Medalist Pennson Badgett shot 67 Tuesday and broke the NCSHAA scoring record for East Surry, which held off a charge from Pine Lake Prep to win the Class 3A Boys’ Championship at Longleaf Golf Club in Southern Pines. Badgett’s 15-under-par 127 total eclipsed the state record of 13-under 131 set in 2011 by PGA Tour…
Freshman Andrew Jenkins of R.J. Reynolds shot 4-under 68 Monday at Pinehurst No. 8 to take a one-stroke lead over Ty Donnelly of Marvin Ridge at the top of the leaderboard at the N.C. Class 7A State Championship. Walker Millican of Grimsley was tied for 11th at 76. Charlie Zaks shot 77 on the par-72,…
Qualifiers unofficial, calculated from NCHSAA results R.J. Reynolds High dominated Tuesday’s Class 7A Boys’ Central Regional at Starmount Forest Country Club. Reynolds teammates John Daniel and Andrew Jenkins shared medalist honors with 73 for the Demons, who posted 303 and defeated second-place Cary by 11 shots. Only the top two teams qualified for the 36-hole…
The U.S. Kids Golf Local Tour Spring 2026 Season Schedule has been released with six tournaments. The one-day competitions are for kids ages 5-14. Players have the opportunity to amass points to qualify for state, regional and international events. Ages 11 and up will play 18 holes. Younger kids will play nine. Players 8 and…
Two high school teammates made strong showings at the last major Carolinas Golf Association junior event of the year. Andrew Jenkins, a freshman at Forsyth Country Day tied for fifth and junior Griffin Huckabee tied for 15th at the Jimmy Anderson Boys Invitational, Oct. 25-26, at Greenville Country Club. Jenkins finished with 2-under-par 208 for…
A Triad golfer was named to the American Junior Golf Association 2025 Rolex Junior All-America Second Team. Pennson Badgett of Pilot Mountain, who has committed to play at Tennessee for next fall, topped the AJGA list released Wednesday. Badgett made the first team in 2024, when he played a full junior schedule. Badgett, a senior…
Heavy rain, brisk winds and cold temperatures Tuesday either marred or wiped out the final rounds of the North Carolina high school girls’ state championships. The final round was canceled in four of the seven size classifications. Only Class 7A played a full second round, and conditions were abominable at Sapona Club, as shown by…
Ellie Acrey shot 5-over 76 Monday at Sapona to lead Reagan into the runner-up spot entering Tuesday’s final round of the N.C. 7A Girls’ Championship. The Raiders posted 42-over 255, 10 stroked behind Marvin Ridge and 11 better than D.H. Conley and Lake Norman, the teams tied for third. Acrey, a senior, stands third as…
Alina Amos won’t have the support of teammates while competing in the NCHSAA Class 4A (the state now has eight size classifications) Girls’ State Championship at Longleaf Golf Club. The Reidsville High senior will be playing as an individual — nothing unusual during her four-year high school golf career — today and Tuesday. And it’s…
The Triad will be well represented at next week’s North Carolina state high school girls’ golf championships. Eight Triad teams earned spots in six of the state’s seven women’s golf division championship through regional tournaments that concluded Tuesday. Northwest Guilford grabbed the second and final spot at the Class 8A West Regional at Longleaf in…