Still unpacking from a glorious golf week in Branson, Missouri … There might not have been a happier place in the United States than southwest Missouri last week following the elections. In Branson, there were/are far more Trump retail stores — at least a half dozen — than supermarkets. My favorite — “When I die…
Macy Pate tied for second in the individual race to lead the Wake Forest women’s team to a victory in a strong 11-school field at the Charles Schwab Collegiate in Fort Worth, Texas. Pate, a sophomore who attended Reagan High, shot 2-under-par 211 in the 54-hole tournament at Ridglea Country Club, two strokes behind Cayetana…
Leah Edwards of Northwest Guilford successfully defended her Class 4A girls high school state title Tuesday, shooting her second consecutive 70 to win by one stroke at Pinehurst No. 6. Edwards, who finished at even-par 140 on an approximately 5,300-yard course. Elizabeth Rudisill of Myers Park, the 2022 individual champion, finished second with Emerson Dever…
Recent UNC Wilmington graduate and East Bend native Mallory Fobes, hopeful of a pro playing career, won the second Carolinas Women’s Mid-Amateur last week at Longleaf Golf Club in Southern Pines. Fobes (pictured) shot 71 and 77 to finish at 4-over-par 148, beating Courtney Stiles of Pinehurst with a birdie in the first hole of…
Macon Moye of Southern Pines shot rounds of 65 and 73 to win the Carolinas Golf Association Super Senior Championship, which finished Thursday at Forest Oaks Country Club. Moye overcame a three-shot deficit to Paul Simson of Raleigh, who shot his second consecutive 70 in the final round. Todd Brown of Winston-Salem tied for fourth…
Kelvin Hernandez took medalist honors as UNC Greensboro won the Bryan National Collegiate tournament Tuesday at Bryan Park Champions course. Hernandez, a sophomore, shot rounds of 68, 69 and 71 to finish at 8-under-par 208. The Spartans, who also won the event last year, shot 10-under 854 to beat Delaware by two strokes. Boston College…
Lincoln Newton of Wallburg continued his winning summer, posting a 6-under-par 134 total Sunday to win the Mimosa Hills Junior Invitational in Morganton by one stroke over James Rhodes of Columbia, South Carolina. Newton shot 68 in the final round at Mimosa Hills Country Club, including a birdie on No. 16 that proved to…
Brett Barry of Winston-Salem shot even-par 70 at Old Town Club on Aug. 18 to win the Forsyth Amateur with a 5-under-par 212 total, two shots ahead of James Glenn. Barry, a former player at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee, rallied from four shots behind entering the final round. The first two rounds were held…
The Wyndham Championship remains as the PGA Tour’s last regular-season tournament on its 2025 schedule. The tournament at Sedgefield Country Club will be contested July 31-Aug. 3, according to a release by the PGA Tour. Aaron Rai won the 2024 tournament last week, earning the $1.422 million first prize. Wyndham will follow the 3M Open…
Pinehurst native Jackson Van Paris and University of North Carolina golfer David Ford were among the match play qualifiers Tuesday after 36 holes of stroke play at the U.S. Amateur in Chaska, Minnesota. Van Paris, a rising senior at Vanderbilt, tied for eighth at 5-under-par 137 after rounds at Chaska Town and Hazeltine National. Peter…