The two Triangle golfers who made the cut at the U.S. Junior Amateur were eliminated in Wednesday’s first-round of match play at Saucon Valley Country Club in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Stephen Eastman, a Durham Trinity Academy golfer who shot 1-over-par 142 to tie for 19th in stroke play, lost his Round of 64 match to Callixte…
Ella June Hannant’s bid to win the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship was halted in Friday morning’s quarterfinals by Anna Bell of Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Bell knocked off Hannant 2 and 1 to advance to a semifinal against Amelie Zalsman of St. Petersburg, Florida, who has committed to play at Wake Forest, beat Hannant 2 and 1…
The last North Carolina survivor had a long, but rewarding Thursday at the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship at Old Chatham Golf Club. Anna Jane Hannant of Pikeville needed only 15 holes to win her Round of 32 match in the morning. But she needed 22 holes to win her Sweet 16 match after forcing extra…
A berth in the Sweet Sixteen isn’t the only prize up for grabs Thursday morning when the lone North Carolina player remaining in the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship plays in the Round of 32 at Old Chatham Golf Club. Anna June Hannant of Pikeville held a commanding four-hole lead when Savera Sandhu of Ashburn, Virginia,…
The Triangle advanced two players into the match play section of the U.S. Girls’ Junior Amateur. Ella June Hannant of Pikeville and Jenna Kim of Raleigh survived Tuesday’s 36-hole cut from 156 players to the top 64 for Wednesday’s opening-round match-play pairings. Hannant added 72 to Monday’s 69 to for a 3-under-par 141. Colombian Maria…
Local favorites Ella June Hannant and Jenna Kim got off to good starts in Monday’s first round of stroke play at the U.S. Girls’ Junior at Old Chatham. Hannant, who lives in Pikeville, shot 3-under-par 69 to tie for ninth in the 156-player field. Victoria Davis of Cary shot 70. Jenna Kim of Raleigh shot…
A local favorite will kick off the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship on Monday morning at Old Chatham Golf Club. And it would not be a surprise if Raleigh’s Jenna Kim, who will hit the event’s opening tee shot in the first threesome at 7:30 a.m., hit a final, winning putt in Saturday’s championship match. Kim…
Morgan Ketchum of Winston-Salem shot 7-under-par 63 Tuesday at Old Town Club to win medalist honors as well as a spot in the U.S. Women’s Amateur. But a recent eighth-grade graduate from the Triangle also grabbed one of the three available slots. Ketchum, a recent Wake Forest graduate, made eight birdies and one bogey on…
Jackson Ormond of Webster, New York, shot 6-under-par 64 Tuesday at Sedgefield Country Club to take the first-round lead in the AJGA Wyndham Invitational. Jessy Huebner of Port St. Lucie, Florida, shot 65 for second with four players tied at 67. Twelve of the 73 players in the field broke par on the 6,900-yard course.…
Led by medalist Smth Summerlin, Broughton came within one shot of knocking off perennial power Pinecrest on its home turf Tuesday at the Class 8A State Championship at Pinehurst No. 8. Pinecrest posted 3-over-par 579. Broughton shot 290 in each round, gaining six shots in the final round. Summerlin fired 71 for a 5-under 139…