Cardinal Gibbons posted another third-place finish in the 3-A state high school girls’ golf tournament, this time at Longleaf Golf and Country Club in Southern Pines. The Crusaders, led by Caroline O’Neil’s ninth-place effort, shot 270 and 269 on two cold, windy days on the par-71 course and ended 33 shots off the pace of…
By EDDIE SOUTHARDS Sarah Bae walked off the 18th green at Pinehurst No. 6 in tears for the second straight year. Only this time, they were tears of joy. The Raleigh Athens Drive senior won the girls’ 4-A state high school golf championship in dramatic fashion. Bae sank a 20-foot birdie putt on the…
By Kurt Dusterberg When Catherine Ashworth was a little girl her dad would take her out while he played a few holes in the evenings. “I would strap her car seat on the golf cart and play a little bit, maybe three to five holes a couple nights a week,” Steve Ashworth explained. Before long,…
MORGANTON – Courtney McKim, a member of the University of Alabama golf team that won the NCAA Championship in May, added an individual title to her 2012 collection when she won the North Carolina Women’s Amateur on June 14. McKim, who was a state high school champion at Wakefield High School in Raleigh, won the…
By DAVID DROSCHAK High school golf at inner city school Raleigh Broughton comes with a bit of added pressure since alumni include PGA Tour star Webb Simpson and former two-time Ryder Cup player Scott Hoch, along with nine state championships for the school off of St. Mary’s Street. The Purple and Gold has also watched…
Class of 2012 Girls Will Attend Taylor Allison, Elizabeth City, NC Western Carolina Laura Bird, Maxton, NC UNC-Pembroke Emily Brooks, Chapel Hill, NC Elon Lily Crane, Jamestown, NC UNC-Greensboro Madalyn Davis, Marion, NC Appalachian Mary Katherine Donovan, Wilmington, NC Gardner-Webb Lane Gakeler, Greensboro, NC East Carolina Mary-Katelyn Holanek, Cary, NC Campbell Mariah Hopkins, Greensboro, NC…
By STEVE WILLIAMS SOUTHERN PINES – Northwood’s girls golf program will be forever indebted to Emily Brooks and Maggie Denny. “This team was actually started because of those two,” said Chargers coach Karen Crisp. “Northwood did not have a team before they came along so it just speaks wonders for what they’ve done.” The Chargers…
By Eddie Southards Coming from behind is familiar territory in high school state tournaments for 4-A women’s power Athens Drive. The Jaguars, a runner-up in 2010, carded a two-day total of 481 at Pinehurst No. 6 to beat Reagan of Forsyth County by 10 shots en route to their third state title in four years.…
By KURT DUSTERBERG Five years ago, golf was a foreign concept to Sarah Bae. So was speaking English. When she left South Korea for the United States at age 12, Bae met her first challenge – the language barrier – head on. “I had to adapt and learn to communicate,” she says with the no-big-deal…
Dylan Harris wins AJGA title in final junior event Dylan Harris closed out his junior career in style. The Southern Pines resident led from start to finish while winning the American Junior Golf Association’s Webb Simpson Junior Championship at the Tanglewood Park Championship Course in Clemmons. A closing 69 on Aug. 18 followed rounds of…