deacons shot 6-under 278 as a team, tying Southern Cal, Ole Miss and…