Raleigh’s Jenna Kim had a tough day Tuesday in the first round of stroke play at the U.S. Women’s Amateur at The Honors Course in Ooltewah, Tennessee. The 17-year-old Durham Academy student, who has committed to play college golf at Yale, shot 80 to fall six strokes below the cut line entering Wednesday’s final round…
Could Ryan Gerard be the next Triangle native to win the Wyndham Championship? Or could it be Alex Smalley or Ben Griffin? It could have been Akshay Bhatia if he had entered. Next year, it could be Doc Redman after his all-but-certain promotion back from the Korn Ferry Tour. “There’s a lot of really, really…
What do you have to shoot to earn a place in a PGA Tour event as a Monday qualifier? You know, the weekly shootout paid attention to by nobody but hard-core Tour followers. Well, this week, it took 6-under-par 65 from the 54 players who tried at Bermuda Run East. Many of those that entered…
For some of us, it seems the only way to find time to play golf, is to leave town. Otherwise, you’re chained to your responsibilities, family, work … whatever. I had a chance to play over the weekend, which means I took a trip. Went to Myrtle Beach, where I lived for almost a decade.…
The Wyndham Championship field will include several players coming to Greensboro on hot streaks. Michael Thorbjornsen, who won the Rocket Classic on Sunday, third-place finisher Davis Riley, fourth-place Rasmus Hojgaard and fifth-place Hideki Matsuyama are in the field for the Wyndham, which begins Thursday at Sedgefield Country Club. In fact, of the top 10 finishers…
The field is set for the Wyndham Championship. Well, most of it, anyway. Hideki Matsuyama and Tony Finau committed before the Friday night deadline. Now, the only other additions will be four qualifiers from Monday’s “four-spotter” at Bermuda Run East. And any top 10 finisher in this weekend’s Rocket Classic in Detroit is eligible to…
Triangle golf fans will have a chance to watch several of their hometown favorites on the PGA Tour — several finishing strong years — compete in next week’s Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro. Raleigh native Ryan Gerald (UNC), Chapel Hill’s Ben Griffin (UNC) and Wake Forest’s Alex Smalley (Duke) and Raleigh native…
The N.C. General Assembly has stepped up in an effort to keep the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro. On Tuesday, the Senate approved a new version of House Bill 268, including $40 million targeted for what is now the Wyndham Championship. The chamber is expected to hold a final vote on the bill Wednesday before sending…
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…