Hallie Wilson of Lewisville successfully defended her title Monday at the Carolinas Golf Association’s Jimmy Anderson Girls’ Invitational at Taberna Country Club in New Bern. Wilson shot consecutive rounds of 1-under-par 71 to tie Victoria Davis of Cary at 142 before winning on the first playoff hole. Wilson rallied from a one-stroke deficit after Sunday’s…
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…
Hallie Wilson of Lewisville birdied the 18th hole Wednesday to shoot 5-under-par 67 at Pinehurst No. 6 to win the North and South Junior Girls’ championship. Wilson, who shot 7-under 209 for the 54-hole tournament, rallied from a six-shot deficit entering the final round to beat Zoe Cusack of Potomac, Maryland, by one stroke. Wilson…
Blades Brown has left a successful stint on the PGA Tour behind to play a junior event at Sedgefield Country Club. OK, it’s not that simple. Brown is scheduled to return to Greensboro next week to defend his Wyndham Invitational title won last year. Though he did make the cut three weeks ago at the…
Pinecrest, Terry Sanford, Seaforth and Mitchell won titles at the North Carolina State High School Association Championships held at separate courses. Pennson Badgett of East Surry (pictured) shot 68 Tuesday for a 4-under-par 140 total at Stonebridge Golf Club in Monroe to lead the Cardinals to a fourth-place finish in Class AA, 39 shots behind…
By John Brasier Mebane’s Emily Mathews, one of four Triad players in the field at the U.S. Girls’ Junior championship, will get a quick look at how her game stacks up in the qualifying rounds Monday and Tuesday for stroke play at the U.S. Air Force Academy Eisenhower Golf Club Blue Course in Colorado Springs.…
As a freshman at Reagan High, Anna Howerton wasn’t sure she wanted to play on the high school golf team. But her father gave her a nudge. “My dad wanted me to play,” Howerton recalled. As it turned out, Howerton’s dad probably saved himself a lot of money. His daughter has earned a scholarship to…
By William Fowler Ryan Wilson is the new CEO of the First Tee – Central Carolina, the organization where he started his professional career in 2011. Wilson, who played golf at High Point Central High and High Point University, worked with the local First Tee organization from 2011 until 2015. “I’m so thankful to be…
Staff Report U.S. Kids Golf Senior Director of Academy Development Jim Hardy, PGA, and Carolinas PGA Hall of Fame professional Rick Murphy are partnering to create a youth golf program in the Triad. Rick Murphy, PGA, has been an instructor in the Piedmont Triad for more than 30 years. Murphy teaches his students from the…
