The two Triangle golfers who made the cut at the U.S. Junior Amateur were eliminated in Wednesday’s first-round of match play at Saucon Valley Country Club in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Stephen Eastman, a Durham Trinity Academy golfer who shot 1-over-par 142 to tie for 19th in stroke play, lost his Round of 64 match to Callixte…
Wyndham Championship CEO Mark Brazil didn’t much news to share about the future of Greensboro’s annual PGA Tour event. But he had plenty of good news about the upcoming 2026 tournament. And he had defending champion Cameron Young onboard for a Wednesday afternoon zoom interview with local media only three days after his remarkable 64…
A field of 74 players have signed up for the 36-hole Davidson County Amateur Championship Saturday and Sunday at Lexington Golf Club, according to director of golf Dylan Dawson. Last year’s champion Michael Swaringen of Salisbury and senior champion Buck Hall return to defend their titles over 36 holes. Tee times begin at 7 a.m.…
The reigning Wyndham Championship winner almost became the British Open champion — or the Champion Golfer of the Year, the title on the other side of the pond. Seven shots off the lead in a tie for 11th place entering Sunday’s final round at Royal Birkdale, Wake Forest graduate Cameron Young shot 6-under-par 64 to…
Ella June Hannant’s bid to win the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship was halted in Friday morning’s quarterfinals by Anna Bell of Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Bell knocked off Hannant 2 and 1 to advance to a semifinal against Amelie Zalsman of St. Petersburg, Florida, who has committed to play at Wake Forest, beat Hannant 2 and 1…
Alex Smalley shot 3-under-par 67 Thursday at Royal Birkdale to earn a place near the top of the leaderboard at the British Open. The Jamestown golfer made seven birdies — he birdied four of the first four holes — and would have joined Jackson Suber as a co-leader if he had parred 18, rather than…
Brandon Einstein won the top prize, but had to settle for second place Thursday at the 102nd Carolinas Open. Einstein, a 26-year-old Clemmons native, fired 4-under-par 68 to finish two strokes behind winner William Carr of Raleigh, a rising sophomore at Elon University. Trailing by one on 18, Einstein 3-putted the final hole to make…
A Triad golfer trails by one two shots entering the final round of the 102nd Carolinas Amateur. Brandon Einstein shot 5-under-par 67 Wednesday afternoon for a 9-under 135 total through two rounds of the 54-hole tournament at The Cliffs at Mountain Park near Greenville, South Carolina. Amateurs Jude Carper of Cornelius and Maddux Cook of…
Anna Jane Hannant of Pikeville needed only 15 holes to win her Round of 32 match in the morning. But she needed 22 holes to win her Sweet 16 match after forcing extra holes with a birdie on the 18th hole. In the Round of 32, Hannant beat Keya Naik of Ashburn, Virginia, 4 and…
Ben Jordan of Greensboro and Brandon Einstein of Clemmons shot 4-under-par 68 Tuesday, two strokes behind the leaders in the first round of the 102nd Carolinas Open at The Cliffs at Mountain Park in Marietta, South Carolina. Jordan, who recently finished his collegiate career at Wofford College, was coming off a course-record 63 in the…