With its landmark, red-and-white striped lighthouse standing only yards behind its 18th green along the Calibogue Sound, Harbour Town Golf Links has long been a beacon of golf in the Carolinas. Now, approaching 60 years old, the Pete Dye/Jack Nicklaus design reopened in November on Hilton Head Island after a subtle, but effective facelift from…
Elon University has reopened its Holland House as the home of its men’s and women’s golf programs. Donors provided $3 million fir the expansion of the university’s golf complex, which includes the W. Cecil Worsley III Golf Training Center. Holland House has new practice and team spaces, and state-of-the-art technology. The complex expansion project also…
After a great start Sunday, Cameron Young fell short in the final round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club. The former Wake Forest golfer took an early two-stroke lead, but tied for third, two shots behind Rory McIlroy, who successfully defended the title with 12-under-par 276. Young, who began the final round tied…
In August, Cameron Young won his first PGA Tour title in the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield. In March, he won the Players Championship, the most-prestigious non-major tournament. And on Sunday, the former Wake Forest golfer will go head-to-head with defending champion Rory McIlroy in the final round of the Masters on the hallowed grounds of…
Rory McIlroy may be dominating the Masters, but a player with Triad connections has been the early Masters of Augusta National’s most famous stretch of holes. Wake Forest alumnus Cameron Young has played holes 12 through 15 at 7 under par through the first two rounds. Young, who won the 2025 Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield…
Tiger Woods won’t be at Augusta this week. As is the case whenever Tiger gets in trouble, he has gone away to some secret place where he can recover and try to let the trouble blow over. He’ll be back, though few outside his close circle know what’s really behind his impaired driving troubles that…
A Greensboro golfer is in contention to win the PGA TOUR Valero Texas Open entering the final day, but he’s got a lot of work to do. Alex Smalley, a Duke graduate who lives in Jamestown, was tied for 10th, six strokes off the lead when heavy rain and lightning suspended play early Saturday afternoon.…
Macy Pate will play on golf’s biggest stage in competition Saturday. The Winston-Salem native, a junior at Wake Forest, sneaked inside the cut line Thursday at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur to earn a tee time in Friday’s final round at Augusta National Golf Club. NBC will televise the final round from noon to 3:30…
The young ONEFlight Myrtle Beach Classic has found a way to boost the first prize of one of the PGA Tour’s smallest winning purses. In addition to a $720,000 cash prize for winning the May 7-10 tournament, the Myrtle Beach champion will receive a $250,000 flight credit from the title sponsor. Players who make the…
A prominent High Country private golf club ravaged by Hurricane Helene will reopen in May, according to a release from the club. Elk River Club’s layout will open in May after reconstruction by Nicklaus Design. The course was closed the past 20 months due to extensive flooding. The layout, a few miles southwest of downtown…