Hard as it may be to believe, the only NCAA Division I women’s golfer to win three tournaments this fall has an inferiority complex. Or at least, she had one. “I suffer from Imposter Syndrome,” said High Point University sophomore Makayla Grubb. The symptoms, according to Grubb (rhymes with “tube”), include feeling insecure when she…
David Ford passed Ryan Gerard on the leaderboard Sunday at the World Wide Technology Championship in Mexico on the PGA Tour’s Fall Series. But while the former Tar Heels each claimed top 10 finishes, the drama at the top was supplied by Blades Brown and Ben James. The 19-year-old Brown, bidding to become the youngest…
Ryan Gerard should feel a lot more comfortable than most of his opposition this weekend at the PGA Tour’s World Wide Technology Championship. And he’s playing like it. The Raleigh native and University of North Carolina standout shot 65 Saturday to move into second place entering the final round at El Cardonal at Diamante in…
A Wake Forest player advanced to the Final Stage of LPGA Tour Qualifying while a former North Carolina standout came up short. Anne-Sterre den Dunnen of The Netherlands, who finished her career at Wake Forest in the spring, tied for 35th place Friday at Plantation Golf Club in Venice, Florida, to advance to the Final…
There’s a new course in Myrtle Beach — well, sort of. And TriadGolf.com has taken a look. The Piper, a nine-hole par-3 layout opened at The Legends Golf Club, in October. The 740-yard lighted course — the first, nine-hole short course on the Grand Strand built adjacent to a regulation course — has been an…
Ground was broken this past week for a short course planned at an upscale Triad public golf facility. Geoff Dail, president of Dail Golf, confirmed the groundbreaking for The Track, a 13-hole short course at Holly Ridge Golf Links, to TriadGolf.com. Dail’s company is handling the design and building with Holly Ridge owner Luke Hollingsworth.…
Lily Cochran picked a great time to win her first golf tournament, and she capped the victory with a bold, memorable stroke. The Page High junior, who has played competitive golf for less than two years, made a 25-foot birdie putt from off the green on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff Tuesday at…
The much-anticipated completions of projects at a few Triangle golf facilities are on the horizon. The new No. 2 hole at N.C. State’s Lonnie Poole Golf Course and the new driving range and practice area at Raleigh Golf Association are almost ready for public play. “It is growing in now and our plan is to…
Cardinal Gibbons and Felton Grove are in the best positions to bring girls’ state championships back to the Triangle. Led by Olivia Erazmus’ 81 at Seven Lakes Golf Club in West End, Gibbons shot 270 for second place Monday, only two strokes behind leader Lake Norman entering Tuesday’s final round of the Class 7A tournament.…
Cardinal Gibbons was the most successful Triangle team Tuesday at the 36-hole NCHSAA Girls’ Championships. But the Crusaders suffered a pair of bitter disappointments at the end of the day. Olivia Erazmus shot 75 — the day’s low round — on a difficult layout at Seven Lakes Golf Club in West End to pull into…