By Brad King Jeff Crittenden was in a tight spot. The Long Drive champion known as “Critter” to friends and fans was down to his last two attempts in the nationally televised finals of the World Long Drive Championship Masters Division in Oklahoma in early September. He was battling defending world champion Eddie Fernandes — and…
By Steve Huffman The recently opened Coaching Cabin at Salem Glen Country Club represents something of a dream come true for Jimmy McMullen. “It’s an awesome place,” he said. McMullen is the director of the Salem Glen Golf Academy. He has been a PGA professional for 22 years and said it has long been his…
By Steve Huffman Robert Linville has had a student qualify for the finals of the prestigious U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship three of the past four years. The tournament, commonly referred to as “the Mid-Am,” is the leading annual golf tournament in the United States for post-college amateur golfers. It’s organized by the USGA. High Point’s Scott…
Goslak, a former Wake Forest University golfer, was recognized from more than 1,700 LPGA certified professionals worldwide. “I am honored to be part of this elite group of golf professionals and thank the LPGA and Women’s Golf Journal for creating this award,” Goslak said. Goslak has been an active member of the LPGA Teaching and…
By Brad King Growing up in Greensboro as golf’s can’t-miss kid, Jason Widener always assumed the PGA Tour would be a big part of his future. Little did he know it would take nearly three decades to turn his dream into reality. When he signed to play golf at Duke University, Widener was the No. 1-ranked…
By Dave Droschak The Golf Academy at Salem Glen will launch the first week of March, offering a first-class golf instruction experience at the club located in Clemmons. The new golf academy at the Triad’s only Nicklaus Design course will be headed by veteran pro Jimmy McMullen, who was named the 2003 Florida Heartlands Golf…
By Kurt Dusterberg It would be easy to write off 81-year-old John Gerring as an old-school teaching guru, a throwback to a bygone era. But Gerring hopes you will hear him out. After 55 years as a PGA professional, he knows what works, even if his instruction doesn’t involve whistles and bells. That’s by design;…
By Brad King He has been there since the beginning. Tom Ducey remembers back in the early 1990s driving to the Stanly County Airport to pick up Tom Fazio, when the then-relatively unknown golf course architect was in the process of building what would become Old North State Club on 5,300-acre Badin Lake, along a…
By David Droschak Bo Watson starts each day with some quiet time recommended by business partner and mental coach Phil Gascoyne. It’s part reflection and part inspiration for the 27-year-old founder of Watson School of Golf. “The plus of owning your own business is you get to do what you want as far as…
By David Droschak Who would have thought a casual encounter at the Wells Fargo Championship in 2011 would change the lives of PGA Tour golfer Justin Rose and Campbell University’s David Orr – and connect the two on a wild ride of golfing success the past five years? “I was working with another player…