By Kurt Dusterberg To say Emilia Migliaccio enjoyed a successful sophomore year at Wake Forest would be far too modest. The 20-year old won the Atlantic Coast Conference individual championship, earned first-team All-American honors and led her team within an eyelash of the NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championship. The Cary native is unassuming when…
Former North Carolina prep star Jenny Chang, who set a state record with four straight 4-A individual titles, is well on her way to accomplishing her goal of playing professional golf. The sophomore at Southern Cal, one of college golf’s powerhouse programs, was once again named a first-team All-American and recently made the cut at the…
By Kurt Dusterberg Emilia Migliaccio is riding a charter bus with her Wake Forest teammates, heading to Charlotte Douglas International Airport. While the rest of the team relaxes ahead of a flight to the Dominican Republic for a tournament, she is chatting away on her cell phone. “At least the bus is kind of loud,”…
By STEVE WILLIAMS Despite averaging a solid 72 in 11 events as a freshman, Parker Gillam found himself on the outside looking in during the fall portion of Wake Forest’s schedule. The sophomore from Cary appeared as an extra individual in two of the Demon Deacons’ four events but that’s all. However, he made his…
By Steve Huffman Raleigh native and three-time ACC coach of the year Kim Lewellen says it was tough leaving the University of Virginia to take over the Wake Forest women’s golf program. Ultimately, she said, the fact that she’d be replacing Dianne Dailey, who recently retired after 30 years at Wake Forest, factored greatly into…
By David Droschak The numbers associated these days with junior golf are mindboggling for parents and the game’s rising talents. If there is any question that this portion of the game has reached the “big time” check out these numbers: There are more than 600 tours and associations scattered across the U.S. A staggering 12,000…
BY TIM PEELER Press McPhaul remembers the end of his freshman season at North Carolina State, and not fondly. His confidence was shot. His golf game was crap. He just wanted to go home to Sanford and not come back. A bit disconsolate, McPhaul stopped by head coach Richard Sykes’ office late in the spring…
By Kurt Dusterberg Andrew DiBitetto is in an unlikely situation, coaching a major Division I golf program at the age of 31. He’s on the young side, but he’s well prepared to be the head coach at University of North Carolina, a position he earned in July after the dismissal of Andrew Sapp. He may…
By David Droschak If you’re around Richard Sykes for five minutes and don’t crack a smile or double over laughing then you probably don’t have a pulse. It’s open for debate whether Sykes saw more one-putts or fired off more one-liners in his 46 years as men’s golf coach at North Carolina State. What is…
Men’s North & South Championship Tim Conover of Holly Springs survived a do-or-die playoff just to make the match play field and then posted a series of stunning victories to capture the 116th Men’s North & South Amateur Championship at Pinehurst No. 2. Seven players ended 36 holes of medal play at 151 and…