By STEVE HANF In the Triad, Lanny Wadkins is best remembered for his 1983 victory in the Greater Greensboro Open and endless trips around Forest Oaks Country Club. What many local golf fans may have forgotten is that Wadkins played his first six Greensboro PGA Tour events at Sedgefield Country Club, including his very first…
By STEVE WILLIAMS HIGH POINT • June 28-29 – Isaac Spencer tied the competitive course record at High Point Country Club’s Willow Creek course and went on to a 10-shot victory in the inaugural Triad Amateur. Spencer’s record-tying 8-under-par 64 in the first round opened a six-shot lead and there was no let-up on…
By ALEX PODLOGAR It was the fight that made it special. Burlington’s Lori Beth Adams finally won her first collegiate tournament this season as a senior at UNC Wilmington. She has made runs at the Women’s North & South Amateur Championship in Pinehurst before — enough to lament she always felt that the championship…
By HUGH QUINN Tanglewood Park is marking the 40th anniversary of one of only two PGA Championships ever played in North Carolina. The layout, back then known as Tanglewood’s West Course, is now simply referred to as the Championship Course. It was the first venue in the state to play host to the PGA Championship…
By STEVE HANF Davis Troxler developed a reputation for going overtime with his lessons at Precision Golf School. “I talk a lot,” Troxler said with a laugh. “We have a lot of fun. You hear us laugh all the time, but that doesn’t mean we don’t take it serious.” Troxler’s sessions with area golfers aren’t…
By STEVE WILLIAMS The winner of this year’s Wyndham Championship could trace his success to Bermuda Run Country Club. That’s where the event qualifier will be played this year – on the Monday before the tournament begins Thursday, Aug. 14, at Sedgefield Country Club’s Donald Ross Course. Monday qualifiers rarely win on the PGA Tour,…
Winston-Salem resident Laura Diaz aces LPGA Tour exam, earns local Kia deal in the process By Brad King In late March, Winston-Salem resident and former Wake Forest two-time first team All-American Laura Diaz set a pair of unusual LPGA records: First, she recorded a pair of hole-in-ones on consecutive days at the Kia Classic in…
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Named Pinehurst No. 9, course will be available immediately to members, early July to resort guests VILLAGE OF PINEHURST, N.C. (June 2, 2014) – Pinehurst Resort & Country Club today announced it has completed the acquisition of National Golf Club under terms finalized with current club owners, the Robinette family. The Jack Nicklaus Signature Design…
BY ED DUPREE If you’ve played a lot of golf courses in North Carolina, you’ve probably been “up the Creek” a few times. That’s because “Creek” appears in the names of the Tarheel State’s courses more than any other word – 43 times. Second is “Pine” with 35 times with the majority of those…