By Steve Huffman Ralph James will occasionally be golfing with someone he’s just met, not one of his longtime partners. They’ll play a few holes, with James smacking his 240-yard drives down the center of the fairway, with his chipping and putting games little short of superb. Before long, the newcomer will have seen enough.…
By Kurt Dusterberg Brandon Einstein will soon be off to college, but he’s not letting the summer months slip away without squeezing a few more memories out of his current golf era. The 18-year-old from Clemmons has qualified for the U.S. Amateur Championship at Pebble Beach on Aug. 13-18. That achievement came just weeks after…
Private club in Advance attracting top-notch players, tournaments By David Droschak As ClubCorp celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2017, Bermuda Run is celebrating its own resurgence of sorts. Once home to the popular Bing Crosby Clambake Pro-Am, and host to two NCAA men’s golf championships in the late 1970s and mid ‘80s, the private club…
By Robert Kimball After some time away from Bermuda Run Country Club a return visitor would notice nothing different about the journey back to the club. Same Advance, N.C., exit off the highway, same drive past Tanglewood Park, same Kathryn Crosby Bridge and same turn into the gatehouse. Walk up to the front door of…
By David Droschak Dallas-based ClubCorp has acquired six additional luxury golf and country club properties across the Southeast, including Bermuda Run Country Club outside of Winston-Salem and Firethorne Country Club in Union County outside of Charlotte, as part of a $44 million deal. Bermuda Run Country Club in Bermuda Run is a private country club…
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,…