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…
A former N.C. State golfer holds a share of the lead entering Friday’s final round of the 112th Carolinas Amateur at Governors Club in Chapel Hill. Tanner Cadieux of Greensboro shot 72 Thursday to join Aston Lee of Charlotte at 10-under-par 206 through three rounds on the 7,062-yard course. James Rico of Cary, who won…
Keaton Vo won four straight matches by one hole at the North and South Amateur. But it takes five victories to win the championship. And Vo lost the fifth to Joshua Bai — by one hole. Bai, a University of Florida golfer from New Zealand, rallied from a three-hole deficit Saturday afternoon on the back…
A North Carolina player shot 61 Wednesday to grab the first-round lead at the Northeast Amateur, one of seven tournaments in the Elite Amateur Golf Series, which includes the North-South Amateur. Carson Bertagnole of Pinehurst, a rising sophomore at the University of North Carolina, made nine birdies and one bogey in his round on the…
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.…
For much of the weekend, Hickory’s J.T. Poston seemed in control in The Memorial at Muirfield Village Golf Club. But a dramatic duel between two North Carolina natives emerged out of a five-way tie with three holes to play. Poston won by sinking a 3-foot par putt Sunday on the second playoff hole. Raleigh’s Ryan…
North Carolina and Duke were eliminated Monday from the NCAA Men’s Championship. The Tar Heels tied with three other teams for the final two spots in the eight-team match play format, but lost in a playoff, which had five players from each team play one of the first five holes at Omni La Costa Resort…
Alex Smalley will enter another final round of a PGA Tour event in contention for his first victory. The Jamestown resident shot 1-under-par 69 Saturday to join a tie for fifth place in the Charles Schwab Challenge, three strokes behind leader Eric Cole, who fired 63 to storm from back in the pack to take…
Duke will join North Carolina in the NCAA National Championship in Carlsbad, California. Wake Forest and N.C. State fell short Wednesday in the final round of the NCAA regional at Bermuda Run East. Bryan Kim shot 7-under 65 Wednesday in Marana, Arizona, to lead Duke to a tie for fourth with Arkansas State at 24-under…
North Carolina earned an early berth in the NCAA Men’s Golf National Championship on Tuesday at Traditions Club in Bryan, Texas. The Tar Heels finished fourth at 19-under for 54 holes to qualify for Carlsbad, California. The regional concluded with 36 holes Tuesday due to inclement weather forecast for Wednesday. Carson Bertagnole led the…