The USGA has gone all in at Pinehurst. As golf fans will see at the U.S. Open on June 13-16 at Pinehurst No. 2, the relationship between golf’s American governing body and the Pinehurst Resort has become heavily intertwined. To the right on the few hundred yards from N.C. 2 (Midland Road) to the main…
Asher Vargas of Spring Texas won the AJGA Wyndham Invitational at Sedgefield Country Club on Thursday, finishing with a 6-under-par 204 total for 54 holes. Mason Howell of Thomasville, Georgia, and Ronin Banerjee of Irvine, California, tied for second at 206. Pennson Badgett (pictured above) of Pilot Mountain, who shot 70 in his first two…
Burlington native Kayla Smith birdied three of the final six holes Thursday at Mooresville Golf Club to cap a 4-under-par 68 and win The Carolinas Golf Association North Carolina Women’s Amateur by three strokes over Winston-Salem’s Macy Pate. Smith, who recently finished her fifth season at the University of North Carolina with the school’s No.…
The old joke continues to be told by the players at this weekend’s U.S. Open, which begins Thursday morning at Pinehurst No. 2. What’s the best way to stop Scottie Scheffler (pictured practicing at No. 2) from winning? The much-repeated answer: have him arrested by the sheriff, or any other law enforcement officer lining the…
Blades Brown has left a successful stint on the PGA Tour behind to play a junior event at Sedgefield Country Club. OK, it’s not that simple. Brown is scheduled to return to Greensboro next week to defend his Wyndham Invitational title won last year. Though he did make the cut three weeks ago at the…
North Carolina made the final eight in the NCAA Championship with a tie for third place in stroke play at La Costa North in Carlsbad, California. The Tar Heels shot 4-under-par 284 Monday to tie Virginia at 11-over 1163, 17 strokes behind team leader llinois. Seeded No. 4 for match play, UNC will play No.…
Virginia took a three-stroke lead after Saturday’s second round of the NCAA Men’s Championship at La Costa North in Carlsbad, California. North Carolina, which entered the day only one-shot from the top, struggled and fell 10 strokes back. Virginia has a 1-over-par 557 total, three shots better than Illinois and six ahead of Vanderbilt. North…
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…