Aiden Wilson of Winston-Salem tied for fourth on Thursday in the CGA North Carolina Junior Boys’ Championship at River Landing Golf Club in Wallace. A rising senior at Oak Grove High, Wilson finished at 3-under-par 213, five strokes behind champion Ian McGee of Durham. Wilson shot 71 in the final round, including an eagle on…
Mallory Pitts of Greensboro posted a final-round 70 Thursday to win the 69th Carolinas Junior Girls’ Championship by two strokes at WildeWood Club in Columbia, South Carolina. The 15-year-old Pitts, a rising sophomore at Greensboro Day School, finished the 54-hole tournament at even-par 216. Pitts’ final round included five birdies and three bogeys, including a…
Willie Gordon of Hot Springs, Arkansas, shot 66 Thursday at Sedgefield Country Club to win the AJGA Wyndham Invitational by one stroke over Jessy Huebner of Port St. Lucie, Florida. Gordon, an Arkansas signee, was one stroke off the lead entering the final round, and finished with a 10-under-par 200 total for 54 holes. Blake…
Blake Brown of Cypress, Texas, shot 68 at Sedgefield Country Club on Wednesday to maintain a one-stroke lead at 7-under-par 133 after 36 holes of the AJGA Wyndham Invitational. Giuseppe Puebla of Royal Palm Beach, Florida, who shot 66, is tied for second with Willie Gordon of Hot Springs, Arkansas, who shot Wednesday’s low round…
A Raleigh golfer shot 66 Tuesday at Sedgefield Country Club to claim a share of second place after the first round of the 54-hole AJGA Wyndham Invitational. Blake Brown of Cypress, Texas, shot 65, just one stroke in front of four players, including Preston Hage of Raleigh on the 6,982-yard, par-70 course. The nine North…
An international field of 72 begins play Tuesday in the 54-hole AJGA Wyndham Invitational at Sedgefield Country Club. Tee times start at 8 a.m. The public is invited to attend. The par-70 course, host of the annual PGA Tour Wyndham Championship, will be set at 6,982 yards. Defending champion Asher Vargas of Spring, Texas, a…
Leah Edwards of Greensboro, who signed to play at Western Kentucky University this fall, earned one of only two spots in the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship through qualifying Tuesday at Spring Valley Country Club in Columbia, South Carolina. Edwards, the reigning, two-time Class 4A medalist for Northwest Guilford, shot 69 to finish second behind Alexa…
South Surry’s Sawyer Slate shot even-par 72 Tuesday at Longleaf Golf Club in Southern Pines then won a playoff to capture medalist honors in the Class 1A State Championship. Mt. Airy won the team title at 32-over-par 320, beating Christ the King by two strokes. Brandon Bowman shot 76 to lead the Granite Bears. Bishop…
East Surry’s Pennson Badgett finished second in Class 3A played at Pinehurst No. 6 in state high school tournaments played Monday and Tuesday in the Sandhills area. Badgett, the 2023 medalist, shot even-par 142 for 36 holes to finish six shots behind Slater Meade of West Wilkes in the Class 2A High School Championship. East…
Lincoln Newton shot 67 Tuesday to share medalist honors and Aidan Wilson shot 68 to lead Oak Grove to the Class 3A Midwest Regional team title at Monroe Country Club. Talan Harrison of Northwest Cabarras also shot 67. With a 293 total, the Grizzlies won by a whopping 24 strokes over Lake Norman Charter. Piedmont…