Badgett wins medalist award, Cadieux helps VCU to team title

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, Reagan, Northern Guilford, McGuinness advance in Girls’ regionals

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…

HPU’s Grubb wins third title; Badgett, Cadieux go low in Tennessee

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…

Duke women win at Finley; Devils’ Looney takes medalist honors in Georgia

Valentine Delon of Virginia Tech shot 5-under-par 66 Sunday to win the Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitation at Finley Golf Club with a 10-under 203 total. Duke won the team title at 11-under, beating second-place Virginia Tech by 13 strokes. N.C. State was third at 6-over and top-ranked Wake Forest was fourth with 9-over. Host…

No. 1 Pearman falls short at World Long Drive Championship

Greensboro’s Scottie Pearman, the No. 1 ranked player on the World Long Drive Tour, fell short of making Saturday’s final round at the World Long Drive Championship in Sparks, Nevada. After easily advancing through the first round, Pearman did not amass enough points in Friday’s series of round-robin brackets to continue into the finals, which…

Top-ranked Triad native eager to add World Long Drive Tour’s crown jewel to his collection

Though Scottie Pearman is ranked No. 1 on the Pinnacle World Long Drive Tour, he’s never won the tour’s biggest event, the World Long Drive Championship. The 42-year-old Greensboro resident gets another chance this weekend in Sparks, Nevada. The preliminary rounds are Thursday and Friday, followed by Saturday’s eight-man, head-to-head final round, which will be…