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,…
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…
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…
North Carolina and Duke were eliminated Monday from the NCAA Men’s Championship. The Tar Heels tied with three other teams for the final two spots in the eight-team match play format, but lost in a playoff, which had five players from each team play one of the first five holes at Omni La Costa Resort…
Duke and North Carolina made solid performances Saturday in the second round of stroke play at the NCAA Championship at Omni La Costa Resort in Carlsbad, California. Ethan Evans shot 3-under-par 69 and William Love and Bryan Kim shot 71 for the Blue Devils, who are tied for sixth place with Arizona and Virginia at…
Duke and North Carolina got off to strong starts Friday at the Men’s NCAA Championship at Omni La Costa Resort. Ethan Evans and Bryan Kim each shot 1-under-par 71 for Duke, which shot 2-under 286 as a team, good for a tie for fourth place with San Diego, six shots behind leader UCLA. Auburn is…
Duke lost to Southern Cal 3-2 in the quarterfinals of match play Tuesday at the NCAA Championship at Omni La Costa Resort in Carlsbad, California. Rianne Malixi, who finished third in stroke play in the 150-player field, and Katie Li claimed easy victories for Duke. USC won the other three by wide margins as none…
Duke finished seventh Monday in stroke play and advanced to the eight-team match play bracket at at the NCAA Championship at Omni La Costa Resort in Carlsbad, California. The Blue Devils will play second-seeded Southern Cal in Tuesday’s quarterfinals. In other matches, No. 2 Stanford will play Pepperdine, Arkansas will play Oklahoma State and Texas…