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UNCG wins tournament in Puerto Rico

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UNCG wins tournament in Puerto Rico

Host UNC Greensboro successfully defended its team title at the 16-team Dorado Beach Collegiate men’s tournament Tuesday at TPC Dorado Beach in Puerto Rico.

The Spartans finished the 54-hole tournament at 29-under-par 835, eight strokes ahead of second-place Southern Mississippi. Colin Dutton and Jack Marcotte led UNCG at 8-under 208, tied for fourth place. Kelvin Hernandez tied for 11th at 210. Jake Lewis shot 213 and B.J. Boyce posted 216.

Winthrop’s Jeff Nelson shot 205 to win medalist honors, and Connecticut’s Alex Heard and Southern Miss’ Ryan Dupuy tied for second at 207.

Lexington Golf Club accepting entries for two-person, best-ball tourney April 5-6

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Lexington Golf Club accepting entries for two-person, best-ball tourney April 5-6

Lexington Golf Club is accepting entry forms for a two-person best ball tournament on April 5 and 6.

The field for the 36-hole, amateur event will be flighted after the first round. Players must be at least 16 years of age.

The field is limited to the first 56 paid teams. The entry fee of $125 per team includes a complimentary practice round greens fee, first-round lunch and prizes. Greens fees and cart fees for tournament play, not included in the entry fee, will be paid before each round. Tee times will be from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. each day.

Men ages 16-59 will play the blue tees. Men 60-74 will play the gold, and men 75 and older as well as women will play from the red tees. The tournament champions will receive $465 in gift certificates. The top four finishers in flights (four flights with a full field) and the team with the low score in the final round will also receive gift certificates.

Entry forms are available at the Lexington Golf Club pro shop and on the course’s Facebook page. Players can also register by phone by calling the pro shop at 336-248-3950.

Mountain public course expects to open for spring with nine of its 18 holes

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Mountain public course expects to open for spring with nine of its 18 holes

A High Country favorite for golfers without memberships in the pricey clubs in and around Avery County is expected to be open with at least nine holes for the spring season.

A spokesperson for Sugar Mountain Golf Course told TriadGolf.com that the Avery course is on schedule to open in late April or May — typical time of the year — despite heavy flood damage from Hurricane Helene.

According to golfcourseindustry.com, engineers estimated damages to the Sugar course at $1.5 million. The Sugar clubhouse housed, fed and serviced as a medical clinic for several weeks after the storm.

The Sugar spokesperson said water damage will require significant work on some holes on the par-64 layout, widely considered to be one of the nation’s top “executive” courses. The timetable for repairing the remaining holes has yet to be determined.

The Sugar course is known for its excellent conditioning, smooth but slippery greens and beautiful mountain scenery at an affordable price. Manager Tom McAuliffe has one of the leading golf retail shops in the area and handles club repair.

Boone Golf Club and Mountain Aire in West Jefferson are the other prominent public courses in the Boone area.

Avery’s collection of elite private courses includes Diamond Creek, Grandfather, Linville, Linville Ridge and Elk River, each suffering various degrees of damage. The Elk River course, located in a valley along the river, was particularly hard hit.

Wake women finish second

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Wake women finish second

The Wake Forest women shot 5-under-par 283 Sunday to rally and finish in second place, only three shots behind winner Florida State at the Moon Invitational at Suntree Country Club in Melbourne, Florida.

Wake finished at 2-over for the 54-hole tournament after starting 11th of 17 teams after the first round. Lottie Woad and Elia Galitzky, teammates for seventh-ranked FSU, tied for medalist at 5-under 211.

Anne-Sterre den Dunnen led Wake with a fifth-place finish at 2-under. Macy Pate of Winston-Salem rebounded to shoot even-par 72 to tie for 55th at 10-over. Ranked No. 7, Wake beat four top-10 teams, including No. 15 North Carolina.

Former Greensboro junior winner on the leaderboard at Mexico Open

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Former Greensboro junior winner on the leaderboard at Mexico Open

Less than two years ago, Blades Brown won the American Junior Golf Association’s Wyndham Invitational at Sedgefield Country Club.

On Sunday, Brown, now 17, enters the final round of the PGA Tour Mexico Open tied for 22nd place. Though his 9-under-par 204 total is 11 strokes behind leader Aldrich Potgieter and a victory is all but out of reach, Brown is showing he belongs on the PGA Tour.

A senior at Brentwood Academy near Nashville, Tennessee, Brown turned pro in January. He’s a good bet to return in May to the PGA Tour’s Myrtle Beach Classic, where he tied for 22nd last year. His management company, Sportfive, runs the Myrtle Beach tournament.

Triangle golfer in contention in Mexican Open

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Triangle golfer in contention in Mexican Open

Triangle resident Akshay Bhatia shot 66 for Friday for the second straight day to stand in a tie for fifth through two rounds at the PGA Tour’s Mexican Open.

Aldrich Potgieter, a 20-year-old from South Africa, leads the tournament at 16-under-par 126 after shooting 61 Friday in Vallarta, Mexico. German Stephan Jaeger and Brian Campbell are tied for second place at 130.

Many of the Tour’s biggest names are not playing in the $7-million tournament.

Badgett makes solid 2025 AJGA debut

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Badgett makes solid 2025 AJGA debut

Pilot Mountain’s Pennson Badgett (pictured) got off to a good start to 2025 with a tie for 23rd last week at the AJGA Simplify Boys Championship at Carlton Woods.

Badgett, a junior at East Surry High, shot rounds of 74, 71 and 73 to finish at 2-over-par 218 on Carlton Woods’ Fazio Championship Course.

Miles Russell of Jacksonville Beach, Florida, won in the 72-player field with 11-under 205.

North Carolina was prominent near the top of the leaderboard. Will Hartman of Marvin tied for fourth at 212, just ahead of Preston Hage of Raleigh and Carson Bertagnole of Pinehurst, who tied for ninth at 213.

Howerton finishes sixth in HPU victory

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Howerton finishes sixth in HPU victory

Former Reagan High standout Anna Howerton tied for sixth place while playing for High Point University this week at the Rivertowne Invitational outside Charleston, South Carolina.

Howerton shot rounds of 74, 73 and 72 to finish at 3-over-par 219 at Rivertowne Country Club. Ella Perna of HPU shot 216 for finish second for the Panthers, who won the 14-team tournament at 26-over 890, two shots better than Marshall. Elon finished third at 894 and North Carolina A&T was 12th at 941.

In the season opener, Howerton, the 2024 Big South Conference Player of the Year, was 3-0 as High Point won the Oyster Shuck Match Play at Charleston Municipal Golf Course.

Mathews shoots 68, ties for sixth to lead Wolfpack; Wake women finish strong

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Mathews shoots 68, ties for sixth to lead Wolfpack; Wake women finish strong

Nick Mathews had a big day Tuesday for N.C. State, firing rounds of 70 and 68 to finish at 5-under-par 211 in a tie for sixth place at the Watersound Invitational at Shark’s Tooth Golf Course in Panama City, Florida.

The Mebane golfer was five shots off the pace of winner Luke Clanton of Florida State, the world’s top-ranked amateur. The Seminoles won the team title at 26-under 838, nine shots ahead of second-place Alabama.

The field played 36 holes Tuesday due to a forecast for unfavorable weather on Wednesday. The Wolfpack finished seventh in a 12-field team of top programs, including Georgia Tech, UCLA, Clemson and Vanderbilt, who received a tie for fourth finish at 210 from Pinehurst’s Jackson Van Paris.

Anne-Sterre den Dune finished fifth at 2-under 214 to lead the Wake Forest women to a second-place finish at 9-over for 54 holes, three shots behind Florida State at the Moon Golf Invitational in Melbourne, Fla. Macy Pate tied for 55th at 10-over.

Triad company running Raleigh club

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Triad company running Raleigh club

A Triad golf company has taken over management of another course.

During a Triad Golf Podcast taped Monday from the Carolinas PGA Super Show, Rick Dail of Dail Golf announced that it has taken over management at Hedingham Golf Club in northeast Raleigh.

About 200 vendors filled the show room at Greensboro Coliseum Complex Special Events Center in the first-day of the two-day show. The PGA Championship’s Wannamaker Trophy was also on display. The PGA Championship is scheduled for May at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte.

Triad Golf Podcast hosts John Brasier and Jay Allred also interviewed CPGA executive director Jeff Abbot and Mike Long, the GM and PGA professional at The Valley in Burlington, for future podcasts/YouTube shows. Triad Podcast is available on Spotify and Apple networks and through links on TriadGolf.com, a revamped 24/7 website with Triad golf news, profiles, course and travel spotlights.

Hedingham is a semi-private facility with a 6,600-yard, par-72 layout designed by David Postlethwait in 1991.

Founded by Geoff Dail, a superintendent and former general manager at Forest Oaks Country Club, Dail Golf also has business arrangements with several clubs including Siler City Country Club, Oak Valley, Meadowlands, Caswell Pines, and two Virginia courses, Draper Valley and Holston Hills.

Dail Golf is also heavily involved in renovations. Past projects included the restoration of Tot Hill Farm in 2023. Current projects include bunker renovation at Sapona Golf Club in Lexington, Linville Land Harbour and a few in Florida.

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