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HPU women take fourth at Georgia

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HPU women take fourth at Georgia

High Point University finished fourth in a 16-team field at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic at the University of Georgia Golf Course.

Anna Howerton of Winston-Salem and Makayla Grubb tied for 16th to lead HPU in the 54-hole tournament at 6-over-par 222. The Wildcats, who led after the first round, finished with 22-over 886, 11 behind first-place Georgia.

Rutgers was second and Indiana was third. Florida Golf Coast was fifth, Alabama was sixth and Penn State placed seventh.

Tiffany Beth of Georgia was medalist at 10-under 206. Leah Edwards of Greensboro, playing as an individual for Western Kentucky, posted 229.

Myrtle Beach title sponsor adds $250,000 flight credit to winner’s purse

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Myrtle Beach title sponsor adds $250,000 flight credit to winner’s purse

The young ONEFlight Myrtle Beach Classic has found a way to boost the first prize of one of the PGA Tour’s smallest winning purses.

In addition to a $720,000 cash prize for winning the May 7-10 tournament, the Myrtle Beach champion will receive a $250,000 flight credit from the title sponsor. Players who make the cut will receive a five-hour flight credit.

The announcement was made Monday at the tournament Media Day.

The tournament at The Dunes Golf and Beach is opposite a Tour signature event, the Truist Championship at Quail Hollow in Charlotte. Though the top 72 players are in Charlotte, the first two Myrtle Beach events have been won by rising stars Chris Gotterup and Ryan Fox.

A pro-am held on May 6 will include actors Kevin Costner and Kurt Russell. The Beach Boys will perform near the clubhouse after the second round. A local cover band will play Saturday night.

Elite N.C. mountain course closed since hurricane to reopen after extensive renovations

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Elite N.C. mountain course closed since hurricane to reopen after extensive renovations

A prominent High Country private golf club ravaged by Hurricane Helene will reopen in May, according to a release from the club.

Elk River Club’s layout will open in May after reconstruction by Nicklaus Design. The course was closed the past 20 months due to extensive flooding.

The layout, a few miles southwest of downtown Banner Elk, opened in 1984 as the first Jack Nicklaus Signature Course in North Carolina.

Several premier private courses in Avery County, including Elk River, typically open for season in early May.

Much of the club’s layout and facilities were flooded by the Elk River, which runs through the course. The club estimates that 60% of the course was damaged.

“It truly looked like a bomb had gone off,” general manager Toni Littleton said. “We drove under downed trees, beneath and across fallen electrical lines, and skirted the edges of huge sinkholes in the road. The destruction caused by Helene was beyond anything we could have imagined from a hurricane in the mountains.”

For several weeks after the hurricane, the private Elk River air strip, adjacent to the Elk River community, and the bridge over the course’s first hole was the only way to access the club.

The reconstruction included relocated tees and moved greens, a set of forward tees throughout the course, reseeded fairways, tees and greens. Loss of trees from the hurricane opened mountain vistas. Length was added to the course, but specifics were not included in the release.

High Point women stumble during second round at Georgia

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High Point women stumble during second round at Georgia

The High Point women were not able to maintain their hot play during the second round of the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic.

The Wildcats, who were in first place ahead of host Georgia after the first round, struggled to an 18-over-par total Sunday at the University of Georgia Golf Course. HPU dropped to fourth at 20-over 596, 19 shots behind the host Bulldogs entering Monday’s final round. Florida Gulf Coast is third at 591.

Triad native Anna Howerton, who made a rare eagle on the 388-yard, par-4 10th hole Friday, shot 76 for HPU to fall to even-par 144 in a tie for eighth in the individual standings. Ella Perna of HPU also shot 76 for 150. Trinity Beth of Georgia leads at 135.

Greensboro native Leah Edwards, who holed out for an eagle on a par-4 Friday, has posted 153 playing as an individual for Western Kentucky.

Rutgers is in second place in the team standings at 589. HPU remained seven strokes ahead of traditional SEC power Alabama.

Howerton sparks HPU into lead on Georgia’s home course

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Howerton sparks HPU into lead on Georgia’s home course

The High Point University women’s team is in the lead, ahead of two of the country’s most prominent programs after Saturday’s first round of the 54-hole Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic in Athens, Georgia.

Led by Winston-Salem native Anna Howerton, who shot 4-under 68, the Wildcats are leading the tournament on the University of Georgia course. HPU also leads perennial power Alabama.

Howerton, a standout at Reagan High, is second in the medalist race, only two strokes behind Georgia’s Trinity Beth. At 2-over 290, HPU leads the Bulldogs by three strokes. Makayla Grubb shot 73 and Ella Perna shot 74 for the Wildcats.

Rutgers is third, two behind HPU. Western Kentucky, with Greensboro’s Leah Edwards shooting 77 as an individual, is in the fourth at 300.

Alabama shot 303. Indiana and Penn State are among the other major programs in the 16-team field.

College Roundup: UNC, Duke, Wake struggle at Valspar; N.C. State women romp

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College Roundup: UNC, Duke, Wake struggle at Valspar; N.C. State women romp

A trio of North Carolina’s Big Four struggled at one of the nation’s top collegiate events.

UNC finished eighth, Duke tied for ninth and Wake Forest tied for 11th Tuesday at the Valspar Collegiate Invitational at Floridian National in Palm City.

Texas Tech won the 54-hole tournament at 45-under 807. UNC posted 833, Duke had 835 and Wake came in with 836.

Niall Sheils Donegan of UNC tied for 11th at 10-under-par 203. Jakob Melin of Wake Forest and William Love of Duke shot 204. Tyler Weaver of FSU won a playoff at 15-under medalist honors.

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The Elon men tied for fourth Sunday behind heavyweights Georgia, Alabama and Vanderbilt in the Linger Longer Invitational at the 54-hole Great Waters Course at Reynolds Lake Oconee.

Elon’s Jack Weiler finished third at 10-under 206. UNCG, which finished 14th at 880, was led by Kelvin Hernandez’ even-par 216.

Georgia romped to the team title at 48-under 816, 32 shots ahead of Elon. 

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Marie Madsen and N.C. State breezed through a field of 13 teams on their home course, Lonnie Poole, to an easy victory at the City of Oaks Collegiate.

Madsen shot 2-under 214 for 54 holes to win Tuesday by six shots. Teammate Vania Simont tied for third, seven shots off the pace.

The Wolfpack shot 24-over 888 to beat second-place Rutgers by 13 strokes in the 54-hole tournament.

Elon stands third in tourney, ahead of Ohio State and Vanderbilt

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Elon stands third in tourney, ahead of Ohio State and Vanderbilt

Elon moved into third place Saturday at the Linger Longer Invitational at Reynolds Lake Oconee’s Great Waters Course in Greensboro, Georgia.

At 11-under-par, Elon is 20 shots behind leader Georgia, but trails second-place Alabama by only two going into Sunday’s final round. Ohio State is fourth and Vanderbilt is in fifth. UNCG is tied for 10th in the 18-team field.

Elon’s Jack Wieler is at 9-under, two strokes off the individual lead. Dylan Lewis is tied for 14th at 3-under. UNCG’s Kelvin Hernandez is tied for 11th at 4-under.

Jamestown golfer makes ‘Shot of the Day’ on PGA Tour

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Jamestown golfer makes ‘Shot of the Day’ on PGA Tour

A Triad golfer fired the “Shot of the Day” in Friday’s second round of the PGA Tour’s Valspar Championship at Innisbrook Resort’s Copperhead Course in Palm Harbor, Florida.

Featured on the Tour’s website, Alex Smalley holed a 102-yard shot for an eagle at the par-5 14th on his way to shooting 2-under-par 69 and joining a tie for fifth at 5-under-par 137, four strokes behind leader Sungjae Im.

The 29-year-old Smalley, who played collegiate golf at Duke, lives in Jamestown and plays out of Sedgefield Country Club.

Smalley is off to a strong start in 2026 with two top 25 finishes while making six of seven cuts.

National magazine ranks Triad course as most exclusive, expensive in North Carolina

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National magazine ranks Triad course as most exclusive, expensive in North Carolina

The state’s most exclusive and expensive course isn’t in the mountains, on the coast or in Pinehurst. Not in Charlotte or Raleigh, either.

According to Country Club Magazine, it’s Old Town Club in Winston-Salem. Otherwise the Triad’s private courses are remarkably affordable and accessible compared to others across the state.

In a recent list, the magazine included only Old Town and Old North State among North Carolina’s 25 most exclusive and expensive golf clubs. Interestingly enough, they were No. 1 and No. 25.

Old Town ranked No. 1 and Old North State Club was No. 2 in TriadGolf.com’s ranking last spring of the region’s top courses by a panel of prominent members of the area golf industry.

Old Town, a Perry Maxwell design, was ranked as the most expensive, though no specific initiation fees or dues were cited. Old North State Club, a Tom Fazio design on Badin Lake, was No. 25.

Country Club Magazine’s 25 Most Exclusive and Expensive Golf Clubs in North Carolina

  1. Old Town Club
  2. Wade Hampton, Cashiers
  3. Roaring Gap
  4. Charlotte CC
  5. Quail Hollow, Charlotte
  6. Carolina CC, Raleigh
  7. Diamond Creek, Banner Elk
  8. Forest Creek, Pinehurst
  9. Grandfather, Linville
  10. Biltmore, Asheville
  11. Cape Fear, Wilmington
  12. Raleigh CC
  13. Old Chatham, Durham
  14. CC North Carolina
  15. Eagle Point, Wilmington
  16. Elk River, Banner Elk
  17. Linville GC
  18. Champion Hills, Hendersonville
  19. Walnut Cove, Arden
  20. Governor’s Club, Chapel Hill
  21. Myers Park, Charlotte
  22. Treyburn, Durham
  23. Carolina CC, Charlotte
  24. MacGregor Downs, Cary
  25. Old North State Club, New London

Elon, UNCG make solid starts in strong field at Lake Oconee

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Elon, UNCG make solid starts in strong field at Lake Oconee

Elon and UNC Greensboro are off to good starts at the 54-hole Linger Longer Invitational on the Great Waters Course at Reynolds Lake Oconee in Greensboro, Georgia.

With several traditional major-college powers in an 18-team field, Elon was in the sixth place at 9-under-par and UNC was tied for 10th at 3-under after Friday’s opening round.

Jack Wieler of Elon shot 66 and is only one shot behind individual leader Grayson Wood of Georgia. Dylan Lewis fired 67 for Elon, which trails leader Georgia by 12 strokes, but is only two behind Ohio State and Mercer, and just one behind Alabama and Vanderbilt. Elon leads Kentucky and Virginia Tech by one stroke.

BJ Boyce and Kelvin Hernandez shot 69 for UNCG.

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