North Carolina’s Carson Bertagnole (pictured) fired 68 and 69 for a 3-under-par 137 total and a tie for fifth entering Monday’s final round of the Fighting Irish Classic at Notre Dame’s Warren Golf Course in South Bend, Indiana. Bertagnole trails leader Max Herendeen of Illinois by two strokes. UNC is tied for sixth at 8-over…
A PGA Tour event held in the Carolinas has hit turbulence. No, it’s not the GO by Raymond James (formerly Wyndham Championship), which is on the rise after securing a spot in the Tour’s Championship Series beginning in 2028. It’s not the RBC Heritage on Hilton Head Island, the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte nor…
Paul Simson should have competed from the front tees in the N.C. Super Senior Championship Sept. 23-24 at Mill Creek Golf Club. But the 75-year-old Raleigh legend, whose golf accomplishments include two U.S. Senior Amateur and three British Senior Amateur titles, knew he didn’t need the advantage and showed it by shooting a 3-under-par 141…
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…
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…