Diaz will replace current assistant coach Robin Walton Wake Forest women’s golf head coach Dianne Dailey has announced the hiring of Kevin Diaz, who will serve as assistant coach beginning next season. Diaz, who is the husband of Demon Deacon great Laura Diaz, comes to Wake Forest with a strong golf background. He began his…
By STEVE HANF Davis Womble became a target as a middle-school player on Wesleyan Christian Academy’s varsity golf team. The target has grown a little larger each year: a win at the Donald Ross Junior in 2009, the Wake Forest commitment that followed and a state championship at the N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association 3-A…
By JOHN DELL The past will meet the future in mid October at the Wake Forest Pro-Am at Old Town Golf Club. The pro-am, a major fund-raiser for the tradition-rich Demon Deacon men’s and women’s golf programs, will have an added feature with the legendary Arnold Palmer scheduled to be on hand. He’ll be honored…
By STEVE WILLIAMS UNC Greensboro has been a great host to an outstanding collegiate tournament for the last six years. This year, the Spartans would like to keep the Bridgestone Collegiate hardware at home. “Our goal is to win the golf tournament,” veteran UNCG coach Terrance Stewart said as he looked ahead to the…
By MICHAEL GRAFF Bruce Woodall’s first golf memory is of a shot he didn’t make. He was 7 years old and on the tee box of the par-3 sixth hole at Caswell Pines Golf Club in Yanceyville. He hit a tee shot that went straight toward his target. He watched the ball fly, and he…
Winston-Salem native now heads Queens golf program By BOB SUTTON Sam Puryear’s experience in golf is wide-ranging from an instructional standpoint, with variety that stretches from grassroots youth levels to top college programs. So he has come full circle to some degree in the early stages of his role at Queens University in Charlotte. “I…
By BOB SUTTON Before a new group of recruits even arrived on campus, there’s reason to believe that a rebuilding phase might not be necessary for the Wake Forest women’s golf team. Coach Dianne Dailey’s newest players produced a noteworthy summer that should bode well when they officially wear the black and gold. “I thought…
Brock Elder’s record on the last day of golf tournaments this spring left him a bit unsettled as he prepared for the final round of his collegiate career. In all five events on Greensboro College’s schedule, the senior’s final-round score was higher than his previous rounds. It was also a team thing: the Pride’s average…
Tar Heels capture school’s first team crown in 19 years By David Droschak Cheyenne Woods was facing the exact same scenario as a year ago, tied for the lead after shooting the same scores, on the same golf course, with the same goal at stake – the ACC Women’s Individual Golf…
By CARTER CHEVES In Georgia Tech Coach Bruce Heppler’s first season (1995-96), the Yellow Jackets finished dead last at the ACC Championship. In his second year they managed to beat one other team. In year three, Tech made a move to the runner-up position and in year four, the Ramblin’ Wreck won the ACC Championship.…