Who would have guessed the CGA North Carolina Amateur Championship would turn into a head-to-head battle between Russia and the Ukraine? But it did. Well, sort of, in a cordial way. Jackson Spires of Apex shot even-par 70 Saturday at The Cardinal by Pete Dye for a 9-under 271 total for 72 holes to hold…
Jackson Spires of Apex will take a five-shot lead into the final round of the CGA North Carolina Amateur at The Cardinal by Pete Dye. The 30-year-old Spires shot 4-under-par 66 Friday with five birdies and a single bogey to enter Saturday at 9-under 201. Mykhailo Golod, a Ukrainian who plays for UNC, is second…
Leah Edwards shot 5-under-par 211 for 545 holes at Cutter Creek Golf Club in Snow Hill to tie for second in the CGA Women’s Amateur behind Samantha Whateley of Charlotte, who rallied with 66 in Thursday’s final round. Edwards, back-to-back Class 4A medalist at Northwest Guilford High and a Western Kentucky University signee, rebounded from…
Former Wake Forest golfer Cyrus Stewart shot a tournament-best 63 Thursday at The Cardinal by Pete Dye to take the lead in the 65th CGA Amateur Championship. The 33-year-old Stewart, a former playing pro, shot 30 on the front nine with five birdies then added three more to more than offset a single bogey on…
Willie Gordon of Hot Springs, Arkansas, shot 66 Thursday at Sedgefield Country Club to win the AJGA Wyndham Invitational by one stroke over Jessy Huebner of Port St. Lucie, Florida. Gordon, an Arkansas signee, was one stroke off the lead entering the final round, and finished with a 10-under-par 200 total for 54 holes. Blake…
Former East Carolina golfer Jackson Spires of Apex made six straight birdies on his way to shooting 5-under-par 65 Thursday at The Cardinal by Pete Dye to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the 72-hole CGA North Carolina Amateur. Brett McLamb of Coats was one stroke behind followed by James Rico of…
Blake Brown of Cypress, Texas, shot 68 at Sedgefield Country Club on Wednesday to maintain a one-stroke lead at 7-under-par 133 after 36 holes of the AJGA Wyndham Invitational. Giuseppe Puebla of Royal Palm Beach, Florida, who shot 66, is tied for second with Willie Gordon of Hot Springs, Arkansas, who shot Wednesday’s low round…
Walker Isley won’t be at The Cardinal by Pete Dye on Wednesday morning to dominate the CGA North Carolina Amateur when play begins in the 65th annual tournament. The Oak Island and UNC Wilmington golfer turned pro last year after blitzing the field by 15 strokes at Croasdale Country Club in Durham for his second…
Cameron Young had a great week, and it was almost even better. And with the pressure on late in his round at the Canadian Open, Young hit a shot that was too good. The former Wake Forest standout came to the 508-yard, par-4 17th hole Sunday at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley only one shot…
Leah Edwards of Greensboro, who signed to play at Western Kentucky University this fall, earned one of only two spots in the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship through qualifying Tuesday at Spring Valley Country Club in Columbia, South Carolina. Edwards, the reigning, two-time Class 4A medalist for Northwest Guilford, shot 69 to finish second behind Alexa…