Like so many driving range facilities, Falls Golf Complex has a folksy feeling. A red sign on the front door says, “Come On In!” Regulars know the lay of the land, and they sometimes recognize fellow customers who are better known for sports other than golf. “Eric Cole comes in here pretty regularly,” says…
By David Droschak The most sinking feeling in all of golf is watching a perfectly good ball – maybe one you’ve hit just a few times – dive head-first into a lake, never to be found. Think again. There’s a better than even chance your Titleist, Callaway or Nike will not only be recovered,…
By Kurt Dusterberg When Rob Nelson arrived at Croasdaile Country Club, he was ready for a new experience. As it turns out, life beyond the golf course has some perks, too. Nelson took over at the beginning of March as the head golf professional at the private Durham club, replacing Cole Huckabee, who oversaw…
When Mark and Lori Davis got ready to leave behind big-city living, their choice to settle in Siler City seemed like a no-brainer. When golfers yearn for a respite from crowded clubhouses and clogged fairways during the weekend, Siler City Country Club might just be the perfect escape as well. “I’ve absolutely had a…
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Even a course as revered and respected as Pinehurst No. 2 failed to escape the golfing excesses of the 1990s, when the universal theme was large expansive layouts with plenty of green grass. Well, that’s all about to change at the famed Donald Ross layout over the next 12 months as the architectural team…
Tim Cate has quickly become the golf architect of choice along the southern North Carolina coast. Cate’s most recent design, Cape Fear National atBrunswick Forest, located about five miles south of Wilmington off U.S. Highway 17 South, had its ribbon-cutting ceremony in mid-April and opened for public play. It costs $75 for local golfers,…
North Carolina State’s golf team has been invaded by a rampaging bunch of Canadians, an Ontario trio that is tearing up the Lonnie Poole Golf Course on the back lot of the school’s Centennial Campus. One of them, NCAA champion Matt Hill, is well-known to local fans, since he had perhaps the greatest season…
Who needs the PGA Tour? For a dozen years, amateur golfers in the Triangle have played their own tour, without having to travel to such outposts as Verona, N.Y., Humble, Texas, and Quad Cities. Instead, the eGolf Amateur Golf Tour takes golfers to Greensboro and Pinehurst, to Clemmons and Raleigh and many…