VSGA Junior Match Play SUFFOLK, Va. • June 22-25 – Dylan Jensen of Ridgeway won the 20th Virginia State Golf Association Match Play Championship at Nansemond River Golf Club. Jensen qualified for the 16-player bracket with 69-76, earning the No. 15 seed in a playoff after five players had tied for the final two…
Aspiring young golfers from the Triad will be the beneficiaries of the newly created Mike Goodes Scholarship. The Triad Youth Golf Foundation, the community non-profit junior program started by Precision Golf School, announced the scholarship and noted it will help a range of juniors, including advanced players headed to college as well as novices who…
Young High Point golfer remembered for spirit, courage By STEVE HANF HIGH POINT – When Glenn Heer learned in the spring that a bone marrow donor had been found and he’d be on his way to a normal life following a transplant, he cut short his freshman year of college to prepare for the procedure.…
Photo Credit UGSA/Fred Vuich By HOWARD WARD The Country Club of North Carolina’s Dogwood Course in Pinehurst is one of the most beautiful in the state. Designed by the late Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame architect Ellis Maples and opened in 1963, CCNC is annually ranked among the top half-dozen courses in North Carolina.…
Drew Johnson winner of major award for charity work Drew Johnson has all the makings of someone who just might develop into a special golfer for a long time to come. You’d have a hard time, however, finding anyone who doesn’t think the rising sophomore from Northwest Gilfod High Schoo isn’t pretty special right…
North & South Junior PINEHURST • June 15-17 – Jonathan DiIanni of Kernersville and Lane Gakeler of Greensboro posted top-10 finishes in the North & South Junior Championship at Pinehurst. DiIanni opened with 78 at Pinehurst No. 8 but came back with back-to-back 70s at No. 5 and No. 2 to advance to fifth on…
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In the way the Vector Launch Monitor changed the way the golf industry had previously fit golf clubs, the new VectorX Launch System hopes to redefine how players practice. AccuSport of Winston-Salem just released its new “personal” VectorX Launch System. Sales at the PGA show were brisk for the all-in-one system designed for both…
The American Junior Golf Association will be making its first stop in Forsyth County this August on the famed Tanglewood Championship Course. The event came together through the work of AccuSport of Winston-Salem and former Wake Forest star Webb Simpson, now a member of the PGA Tour. The event, the AccuSport Championship hosted by Webb…
Emily Marron is in her seventh season as head coach of the women’s golf program at UNC Greensboro. The Spartans are members of the Southern Conference and finished fourth in the 2009 league tournament. A native of Johnstown, Pa., Marron played collegiately at Penn State and was the team’s co-captain in 1997. Before coming to…