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…
Former Wake Forest standout Will Zalatoris made a late withdrawal from the PGA Tour’s Farmers Insurance Open on Wednesday, only a few hours before his scheduled tee time at Torrey Pines outside San Diego. The 28-year-old Zalatoris suffered a back injury in 2022 that required surgery and missed most of 2023. Last summer, he withdrew…
Macy Pate tied for second in the individual race to lead the Wake Forest women’s team to a victory in a strong 11-school field at the Charles Schwab Collegiate in Fort Worth, Texas. Pate, a sophomore who attended Reagan High, shot 2-under-par 211 in the 54-hole tournament at Ridglea Country Club, two strokes behind Cayetana…
Leah Edwards of Northwest Guilford successfully defended her Class 4A girls high school state title Tuesday, shooting her second consecutive 70 to win by one stroke at Pinehurst No. 6. Edwards, who finished at even-par 140 on an approximately 5,300-yard course. Elizabeth Rudisill of Myers Park, the 2022 individual champion, finished second with Emerson Dever…
Recent UNC Wilmington graduate and East Bend native Mallory Fobes, hopeful of a pro playing career, won the second Carolinas Women’s Mid-Amateur last week at Longleaf Golf Club in Southern Pines. Fobes (pictured) shot 71 and 77 to finish at 4-over-par 148, beating Courtney Stiles of Pinehurst with a birdie in the first hole of…