By Kurt Dusterberg When Brandon Einstein talks about growing his golf game, he often starts with a story about just plain, old growing. It all started in the summer after his freshman year. “I went from 5-foot-6 to 5-10,” said Einstein, a junior at West Forsyth High School. “I’m 5-11 right now. And I went…
By Kurt Dusterberg Mallory Fobes has grown accustomed to going it alone on the golf course. She is the only member of the girl’s golf team at Forbush High School, a 2-A school in East Bend. While that sounds like a losing proposition in a team format, the sophomore quickly found out she could carry…
By David Droschak The sudden death playoff at the North State High School Challenge in Kannapolis was a look into what may be future Southeastern Conference showdowns. Zach Brown of R.J. Reynolds, a sophomore who has committed to Georgia, defeated Michael Sanders of the Cannon School, a junior headed to LSU, on the first playoff…
By John Brasier Jake Rutter’s future goals in golf are simple. “I just want to keep playing golf,” he said. Rutter isn’t sure whether that means playing college golf. But he does have that option. He said Davidson College coach Tim Straub offered him a roster spot, and he has other options as well. “Some…
By John Brasier Madison Isaacson is already off to a fast start in 2017 after a strong showing last year. Isaacson, a junior at Ragsdale High in Jamestown, shot a solid 5-over-par 149 in mid-March to win the TYGA Archdale-Trinity Chamber Junior Open at Holly Springs by a whopping eight-shot margin. Already committed to play…
Junior Golf Pyramid By David Droschak Starting your child out in a golf program may not be a simple as it sounds if you’re new to the game. Proper direction from the start could mean all the difference in the world as to whether a 10-year-old falls in love with golf or finds the whole…
By David Droschak West Davidson’s decision to field a women’s golf team four years ago couldn’t have come under more competitive circumstances. The Dragons were not only starting a golf team from scratch but just happened to be in the Central Carolina Conference competing against 2-A powerhouse Salisbury, which had captured four straight state championships…
By David Droschak The comparisons are natural, since Triangle-area prep stars Jenny Chang and Gina Kim have parents of Asian descent, are high school juniors, each have multiple state championships – and each spends hours upon hours practicing ball striking, putting and their short games. Who is better? Or maybe we should say: Who will…
By Steve Huffman Justin Emmons has for years been as good a high school golfer as there is, a guy who makes birdies look easy, the three-time player of the year for the PAC-6 2-A Conference. But through it all, the one thing that eluded Emmons, 17, a rising senior at Providence Grove High School,…
By Steve Hanf After winning the biggest prize of her junior career, Emily Hawkins celebrated the only way she knows how — competing in the next tournament, just a few days later. “It has just been a ton of fun, really. I’ve put in a ton of work, and to see that start to pay…