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…
Rory McIlroy paid the price twice in Thursday’s opening round of the Masters. On Friday, former Wake Forest star Cameron Young did the same. You can’t let one mistake lead to another. With McIlroy, it was a chip into the pond at No. 15 that led to a double-bogey and a frustration that seemed to…
North Carolina resident Akshay Bhatia made only six pars Thursday in the first round of the Masters — about as many as an 18-handicapper might hope to make on the long Augusta National course and its treacherous greens. It wasn’t the standard recipe for pulling into contention for a Green Jacket. Unless, of course, he…
Sometime late Friday afternoon, one of the golf world’s legendary figures probably will finish his final round of competitive golf in the Masters. That’s when 67-year-old Bernhard Langer, accompanied by Wake Forest alum Will Zalatoris and 20-year-old amateur Noah Kent, will be greeted with a lengthy applause by the Masters faithful while walking up the…
Will Zalatoris will play with the youngest and the oldest players in the field on Thursday and Friday in the first two rounds of the Masters. The 28-year-old former Wake Forest standout, Masters runner-up in 2021 with top 10 finishes in 2022 and 2024, will play with 20-year-old Noah Kent of the University of Florida…
Anais Arafi and Anna Howerton provided top-10 finishes as the High Point University women’s golf team finished second behind Michigan at the Terrapin Invitational on Monday at the University of Maryland Golf Course. Arafi finished fifth at 1-over-par 217 after shooting a final-round 75. Howerton, a Winston-Salem native, tied for seventh at 218 after firing…
Anna Howerton of Winston-Salem and High Point teammate Anais Arafi were two of the three co-leaders Sunday after the first 36 holes of the University of Maryland’s Terrapin Invitational. Howerton and Arafi are at 2-under-par 142, helping High Point tie Notre Dame for third place in the team standings entering Monday’s final round. Howerton shot…
Kris Spence is staying busy. The Greensboro-based golf architect has several projects in the works, including extensive work at Starmount Forest Country Club. He’s also helping repair flood damage at Hound Ears in Boone. Other project sites in the pipeline include Raleigh Golf Association and Pine Valley Country Club in Wilmington. Listen to Spence describe…