A Triad golfer fired the “Shot of the Day” in Friday’s second round of the PGA Tour’s Valspar Championship at Innisbrook Resort’s Copperhead Course in Palm Harbor, Florida. Featured on the Tour’s website, Alex Smalley holed a 102-yard shot for an eagle at the par-5 14th on his way to shooting 2-under-par 69 and joining…
Cameron Young claimed the biggest victory of his career Sunday at the Players Championship. The 28-year-old Wake Forest graduate shot 4-under-par 68, including a winning birdie on the iconic 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass to beat Matt Fitzpatrick by one stroke. Young finished at 13-under 275. Young, whose victory last August at the Wyndham Championship…
Akshay Bhatia won the Arnold Palmer Invitational with bold play that would have made “The King” proud. The 24-year-old Wake Forest resident made four straight birdies and pulled off a risky shot to make a crucial eagle Sunday before beating faltering Daniel Berger in a playoff at Bay Hill Club in Orlando. Bhatia bogeyed 15…
Is this the weekend Akshay Bhatia wins his first 2026 PGA Tour event? Will it be a Wake Forest alumnus, or a town of Wake Forest resident claiming Arnold Palmer’s tournament? The 24-year-old lefty, who makes his home in Wake Forest, has had his chances in the young season. He has another great opportunity Sunday,…
Anna Howerton led the way Tuesday for High Point University, which beat N.C. State by six shots to win the 15-team women’s Daniel Island Invitational at Daniel Island Club’s Ralston Creek course. Howerton, a Winston-Salem native, shot 6-under-par 210 for 54 holes to finish one stroke behind medalist Marie Madsen of N.C. State. Eva Lye…
Will Zalatoris missed another PGA Tour event over the weekend with an injury. But this time, it wasn’t a back problem. The 29-year-old former Wake Forest star withdrew Thursday from the Cognizant Classic in at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, citing a left ankle injury. Nico Etchavarria won the tournament. Something must have…
While snow and ice may remain on the ground in the Triad (it should melt away Tuesday), golf fans can recognize that the rise of the hottest player on the PGA Tour began less than two years ago in the Carolinas. In May 2024, Chris Gotterup earned his first PGA Tour victory at the inaugural…
While Golf Channel spent much of its Friday airtime focused on Scottie Scheffler’s quest to make the cut at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, Alex Smalley was making the day’s most compelling run. Smalley, who makes his home in Jamestown and plays out of Sedgefield Country Club, birdied the final four holes — including the…
A prominent PGA Tour player made a mediocre start to his 2026 season Thursday in the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. And we don’t mean Brooks Koepka, back after a few years cast adrift in LIV Golf. No, we mean a player with strong local ties. That player was Cameron Young, former Wake Forest…
Patrick Reed seems to be headed back to the PGA Tour, and while he won’t be reinstated in time for the Wyndham Championship, he may make his return in North Carolina. Reed, who this week announced his intention to return to the PGA Tour later this year from LIV Golf, would be eligible for the…