By EDDIE SOUTHARDS Jennifer Chang is not an imposing figure – until you put a golf club in her hand. That is when the freshman at Athens Drive High School, who just turned 15, wears braces and stands only 5-foot-4, can be intimidating. Chang shot 74-70 to win the girls’ state 4A state golf…
By STEVE WILLIAMS Clear some space in the crowded Cardinal Gibbons trophy case for girls golf. The Crusaders, who have collected close to 50 state titles since joining the North Carolina High School Association in 2005, finally got one in girls golf by dominating a 10-team 3A field on two beautiful late October days at…
By EDDIE SOUTHARDS After two near misses, Green Hope finally rose to the top to win its first girls’ state 4A golf championship. The Falcons put together two solid rounds at Pinehurst No. 1 to claim the team title after finishing third and second the previous two years. They did it behind senior Meghan…
By DAVID DROSCHAK Tom Pashley has seemingly done it all at Pinehurst, from cooking omelets to raking bunkers to working the overnight shift as part of the audit team during his stint in the mid 1990s as part of the resort’s first-ever Manager in Development Program. So, even though some of the names have changed…
Triangle Golf Today editor’s bag now sporting “world’s finest forged irons” By DAVID DROSCHAK When Golf Etc owner Joel Iacovelli informed me an average wedge lasts about 40 rounds before the grooves start diminishing I cringed. Why such a reaction? Well, believe it or not, I’ve been playing the same irons for 26 years. That’s…
By Stuart Hall Danny Stewart first met William McGirt in 2003 following a round at the Azalea Invitational at Country Club of Charleston (S.C), where Stewart is director of instruction. McGirt asked if Stewart could watch him hit a few shots on the practice range. Stewart recalls McGirt hitting balls until dark took over. The…
By Stuart Hall Tami Bright was sitting in her Heritage Golf Club office three days after the reopening of the course’s putting greens following a nearly two-month renovation when a member stopped in her doorway. The brief conversation served as a litmus test for whether the renovation was well received. “It’s good to be back…
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…