The field of 156 for the Wyndham Championship was filled Monday when recent Wake Forest standout Scotty Kennon, Austin Duncan, Stephen Franken and Tain Lee all shot 6-under 65 at Bermuda Run East to earn the four Monday qualifying spots for this week’s tournament at Sedgefield Country Club. The tournament’s three unrestricted sponsor exemptions are…
Note: Wyndham Clark withdrew from the tournament since this story was written Who’s going to win this year’s Wyndham Championship? Does anybody claim to have picked Aaron Rai last year or Lucas Glover the year before? TriadGolf.com will give it a shot, or at least a prediction of likely contenders. I had to make some…
Lincoln Newton won what turned out to be a father-son battle down the stretch to claim his second straight Triad Amateur championship Sunday at High Point Country Club’s Willow Creek Course. The 18-year-old rising senior at Oak Grove High birdied Nos. 15, 16 and 17 to overtake his father Scott Newton and Jamal Hutchison of…
Brant Stovall of Germanton shot 4-under-par 67 Saturday at Lexington Golf Club to take the lead after the first round of the Dugan Aycock Davidson County Amateur. Michael Swaringen of Rowan County shot 69 for second place. Justin Long was third with 71. Isaac Spencer and Tyler Lambert shot 72. The final round will begin…
Credit the Wyndham Championship’s position at the end of the PGA Tour regular-season schedule for continuing to bolster the field for the Triad’s annual Tour stop this coming week at Sedgefield Country Club. As the last chance for players to reach the top 70 in the FedEx Cup standings and qualify for the playoffs —…
Pinehurst Resort will be the site of the first Titleist retail shop in the U.S., according to The Pilot newspaper. Titleist will occupy the current Padgett Learning Facility near the driving range at the clubhouse for courses Nos. 1-5. The shop will be open to the public.
A pair of major 36-hole amateur tournaments will take place this weekend. More than 70 players have entered the Triad Amateur, scheduled to begin Saturday at High Point Country Club’s Willow Creek Course. Also beginning Saturday, The Dugan Aycock Davidson County Amateur has 76 players entered at Lexington Golf Club. TriadGolf.com will provide daily coverage…
A Triad course is taking steps to eliminate problems on one of its best-known holes. Cedarbrook Country Club, just outside Elkin, filled a “mucky” wet area with dirt with plans to reclaim the area as fairway. Cedarbrook grounds crew filled much of the wet area in front of the fourth green with dirt on Monday…
The Davidson County Amateur is accepting entries through Thursday (July 24) for this weekend’s tournament at Lexington Golf Club. The tournament rounds of the stroke play event will be Saturday and Sunday. Players do not have to live in Davidson County. Registration can be made at the Lexington pro shop or by calling 336-248-3950. The…
Who are some of the top names coming to Sedgefield Country Club for the Wyndham Championship next week? The tournament has made some recent announcements about commitments. But truth is, eligible players have until late Friday afternoon to commit. And it’s not unusual for a few withdrawals in the days leading up to the first…