By KURT DUSTERBERG For many of us, working on our golf game means a trip to the driving range. You pull out the BIG STICK, rip a few to the other end of the range, and feel like you’re in good form. David Orr is here to tell you what you probably already know, deep…
VILLAGE OF PINEHURST, N.C. (March 14, 2011) – PCC Realty LLC, which is controlled by the owners of Pinehurst Resort, today announced that it will not reopen the newly-acquired Pit Golf Links at least for the remainder of 2011. After an extensive review, PPC officials determined that in lieu of current economic conditions and the required…
By David Droschak The work is complete …. Now the reviews start. In what some have described as a bold move after two successful U.S. Opens and a unique USGA double-header on the horizon in 2014, Pinehurst Resort is ready to unveil the throwback design of its classic No. 2 course to the golfing…
By DAVID DROSCHAK It has been 13 years since the passing of real estate mogul Joseph Koury, but Mo Milani can rattle off stories about the early development of Grandover Resort on demand, offering vivid details of long walks the two shared, covering every piece of dirt, every plan, and every idea for the…
Bob Boyd, one of the most accomplished golfers in the history of the Carolinas PGA Section, recently lost his five-year battle with leukemia. He was 55. Nicknamed “Big Pro” and playing out of Wilmington, Boyd won 26 individual and 20 team major Section championships, and was named Carolinas PGA Section Player of the Year a…
McConnell Golf, LLC has announced the purchase of its seventh premier golf club in the Carolinas, Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C., a renowned Donald Ross design and site of PGA TOUR’s Wyndham Championship. Sedgefield CC’s membership debated the possible sale throughout most of 2010, and after considering all options decided that the sale to…
Pinehurst No. 2, the site of the U.S. Open and U.S. Women’s Open in consecutive weeks in 2014, will close in the winter as the final stages of the course’s restoration project are completed. The famed course, designed by legendary architect Donald Ross, will close Nov. 16 and reopen sometime in March 2011, Pinehurst…
By STEVE WILLIAMS Pittsboro Northwood has made another step forward in establishing its position among the best 3-A teams in the state. The Chargers finished eighth with an all-freshman lineup in 2008, moved up to fifth in 2009 and climbed another notch to fourth this time around. They will have their sights set on challenging…
By Kurt Dusterberg In the world of professional tournament golf, longevity can be elusive. That’s why this year’s 10th anniversary of the SAS Championship at Prestonwood Country Club in Cary is a meaningful milestone. “The biggest challenge is how to take a very good event and try to grow it and make it even…
A charity golf tournament held at Crooked Creek Golf Club in mid August to help fund cancer research raised more than $10,000. The inaugural Kay Yow WBCA Cancer Fund LPGA Pro-Am drew 31 LPGA or Futures Tour pros, along with 155 players. That group included Ashley Prange, a former University of North Carolina star golfer…