Copyright 2014 USGA/Steven Gibbons By Kurt Dusterberg It has been quite a summer for Emily Brooks. A rising junior at Elon, Brooks first qualified for the U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship, then turned around and earned a spot in the U.S. Women’s Amateur. Not so long ago Brooks didn’t have the confidence to find…
Carolinas Girls’ Championship Jessica Spicer of Bahama captured the Carolinas Girls’ Championship at Hope Valley Country Club by 8 strokes over Jessica Kittelberger of Raleigh. U.S. Junior Amateur THE WOODLANDS, Texas • July 21-26 – Doc Redman of Raleigh, Eric Bae of Cary, and Alex Smalley of Wake Forest qualified for the U.S. Junior Amateur held at…
By David Droschak Few places change on a daily basis like the Outer Banks. Guarded to the east by the mighty Atlantic and to the west by a series of picturesque sounds, hurricanes, winter storms, sand dunes and wind have combined to form a magical landscape. The golf at Nags Head Golf Links and sister…
Carolina Trace County Club in Sanford has been acquired by Texas-based Escalante Golf, a boutique owner and operator of high-end golf clubs across the country. Carolina Trace Country Club, opened in 1972, is the centerpiece of the 1,600-home Carolina Trace Community. The club features two layouts designed by acclaimed golf course architect, Robert Trent Jones Sr.…
The Carolinas Golf Course Superintendents Association was the forefather of the national Rounds 4 Research fundraising program to benefit turfgrass studies, so it comes as little surprise that the CGCSA led the way in June’s online auction. The association raised more than $35,000 of the $115,500 national total. “We are very excited to raise $35,000…