By David Droschak The oldest town in Yadkin County features quite a golfing throwback. Barry Byrd, the owner of Tee Time Golf & Repair Shop in Jonesville, has amassed what can best be described as a “picker’s paradise,” with more than 400 sets of used irons, 500 putters, and 1,000 woods and hybrids to fit…
By David Droschak As part of a family that has played in some 2,000 professional tournaments, Bill Haas certainly knows his way around the golf course. His great uncle Bob Goalby won the 1968 Masters, his father Jay was a three-time Ryder Cup member and uncle Jerry coached Bill to All-American status at Wake Forest.…
By Robert Kimball It’s impossible to miss it. The statue out front of the Arnold Palmer Golf Facility at Wake Forest University captures the famous Demon Deacon in a full, powerful follow-through that is classic Arnie. But even The King has to share space with a legend. Wake Forest’s new Haddock House, which opened in…
By BRAD KING When Wake Forest golf coach Jerry Haas captured the Carolinas PGA section championship last fall he knew the victory would translate into a reunion of sorts with former Demon Deacon players now earning their keep on the PGA Tour — guys like his nephew, 2011 FedEx Cup champion Bill Haas, 2012 U.S.…