A popular Triad golf course is no longer open to the public on a limited basis. Earlier this month, Pinewood Country Club in Asheboro stopped opening its course to public play on Mondays and Tuesdays. The club made the announcement via social media. Fees at the course on public days had been $52 for 18…
Last year was a fresh start for Greensboro’s Tanner Cadieux. New school, new team, new surroundings. And everything seemed to fall into place after an uneventful year at N.C. State. As a sophomore at Viriginia Commonwealth, the Greensboro native quickly became a mainstay on the team on his way to Atlantic 10 All-Conference team honors.…
The Triangle’s stars on the PGA Tour made serious bank this season. In fact, the four Triangle natives in the top 40 of the money list took home about $28.4 million in official PGA Tour earnings, according to figures from Golfweek Magazine. Of course that doesn’t include endorsements, appearance fees, corporate outings, equipment contracts and…
The long-awaited unveiling of a popular nine holes with a new look is only a few days away. Raleigh Golf Association will reopen its front nine with a sold-out Friday shotgun start, completing the facility’s new 18-hole course made up of the front nine of the former 18-hole public course and a back nine comprised…
An iconic Triangle golf course has opened vastly expanded practice facilities in the last month. Hillandale Golf Course, a hub of public golf in Durham for decades, debuted its new 58-mat driving tee as well as an approximately 20,000 square foot putting green at its practice area. The driving range, which formerly had only 20…
Ryan Gerard didn’t win the Tour Championship on Sunday at East Lake Golf Club. But he made a putt worth more than $1 million on the final hole. Scottie Scheffler got off to a fast start and took control on the back nine on his way to 66 and a three-stroke victory at 16-under-par 264.…
Michael La Sasso’s first pro victory was one to remember. The 22-year-old Raleigh native hit a spectacular 40-yard pitch to within a foot of the cup and tapped in a winning birdie on the final hole Sunday to win the season-ending LIV Golf tournament at Chatham Hills Golf Club near Indianapolis. La Sasso, who shot…
A Raleigh player is in position to win what could be the final event ever in LIV Golf. Michael La Sasso shot 4-under-par 66 Saturday for a 13-under total through 54 holes at The Club at Chatham Hills and a one-shot lead entering Sunday’s final round of LIV Golf Indianapolis. The 22-year-old La Sasso, who…
Former UNC All-American Marcy Newton finished second Tuesday in the 36-hole Carolinas PGA Women’s Professional Championship at Bulls Bay Golf Club near Charleston. Newton is the golf pro at Jamestown Park Golf Course. The 48-year-old Newton, who won USGA Girls’ and Women’s Amateur titles before a 13-year career on the LPGA Tour, shot rounds of…
Sweltering temperatures. Steamy humidity. Sizzing sun and afternoon thunderstorms. It didn’t matter this past weekend at one Triad golf course. On Saturday, 260 players teed off on reopening day at Salem Glen Country Club. On Sunday, 247 more filled the course. Members of the semi-private Clemmons layout, a product of Nicklaus Design, were anxious…