The High Point women’s team took the first-round lead over the likes of Baylor and host Tennessee on Sunday at the Mercedes Benz Intercollegiate at Cherokee Country Club in Knoxville. HPU sophomore Makayla Grubb (pictured) shot 5-under-par 66 to lead the medalist race. Senior Anna Howerton, a Winston-Salem native, and Eva Lye added 68s for…
A PGA Tour event held in the Carolinas has hit turbulence. No, it’s not the GO by Raymond James (formerly Wyndham Championship), which is on the rise after securing a spot in the Tour’s Championship Series beginning in 2028. It’s not the RBC Heritage on Hilton Head Island, the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte nor…
A few Triad golfers cleared the first hurdle on the way toward spots on the LPGA Tour. Mallory Fobes and Morgan Ketchum advanced through the Florida LPGA Tour Pre-Qualifying tournament, which finished Saturday. The top 34 players at tournaments in Florida, California and Texas advanced to the Qualifying Tournament Oct. 13-16 in Venice, Florida. Players…
Lawrence Hicks of Greensboro matched the score of legend Paul Simson to win the 70+ Division of the N.C. Super Senior Championship Sept. 23-24 at Mill Creek Golf Club. Hicks (pictured right) won the 70+ Division with scores of 69 and 72 score for a 3-under-par 141 total. The 75-year-old Simson (pictured left) played in…
Ryan Gerard didn’t win the Tour Championship on Sunday at East Lake Golf Club. But he made a putt worth more than $1 million on the final hole. Scottie Scheffler got off to a fast start and took control on the back nine on his way to 66 and a three-stroke victory at 16-under-par 264.…
Michael La Sasso’s first pro victory was one to remember. The 22-year-old Raleigh native hit a spectacular 40-yard pitch to within a foot of the cup and tapped in a winning birdie on the final hole Sunday to win the season-ending LIV Golf tournament at Chatham Hills Golf Club near Indianapolis. La Sasso, who shot…
A Raleigh player is in position to win what could be the final event ever in LIV Golf. Michael La Sasso shot 4-under-par 66 Saturday for a 13-under total through 54 holes at The Club at Chatham Hills and a one-shot lead entering Sunday’s final round of LIV Golf Indianapolis. The 22-year-old La Sasso, who…
Jamestown Park pro Marcy Newton finished second Tuesday in the 36-hole Carolinas PGA Women’s Professional Championship at Bulls Bay Golf Club near Charleston. The 48-year-old Newton, a former UNC standout, USGA Girls’ and Women’s Amateur champion and 13-year veteran of the LPGA Tour, shot rounds of 69 and 73 to finish at 2-under-par 142, one…
In a way, Mark Kriston turned back time at the 79th Forsyth Amateur Championship. Twenty years, to be exact. Kriston seized control Sunday on the front nine at Old Town Club and survived a late triple-bogey to win by three strokes over second-round leader Fisher Kennedy. The 42-year-old Kriston shot 2-under-par 68 in the final…
Pinehurst native and UNC standout Carson Bertagnole advanced through stroke play and the first round of match play before dropping his match in the Round of 32 at the U.S. Amateur at Merion Golf Club. Teammate Hampton Roberts of Cary, a former Panther Creek High standout, also qualified for match play before losing in the…