Keaton Vo won four straight matches by one hole at the North and South Amateur. But it takes five victories to win the championship. And Vo lost the fifth to Joshua Bai — by one hole. Bai, a University of Florida golfer from New Zealand, rallied from a three-hole deficit Saturday afternoon on the back…
A UNC golfer has advanced to the semifinals of the North-South Amateur at Pinehurst No. 2. Keaton Vo of Austin, Texas, who played at UNC the past two years after beginning his college career at Texas, won his third straight match by one hole in Friday’s quarterfinals to advance to Saturday’s semifinals against Ayder Fynaut,…
Morgan Ketchum of Winston-Salem shot 7-under-par 63 Tuesday at Old Town Club to win medalist honors as well as a spot in the U.S. Women’s Amateur. But a recent eighth-grade graduate from the Triangle also grabbed one of the three available slots. Ketchum, a recent Wake Forest graduate, made eight birdies and one bogey on…
Tyler Watts of Huntsville, Alabama, shot 65 Saturday to win the 72-hole Northeast Amateur by five strokes at Wannsmoisett Country Club in Rumford, Rhode Island. Watts, a rising freshman at Tennessee, finished at 16-under-par 260. Carson Bertagnole, a rising UNC sophomore from Pinehurst who shot 61 to take the first-round lead, tied for third at…
Carson Bertagnole shot even-par 69 Thursday and dropped into a tie for second place after two rounds at the 72-hole Northeast Amateur at Wannsmoisett Country Club in Rumford, Rhode Island. The rising UNC sophomore from Pinehurst had shot 61 to take the first-round lead. Tyler Watts of Huntsville, Alabama, shot 60 in the second round…
A North Carolina player shot 61 Wednesday to grab the first-round lead at the Northeast Amateur, one of seven tournaments in the Elite Amateur Golf Series, which includes the North-South Amateur. Carson Bertagnole of Pinehurst, a rising sophomore at the University of North Carolina, made nine birdies and one bogey in his round on the…
A handful of pro golfers from North Carolina are having outstanding years on the PGA Tour. But who is the best? That’s a tough question. We can’t make a decision based on major championship victories. Despite the high volume of pro golfers from the Tar Heel State only three Raymond Floyd, Davis Love III and…
Rich Wills of Cramerton, a rising junior at Clemson, won the 66th North Carolina Amateur Championship Saturday at Bermuda Run’s East Course. Wills shot 6-under-par 66 in the final round for an 12-under 276 total, two shots in front of UNC Charlotte’s Daniel Boone of Fuquay Varina, University of Richmond’s Jack LaPiana of Charlotte and…
Jenna Kim of Raleigh won the Carolinas Golf Association Women’s Amateur Championship by three strokes Thursday at Stateville Country Club. Kim, a rising senior at Durham Academy, has committed to play at Yale University. Kim finished at 6-under-par 210 after rounds of 72, 68 and 70. Anna Howerton of Winston-Salem, who plays at High Point…
It’s not Alex Smalley or Cameron Young. But there are golfers with Triad connections within striking range after two rounds at the U.S. Open. Wake Forest native Akshay Bhatia and former Wake Forest golfer Alex Fitzgerald are two of only 21 players to match or break par at the halfway point at windy Shinnecock Hills.…