Wednesday, May 6, 2026
spot_imgspot_img
Home Blog Page 2

Tar Heels on verge of advancing to final of ACC Match Play

John Brasier
-
0
Tar Heels on verge of advancing to final of ACC Match Play

North Carolina is on the verge of advancing to the final round of the ACC Men’s Championship 

The Tar Heels trailed Virginia 3-2 with a handful of holes left when play was suspended by darkness about 8 p.m. CDT Sunday at Shark’s Tooth Golf Club near Panama City, Florida. None of the matches have been completed. Four of the five matches are either tied or within a single hole.

The semifinals, delayed by weather problems during the afternoon, will continue Monday morning followed by by the championship match.

Meanwhile, Stanford, which dominated the 54-hole, stroke-play section of the tournament, was tied with Florida State. The Seminoles have a 2-1 lead in matches completed, but Stanford has the lead in one of the two still underway, and another is tied.

UNC beat Clemson 3-2 in Sunday’s quarterfinals. Virginia defeated Louisville 3.5-1.5. Stanford triumphed over Duke 4-1 and Florida State knocked off Georgia Tech 3-2.

Brothers’ victory gives former Wake standout a spot on the PGA Tour

John Brasier
-
0
Brothers’ victory gives former Wake standout a spot on the PGA Tour

With a little help from his brother, another Wake Forest golfer has full-time status on the PGA Tour.

Alex Fitzpatrick teamed with older brother Matt Fitzpatrick to win the Zurich Classic Sunday and the two-year exemption that comes with it. Tied for the lead with only the par-5 18th hole to play, Matt hit a long bunker shot within tap-in distance for a winning birdie.

Despite struggling after leading by four shots entering the back nine with shots that hit trees and cart paths, and another that embedded in the bunker of a fairway bunker, the Irish brothers won with a birdie putt on the 72nd hole for a 31-under-par total at TPC Louisiana.

The Fitzpatricks shot 1-under 71 in Sunday’s alternate-shot format. Their wild back nine included a double-bogey at No. 12 after an errant tee shot and an attempted recovery shot that bounced backward after hitting a tree. Players played best-ball on Thursday and Saturday

Though it was the second straight PGA Tour for Matt, the 2022 U.S. Open winner, who prevailed in a playoff last week at the Heritage Classic against Rory McIlroy. Alex, 27, had won on the DP World Tour is his last start.

The Fitzpatricks edged Jamestown resident Alex Smalley and his partner Hayden Springer as well as Kristoffer Reitan and Kris Ventura, the teams that tied for second place.

Smalley’s team drops into tie for second place entering final round of Zurich Classic

John Brasier
-
0
Smalley’s team drops into tie for second place entering final round of Zurich Classic

At the Zurich Classic, 62 isn’t always good enough. And that was the case Saturday for Jamestown’s Alex Smalley and Hayden Springer, who fell four shots behind brothers Alex and Matt Fitzpatrick, who shot 57 in best-ball Saturday at the PGA Tour’s TPC Louisiana.

The Fitzpatricks are 30 under par for the tournament entering Sunday’s final round of alternate shot. Smalley and Springer are tied for second with Davis Thompson and Austin Eckroat.

Tar Heels tie for third in ACC stroke play; Wake fails to make match play

John Brasier
-
0
Tar Heels tie for third in ACC stroke play; Wake fails to make match play

Wake Forest struggled in the final round Saturday and failed to make the match-play bracket at the ACC Men’s Championship at Shark’s Tooth Golf Club at Lake Powell, Florida.

Wake tied with Duke for the eighth and final match-play slot, but lost a playoff. Stanford finished 20-under-par 844 to win the stroke-play format, 16 strokes ahead of Virginia and 18 in front of North Carolina and Georgia Tech, teams that tied for third place.

Florida State, Clemson and Louisville earned the other match-play spots. Jakob Melin, who finished fifth in the medalist race, led Wake at 6-under, 10 shots better than Wake’s next-best score. Duke gained eight strokes on Wake in the final round.

Niall Shields Donegan led the Tar Heels at 3-under with Carson Bertagnole at 1-under. Evan Woosley-Reed shot 68 Saturday and led Wolfpack finishers at 2-over 218. N.C. State missed the match play playoff by four strokes.

UNC, Wake, State face final-day battle to make match play at ACC Championship

John Brasier
-
0
UNC, Wake, State face final-day battle to make match play at ACC Championship

Stanford pulled away at the top of the leaderboard Friday after two rounds of stroke play at the ACC Men’s Golf Championship at Shark’s Tooth Golf Club in Lake Powell, Florida.

But Saturday’s final round of stroke play sets up as a dogfight in the middle of the pack with eight teams within six shots in the battle for the final three of eight berths in the match play portion of the tournament.

At 23-under-par 553, Stanford leads Virgina by 16 strokes. North Carolina (5-under), Louisville (3-under) and Wake Forest (1-under) are the only other teams below par. Georgia Tech, Clemson, Southern Methodist and Florida State are tied at 1-over and N.C. State is 3-over.

Edan Cui of Stanford leads the individual race at 9-under, two ahead of SMU’s William Sides. Wake’s Jakob Melin, who shot 69 Friday, is tied for sixth at 5-under. Niall Sheils Donegan, shot 70 Friday to lead UNC at 3-under. Rylan Shim and Xander Goboy are at even-par for N.C. State.

Smalley, Springer remain in lead with Fitzpatrick brothers in chase

John Brasier
-
0
Smalley, Springer remain in lead with Fitzpatrick brothers in chase

Triad golfer Alex Smalley and teammate Hayden Springer remained in the lead Friday through two rounds at the Zurich Classic at TPC Louisiana.

Smalley and Springer, 16-under-par 128 for the tournament after shooting 70 in alternate shot, lead brothers Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick by one stroke. The Fitzpatricks shot 65 in the second round.

Smalley and Springer matched a tournament record with 58 Thursday in best-ball, the format to be used in Saturday’s third round.

Edwards helps WKU win CUSA title with top 5 finish

John Brasier
-
0
Edwards helps WKU win CUSA title with top 5 finish

Greensboro’s Leah Edwards produced her best finish of the season to help Western Kentucky University to its second straight Conference USA women’s golf championship at Stonebriar Country Club in Frisco, Texas.

The leader in the medalist race after two rounds, Edwards shot 77 Wednesday to finish at 4-over-par 220 in fifth place, seven behind medalist and teammate Reagan Ramage, who closed with 65. A freshman, Edwards won back-to-back state high school medalist titles at Northwest Guilford.

The Hilltoppers shot 13-over 287 as a team, seven shots ahead of second-place Delaware in the 10-team tourney. With the victory, WKU earned a spot in an NCAA Tournament regional.

Wake, UNC trail Stanford after first day of ACC Championship

John Brasier
-
0
Wake, UNC trail Stanford after first day of ACC Championship

Southern Methodist and Stanford dominated the first day of the ACC Men’s Golf Championship at Shark’s Tooth Golf Club in Lake Powell, Florida.

Stanford shot 13-under-par 275 to grab a 10-stroke lead over second-place Wake Forest on Thursday. Led by 66 from SMU’s William Sides, the Cardinal and the Mustangs held the top four spots on the leaderboard. North Carolina was third at 286 with N.C. State sixth at 289.

Wake’s Tom Haberer shot 69 to join a three-day tie at 69. Carson Bartangole of North Carolina and Jakob Melin of Wake shot 70. Rylan Shim led N.C. State with 71. Kyle Haas of Wake made an eagle on the par-4 10th hole en route to 72.

Stanford’s Dean Greyserman, brother of PGA Tour member and Duke alumnus Max Greyserman, was tied for second at 68.

The top six teams after 54 holes of stroke play will advance to match play.

High Point wins Big South women’s championship

John Brasier
-
0
High Point wins Big South women’s championship

High Point University’s women team needed almost every bit of daylight Wednesday at Fripp Island Resort’s Ocean Creek Course near Beaufort, South Carolina.

Anaïs Arafi of HPU beat Breanna Hoese on the fourth extra hole in the deciding match as HPU edged UNC Asheville 3-2 in the championship round of match play.

Arafi rallied from an early three-hole deficit against Breanna Hoese to extend the match. She eventually won with her fourth consecutive par in extra holes.

Earlier in the day, HPU, which grabbed the No. 1 seed by winning the stroke play portion of the event, knocked off Charleston Southern 4-1.

HPU’s other victories in title match came from Makayla Grubb, who beat UNCA’s Lauren Madson, 8 and 7, and Eva Lye.

HPU junior Anna Howerton of Winston-Salem finished 24th in the three rounds of stroke play and split her matches, winning against CSU and losing 2 and 1 to UNCA’s Pennie Osterberg. Howerton made an eagle on the par-4 13th hole in her loss.

At 1-under, Caroline Patterson of UNCA was the only player under par in stroke play. Grubb was second at 1-over.

New members dominate ACC Women’s Championship

John Brasier
-
0
New members dominate ACC Women’s Championship

Wake Forest was a victim of ACC expansion over the weekend at the ACC Women’s Championship.

Newcomers Stanford and Southern Methodist claimed the top spots at Porter’s Neck Country Club in Wilmington. Stanford won the team title in match play after defeating SMU in stroke play.

The Cardinal shot 33-under-par 831 on the Tom Fazio design and McConnell Golf property to beat Stanford by 11 strokes and Wake by 19, followed by Duke, N.C. State and North Carolina, which grabbed the final berth in match play. Paula Martin Sampedro of Stanford was medalist at 14-under.

Chloe Kovelesky led Wake with a third-place finish at 9-under. Teammate Macy Pate of Winston-Salem tied for 21st at 2-under. Emily Matthews of Mebane finished at 1-under for Virginia Tech.

123...50Page 2 of 50

EDITOR PICKS

POPULAR POSTS

POPULAR CATEGORY

CONTACT US

John Brasier | 336-404-2212 | john@triadgolf.com

ABOUT US

THE PREEMINENT GOLF SITE FOR GOLFER'S IN NORTH CAROLINA’S PIEDMONT TRIAD REGION

FOLLOW US

© 2025 Triad Golf Magazine