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…
Pinehurst native and UNC standout Carson Bertagnole advanced through stroke play and the first round of match play before dropping his match in the Round of 32 at the U.S. Amateur at Merion Golf Club. Teammate Hampton Roberts of Cary, a former Panther Creek High standout, also qualified for match play before losing in Wednesday’s…
Brandon Einstein made a bogey this week in defense of his title at the North Carolina Open. But that bogey Tuesday — his only blemish in 108 holes in the past two State Opens — isn’t what cost him another victory. Symon Balbin just made too many birdies. Balbin, a 24-year-old former UNC Greensboro golfer…
Former UNC Greensboro standout Symon Balbin, now an assistant pro at Pinewild Country Club in Pinehurst, shot 6-under-par 66 Wednesday at Forest Oaks Country Club to take a one-stroke lead at 10-under 134 over defending champion and Clemmons native Brandon Einstein entering the final round of the North Carolina Open. The 24-year-old Balbin made seven…
It’s official. The PGA Tour will remain in Greensboro as one of the Tour’s premier tournaments. The Tour, Raymond James and tournament operator and host Piedmont Triad Charitable Foundation announced a multi-year agreement with Raymond James to sponsor the tournament held at Sedgefield Country Club. The tournament will be known as GO by Raymond James,…
Defending champion Brandon Einstein of Clemmons shot 4-under-par 68, one shot off the lead Tuesday in the opening round of the 54-hole North Carolina Open. Einstein, an assistant pro at Diamond Creek Golf Club in Banner Elk, trails only Belfair pro Mason Stutler of Bluffton, South Carolina. Adam Sheriff of Anderson, S.C., also shot 68…
The third chance in three weeks was the charm for Michael Brennan at the Wyndham Championship. The 24-year-old Wake Forest graduate, who suffered final-round breakdowns while in contention the previous two weeks, fought off some final-round jitters Sunday while pulling away for a popular victory at Sedgefield Country Club. He rolled in a 13-foot birdie…
Now that this year’s Wyndham Championship is over, the real drama awaits. OK, former Wake Forest star Michael Brennan earning a first regular-season victory, making the FedExCup Playoffs and securing his 2027 exemption comes pretty close. But that’s history. Was the 87th annual PGA Tour event the last — or second-to-last — in Greensboro? If…