By Steve Huffman Rowan County’s Nick Lyerly has won his share of tournaments, but his biggest victory to date came in mid-June when he captured the North Carolina Amateur. “My main goal was to put together four solid rounds of golf,” Lyerly said. “I just wanted to go out and play the best I was…
By STEVE HANF Terrance Stewart had no trouble attaching a grade to the performance of Grandover Resort & Conference Center in its first year playing host to the Bridgestone Golf Collegiate. “Absolute A-plus,” Stewart raved. As for the performance of his UNC Greensboro Spartans, perhaps a grade of “incomplete” remains in order. The host team…
By STEVE HANF The Bridgestone Golf Collegiate has grown into one of the top tournaments in the region over the past seven years. UNC Greensboro’s marquee event should gain even greater stature this fall when the tournament brings back plenty of top talent to a new location: Grandover Resort & Conference Center’s East Course. “Forest…
By STEVE WILLIAMS UNC Greensboro has been a great host to an outstanding collegiate tournament for the last six years. This year, the Spartans would like to keep the Bridgestone Collegiate hardware at home. “Our goal is to win the golf tournament,” veteran UNCG coach Terrance Stewart said as he looked ahead to the…
By STEVE WILLIAMS It was a record-breaking weekend at Forest Oaks Country Club when UNC Greensboro played host to the sixth annual UNCG Bridgestone Golf Collegiate Oct. 23-24. North Carolina rolled to a seven-shot win in the 14-team event and shaved 10 strokes off the previous tournament record for the lowest 54-hole score, posting 833…
By MICHAEL GRAFF In mid-September, still five weeks before hosting one of the premier college golf tournaments in the country, UNC Greensboro coach Terrance Stewart spent a Friday morning putting together gift packages for sponsors. It’s the little things that have made the Bridgestone Golf Collegiate such a big success. Scheduled for Oct. 23-24 at…
Emily Marron is in her seventh season as head coach of the women’s golf program at UNC Greensboro. The Spartans are members of the Southern Conference and finished fourth in the 2009 league tournament. A native of Johnstown, Pa., Marron played collegiately at Penn State and was the team’s co-captain in 1997. Before coming to…