With its landmark, red-and-white striped lighthouse standing only yards behind its 18th green along the Calibogue Sound, Harbour Town Golf Links has long been a beacon of golf in the Carolinas. Now, approaching 60 years old, the Pete Dye/Jack Nicklaus design reopened in November on Hilton Head Island after a subtle, but effective facelift from…
Elon University has reopened its Holland House as the home of its men’s and women’s golf programs. Donors provided $3 million fir the expansion of the university’s golf complex, which includes the W. Cecil Worsley III Golf Training Center. Holland House has new practice and team spaces, and state-of-the-art technology. The complex expansion project also…
In August, Cameron Young won his first PGA Tour title in the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield. In March, he won the Players Championship, the most-prestigious non-major tournament. And on Sunday, the former Wake Forest golfer will go head-to-head with defending champion Rory McIlroy in the final round of the Masters on the hallowed grounds of…
Rory McIlroy may be dominating the Masters, but a player with Triad connections has been the early Masters of Augusta National’s most famous stretch of holes. Wake Forest alumnus Cameron Young has played holes 12 through 15 at 7 under par through the first two rounds. Young, who won the 2025 Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield…
A Greensboro golfer is in contention to win the PGA TOUR Valero Texas Open entering the final day, but he’s got a lot of work to do. Alex Smalley, a Duke graduate who lives in Jamestown, was tied for 10th, six strokes off the lead when heavy rain and lightning suspended play early Saturday afternoon.…
Macy Pate will play on golf’s biggest stage in competition Saturday. The Winston-Salem native, a junior at Wake Forest, sneaked inside the cut line Thursday at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur to earn a tee time in Friday’s final round at Augusta National Golf Club. NBC will televise the final round from noon to 3:30…
The young ONEFlight Myrtle Beach Classic has found a way to boost the first prize of one of the PGA Tour’s smallest winning purses. In addition to a $720,000 cash prize for winning the May 7-10 tournament, the Myrtle Beach champion will receive a $250,000 flight credit from the title sponsor. Players who make the…
A trio of North Carolina’s Big Four struggled at one of the nation’s top collegiate events. UNC finished eighth, Duke tied for ninth and Wake Forest tied for 11th Tuesday at the Valspar Collegiate Invitational at Floridian National in Palm City. Texas Tech won the 54-hole tournament at 45-under 807. UNC posted 833, Duke had 835…
Triangle golfers have some of the most accessible and affordable private course options, according to Country Club Magazine. Only six of the golf clubs identified in the magazine’s recent rankings of the 25 most expensive and exclusive courses in the state are in the region. Carolina Country Club topped Triangle clubs on the list…
Xander Goboy and Pearce Lewin led N.C. State to victory Tuesday in the 16-team Michael A. Marino Classic at The Dunes Golf and Beach Club in Myrtle Beach. The Wolfpack finished at 15-under-par 201 for 54 holes, four shots better than second-place Louisville. Charleston and Coastal Carolina tied for third at 213. Goboy was tied…