A old, well-known Triad name is in contention in the 101st Carolinas Open at Cedarwood Country Club in Charlotte. Steve Scott, the 45-year-old Winston-Salem pro who played Tiger Woods in the 1996 U.S. Amateur championship match, had a 3-under-par 139 total after 36 holes to tie for fifth place. The 45-year-old Scott, 2018 Carolinas PGA…
Leah Edwards of Greensboro shot 79 Tuesday at Atlanta Athletic Club and will likely fall one or two strokes short of making the cut at the U.S. Girls’ Junior when the second round is completed Wednesday morning. Edwards, who opened with 71 Monday, struggled after making an opening birdie Tuesday morning. At 8-over-par 150, she…
Davis Womble of Winston-Salem finished second July 11 in the 111th Carolinas Amateur at Pinehurst No. 7. Womble, a former Wake Forest player, rallied to shoot 1-under-par 71 in the final round after making double bogey on the first hole. He finished at 13-under 273 for 72 holes, one stroke behind Chandler Mulkey of Johns…
Greensboro players at different stages in their junior careers are among the 156 players entering Monday’s first-round of stroke play at the U.S. Girls’ Junior at Atlanta Athletic Club. Leah Edwards, a two-time Class 4A state individual champion at Western Guilford High, will attempt to finish her junior career on a high note before heading…
With only three weeks left before the Wyndham Championship, let’s look at which PGA Tour starts are most likely to come to Sedgefield Country Club. How about U.S. Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley, who won a few weeks ago in Connecticut and ranks No. 8 on the PGA Tour money list and No. 9 in…
The Dugan Aycock Davidson County Amateur is accepting registrations for the July 26-27 tournament at Lexington Golf Club. The 36-hole stroke-play tournament is open to all amateurs 16 and over. The field will be flighted after the first round. Tee times begin at 7:30 a.m. each day off the first tee. Players do not have…
The newest addition to the Wake Forest women’s golf team showed good form this week. Winston-Salem native Morgan Ketchum, who transferred to Wake Forest this summer after three seasons at Virginia Tech, finished third in the Carolinas Women’s Amateur Championship at The Cliffs at Keowee Falls in Salem, South Carolina. Ketchum shot 71 with two…
Southern Methodist golfer Mackenzie Lee of North Little Rock, Arkansas, won the North & South Women’s Amateur on Saturday at Pinehurst No. 2. Lee beat Australian Jazy Roberts 2-up in the championship match. Winston-Salem golfer Macy Pate, a rising junior at Wake Forest, claimed a share of medalist honors for the second straight year. Pate…
Andrew Haarlow of Greensboro was one of 10 players at Timberlake Golf Club to earn place for the upcoming Carolinas Amateur through an early qualifier at the Chapin, South Carolina, course. Haarlow, who plays at Columbia International University in Columbia, S.C., shot 74. The Carolinas Amateur is set for July 8-11 at Pinehurst No. 7.…
A Triad duo qualified for the upcoming Carolinas Amateur with outstanding rounds Tuesday at Tanglewood’s Championship Course. Tripp Summerlin of Summerfield, a former Appalachian State and UNC Wilmington golfer, and Ben Jordan of Greensboro, a Wofford player, finished second and third as seven of the 44 players at Tanglewood qualified for Carolinas Amateur on July…