Macy Pate will play on golf’s biggest stage in competition Saturday. The Winston-Salem native, a junior at Wake Forest, sneaked inside the cut line Thursday at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur to earn a tee time in Friday’s final round at Augusta National Golf Club. NBC will televise the final round from noon to 3:30…
The young ONEFlight Myrtle Beach Classic has found a way to boost the first prize of one of the PGA Tour’s smallest winning purses. In addition to a $720,000 cash prize for winning the May 7-10 tournament, the Myrtle Beach champion will receive a $250,000 flight credit from the title sponsor. Players who make the…
A prominent High Country private golf club ravaged by Hurricane Helene will reopen in May, according to a release from the club. Elk River Club’s layout will open in May after reconstruction by Nicklaus Design. The course was closed the past 20 months due to extensive flooding. The layout, a few miles southwest of downtown…
A trio of North Carolina’s Big Four struggled at one of the nation’s top collegiate events. UNC finished eighth, Duke tied for ninth and Wake Forest tied for 11th Tuesday at the Valspar Collegiate Invitational at Floridian National in Palm City. Texas Tech won the 54-hole tournament at 45-under 807. UNC posted 833, Duke had 835…
Triangle golfers have some of the most accessible and affordable private course options, according to Country Club Magazine. Only six of the golf clubs identified in the magazine’s recent rankings of the 25 most expensive and exclusive courses in the state are in the region. Carolina Country Club topped Triangle clubs on the list…
Xander Goboy and Pearce Lewin led N.C. State to victory Tuesday in the 16-team Michael A. Marino Classic at The Dunes Golf and Beach Club in Myrtle Beach. The Wolfpack finished at 15-under-par 201 for 54 holes, four shots better than second-place Louisville. Charleston and Coastal Carolina tied for third at 213. Goboy was tied…
Cameron Young claimed the biggest victory of his career Sunday at the Players Championship. The 28-year-old Wake Forest University graduate shot 4-under-par 68, including a winning birdie on the iconic 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass to beat Matt Fitzpatrick by one stroke. Young finished at 13-under 275. Young, whose victory last August at the Wyndham…
An upscale Triad public golf course has closed for renovations and is expected to reopen in September. Meadowlands Golf Club shut down on March 1, according to its website. The course’s bent grass greens will be converted to Ultradwarf Bermuda. Geoff Dail of Dail Golf, which manages the Wallburg course for owner Bob Greear, told…
The owners of a destination course just outside the Triangle is combining two of the most popular trends in golf in a new golf facility. Tobacco Road Golf Club near Sanford announced that it soon will add a 12-hole, par-3 layout, named “The Matchbox” near the 12th and 13th hole of Tobacco Road, the…
Akshay Bhatia with on the Arnold Palmer Invitational with bold play that would have made “The King” proud. The 24-year-old Wake Forest resident made four straight birdies and pulled off a risky shot to make a crucial eagle Sunday before beating faltering Daniel Berger in a playoff at Bay Hill Club in Orlando. Bhatia bogeyed…