This weekend’s $8.7-million Valspar Championship recently announced a new title sponsorship deal through 2030. This week, 10 of the top 27 players in the World Golf Rankings are in the field at Innisbrook Resort’s Copperhead Course. Other prominent names competing the Tampa-area event include Jordan Spieth and Will Zalatoris. It’s an impressive field, especially for…
As the CEO of tournament title sponsor OneFlight International, Ferren Rajput has made contacts with several major celebrities, who he now wants to bring to Myrtle Beach’s second-year PGA Tour event. On Monday morning, Rajput announced that he’s assembled a cast of stars including Kevin Costner and Kurt Russell and is in discussions with Bill…
The 2025 PGA Championship is scheduled for May at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte.
Lexington Golf Club is accepting entry forms for a two-person best ball tournament on April 5 and 6. The field for the 36-hole, amateur event will be flighted after the first round. Players must be at least 16 years of age. The field is limited to the first 56 paid teams. The entry fee of…
Less than two years ago, Blades Brown won the American Junior Golf Association’s Wyndham Invitational at Sedgefield Country Club. On Sunday, Brown, now 17, enters the final round of the PGA Tour Mexico Open tied for 22nd place. Though his 9-under-par 204 total is 11 strokes behind leader Aldrich Potgieter and a victory is all…
Triangle resident Akshay Bhatia shot 66 for Friday for the second straight day to stand in a tie for fifth through two rounds at the PGA Tour’s Mexican Open. Aldrich Potgieter, a 20-year-old from South Africa, leads the tournament at 16-under-par 126 after shooting 61 Friday in Vallarta, Mexico. German Stephan Jaeger and Brian Campbell…
Cameron Young rolled in a long eagle putt on No. 15 at TPC at Scottsdale during Sunday’s CBS telecast of the Waste Management Open and finished in a tie for 12th at 13-under-par, 11 shots behind runaway winner Thomas Detry. Young, who played at Wake Forest, had a wild week, with six bogeys and two…
Cameron Young birdied four of the last six holes Saturday at TPC at Scottsdale in Arizona to move into contention entering Sunday’s final round of the PGA TOUR Waste Management Open. The 27-year-old former Wake Forest golfer shot 5-under-par 66 for a 9-under 204 total for three rounds. Despite moving up 22 spots on the…
Will Zalatoris returned to play this week at Pebble Beach after making a late withdrawal last week at Torrey Pines. The former Wake Forest star is off to tough start, standing in a tie for 70th in the 80-player, pro field at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am at 2-over 144, nine shots behind leader Sepp…
One of the top courses — and one of the most difficult — will play host to this spring’s 65th North Carolina Amateur, according to the 2025 Carolinas Golf Association schedule nearing completion. The Cardinal by Pete Dye will be the host to the state amateur on June 11-14. Local qualifying will be held at…