Excitement evident for inaugural Myrtle Beach event on PGA Tour

        By John Brasier After watching the PGA Tour play the second of two tournaments at the remote Congaree Golf Club in the South Carolina Lowcountry in October 2022, Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce CEO Karen Riordan said she asked Myrtle Beach’s mega-golf marketing firm, Golf Tourism Solutions, why the Grand Strand, can’t have a Tour…

Sunday’s amateur PGA Tour winner tied for 2nd in 2021 in junior event at Sedgefield

        By John Brasier Less than three years ago, Nick Dunlap failed to close out a victory at the Wyndham Junior Championship at Sedgefield Country Club (pictured above), eventually finishing in a tie for second place. But Sunday, at age 20, the University of Alabama sophomore was good enough to win the American Express tournament at…

Hargett shoots 64, Greensboro National event donates $60,000 to First Responders

        There’s no need for a pro in a team tournament when you’ve got an amateur shooting 64. And 8-under-par, gross 64 is what Nate Hargett shot to lead a prominent team (pictured above) of local golfers to a three-stroke victory in the fifth-annual First Responders of the Triad charity tournament Oct. 6 at Greensboro National…

Clutch Ketchum: Reagan senior closes prep career with remarkable round for state title

        By David Droschak Was it the best six-month span of women’s prep golf in North Carolina history? That fact would be hard to argue after Reagan High School captured its second 4-A state title in 2021, riding a final-round 65 from senior star Morgan Ketchum to tack on yet another record scoring day. Ketchum, who…

No small accomplishment for Smalley at Wyndham Championship

        By Brad King Alex Smalley didn’t quite play his way into the six-man playoff to determine the 2021 Wyndham Championship, eventually won by Kevin Kisner. Nevertheless, the former Duke star captured plenty of attention along the way. Playing on his home course at Sedgefield Country Club, the 24-year-old Smalley carded three rounds in the 60s,…

Professional golfer learning new trade in offseason

        By David Droschak Lori Beth Adams took quite an unconventional break from the game during the COVID-19 outbreak that halted women’s professional golf for close to five months. The former University of North Carolina-Wilmington star golfer returned to her home in Burlington and helped a family friend from church flip a house in rural Alamance…