By Steve Hanf At 28 years old, Maggie Watts has grown up in a world with opportunities for females to experience the game of golf. “I grew up in a time that women’s golf and junior girls golf was always included in the overall golf picture,” said Watts, the director of women’s golf with the…
By CHRISTIAN WORSTELL Walking up to the ninth green at Pinehurst No. 6 on Oct. 29, Victoria Allred couldn’t hold it in any longer. After starting her day on the 10th tee of the final round of the 4-A state championships, Allred knew this would be the last fairway she would ever walk as a…
By MARC PRUITT A pair of former Reagan Raiders teammates had strong finishes at the Trusted Choice Big I Girls State Tournament at Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club in Southern Pines on July 13-14. Hannah Craver, a rising freshman at Appalachian State, had a 2-over total of 142 after rounds of 75-67 for a…
By EDDIE SOUTHARDS Winning the 4-A state championship last year was both a blessing and a curse for Reagan High School’s Victoria Allred. She won the individual title as a sophomore, and the state tournament was returning to the same course – Pinehurst No. 6. Allred also led a group that finished as runner-up for…
By STEVE WILLIAMS Just moments after Victoria Allred captured her second Carolinas Golf Association Junior title in early August, she was already looking ahead to 2013. “I’m excited,” she said after winning the Dogwood State Junior Championship at Starmount Forest Country Club, “I’ll be able to play on the Carolinas team again next year. I…
By EDDIE SOUTHARDS One of the smallest players in the field had the biggest game at the girls’ 4-A state high school golf championship in Pinehurst. Victoria Allred, who stands five feet tall, shot 75 and 74 at Pinehurst No. 6 to win the individual title. She is only a sophomore and helped Reagan High…
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.…
Victoria Allred bests strong field at Pine Needles By STEVE WILLIAMS Victoria Allred has come of age. Though still only a high school freshman, she claimed her first title in a major event’s oldest age group when she won the Peggy Kirk Bell Girls Golf Tour’s Pine Needles Classic on Jan. 30. Not only…
2010 North Carolina All State Boys Team West End, NC—30 boys have been named to the 2010 N.C. Boys’ All-State Golf Teams by the Carolinas Golf Association and the Tarheel Youth Golf Association honoring those junior golfers who have had the most success in amateur and junior golf events at the local, state, regional and…
By STEVE HANF Read about NCHSAA 1A/2A/3A (Updated 11/23/2010….Kristi Ingram verbally commits to Elon University) PINEHURST – Kristi Ingram gave up basketball her sophomore year to focus on golf. The senior from Winston-Salem’s Mount Tabor High School enjoyed net gains from that decision in early November. Ingram recorded rounds of 73 and 71 on Pinehurst…