The Wyndham Championship announced an important commitment for the Aug. 6-9 event at Sedgefield Country Club. Justin Thomas was announced on Monday by Wyndham officials. Thomas, who won the 2017 and 2022 PGA Championship titles, has 16 Tour victories and is No. 22 in the Official World Golf Rankings and 39th on the FedExCup points…
There’s another PGA Tour winner with Triangle ties. Jackson Koivun, who moved to Chapel Hill from California before his senior year of high school, shot 5-under-par 66 Sunday and held off a final-day charge from the world’s No. 1 player to win the 3M Open at TPC of Twin Cities in Blaine, Minnesota. The 21-year-old…
The two Triangle golfers who made the cut at the U.S. Junior Amateur were eliminated in Wednesday’s first-round of match play at Saucon Valley Country Club in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Stephen Eastman, a Durham Trinity Academy golfer who shot 1-over-par 142 to tie for 19th in stroke play, lost his Round of 64 match to Callixte…
Sugar Mountain Golf Club may be the best “short” course anywhere. The par-64 municipal layout that winds through the golf/ski resort community at 4,000 feet near Banner Elk offers some outstanding holes with beautiful views of the surrounding peaks, including Grandfather Mountain. And the poa annua/bent grass greens have typically been just as fast as…
Though the Pinehurst area includes about 40 golf courses, visiting golfers really don’t have many options for an upscale golf trip featuring spacious, luxurious accommodations, a choice of multiple top-tier courses and on-site dining — all only a mile or so from the historic Village of Pinehurst. Of course, there’s Pinehurst Resort with its 10…
The reigning Wyndham Championship winner almost became the British Open champion — or the Champion Golfer of the Year, the title on the other side of the pond. Seven shots off the lead in a tie for 11th place entering Sunday’s final round at Royal Birkdale, Wake Forest graduate Cameron Young shot 6-under-par 64 to…
Ella June Hannant’s bid to win the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship was halted in Friday morning’s quarterfinals by Anna Bell of Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Bell knocked off Hannant 2 and 1 to advance to a semifinal against Amelie Zalsman of St. Petersburg, Florida, who has committed to play at Wake Forest, beat Hannant 2 and 1…
Wake Forest native and Duke graduate Alex Smalley shot 3-under-par 67 Thursday at Royal Birkdale to earn a place near the top of the leaderboard at the British Open. Smalley, who now lives in Jamestown, made seven birdies — he birdied four of the first four holes — and would have joined Jackson Suber as…
The last North Carolina survivor had a long, but rewarding Thursday at the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship at Old Chatham Golf Club. Anna Jane Hannant of Pikeville needed only 15 holes to win her Round of 32 match in the morning. But she needed 22 holes to win her Sweet 16 match after forcing extra…
A former N.C. State golfer trails by only two shots entering the final round of the 102nd Carolinas Amateur. Brandon Einstein shot 5-under-par 67 Wednesday afternoon for a 9-under 135 total through two rounds of the 54-hole tournament at The Cliffs at Mountain Park near Greenville, South Carolina. Amateurs Jude Carper of Cornelius and…