By STEVE HANF Tony Alcon watched his Athens Drive girls soar to new heights the last two years. The Jaguars flew so high, in fact, that the coach could only marvel at the depths of despair experienced at the N.C. High School Athletic Association 4-A Championship on Nov. 1. “To be heartbroken over a second-place…
By Carter Cheves Talk to most young accomplished golfers today, and they’ll tell you they had golf clubs in their hands as toddlers, whacking around the yard, sometimes the house, and going to the driving range with a parent at a very early age. Chapel Hill’s Benjamin Griffin is one of those golfers who…
Taelor Rubin captures Twin States Junior title BLYTHEWOOD, S.C. – Taelor Rubin of Raleigh led wire-to-wire and claimed her first Carolinas Golf Association junior title when she won the 44th Twin State Junior Girls Championship. Rubin, a rising senior at Cary Academy, fired a 2-under-par 70 and grabbed a one-shot lead in the opening round…
Sarah Bae has been on a steady climb in the state’s junior golf ranks for the last couple of years. After helping Athens Drive High School to the state 4-A team championship last fall as a freshman, Bae has continued her strong play, garnering four victories this year. She won the Peggy Kirk Bell…
Katherine Perry is closing out an amazing run in junior golf on top. Perry, who will be a freshman at North Carolina this fall, added to her long list of junior achievements on June 25 by winning the N.C. Junior Girls Championship at Forest Oaks Country Club. She capped a three-day run of five…
By CARTER CHEVES It’s hard to imagine someone at the age of 12 at a crossroads in their life, but Taelor Rubin was once there. When she was cut from her seventh-grade soccer team, she was initially devastated, but turns out she was also very resilient, albeit in a new direction. “When I…
4-A Championship NCISAA 3-A Championship 2-A Championship
By KURT DUSTERBERG Like so many great ideas, the Tar Heel Golf Foundation was created to fill a need. Today, just 18 months into its operation, junior golfers across North Carolina are reaping year-round benefits. The non-profit organization operates the Tarheel Junior Golf Tour and Tarheel Future Stars Series, a slate of events that provides…
By DAVID DROSCHAK Golf requires unwavering patience and practice. It takes a special person, one with a vision for teaching and a passion for the sport, to deal on a daily basis with kids and teen-agers, whose minds tend to wonder and concentration becomes an ongoing challenge in a game that’s based as much…
A spot in the Nationwide Tour’s Rex Hospital Open on May 20-23 will be awarded to the winner of the Rex Hospital Junior Invitational. The junior event, presented for the first time by the Tarheel Golf Foundation, will be played May 15-16 with the first round at the Lonnie Poole Golf Course and the second…