Wake Forest, Elon, North Carolina, N.C. State, Duke and UNC Charlotte each received bids Wednesdayto the NCAA Men’s Regionals. The six regionals will be held May 12-14 with the top five teams and top individuals advancing to the NCAA Championship. Wake, the seventh-ranked team in its regional led by LSU, and UNC Greensboro’s Colin Dutton,…
The course commonly regarded as the second-best layout at Pinehurst Resort will close for the summer. Pinehurst announced Tuesday that the resort’s No. 4 course, reopened in 2018 after a redesign by Gil Hanse, will close beginning May 19 for greens restoration. The expected reopening date is Aug. 7. The resort said No. 4’s Ultradwarf…
Virginia rallied down the stretch to beat North Carolina 3-2 Monday afternoon to win the ACC Match Play Championship at The Club at Olde Stone in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Virginia’s Bryan Lee rallied from a two-hole deficit to win four of the last five holes and beat Maxwell Ford in the deciding match. David Ford…
Colin Dutton on UNC Greensboro was the medalist Tuesday at the Southern Conference Championship at Reynolds Plantation in Greensboro, Georgia, earning an automatic bid into the NCAA Regionals. Dutton, who grew up in the Pinehurst area and transferred to UNCG after three seasons at Wingate University, shot 69, 66 and 71 for a 10-under-par 206…
Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw will design Pinehurst No. 11 adjacent to the No. 10 course, Pinehurst Resort announced in a Monday release. Construction is scheduled to begin later this year with opening expected in 2027. The course will sit on a 900-acre site along N.C. 5, about 10 minutes south of Pinehurst’s first five…
UNC Greensboro took the lead Sunday after the first round of the 54-hole Southern Conference men’s tournament at The Oconee Course in Greensboro, Georgia. Jake Lewis shot 4-under-par 68, two shots off the lead, for the Spartans, whose five players each shot 70 or better. Colin Dutton shot 69 and Kelvin Hernandez, Jack Marcotte and…
Macy Pate and Carolina Lopez-Chacarra led the way as Wake Forest claimed a fourth-place finish Thursday in stroke play at the ACC Women’s Championship at Sedgefield Country Club. Chacarra shot a bogey-free, 4-under-par 68 and Pate fired 69 and second-round substitute Sarah Lydic, 3-under for 36 holes, shot 71 for the Demon Deacons, who shot…
Wes Bryan, one of the most popular players at the Wyndham Championship, may not be able to play in this summer’s event at Sedgefield Country Club. Bryan, a Columbia, South Carolina native, known best for his trick shots and YouTube presence, announced Wednesday night that he has been suspended from PGA Tour events because he…
Just imagine, a young Rory McIlroy winning the Atlantic Sun Conference championship and playing on North Carolina courses against the likes of Tar Heel teams from Belmont, Campbell and Gardner-Webb. Though rarely mentioned in the media, McIlroy did sign a letter of intent to play at East Tennessee State in Johnson City back in 2004.…
While Rory McIlroy was winning his first Masters title Sunday, the nation’s top-ranked college golfer, David May of North Carolina, won another tournament. May overcame an opening-round 72 to finish at 7-under-par 203 to win the Tar Heel Intercollegiate and lead the Tar Heels to a one-shot victory over Elon in the team competition at…