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Named Pinehurst No. 9, course will be available immediately to members, early July to resort guests VILLAGE OF PINEHURST, N.C. (June 2, 2014) – Pinehurst Resort & Country Club today announced it has completed the acquisition of National Golf Club under terms finalized with current club owners, the Robinette family. The Jack Nicklaus Signature Design…
By Kurt Dusterberg When Jason Widener was a teenager, golf came easily. He won the USGA’s Junior Amateur championship in 1988, and followed it up by signing with Duke University, where he won medalist honors at the ACC Championship as a freshman in 1990. Then everything changed. “Three quarters of the way through my freshman…
By DAVID DROSCHAK Anderson Marlowe was trying to keep his 59th birthday quiet, but you’ll have to forgive his Raleigh Broughton golf team for letting loose some as the coach was presented the 4-A state championship trophy. Marlowe was serenaded with a rousing rendition of “Happy Birthday” by a group of ecstatic prep golfers and…
By STUART HALL On a winter night in December 2008, Tim Kreger was conducting a fundraiser to benefit the golf team at his alma mater, Clemson University. At night’s end there was a tee time to play Prestwick Country Club in Myrtle Beach, S.C., still available. Kreger did not want to see a free round…
By Stuart Hall Chesson Hadley was born into this world at Rex Hospital. He grew up playing golf in Raleigh. So when he won the Web.com Tour’s Rex Hospital Open last spring the victory represented a win-win proposition for both parties. For Hadley, the win helped launch him to this year’s rookie season on the…
By DAVID DROSCHAK It’s the 50th anniversary of The Beatles coming to America, so it’s fitting Tony Keeton appears to have finally found his way. After migrating from England to the United States in 1997 to play golf at Campbell University, and then bouncing around local clubs such as Lochmere, The Neuse and Johnston County…
By DAVID DROSCHAK Renowned amateur golfer Paul Simson of Raleigh has won more than 400 tournaments, from casual member-guest events to the grandest of stages. The 62-year-old Simson will get to enjoy another career highlight the first week of May as part of the United States team competing in the inaugural Concession Cup, the newly…
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