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…
Carson Bertagnole shot 5-under-par 67 Monday to lead North Carolina into second place, only two strokes behind host Texas A&M in the NCAA Regional at Traditions Club in Bryan, Texas. The Tar Heels, with all five players shooting par or better on the 7,013-yard course, shot 10-under 278, two ahead of Texas Christian, three on…
If many golf fans didn’t know about Alex Smalley prior to this weekend’s PGA Championship, they should after Saturday’s third round. The 29-year-old Smalley, a Duke graduate who makes his home in Jamestown, bounced back from three early bogeys to shoot 2-under-par 68 at Aronimink Golf Club and take the lead at 6-under 204 entering…
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…
Smith Summerlin shot 68 to lead Broughton to a strong 2-over-par 290 Monday and second-place after the first round of the N.C. Class 8A state tournament at Pinehurst No. 8. Hometown Pinecrest grabbed four of the top six spots on the leaderboard, but its 283 total leads Broughton by only seven shots. Summerlin holds a…
There’s often something new at Holly Ridge Golf Links, where I found another new project in the works during a round this past week. More about that later. What’s innovative at Holly Ridge, only an hour from Chapel Hill off Interstate 85? A few examples: –Golfers buy tee times online — the price is the…