Scottie Pearman of Greensboro has risen to the top of the World Long Drive Rankings. Pearman ranks above the 27 other long drivers in the Elite Division. He took over the No. 1 ranking with a third-place finish in May at the WLD Florida competition in Wellington. Pearman’s long drive was 428 yards in the…
Cameron Young took control while Alex Smalley dropped from contention at the Cadillac Championship, but Smalley remains in position to make a Signature leap on the PGA TOUR. With his strong performance this weekend in South Florida, Smalley likely will qualify for next weekend’s Truist Championship, a Signature Event offering a $20 million purse to…
North Carolina women’s golf programs were given their assignments Tuesday for the six NCAA regionals on May 11-13. UNC, N.C. State and High Point will play at Finley Golf Club in Chapel Hill, where the Tar Heels are the No. 2 seed behind Texas. Wake Forest will serve as No. 2 seed behind Florida State…
Virginia pulled out a victory over North Carolina Monday to advance to the final of the ACC Match Play Championship at Shark’s Tooth Golf Club near Panama City, Florida. The Cavaliers triumphed over Stanford 3-1 in the afternoon for the championship The third-ranked Cavaliers finished a few holes of a close contest with the eighth-ranked…
Anthony Baker and Steve Kidd shot rounds of 61 Saturday and 66 Sunday to win the 2026 Spring Two-Ball Tournament at Lexington Golf Club at 15-under-par 127. Michael Swaringen and Ryan Burke finished second at 131 followed by Jamie Gilley/Brant Stovall; Cade Cranfield/Brady McIntyre; and Derek Lipe/William Little at 135. The field attracted 94 players…
(This is the second of a new weekly feature on TriadGolf.com. Each weekend, editor/publisher John Brasier will share his experience that week playing at a Triad course open to the public.) Lexington Golf Club isn’t the longest or most difficult golf course in the Triad. But it might be the most loved. Built in 1938…
North Carolina is on the verge of advancing to the final round of the ACC Men’s Championship The Tar Heels trailed Virginia 3-2 with a handful of holes left when play was suspended by darkness about 8 p.m. CDT Sunday at Shark’s Tooth Golf Club near Panama City, Florida. None of the matches have been…
With a little help from his brother, another Wake Forest golfer has full-time status on the PGA Tour. Alex Fitzpatrick teamed with older brother Matt Fitzpatrick to win the Zurich Classic Sunday and the two-year exemption that comes with it. Tied for the lead with only the par-5 18th hole to play, Matt hit a…
At the Zurich Classic, 62 isn’t always good enough. And that was the case Saturday for Jamestown’s Alex Smalley and Hayden Springer, who fell four shots behind brothers Alex and Matt Fitzpatrick, who shot 57 in best-ball Saturday at the PGA Tour’s TPC Louisiana. The Fitzpatricks are 30 under par for the tournament entering Sunday’s…
Wake Forest struggled in the final round Saturday and failed to make the match-play bracket at the ACC Men’s Championship at Shark’s Tooth Golf Club at Lake Powell, Florida. Wake tied with Duke for the eighth and final match-play slot, but lost a playoff. Stanford finished 20-under-par 844 to win the stroke-play format, 16 strokes…