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.…
I spent most of the last week in Missouri attending a family wedding. So I had the chance to play one of the courses I played when home on college breaks. In the early 80s, Lake Saint Louis Golf Course had the best nine holes in then-exurban St. Charles County, outside of St. Louis. And…
Jackson Ormond of Webster, New York, shot 6-under-par 64 Tuesday at Sedgefield Country Club to take the first-round lead in the AJGA Wyndham Invitational. Jessy Huebner of Port St. Lucie, Florida, shot 65 for second with four players tied at 67. Twelve of the 73 players in the field broke par on the 6,900-yard course.…