By DAVID DROSCHAK Approaching the two-month mark from its Aug. 12-15 dates, the Wyndham Championship has a game plan that includes its loyal legion of sponsors, tens of thousands of fans and a top-notch field. In other words, normalcy is near for longtime tournament director Mark Brazil, who is celebrating 20 years on the job…
By David Droschak Bob and Rocky Brooks, brothers separated by 18 months, excelled in just about every sport imaginable growing up, except golf. That’s what drew the two siblings to the sport even more. On occasion, Bob Sr., an Air Force man who moved the wife and infant kids from Nebraska to Hawaii to Wyoming…
By Brad King What will it take to win this year’s Wyndham Championship? You’ve got to go low. Real low. Four rounds in the 60s are practically a must at Greensboro’s Sedgefield Country Club, which — playing as a par 70 measuring slightly more than 7,100 yards during the Wyndham Championship — is considered a short layout…
By Brad King Golf course architect Kris Spence faced a standing room only crowd of 400-plus gathered in Providence Country Club’s Grand Ballroom in early January for a presentation of the club’s upcoming golf course renovation. Tall and broad-shouldered with auburn hair and a chiseled countenance, Spence was dressed in a dark suit and a…
By Brad King His story began 700 miles from the Arctic Circle on the east coast of Scotland in Dornoch, north of the Highlands and fast by the sea. But the Scottish immigrant who arrived in America at the turn of the century and became one of North Carolina’s greatest ambassadors did not come directly…
By Brad King Golf and auto racing, at first glance, seem an unlikely pairing. Two sports that some don’t even consider to be sports, one involving taking your life in your own hands driving high rates of speed around a track; the other trying to use as few a swings as possible with a stick…
By David Droschak Kris Spence grew up in a rural town of about 2,000 folks in the bootheel of Missouri that didn’t have a golf course. The Greensboro-based golf architect discovered the game as a 10-year-old when he stumbled across some old clubs and balls left by a neighbor of his grandmother. “The guy moved…
By Robert Kimball You certainly don’t have to be a golf course architecture geek to understand. If you can’t tell the difference between a Redan hole and a Biarritz, that’s fine. However, if you are passionate about the game of golf – especially in the state of North Carolina – you have to know the…
By BRAD KING Private clubs around the Triad and the throughout the country have felt the pinch from on-going economic turmoil and uncertainty. Membership rosters have shrunk considerably. The majority of private clubs has fewer members today than a decade ago. A challenging economy, along with fierce competition and changing lifestyles have made attracting and…
Wyndham Worldwide and Winston-Salem based BB&T have signed a 10-year extension as title sponsor of the Wyndham Championship, continuing their commitment through 2026. “We are extremely pleased to announce this new long-term commitment by Wyndham Worldwide, which represents a continuation of the tremendous progress the tournament has made through Wyndham’s support since 2007,” said…