David Ford passed Ryan Gerard on the leaderboard Sunday at the World Wide Technology Championship in Mexico on the PGA Tour’s Fall Series. But while the former Tar Heels each claimed top 10 finishes, the drama at the top was supplied by Blades Brown and Ben James. The 19-year-old Brown, bidding to become the youngest…
Ryan Gerard should feel a lot more comfortable than most of his opposition this weekend at the PGA Tour’s World Wide Technology Championship. And he’s playing like it. The Raleigh native and University of North Carolina standout shot 65 Saturday to move into second place entering the final round at El Cardonal at Diamante in…
A Wake Forest player advanced to the Final Stage of LPGA Tour Qualifying while two three players came up short. Anne-Sterre den Dunnen of The Netherlands, who finished her career at Wake Forest in the spring, tied for 35th place Friday at Plantation Golf Club in Venice, Florida, to advance to the Final Stage later…
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…
Macy Pate of Winston-Salem shot 69 Sunday to climb to second place and help Wake Forest to finish second in the team standings at the Landfall Tradition in Wilmington. Pate, who birdied the final two holes at Landfall’s Dye Course, finished nine strokes behind runaway medalist Rianne Malixi, who led sixth-ranked Duke to the team…
Pennson Badgett (pictured) captured his first collegiate victory. Tanner Cadieux played a major role in helping his team win the team championship. Badgett, a Pilot Mountain native and freshman at Tennessee, shot 5-under-par 67 including a birdie on the 18th hole Wednesday, to win medalist honors at the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate at Blackthorn Club…
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…
High Point University sophomore Makayla Grubb (pictured) earned medalist honors for the third time this fall. Grubb, a Stafford, Virginia, native, shot 2-under-par 69 Tuesday to win medalist honors and lead High Point University to a share of the team championship at the Edisto Island Invitational. The Wildcats were awarded the winners’ trophy based on…