North Carolina’s Carson Bertagnole finished fourth in the individual race and the Tar Heels placed fourth as a team Monday at the Fighting Irish Classic hosted by Notre Dame at Warren Golf Course in South Bend, Indiana. Bertagnole shot 1-under-par 69 to finish the 54-hole tournament at 4-under 206, three shots off the pace set…
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…