Peggy Kirk Bell Girls Tour has successfully opened doors for female junior golfers for 15 years By David Droschak Emily Brooks recalls her first Peggy Kirk Bell event at Bermuda Run more than a decade ago as a tournament that was played in sloppy, wet conditions as her scores ballooned to well over par. As…
By Kurt Dusterberg Josh Nichols had a plan. From the time he was in high school he wanted to fine-tune his golf game in college, qualify for the PGA Tour and make some noise with the top players in the world. “I wanted to be like all the guys you see on TV, they’re 21…
Copyright 2014 USGA/Steven Gibbons By Kurt Dusterberg It has been quite a summer for Emily Brooks. A rising junior at Elon, Brooks first qualified for the U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship, then turned around and earned a spot in the U.S. Women’s Amateur. Not so long ago Brooks didn’t have the confidence to find…
By CARTER CHEVES It’s hard to imagine someone at the age of 12 at a crossroads in their life, but Taelor Rubin was once there. When she was cut from her seventh-grade soccer team, she was initially devastated, but turns out she was also very resilient, albeit in a new direction. “When I…