Perhaps, there’s no better way to learn about what’s going on in Triad golf than making the rounds at area courses distributing the latest issue of Triad Golf Magazine, which is what I did for much of the past week. Before I share some of that knowledge, a little review. I hope everybody enjoyed the…
Wake Forest failed to make the cut over the weekend at the NCAA Women’s Championship at Omni La Costa Resort North Course in Carlsbad, California. Carolina Chacarra led Wake with a 5-over-par 221 for 54 holes and teammate Macy Pate of Winston-Salem shot 12-over. Anne-Storre Den Dunnen shot 6-over, including 69 — the team’s only…
South Surry’s Sawyer Slate shot even-par 72 Tuesday at Longleaf Golf Club in Southern Pines then won a playoff to capture medalist honors in the Class 1A State Championship. Mt. Airy won the team title at 32-over-par 320, beating Christ the King by two strokes. Brandon Bowman shot 76 to lead the Granite Bears. Bishop…
Triad Golf Top 25 1. Old Town Club. 2. Old North State Club. 3. Sedgefield. 4. Greensboro CC Farm Course. 5. Alamance CC. 6. Forsyth CC. 7. Bryan Park Champions Course. 8. Bermuda Run CC East. 9. High Point CC Willow Creek Course. 10. The Cardinal by Pete Dye. 11. Tanglewood Park Championship Course. 12.…
Former Wake Forest golfer Cameron Young tied for seventh Sunday at the $20-million Truist Championship at Philadelphia Cricket Club after shooting 66 to finish at 10-under-par 270, six strokes behind winner Sepp Straka. Will Zalatoris, another Wake product, tied for 54th at 280. The PGA Tour event was moved this year from normal host Quail…
Bill Haas cooled off after a hot start in Myrtle Beach, but fellow Wake Forest alumnus Cameron Young moved up on the leaderboard Saturday at the Truist Championship at Philadelphia Cricket Club. Young shot 68 to pull into a 10-way tie for 16th that includes Hickory native J.T. Poston at 6-under-par 204, eight strokes behind…
A former Wake Forest golfer with strong ties to the Triad got off to a great start Thursday at the Myrtle Beach Classic, the PGA Tour’s secondary event this weekend. Bill Haas, a former Wake star and the nephew of coach Jerry Haas, was 4-under-par through his first 10 holes in the first round at…
Pennson Badgett won medalist honors Tuesday, East Surry to a berth in the 2A state championship at Pilot Knob Park and Cameron Harvey of Northwest Guilford shared medalist at Stonebridge Golf Club in Monroe in the 4A Midwest Regional. Brandon Bowman led Mt. Airy to the 1A Midwest Regional title by winning medalist honors with…
Dustin Johnson received a special invitation to play in the PGA Championship next week at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, according to the field released Tuesday by the PGA of America. Johnson, a Columbia, South Carolina native, plays on the LIV Tour and does not meet any of the criteria for entry. Johnson’s five-year exemption for…
The Wake Forest women’s golf team is seeded No. 2 behind Texas in the May 5-7 NCAA Regional in Lubbock, Texas, in assignments announced by the NCAA. Julia McLaughlin of High Point University, the individual champion of the Big South Conference tournament, will play in Lubbock as an individual. The top five teams and the…