Lily Cochran picked a great time to win her first golf tournament, and she capped the victory with a bold, memorable stroke. The Page High junior, who has played competitive golf for less than two years, made a 25-foot birdie putt from off the green on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff Tuesday at…
The Triad claimed an individual championship Tuesday at the NCSHAA championships. Lily Cochran, a junior at Page, won a playoff to take medalist honors in the Class 7A state tournament, beating Olivia Erazmus of Cardinal Gibbons on a tough scoring day at Seven Lakes Golf Club in West End. Cochran shot 79 — the second-best…
Burlington Williams leads a contingent of Triad girls’ golf teams into the 36-hole NCSHAA Championships Monday and Tuesday at five golf courses, including Sapona Golf Club (pictured) in Lexington. Williams, the only Triad team to win its regional (6A East), will compete at Sapona with Northern Guilford (second place in 6A West). North Davidson and…
Williams was the only Triad winner (Class 6A East) in the 18-hole NCHSAA Girls’ Regionals held Monday and Tuesday. Elsewhere, in 7A, the Triangle and Triad will have four teams in the finals. Cardinal Gibbons, Holly Springs and Fuquay-Varina grabbed all three East spots available at Emerald Golf Club in New Bern. Reagan finished second…
The master plan for $27.6 million in improvements to a Triad public golf facility is about to start taking shape. Bob Brooks, the director of golf at Gillespie Golf Course, told TriadGolf.com that the City of Greensboro is expected to begin taking bids for the construction of the first phase, a $4.8-million renovation of the…
The two Triangle golfers who made the cut at the U.S. Junior Amateur were eliminated in Wednesday’s first-round of match play at Saucon Valley Country Club in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Stephen Eastman, a Durham Trinity Academy golfer who shot 1-over-par 142 to tie for 19th in stroke play, lost his Round of 64 match to Callixte…
Ella June Hannant’s bid to win the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship was halted in Friday morning’s quarterfinals by Anna Bell of Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Bell knocked off Hannant 2 and 1 to advance to a semifinal against Amelie Zalsman of St. Petersburg, Florida, who has committed to play at Wake Forest, beat Hannant 2 and 1…
Anna Jane Hannant of Pikeville needed only 15 holes to win her Round of 32 match in the morning. But she needed 22 holes to win her Sweet 16 match after forcing extra holes with a birdie on the 18th hole. In the Round of 32, Hannant beat Keya Naik of Ashburn, Virginia, 4 and…
Local favorites Ella June Hannant and Jenna Kim got off to good starts in Monday’s first round of stroke play at the U.S. Girls’ Junior at Old Chatham. Hannant, who lives in Pikeville, shot 3-under-par 69 to tie for ninth in the 156-player field. Victoria Davis of Cary shot 70. Jenna Kim of Raleigh shot…
A local favorite will kick off the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship on Monday morning at Old Chatham Golf Club in Durham. And it would not be a surprise if Raleigh’s Jenna Kim, who will hit the event’s opening tee shot in the first threesome at 7:30 a.m., hit a final, winning putt in Saturday’s championship…