Participating as individuals, Mebane native Nick Mathews of N.C. State and Nick Hernandez of UNC Greensboro got off to good starts at the NCAA Men’s Championship Friday before fading down the stretch at La Costa North in Carlsbad, California. Powered by brothers David and Maxwell Ford and Peter Fountain, North Carolina grabbed third place. The…
There were two major winners after Thursday’s final round of the North Carolina Open at Starmount Forest Country Club. Recent UNC Greensboro graduate Noah Connor (pictured below), who held a six-stroke lead entering the day, cruised to a three-shot victory despite a final-round 72 that included 38 on the back nine. The Reidsville amateur finished…
Noah Connor would have rather been in Southern California this week rather than playing in the N.C. Open at Starmount Forest Country Club. And that sentiment was probably shared by the rest of the field. Connor, a recent UNC Greensboro graduate and the defending Carolinas Open champion, shot 7-under-par 64 Wednesday to grab a six-stroke…
The North Carolina Senior Open was washed out Wednesday due to heavy rains that flooded the Willow Creek course at High Point County Club. The annual tournament, scheduled for 36 holes, was canceled due to standing water on Tuesday. “The golf course is flooded. (Tuesday), on the back nine you could only get to one…
Pinecrest, Terry Sanford, Seaforth and Mitchell won titles at the North Carolina State High School Association Championships held at separate courses. Pennson Badgett of East Surry (pictured) shot 68 Tuesday for a 4-under-par 140 total at Stonebridge Golf Club in Monroe to lead the Cardinals to a fourth-place finish in Class AA, 39 shots behind…
Dale Fuller of Raleigh shot 3-under-par 69 Thursday at Holly Ridge Golf Links to hold off Daniel Neveu of Pinehurst by three strokes and win the Carolinas Golf Association N.C. Senior Amateur Championship. Fuller claimed his first CGA title at 7-under 209. Perennial contender Paul Simson of Raleigh tied for third with Tee Burton of…
This year is the last chance to catch the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow Club. OK, that could just be a technicality. The May 6-12 tournament could return to Charlotte next year, but not with Wells Fargo as title sponsor. And not at Quail Hollow, which will play host to the 2025 PGA Championship.…
After watching the PGA Tour play the second of two tournaments at the remote Congaree Golf Club in the South Carolina Lowcountry in October 2022, Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce CEO Karen Riordan said she asked Myrtle Beach’s mega-golf marketing firm, Golf Tourism Solutions, why the Grand Strand, can’t have a Tour stop. After all,…
By John Brasier Less than three years ago, Nick Dunlap failed to close out a victory at the Wyndham Junior Championship at Sedgefield Country Club (pictured above), eventually finishing in a tie for second place. But Sunday, at age 20, the University of Alabama sophomore was good enough to win the American Express tournament at…
There’s no need for a pro in a team tournament when you’ve got an amateur shooting 64. And 8-under-par, gross 64 is what Nate Hargett shot to lead a prominent team (pictured above) of local golfers to a three-stroke victory in the fifth-annual First Responders of the Triad charity tournament Oct. 6 at Greensboro National…