Ellie Hildreth shot 5-under-par 66 Friday to lead the N.C. State women into first place after the first round of the 54-hole Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational at UNC’s Finley Golf Club. With Hildreth taking the medalist lead, the Wolfpack shot 6-under 278 to lead Boston College and Virginia Tech by one stroke. Benedicte Brent-Peterson…
Though Scottie Pearman is ranked No. 1 on the Pinnacle World Long Drive Tour, he’s never won the tour’s biggest event, the World Long Drive Championship. The 42-year-old Greensboro resident gets another chance this weekend in Sparks, Nevada. The preliminary rounds are Thursday and Friday, followed by Saturday’s eight-man, head-to-head final round, which will be…
By John Brasier A Triangle club with a century-old Donald Ross design — tweaked a handful of times over the decades — plans to make renovations to restore the original “magic” of the historic layout. Greensboro-based architect Kris Spence, considered a master at restorations and renovations of Ross designs, will begin an extensive project in…
Wake Forest’s Tom Haberer held on to win the Elon Phoenix Invitational on Tuesday at Alamance Country Club. Haberer, 13-under through his final 27 holes Monday, was 4-under through his first 14 holes Tuesday and cruising to an apparent victory before a late challenge by Campbell’s Benjamin Killingstad, who birdied Nos. 15 and 17 to…
A player without a team is leading the Elon Invitational entering Tuesday’s final round at Alamance Country Club. Tom Haberer of Wake Forest, competing as an individual, shot 13 under par over his final 27 holes, while shooting 66 and 62 Monday for a 14-under 128 total and a three-shot lead over Benjamin Killingstad of…
Banzai! The latest Wake Forest University standout on the PGA Tour won his second tournament of the year Sunday at the Baycurrent Classic in Japan. Michael Brennan, who won the Wyndham Championship in August, birdied Nos. 11 and 12 and followed with six consecutive pars to hang on for a one-shot victory over Jacob Bridgeman…
Austin Hitt had to win Sunday. There was no other way he could be assured of earning a promotion to the PGA Tour. And with his Tar Heels pride showing for all to see on his shot book as well as his mother’s rain attire, Hill went out and did it. The 28-year-old UNC alum…
Doc is here? Doc is not here? Well, herrrrre’s …….. Doc. He’s back on the PGA Tour. With two victories during an outstanding year on the Korn Ferry Tour, Doc Redman had already clinched his return to the big time. But the Raleigh native won’t win the Korn Ferry Tour Championship or Player of the…
By John Brasier When will the new driving range and practice green at Raleigh Golf Association be open? Many Raleigh-area golfers have been eagerly waiting the new range (shown from behind the No. 1 green during construction in early September) in the heart of the city and convenient to N.C. State along Tryon Road. On…
By John Brasier A Triangle club with a century-old Donald Ross design — tweaked a handful of times over the decades — plans to make renovations to restore the original “magic” of the historic layout. Greensboro-based architect Kris Spence, considered a master at restorations and renovations of Ross designs, will begin an extensive project in…