An upscale Triad public course has reopened with two new greens and yards and yards of new grass. Meadowlands Golf Club in Wallburg reopened Nov. 5 after significants renovation done while a new gas line was installed through the course. The project also included new Bermuda TifEagle putting surfaces, removed “hundreds” of trees, improved bunkers…
Hard as it may be to believe, the only NCAA Division I women’s golfer to win three tournaments this fall has an inferiority complex. Or at least, she had one. “I suffer from Imposter Syndrome,” said High Point University sophomore Makayla Grubb. The symptoms, according to Grubb (rhymes with “tube”), include feeling insecure when she…
Ryan Gerard should feel a lot more comfortable than most of his opposition this weekend at the PGA Tour’s World Wide Technology Championship. And he’s playing like it. The Raleigh native and University of North Carolina standout shot 65 Saturday to move into second place entering the final round at El Cardonal at Diamante in…
A Wake Forest player advanced to the Final Stage of LPGA Tour Qualifying while two three players came up short. Anne-Sterre den Dunnen of The Netherlands, who finished her career at Wake Forest in the spring, tied for 35th place Friday at Plantation Golf Club in Venice, Florida, to advance to the Final Stage later…
There’s a new course in Myrtle Beach — well, sort of. And TriadGolf.com has taken a look. The Piper, a nine-hole par-3 layout opened at The Legends Golf Club, in October. The 740-yard lighted course — the first, nine-hole short course on the Grand Strand built adjacent to a regulation course — has been an…
Ground was broken this past week for a short course planned at an upscale Triad public golf facility. Geoff Dail, president of Dail Golf, confirmed the groundbreaking for The Track, a 13-hole short course at Holly Ridge Golf Links, to TriadGolf.com. Dail’s company is handling the design and building with Holly Ridge owner Luke Hollingsworth.…
An upscale semi-private course in the Triad that’s been closed most of the year will reopen to the public next week with many improvements. Meadowlands Golf Club will reopen to the public on Nov. 5. The course has been closed since March 1 while utility lines were run through the property. Dail Golf, which manages…
Lily Cochran picked a great time to win her first golf tournament, and she capped the victory with a bold, memorable stroke. The Page High junior, who has played competitive golf for less than two years, made a 25-foot birdie putt from off the green on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff Tuesday at…
The Triad claimed an individual championship Tuesday at the NCSHAA championships. Lily Cochran, a junior at Page, won a playoff to take medalist honors in the Class 7A state tournament, beating Olivia Erazmus of Cardinal Gibbons on a tough scoring day at Seven Lakes Golf Club in West End. Cochran shot 79 — the second-best…
Burlington Williams leads a contingent of Triad girls’ golf teams into the 36-hole NCSHAA Championships Monday and Tuesday at five golf courses, including Sapona Golf Club (pictured) in Lexington. Williams, the only Triad team to win its regional (6A East), will compete at Sapona with Northern Guilford (second place in 6A West). North Davidson and…