By STEVE WILLIAMS Wake Forest wasn’t one of the five ACC teams that advanced to the NCAA nationals a year ago. It was wait ‘til next year. And this year has been a special one for the Demon Deacons and coach Jerry Haas. They’ve finished in the top three in seven of eight events this…
By STEVE WILLIAMS HIGH POINT • June 28-29 – Isaac Spencer tied the competitive course record at High Point Country Club’s Willow Creek course and went on to a 10-shot victory in the inaugural Triad Amateur. Spencer’s record-tying 8-under-par 64 in the first round opened a six-shot lead and there was no let-up on…
By STEVE HANF Bishop McGuinness’ players praised coach Pearse Mahon for his easygoing attitude. The jokes he cracks on the course and the Irish music he plays for the team keeps the mood light. The Villains may not have won another championship, however, without Mahon showing a stern side to his young players toward the…
By EDDIE SOUTHARDS Stanhope Johnson did not let a hand injury or a hot teammate stop him from winning the state 1-A golf championship for the second straight year. Johnson shot a 31 on the back nine at Keith Hills Country Club to lead Bishop McGuinness to its second straight team title. Johnson made eight…
By MICHAEL GRAFF About six years ago, 10-year-old Tanner Owen stood beside the practice range at Willow Creek Golf Club, a place where he’s hit thousands upon thousands of practice shots, and watched a grown man hit balls like he’d never seen before. The man was big, and he swung left-handed, just like Owen. The…
By STEVE WILLIAMS Tanner Owen of High Point has climbed all the way to the No. 2 slot in the North Carolina junior boys rankings and he’s done it with a fantastic fall finish. Owen, a sophomore at Bishop McGuinness High School, captured the Tarheel Youth Golf Association State Championship at Sapona Country Club in…
By STEVE WILLIAMS Victoria Allred has made the move to the top of the Carolinas Golf Association junior rankings. A four-shot victory in the 45th annual Twin States Girls Championship in late July helped her climb the ladder and become the first Triad girl to be ranked No. 1 since Amber Littman in 2007.…