Pennson Badgett of Pilot Mountain and his coach, Brad Luebchow of Lewisville, shot 4-under-par 68 Sunday to win the CGA Pro-Junior Championship at Old North State Club by one stroke over four teams. Luebchow, the teaching professional at Maple Chase Country Club, is Badgett’s instructor. Badgett, No. 5 in the American Junior Golf Association’s boys…
The PGA Tour has canceled play scheduled for Thursday at the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club, where 4-6 inches of rain are expected. The tournament will begin no earlier than Friday, though the forecast calls for more rain before skies are expected to clear on Saturday and Sunday. The Wyndham is the Tour’s final…
Heavy rains have resulted in the postponement of Thursday’s scheduled first round of the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club. Tournament officials announced that play in the tournament would begin no earlier than 3 p.m. The next update is scheduled for noon. Rain has been forecast to reach between 4 and 6 inches with the…
A pair of young Texans trying to regain prominence on the world stage are hoping to regain their form at this weekend’s Wyndham Championship and make a charge heading into the FedEx Cup Playoffs. Will Zalatoris (pictured above) describes his physical health as 100%, yet he’s still struggling to regain form from serious back issues…
Mallory Fobes, who recently concluded her collegiate career at UNC Wilmington, won the CGA Women’s Match Play on Aug. 3 at Mill Creek Golf Club. Fobes beat Grace Holcomb of Wilmington 4 and 3 in the championship match. Fobes, who also won the tournament in 2021, won all six of her matches at Mill Creek.…
With the Olympics providing a week off for all but an elite segment of the PGA Tour, this week’s Wyndham Championship is shaping up to have its best list of names in years coming to Sedgefield Country Club. But there’s one name the Tour and Wyndham organizers don’t want to attend — Tropical Storm Debby.…
Thanks to the Olympics, the upcoming Wyndham Championship is shaping up to have the strongest field in several years. Several of the world’s best players, idle this week due to the limited-field Olympic competition in Paris, have committed to play at Sedgefield Country Club in the Aug. 8-11 Wyndham. According to tournament officials, the list…
Lincoln Newton claimed bragging rights over three family members and the rest of the field while winning the Triad Amateur on Sunday afternoon at High Point Country Club’s Willow Creek Course. Newton, a rising junior at Oak Grove High who turned 17 this summer, shot 5-under-par 67 in the final round to post a 7-under-par…
Macy Pate (pictured) advanced to the quarterfinals of match play at the Women’s Western Amateur at Onwentsia Club in Lake Forest, Illinois, with Thursday victories over Sydney Roberts of Chesnee, South Carolina, and Kaitlyn Schroeder of Jacksonville, Florida. Pate, who lives in Winston-Salem and plays for Wake Forest, beat Roberts, a Clemson golfer, 2 and…
Macy Pate (pictured) of Winston-Salem, a rising sophomore at Wake Forest, coasted into match play competition with a 1-over-par 73 Wednesday in the second round of stroke play at the Women’s Western Amateur at Onwentsia Club in Lake Forest, Illinois. Pate, who shot 68 Tuesday, tied for fifth as the top 32 players advanced to…