By David Droschak Was it the best six-month span of women’s prep golf in North Carolina history? That fact would be hard to argue after Reagan High School captured its second 4-A state title in 2021, riding a final-round 65 from senior star Morgan Ketchum to tack on yet another record scoring day. Ketchum, who…
By David Droschak Macy Pate was seeking warmer weather and the ability to work on her golf game on a full-time basis when her family moved from the North Carolina mountains to Winston-Salem last August. The 15-year-old Pate, a fierce competitor, was also looking for players to push her and challenge a skill set that…
By Kurt Dusterberg Brandon Einstein will soon be off to college, but he’s not letting the summer months slip away without squeezing a few more memories out of his current golf era. The 18-year-old from Clemmons has qualified for the U.S. Amateur Championship at Pebble Beach on Aug. 13-18. That achievement came just weeks after…
By STEVE WILLIAMS Maple Chase Golf & Country Club’s team was formed piece by piece but the end result was a dominating foursome in the 22nd annual Triad Golf Today Interclub Challenge at Greensboro National. Great play by senior champ Harrison Rutter and Interclub medalist Davis Womble left the rest of the 10-team field…
By David Droschak Mark Slawter often wondered the purpose of his brief stint away from the game of golf. Now he knows. “I worked for St. Lawrence Homes in Raleigh for four years as an on-site agent for a neighborhood in Wake Forest and I watched these machines clear lots for about a week,” said…
By MARC PRUITT Say goodbye to Pine Brook Country Club in Winston-Salem as you might know it. No, the club that opened in 1954 isn’t shutting its doors. It has a new ownership group that is making plenty of changes, most notably a new name – Maple Chase Golf and Country Club. Initially the…