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Jamestown golfer enters final day in contention at Valero Texas Open

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Jamestown golfer enters final day in contention at Valero Texas Open

A Jamestown golfer is in contention to win the PGA TOUR Valero Texas Open entering the final day, but he’s got a lot of work to do.

Alex Smalley, a Duke graduate who lives in Jamestown, was tied for 10th, six strokes off the lead when heavy rain and lightning suspended play early Saturday afternoon.

After shooting 68 in the first two rounds, Smalley was 1-under through seven holes before the third round was suspended. He’s 9-under for the tournament, facing a 10-foot putt for eagle on the par-5 eighth hole.

Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre, one hole behind Smalley, is 15-under, two shots ahead of Sweden’s Ludvig Åberg. Play is scheduled to resume at 8:45 a.m. EDT.

To make it easier to finish Sunday, players will not be repaired after completion of the third round. Smalley will continue with Andrew Putnam and Steven Fisk. MacIntyre and Åberg are playing with Kevin Roy.

Wake commit ties for 11th at Augusta

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Wake commit ties for 11th at Augusta

Amalie Zalsman led three players connected with Wake Forest with an even-par showing at Augusta National Golf Club in the final round of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur.

Zalsman, a high school junior from Florida committed to play for Wake in 2027, shot 72 to tie for 11th at 5-under-par 211 in the 54-hole tournament. Chloe Kovelesky shot 74 at tie for 17th at 213.

The top 32 players after two holes at Champions Retreat qualified for the final round at Augusta National.

Maria Jose Marin of Colombia shot 68 at Augusta National to win at 14-under 202.

Macy Pate of Winston-Salem, the other Wake player to make the cut, shot 76 Saturday to finish at 219. Pate made her only Saturday birdie at No. 1 and made five bogeys.

Pate, two teammates advance to Saturday’s final round at Augusta National

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Pate, two teammates advance to Saturday’s final round at Augusta National

Macy Pate will play on golf’s biggest stage in competition Saturday.

The Winston-Salem native, a junior at Wake Forest, sneaked inside the cut line Thursday at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur to earn a tee time in Saturday’s final round at Augusta National Golf Club.

NBC will televise the final round from noon to 3:30 p.m.

Pate, who shot 73 Thursday, birdied the 17th hole at Champions Retreat near Augusta, Georgia, to move a single shot above the cut line at 1-under-par 143 after 36 holes.

Pate’s Wake Forest teammates, Amelie Zalsman and Chloe Kovelesky, had an easier time making the cut to the top 30 and ties. Zalsman and Kovelesky, at 5-under 137, are tied for sixth, six shots behind leader Asterisk Talley, a high school senior in California committed to play at Stanford.

Pate was sitting on the cut line through 15 holes Thursday before making bogey at 16, then regaining the stroke at 17 to tie for 29th.

Pate was invited to the tournament last year, but missed the 36-hole cut at Champions’ Retreat. Kovelesky finished as the age 10-11 runner-up at the 2017 Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals at Augusta National.


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.

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