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Raleigh Country Club re-opens with expansive views By DAVID DROSCHAK
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ohn McConnell has spent upwards of $100 million over the years compiling one of the nation’s most impressive private club portfolios. A good portion of that cash has been spent on the company’s anchor facility – Raleigh Country Club – from its $7 million rescue from bankruptcy in 2003 to a bunker and greens renovation to one of the state’s most impressive practice and short-game areas. The latest “re-imagining” by architect Kyle Franz of the final layout of designer Donald Ross has come with a $5.5 million price tag and plenty of worthy fanfare that could catapult the course into the state’s top 10 rankings. It’s just that good. As McConnell gazed from the club’s veranda, eyeing his latest successful capital improvement project, he admitted the new open look was quite stunning. “It’s very interesting when I bought this club I couldn’t stand the openness because I would see people on every green, so we made a major investment in shrubs and ornamental trees and grasses to try to keep the vision on each hole,” said McConnell, the founder of Raleighbased McConnell Golf. “Now, I’m saying ‘Man, I was wrong on that. I should have come in here and cut down more trees on the front end.’ This really opens up the view, you see the whole course, see places now on every hole that in the past you have not seen, especially with the new sand traps, which really pop.” Franz, whose renovations have included Mid Pines and Pine Needles resorts in the Sandhills, removed hundreds of trees to create an expansive, open feel. You can see upwards of a dozen holes now from the clubhouse, which is the highest point of the property in Southeast Raleigh. On the greens, McConnell Golf elected not to use bermudagrass but a new variety of bentgrass called Pure Eclipse, which allows improved heat tolerance from previous varieties. RCC has become the first course in the world to seed this grass on all 18 holes. “The color of the greens looks better than Crenshaw bentgrass, which was previously the grass of choice both here and at Treyburn Country Club north of Durham,” McConnell said. “These greens look better to me. We’ll see if we’ll be visionaries or will be changing our philosophy. It won’t take long to figure that out.” McConnell Golf VP of Agronomy Michael Shoun and his team scouted out the new grass at Pure Seed Testing and took dozens of trips to the Rolesville sod farm in order to pick a bentgrass that
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would hold up in the summer heat of central North Carolina. Shoun and RCC superintendent Billy Cole formed a tight relationship with Pure Seed Testing bentgrass guru Dr. Melodee Fraser early on in the renovation process. “Billy and I would take the 15-20 minute ride and go up there and look at what turned out to be Pure Eclipse in the spring, in the summer, just to look at the different grasses,” Shoun said. “A lot of times Dr. Fraser would not tell us what we were looking at. She would say, ‘You go pick out which one you think is the best.’ There are so many different plots, all in 4-by-4 squares, and she may have Pure Eclipse in 5-6 different places. Every time we went up there the Pure Eclipse plots always seemed to look the best, colorwise, and handled the mowing. “She told us flat out that she has been doing this for 38 years and she had never had a bentgrass of this quality,” Shoun added. “Coming from somebody who is that much of a specialist it meant a lot to us.” Alamance Country Club, which undertook a greens renovation project this summer, has also settled on Pure Eclipse and will be the second course in the world to open with all 18 holes featuring the new bent, Fraser said. “New varieties of grasses always get a lot of interest, but that interest takes off once somebody does plant it,” Fraser said. “That was the thing about Raleigh Country Club, I always had the idea from them that they weren’t concerned about
being the first to do something. If they felt like it was the best grass they were going with it. It is kind of a big step for somebody to be the first to plant this, especially when you’re talking about your greens. But that didn’t concern them; they just wanted what they felt like would perform best for them.” “When they come up here enough times they started to gravitate toward one grass,” she added. “And Pure Eclipse hasn’t just performed well here, it has been in national tests so it has been evaluated all over the country and has done well. Yes, RCC is taking the plunge.” Of course, foot traffic will be one of the key tests with the new bent early on, but so far Shoun has been extremely pleased with the grow in. “We felt like we could give John (McConnell) the best putting surface with bentgrass,” Shoun said. “Not that Bermuda is not a great surface, but to me bent just seems to roll better, especially when you are looking at older greens -- like Ross greens -- the bent seems to be truer when it comes to the breaks. It was a great decision, and we believe we’ll be able to supply some of the best greens in the area like we always have.” In addition, the focus of the Raleigh Country Club project was to produce an improved course for all levels of players — retaining the integrity of the layout that Ross first designed and built, but allowing more challenges for today’s longhitting players. Among RCC’s numerous enhancements:
• An entirely new irrigation system was installed. New technology is one of the major benefits in improving bunkers and turf conditions, while creating less erosion and eliminating bare spots near the tree lines. • Green complexes have been enlarged for more pin locations and improved, strategic shot making. • New tee boxes have been constructed on certain holes that have extended the course yardage to nearly 7,400 yards, while also benefiting female, junior and senior golfers. RCC’s rolling hills make the course play even longer. • New bunkers have been constructed that provide greater visuals and improved play for golfers, as well as much improved drainage with the material used in the traps. “We’ve tried to vary out the scale of the bunkers quite a bit, to where it’s reflective of the best stuff of Ross that I really like here in North Carolina,” Franz said. • Approximately 500 trees were removed to improve air movement and turf quality. • The new irrigation system allows for native grasses to be planted during the next few years that will give the course a very dramatic look. Many of the natural drainage areas across fairways have been changed, to help the course better absorb rainfall and create more strategic shot making opportunities. • Some of the cart paths were rerouted or removed substantially on certain holes to give the course an even more natural feeling as to how the land lies. McConnell Golf is the first to utilize a new process called soil stabilization. “A machine tills whatever is existing -- be it old path, soil, roots -- and incorporates cement and water to create a soil surface,” Shoun said. “The final product is 8 to 10 inches of a soil surface that takes on the natural look of the material tilled. It’s call ‘natural path’ — not meant to be a perfectly smooth surface, more like a hard soil path.” After being closed for more than six months, RCC opened to its members and guests the first weekend of November. “It has been neat to see Kyle’s vision take shape,” said McConnell VP of Golf Operations Brian Kittler. “The golf course is definitely going to be a bit more challenging. The fairway corridors are a bit wider; greens are a bit bigger and members will have an opportunity to hit to other pin locations that previously were not available. With all the trees gone, it gives the holes much better views and better pin locations on some holes. It’s got a good vibe going.” TRIANGLE GOLF TODAY • HOLIDAY 2021
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hen John Elmore presented his vision to create a competitive golf academy he had a simple goal in mind -- develop an academy that combines superior academics, worldclass golf training, state-of-the-art strength and conditioning, comprehensive sports psychology coupled with one of the finest golf facilities in the Sandhills area. That vision from the head of the O’Neal School in Southern Pines has become a reality with the formation of Traditions Golf Academy at Forest Creek Golf Club, which is less than a mile from the private school. The elite academy, the first in the Pinehurst area to partner exceptional class-room with golf training, was designed for students in 8th through 12th grades who aspire to play collegiate and potentially professional golf. A maximum limit of 20 golfers will attend academic classes at the top-rated O’Neal School and receive golf instruction by world-renowned golf and swing coach Nick Bradley. Traditions Golf Academy’s training curriculum and approach is based on individual development. Instruction focuses on the technical, physical, psychological and cerebral management of each student. Academy students will grow in all areas, becoming stronger, resilient and capable of competing at the highest levels of golf. “We are excited to introduce Traditions Golf Academy at the ‘Home of American Golf,’” said O’Neal School director of athletics James Franklin, who is also the director for Traditions Golf Academy. “Bringing three crucial forces together, including excellence in education, elite golf instruction and an unparalleled golf facility, will provide a foundation for what we hope will be one of the best academy experiences in the world.” Bradley brings a remarkable resume to the Sandhills with over 25 years of coaching, mentoring and developing golfers, from ambitious junior golfers to major champions. Originally from London, England, Bradley has an impressive coaching pedigree, including instructing winners on every major professional tour and teaching over 200 PGA and European Tour golf professionals. He was selected by Golf Digest as the top male teacher in North Carolina www.trianglegolf.com
Nick Bradley and has been a frequent swing analyzer/commentator for Sky Golf and NBC’s Golf Channel. His innovative approach to molding elite junior golfers will propel the academy students to be top collegiate golf performers. “I am thrilled to have the ability to redefine the landscape of junior golf development,” Bradley said. “Traditions Golf Academy at Forest
Creek will give us the perfect vehicle to develop the best thinking, the best competing and the most technically proficient juniors globally. Our unique ability to limit our class size will allow the academy to dedicate more one-on-one time for each young golfer and prepare them for elite colleges.” Finding the right instructor and partnering with the best golf facility for Traditions Golf Academy took some time. “Selecting one of the world’s best golf coaches, Nick Bradley, to lead our instruction, hosted at the exclusive Forest Creek Golf Club should assure success for this program from Day One,” Elmore said. Founded in 1971, The O’Neal School is an independent, co-educational day school for students in pre-kindergarten through grade 12. O’Neal’s selective admissions policy and college preparatory curriculum serve students from over 20 towns in and around Moore County. The school is ranked No. 1 by the North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association (NCISAA) for 2-A division athletics. “The O’Neal School is dedicated to the development of academic excellence, strength of character and physical well-being of our students,” Franklin said. “The introduction of
Traditions Golf Academy will provide the opportunity to further our mission and to allow the academy students to advance to the collegiate golf level and beyond.” The 1,250-acre Forest Creek Golf Club, founded in 1996, will provide a challenging and true playing foundation for Traditions Golf Academy. Forest Creek features two award-winning private Tom Fazio-designed golf courses, an expansive practice facility and is located minutes away from the famed Pinehurst Resort. Traditions Golf Academy has begun accepting applications for the first class in August 2021. The academy offers non-residential and residential with host family options for students. A typical day will include 5 1/2 hours of academic instruction at The O’Neal School, physical training and conditioning in partnership with Sandhills Sports Performance and a minimum of 3 1/2 hours of handson golf academy training. On-course instruction and play, in addition to participation in scheduled golf tournaments within the region, will also be included. For additional information contact Katie Novak, director of Golf Academy admissions at info@ traditionsgolfacademy.com or Nick Bradley, director of instruction at nickbradley@traditionsgolfacademy. com 910-725-GOLF (4653).
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Alamance Country Club Refining the Ross style By BOB SUTTON
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t was time for Alamance Country Club’s renowned course to receive a bit of a facelift, and golfers should return in November after a significant “refreshening” of the Donald Ross layout. “We’re very lucky that we have our original 1946 Donald Ross plans,” said Ray Womack, a longtime member at the Burlington club. “We always want to make sure that Mr. Ross’ plans have been followed through.” That was one of the foundations for this project. Play ceased in mid-June for the upgrades. A previous renovation took place in 1999, so it was naturally time for some extensive course work, said Alamance CC head pro and director of golf Drake Woodside. “We have a lot of members who’ve been here quite a while,” Woodside said. “It’s a membership that’s very aware of the course’s history. It’s very important to retain that.” 10 TRIANGLE GOLF TODAY • HOLIDAY 2021
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Alamance CC is considered the secondto-last design project undertaken by Ross, who devised some of the most highlyregarded courses in the world. Womack and member Jim Crouch were among those who uncovered the original Ross plans for Alamance CC. Womack has been on the greens and grounds committee for close to 30 years. “It’s one of my passions. To have a Donald Ross course is just one of the joys,” he said. “We have been very, very unwilling to make changes that weren’t in his plan.” Finding Ross’ routing visions and notes provided a map “to help keep our course as true as we can to the course’s structure,” Womack said. “We weren’t going to mess with that. It’s still true to what Mr. Ross wanted.” The par-71 course is sticking with bent grass greens, though a different grade. The latest project has involved working on the saddles and ridges of greens so they return to original perimeters.
“We were coming to the end of the useful life of the greens,” Womack said. “We wanted to renovate the golf course and close it when we wanted to do it.” The club’s board of directors had been putting together the pieces for this project for about five years. By the end of September, everything was on target and it was just a matter of waiting a few weeks for the new work to properly mature before golfers step on the course. Another significant part of this project has involved going with the “Billy Bunker” system implemented by architect Billy Fuller, whose previous handiwork has included time at Augusta National, home of the Masters. The revised bunkers provide for better drainage and should reduce maintenance expenses. “Get them back to more classic shapes,” Woodside said. “And we removed a few bunkers (like on No. 6, of instance).” Perhaps as a bonus, contrasting white angular sand has gone into the bunkers.
“Beautiful white sand,” Womack said. “It gives it a new look.” Work has been done to firm up spots in front of several greens. Trees in some areas have been removed and drainage upgraded. Forward tees have been added, creating a shorter set-up for certain golfers with the extra tee areas – though the course can play as long as 6,706 yards. Those playing from the shortest tees will see the distance reduced from about 5,100 yards to around 4,500. For instance, the par-3 14th hole plays shorter. “The forward tees are going to be popular,” Woodside said. Tee designations have changed from color-coded listings to a numbered system. When the course underwent a renovation of greens and bunkers in 1999, orchestrated by architect Bob Cupp, the layout also was slightly lengthened at that time. This year, the course work was done Continued on page 11 www.trianglegolf.com
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by TDI Golf, a Canadian-based golf course construction company. Cam Martin was the project manager. Woodside said the experience and background provided by director of greens and grounds Peter Horn and course superintendent Jeff Van Pelt puts the club’s course in good hands going forward. Members are expecting a course that has been special to be even better. “It was probably time to do that,” said Don Hill, the Elon University men’s coach. “(The course) is ranked so high, you want to maintain that. As a member, I can’t wait to see it.” Alamance CC had a course record matched last fall. In October 2019, Gardner-Webb redshirt junior Jake Scruggs posted a 10-under 61 in the second round of Elon’s Phoenix Invitational. Scruggs used 11 birdies to go with one bogey to match the record set by William Register, who recorded his gem July 22, 2014. Scruggs, who’s from Shelby, went on to win the tournament the next day. Register, a former Williams High School and University of North Carolina standout, is a pro on the PGA Mackenzie Tour in Canada. Elon’s fall seasons were wiped out by the pandemic, but any home tournaments would have been held elsewhere while the Alamance CC course was closed. The club set up reciprocal arrangements for members with about 16 courses in the region, though not all those panned out because of restrictions at some other facilities. Meanwhile, even with the course shut down for several months, Woodside said Alamance CC has increased membership this year. Along with the work on the course, the range has been retooled. The big change in that area, though, comes with the addition of a teaching building that includes a golf simulator. Woodside said the instructional aspect is bound to be among the jewels for the club, providing new types of opportunities at all times of the year. “Just to enhance the golf experience,” Woodside said. Still, a majority of the attention is bound to be directed toward the greens and visual appeal across the course. “Most of it has to do with the shapes of the greens. Get the greens up to the latest standards,” Womack said. “We’re just happy to have a newly refreshed golf course.”
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fter listening to current Ohio State freshman golfer Maxwell Moldovan deliver his 2019 Rolex Player of the Year acceptance speech late last year, Duke University men’s golf commit Kelly Chinn turned to his father, Colin. “I want to be the guy making that speech next year,” Chinn told his dad. The senior at Langley High School in Great Falls, Va., proceeded to do just that, earning All-America first-team honors for the first time in 2020 and ending the season No. 1 in the Rolex American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) rankings, making him the boys “Rolex Junior Player of the Year.” Chinn joins an historic list of previous winners including Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Jordan Spieth. Country Club of North Carolina member Jackson Van Paris enjoyed his fourth year being honored as a Rolex All-American. Verbally committed to Vanderbilt, the junior from Pinehurst won the 2020 Junior Invitational at Sage Valley in March by two shots, along with the Sea Pines Junior Heritage in February. On the girl’s side, Alexsandra Lapple of Pinehurst earned 2020 Rolex Junior All-American honorable mention honors, as did Amanda Sambach of Davidson. For Chinn, the season was highlighted by consistently competitive, high-level play. He teed off his campaign with a 7-under-par 65 in the first round of the 2019 Rolex Tournament of Champions, one of the most prominent events on the junior circuit, at PGA National Resort and Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. An even-par second round 71 diminished his lead. But following a bogey-free third round, Chinn went on to capture his first AJGA victory by four shots. Then, in October, rounding out the AJGA season at The PING Invitational in Oklahoma, Chinn was again the lone player to post three rounds under par. Despite beginning the final round with a four-stroke lead, Chinn struggled on the front nine. After a bogey on the par-3 No. 11, he flipped the switch to battle head-to-head with three-time Rolex Junior All-American Gordon Sargent – who was on his way to his own bogeyfree round. Chinn posted six birdies in the last seven holes to seal the victory by three strokes. “To start the year, my No. 1 goal was to win Rolex Junior Player of the Continued on page 15
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Kelly Chinn from page 14 Year,” said Chinn, who became the first Virginian to receive the honor. “That helped me want to be the best and that mindset helped me work all year toward that goal. I’ve really worked hard for the past year to get my game where it is now. My coach and I have worked swing-wise to get it more consistent. Everything from the swing to the putting to the short game, even to the mental side of the game, everything was so consistent this year.” Chinn was born in California. With his father serving in the Navy, he also lived in Hawaii and now Virginia. He took up golf at age 5, playing with his grandfather, who is an avid golfer. “My mom always told me from the start that I had a pretty good swing and was able to get the ball around,” Chinn said. “They seemed to think there was some potential from the beginning. I’ve worked really hard to get to this point.” “Kelly’s got a very supportive family, which is awesome,” said his coach, Daniel Neben, who has been working with Chinn since 2016. “That’s very helpful in terms of his development.” Neben has coached numerous Korn Ferry Tour players and elite-level junior golfers. Two years ago, while watching his star pupil practice, Neben turned to Chinn’s mother, Eiko, and told her that, “his ball striking is about as close to a professional level as I’ve ever seen.” “He’s got this grit and this desire to win on every shot that you don’t see a lot of junior golfers have,” Neben said. “It’s something a lot of Tour players have. He’s good about setting realistic goals. And when he sets that goal, he’s got like a game plan to achieve it and he works his butt off to get there.” Along with his bookend victories, Chinn’s season was impressive from start to finish. At the Jones Cup Junior Invitational in late 2019, he put together a runner-up finish at Sea Island Golf Club to close out the calendar year. In one of the final events before the competitive golf season was suspended in March because of COVID-19, Chinn competed at the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley. He finished in the top 10, in a five-way tie for sixth at 5-under-par 211. Chinn had a solo sixth-place finish in the AJGA’s return to play at the AJGA Invitational at Greensboro’s Sedgefield Country Club. He finished the tournament with three of four rounds under par and a final-round 68, despite two bogeys and a double. www.trianglegolf.com
Among Chinn’s most convincing triumphs was at the 54-hole Virginia State Golf Association Junior Stroke Play Championship in late July at James River Country Club. He overpowered the course to fire a tournament-record of 16-underpar 194, eclipsing the previous mark by eight shots at the par-70 layout and finishing five strokes ahead of Chase Nevins, a teammate at Langley High School. Chinn has also helped his high school squad capture three straight championships since joining the team as a freshman. Chinn advanced to the round of 64 at the U.S. Amateur championship in August at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, where he lost to eventual champion Tyler Strafaci, 4 and 2. He had secured a spot in match play by making birdie on his final three holes of the final round of stroke play. Chinn also qualified for match play and made it to the Round of 32 at the North & South Amateur. At The Junior PLAYERS Championship at TPC Sawgrass, an event modeled after THE PLAYERS Championship, Chinn shot three rounds of 71. In a back-and-forth closing round, he was in a tight race to win. He carded four birdies and three bogeys to end in a four-way tie for second, two strokes off the pace. Chinn won the 54-hole Middle Atlantic Amateur by four strokes at Bethesda Country Club. “He’s always been pretty good mechanically,” Neben said. “Initially, we made some large changes to create better pivot. As he progressed, we started working a lot on his short game and a lot on his ball striking.
“At the end of last year, right after the Junior Amateur we made a big change to go from a hard-right club path. He was swinging a little bit too far from the inside to being a little bit more on plane and getting has getting his ball flight a little bit straighter. He took that this year and he ran with it. He’s throwing darts now.” Neben describes Chinn as being, “very charismatic, very talkative away from the golf course -- always joking around with his buddies.” Standing a lean 5-9, 150 pounds with a frame that could gain some muscle, Chinn still averages nearly 300 yards off the tee. Yet, Neben sees room for improvement. “He’ll come back from his first year of college and I suspect I’ll see about another 20 pounds on him,” he said. “Once he gets that muscle, he’ll have the potential to swing maybe another 5-7 mph faster. He’s already reaching close to about 110 miles an hour clubhead speed with his driver. For a 150-pound guy, he’s not short.” Chinn committed to the Blue Devils nearly two years ago, but before he arrives in Durham in the fall, he has high school golf, AJGA events and amateur events still to play. “I’m really excited about college,” Chinn said. “It’s been a while since I made my decision. Obviously, the coaches there are great, the facilities, the campus, I just loved everything about Duke. I’m really excited to get there and work with the coaches. Obviously, my main goal is to get better.” Neben firmly believes Chinn will take college golf by storm. “It’ll take
him probably a tournament or two to adjust,” he said. “But after that I suspect he’s going to roll all over the college scene. He’s got better stuff than most of the young kids out there. He’s got so much amateur golf experience. I suspect that we’ll probably see his name up there in the top 15 in the college golf rankings within a year of him starting at Duke.” Chinn and the rest of the 2020 Rolex Junior All-America Teams will be honored virtually through a Rolex Junior All-America Awards celebration on Dec. 4 that the AJGA dubs “The Greatest Night in Junior Golf.” Prior to the digital event, Rolex Junior All-Americans and a field of top players in the Rolex AJGA Rankings will compete at the Rolex Tournament of Champions, Nov. 23-28 at PGA National Resort & Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Ultimately, Chinn hopes to reach the same levels as a Woods or Mickelson. “My dream is to be on the PGA Tour, to be successful,” Chinn said. “It’s really cool and encouraging to see those names on the award. It’s shown me that I’m on the right track. I’ve just got to keep working hard and getting better every day. Hopefully one day, I can be in the same spot they are now.”
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ne could argue that North Carolina-bred talent on the PGA Tour has never been deeper with the likes of Webb Simpson, Brendon Todd, Harold Varner III, J.T. Poston, Doc Redman and Chesson Hadley. That fact is not lost on UNCGreensboro men’s golf coach Terrance Stewart, whose 10-man roster is filled exclusively with home-grown talent from the Tar Heel state. Stewart has built a competitive NCAA Division I program against the likes of ACC schools Wake Forest, Duke, North Carolina, N.C. State without an out-ofstate golfer since 2008. “It’s not that we don’t look out of 16 TRIANGLE GOLF TODAY • HOLIDAY 2021
state, or we don’t follow up on players from Virginia, Texas or England, but there are just so many quality studentathletes right here in our own state that I just have not seen the need at all to sign somebody who is not from here,” Stewart said. “This is just such a golfrich state; it’s not like its Iowa or someplace like that.” Stewart chuckles when asked about his recruiting budget. “We’re only spending about $2,000 a year total and most of it is on gas money and meal money and maybe a couple of hotel stays,” he said. “We’re not flying kids in here and we’re not hopping on a plane to go all over the country to watch these players play. Our program is an athletic director’s dream. “I would be willing to bet that we
are the highest ranked team in the country every year for what we spend to recruit our squad here,” Stewart added. “There are schools, like Kansas for an example, that doesn’t even have a budget, they can go anywhere in the world to look at players. We have beaten Kansas plenty of times at golf. And we’ve beaten every single ACC team in the state multiple times. We don’t have another sport at UNCG that plays the same type of ACC/SEC schedule on a daily basis, and doing it and competing very well with our very own, homegrown student-athletes.” It’s not as if Stewart gets all of the major golf program leftovers, so to speak. He has recruited the state’s top player a half dozen times over his 19 years with the Spartans. However, most
times Stewart began targeting those players well before they rose in the rankings. “We really get on them before they become superstar players,” Stewart said. “We’ve only signed that No. 1 player in the state once when that player was already ranked No. 1 and that was Andy Knox. The other times those guys were ranked 5-to-20 in the state and then they got better their last 18 months of junior golf.” Case in point is two-time all-Southern Conference star Nick Lyerly of Salisbury. “I got a phone call about Nick from one of the area golf pros who said he had this kid who was an elite student who was going to graduate as the Continued on page 17 www.trianglegolf.com
Home grown from page 16 valedictorian of his high school who was a very nice player but just wasn’t on the radar yet,” Stewart said. “I went out and watched Nick play once and I said ‘Oh my God, this kid is really good.’ He could hit every shot -- he could chip, he could putt, he could work the golf ball. He was not long at all though, probably hitting it 260 yards at the time. But I fell in love with him.” Stewart offered Lyerly a scholarship before he won the 2016 North Carolina Amateur, becoming the youngest golfer to accomplish that feat. “But he still wasn’t getting many schools to watch him play because he was not one of these big, strong, strapping athletic types where you watch him pound balls like he’s Brooks Koepka,” Stewart said. “Coaches don’t want to pony up a lot of scholarship money for someone who has a little below-average length and just straight off the tee, but there was just something about Nick. Talking to him, talking to his parents, getting to know him personally I really felt like we wanted to make a very good offer for him to come here. We were absolutely thrilled for him to come to us. He just got better and better and has gotten long and has been a coaches’ dream.” Lyerly has a 3.9 GPA and is majoring in biology, and is working towards his master’s degree. He is the typical golfer that Stewart has targeted – good player, good student and good people. “The fact that we recruit so close to home, the fact that we can call all these golf professionals, call the CGA, call the junior tournament directors, and the fact that all my players know each other so well, it gives us a lot of evidence that we’ve got the right person joining the team,” Stewart said. “They have to be real students. I have never used an admissions exception to get somebody into UNCG. If you can’t get in based on your own merits I’m not going to bring you in, even if you are some great player. That way we have good people, and real students, which odds are those guys are going to be in school four years, they aren’t going flunk out, they aren’t going to be doing stupid stuff that we have to get rid of them. And third, even if you are not some great player as long as you have a passion to practice and play and work at it properly that’s what we are really trying to bring in.” Stewart’s network of contacts across the state serves him well, as does his dedication and ability to check out in-state golfers multiple times, meaning very few players “fall through the cracks.” One such player is Jack Marcotte of Apex. Stewart’s first time watching the Middle Creek High School golfer at the state high school championships at Pinehurst No. 6 did not go well. “He was hitting houses off the tee,” Stewart recalled. “Look, it was not good, and frankly I just kind of wrote him off -- guilty as charged.” A month later at the N.C. Junior Championship, the UNC-G coach was following another player in Marcotte’s group but it was Marcotte who kept catching his eye. “And there was one shot he hit that really gave www.trianglegolf.com
Jack Marcotte of Apex being congratulated by Coach Terrance Stewart after a well struck shot on a par 3. me goose bumps,” Stewart said. “He was on a par-3, about 220-225 yards, and I was close enough to be able to see what he was hitting, and it was a 5-iron. He hit a moon shot, an absolutely towering shot. The sound of the ball coming off the clubface was straight off the PGA Tour. It never left the flag and landed about 10 feet away. That was an absolutely PGA Tour shot right there. Then I followed him the rest of the tournament, maybe three matches. When it was over I said, ‘You know what, I’m going to take a chance on this kid because he went from being so bad in that high school state championship to being an athletic beast.”’ Marcotte, a sophomore, is now one of the team’s starters. “I had no idea about UNCG,” Marcotte said of the recruiting process. “It was kind of cool to learn from the beginning because other people’s opinions can persuade you a little bit, so I got to form my own. I had no idea who they were or anybody on the team.” His excitement level increased when he took a visit to Greensboro. “I think it’s really cool and we have such a good team with only North Carolina kids,” he added. “When you arrive on campus on day one the chemistry is already there. You grew up playing against these kids and now you want them to play good. Our team is so close because we all have bonds from North Carolina.” While recruiting is not an exact science – far from it – Stewart finds himself making fewer mistakes with more information on the local kids. “This is really a two-way street,” Stewart said. “They are able to find out everything about us – the good, the bad and also the ugly – and I can find out the same things about them. So, the fact they can get
so much information on us, and I can get so much information on them, it really allows both sides to make a really well-informed decision. A lot of my guys have already played 20-30 rounds of junior golf together; a lot of the parents have spent time walking down the fairways together. So, it really allows our program to have a lot of different voices trying to recruit players to come to UNCG to where if you had a team from all over the world, or all over the country those families are just not going to know each other. “It is really easy for somebody in any part of the state of North Carolina to pick up the phone since they already know one of our parents and call them and say ‘Hey, tell us about the program, tell us about coach Stewart.’ It really lends itself to allowing families to making a very informed strategic decision. When people do visit schools you do have a lot of coaches and a lot of programs that will put their best foot forward but is that the way it really is day-in and day-out there.” With a roster of North Carolina talent, UNCG is the two-time defending Southern Conference champion and has four NCAA appearances since 2016. “It sounds good to say you play golf at an ACC school but we play a great schedule, so we’re playing the top teams in the country, too,” Lyerly said. “One reason I came to UNCG was I knew I would have a better chance to start right away and play all four years. If you go to an ACC or SEC school there is a lot better competition on that team and you may be a really good player but sitting out a couple of tournaments. Here, we still have a lot of good players but it’s a little easier to get a chance to play more often. I didn’t just want to sit the bench or sit at home while the team was at a tournament, I wanted to play.” TRIANGLE GOLF TODAY • HOLIDAY 2021
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Zack Swanson Waxhaw
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ourses in 2020 used noodles so golf balls stayed out of the hole instead of ringing the bottom of the cup, unraked footprints dotted sand traps daily, a nod served as a post-round handshake, the azaleas and dogwoods bloomed without the Masters in April, and the PGA Tour was staged without fans. All of this occurred while golf rounds across North Carolina averaged a one-year increase of more than 25 percent across the board. Say what? Up was down and down was up for sure as COVID-19 served up a major obstacle that the game of golf -- quite frankly – was more than up to the challenge. Kudos to all the North Carolina golf course owners, general manager and golf professionals for constantly fitting together all the moving pieces -- which back in March, April and May -- were occurring sometimes on an hourly basis. So what did we learn about golf in 2020? Well, the game can thrive under adverse health and economic conditions when given a spotlight ahead of other sports. It appears cash not spent in restau-
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rants and bars, bowling alleys or movie By BETSEY MITCHELL theaters, at football games or hockey arenas, spilled into Tar Heel pro shops. No ecessity, yes it’s true, is the change shortage here. mother of invention. And there Human interaction on the fairways, is no question that COVID-19 greens and driving range is a real, tangible has generated a bunch of great transforand positive experience we may have all mations for golf. taken for granted in years past. A round The best thing to happen at my club or two of golf each month in 2020 helped is finally permitting push carts, pull carts, save, and at times, energize my soul. I bet trolleys. Whatever we call them, it is a it did for you too, Bets. good thing. Rules are kind of It proves that we actuimportant, but not really. ally play faster when not For 99.9 percent of us, golf sharing a golf cart. Your is exercise, a social outlet game improves when there and somewhat a competiis time alone to release that tive adventure. Last time last shot and begin planI looked we’re not on the ning the next rather than PGA Tour, so while leaving exchanging small talk with the flag alone or not raking DUELING DIVOTS your cart partner. traps took a few rounds to Pine Needles & Mid get used to it didn’t tarnish the goal – which Pines now offer golf scooters and they in the end is to have fun, right? continue to grow in popularity. They are And while single-rider carts did fade fun and are easier on the golf course than after a few months, many of us walked at one person in a regular golf cart. least one round in the spring for the first I wish I could say that I have enjoyed time in years because of the social distancthe respite from the everyday with a ing mandate. Let’s make that more of a round of golf now and then. It’s hard habit than a necessity heading into the (really hard) to play when your right future. hand can barely hold a pen, let alone a
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golf club. I’m working on it and hope to be back at it soon. Some traditional golfers continue to resist the concept of Ready Golf. If you are not competing in Match Play, then the question, “Am I away?” is not necessary. If you are ready to play and nobody else has begun their pre-shot routine, then play away. Honor on the tee is a lovely concept, but if there are two holes open in front of you, step lively. Continuous putting, please. Marking a short putt undermines pace of play and makes maintaining appropriate social distancing more difficult. This is what I’ve learned…. well, actually already knew but this year is proof. Golf is the best game ever played. The vast majority of golfers are kind, considerate, and mad as cats. There is nothing funnier than watching a skilled player whiff. I miss playing more than I thought I would. And as we close out this unusual year, I give thanks for the health of my friends and family. And I wish you all the same. Mask up people, that virus isn’t done with us.
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Junior Golf Scoreboard HJGT Greensboro Junior Open Greensboro National Golf Club, Summerfield, NC OCT 17 - 18, 2020 Boys Division - 6732 1 Ethan Lukes, Chapel Hill 75-72--147 1 R.J. Cupelli, Fairfax, VA 72-75--147 3 Cort Benner, Bend, OR 75-75--150 Selected Others 12 Matthew Messenger, Raleigh 83-78--161
AJGA AJGA Junior Open by VisitFayettevilleNC.com Anderson Creek Golf Club, Spring Lake, NC SEP 19 - 20, 2020 Boys Division - 6945 1 Sihan Sandhu, Ashburn, VA 69-73--142 2 Mehrbaan Singh, Ashburn, VA 72-70--142 3 Garrett Engle, Harrisburg, PA 75-70--145 3 Garrett Kuhla, Richmond, VA 71-74--145 3 Zachary Ong, Scarsdale, NY 74-71--145 Selected Others 17 Davis Adams, Raleigh 77-78--155 17 William Webb, Raleigh 79-76--155 Girls Division - 5913 1 Amanda Sambach, Davidson 75-69--144 2 Gabriella Kano, Fullerton, CA 77-68--145 3 AnPhi Le, Frederick, MD 75-71--146 3 Maria Atwood, Holly Springs 74-72--146 Selected Others 11 Kiera Bartholomew, Wake Forest 74-80--154 Longleaf Golf & Country Club Southern Pines, NC SEP 04 - 06, 2020 Boys Division - 6684 1 David Stanford, Vienna, VA 69-67-68--204 2 Nicholas Gross, Downingtown, PA 69-71-69--209 3 Jake Griffin, Kensington, MD 70-71-69--210 4 Tyler Kowack, San Diego, CA 68-72-73--213 5 Jaivir Pande, Houston, TX 70-75-70--215 Selected Others 20 Jackson Bode, Pinehurst 83-69-71--223 Girls Division - 5930 1 Jackie Feldman, Austin, TX 72-69-72--213 2 Avery Zweig, Dallas, TX 78-69-72--219 3 Isabel Bae, Bristow, VA 78-74-68--220 Selected Others 15 Emerson Dever, Durham 77-76-77--230
CGA Jimmy Anderson Girls’ Invitational Jacksonville CC, Jacksonville, NC OCT 03 - 04, 2020 Girls Division - 5821 1 Sydney Roberts, Chesnee, SC 70-68--138 2 Adrian Anderson, Murrells Inlet, SC 71-69--140 3 Maria Atwood, Holly Springs 72-72--144 4 Grace Ridenour, Cary 72-73--145 Selected Others 8 Kiera Bartholomew, Wake Forest 75-74--149
Creed Boys’ Invitational Camden Country Club, Camden, SC Sept. 19 - 20, 2020 Boys Division - 6440 1 Nathan Franks, Roebuck, SC 68-71--139 2 Andrew Swanson, Bluffton, SC 69-71--140 2 Carter Busse, Davidson 70-70--140 2 Collin Adams, Charlotte 73-67--140 2 Max Green, Hilton Head Island, SC 67-73--140 Selected Others 6 Tyler DeChellis, Clayton 70-71--141
TYGA Bill Harvey Junior Bryan Park GC - Champions Brown Summit, NC, OCT 24 - 25, 2020 Boys 14-18 Division - 6516 1 Jake Herring, Wilson 66-71--137 2 Max Cranford, Hickory 67-72--139 3 Ayush Bodhale, Cornelius 70-71--141 Selected Others 4 Keenan Royalty, Raleigh 69-73--142 Boys 12-13 Division - 5610 1 Luke Mueller, Wake Forest 70-68--138 2 Sam Terry, Thomasville 69-71--140 3 Pennson Badgett, Pilot Mountain 73-72--145 Selected Others 4 Conner Freedman, Chapel Hill 72-74--146 Girls Division - 5610 1 Gracie Song, Waxhaw 71-80--151 2 Alicia Fang, Waxhaw 76-75--151 3 Kaitlyn Rand, Raleigh 72-80--152
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Todd Kinlaw Memorial Junior Brook Valley CC, Greenville, NC October 17, 2020 Boys 16-18 Division - 6,482 1 Gray Mitchum, Winterville 2 Cameron Hardison, Greenville 3 Simon Burgos, Raleigh Selected Others 12 Christopher Gerhold, Wake Forest Boys 14-15 Division - 6,482 1 Will Guidry, Winterville 1 Tyler Jones, Jacksonville 3 Ford Amerson, Greenville 3 Andrew Perry, Fuquay-Varina Selected Others 5 Daniel Boone, Fuquay Varina Boys 12-13 Division - 5,463 1 Will Poplin, Fuquay Varina 2 Noah Porter, Greenville 3 Xan Pitt, Wake Forest Selected Others 5 Ethan Gelo, Zebulon Girls Divison - 5,463 1 Sanaa Carter, Jacksonville 2 Breannon Council, Wilson 2 Sloane Spessard, Raleigh Selected Others 4 Kaitlynn Barnes, Fuquay Varina
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Holly Ridge Golf Links, Archdale, NC OCT 03 - 04, 2020 Boys Division - 6526 1 Caden Baker, Mebane 71-69--140 2 Gray Mitchum, Winterville 71-69--140 3 Will Tharin, Rocky Mount 73-68--141 4 Hampton Roberts, Cary 71-71--142 Selected Others 5 William Webb, Raleigh 71-72--143 Girls Division - 5727 1 Ella Kue, Kings Mountain 75-75--150 2 Camryn Lamp, Conover 82-85--167 3 Madison Dial, High Point 87-84--171 Selected Others 6 Allison Robinson, Pinehurst 88-89--177 Boys 12 Division 1 Jack Halloran, Pinehurst 37-35--72 2 Owen Setters, Pinehurst 36-39--75 Boys 10-11 Division 1 Randal West, Goldsboro 34-36--70 2 Neel Ladde, Charlotte 38-35--73 3 Ameya Vathanan, Charlotte 35-41--76 Selected Others 4 Mark DeVault, Cary 41-40--81 4 Jack DeVault, Cary 39-42--81 Girls 10-11 Division 1 Hallie Wilson, Lewisville 39-41--80 2 Minyan Ou, Shelby 40-45--85 Selected Others 5 Emilee Miller, Fuquay Varina 49-47--96 Girls 8-9 Division 1 Ira Joshi, Charlotte 36-38--74 2 Adelyn Rosado, Cary 41-40--81 2 Audrey Lee, Waxhaw 40-41--81
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Sandhills One-Day Southern Pines GC, Southern Pines, NC Sept. 27, 2020 Boys 16-18 Division - 6,300 1 Luke McCorquodale, Fayetteville 73 2 Liam Harris, Wake Forest 75 3 Connor Basinger, Jackson Springs 76 Selected Others 4 Simon Burgos, Raleigh 78 Boys 13-15 Division - 6,300 1 Cornell Beans, Charlotte 70 2 Drew O’Neal, Wilson 72 3 Nathan O’Neal, Wilson 75 3 Chase Daly, Summerfield 75 Selected Others 5 Brant Dattilo, Wake Forest 78 Girls Divisions - 5,300 1 Kaitlyn Rand, Raleigh 75 2 Ava Heaton, Cary 88 3 Gabby Bynum, Fayetteville 97 3 Chloe Peters, Pinehurst 97 5 Sarah Peters, Pinehurst 102 6 Dawson Jarman, Fayetteville 109
North State High School Girls’ Challenge Keith Hills GC, Buies Creek, NC Sept. 23, 2020 Girls Division - 5,305 1 Elizabeth Lohbauer, Huntersville 2 Halynn Lee, Cary 3 Tyler Spriggs, Cary 3 Heather Appelson, Wake Forest Selected Others 5 Garland Gould, Raleigh
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Quail Ridge, Sanford, NC Sept. 20, 2020 Boys 16-18 Division - 6,300 1 Ethan Moore, Graham 2 Braden Gay, Winston-Salem 3 Kunakorn Kai Wen Tang, Raleigh Selected Others 4 Simon Burgos, Raleigh Boys 13-15 Division - 6,300 1 Alexander Murphy, Monroe 2 Connor Williams, Sanford 3 R.Cooper Diaz, Winston-Salem 3 Brant Dattilo, Wake Forest Selected Others 5 Chase Nieshalla, Raleigh Girls 13-18 Division - 5,300 1 Boonyanant Rujiranan, Pinehurst 2 Lila Smith, Raleigh 3 Lauren Kuhn, Pinehurst 4 Mary Earhart, Pinehurst 12 Division - 2,200 1 Gregor Brock, Leland 2 Darrin Webster, Sanford 3 George Lawson, Winston-Salem Selected Others 6 Matthew Manning, Fuquay-Varina 10-11 Division - 1,700 1 Minyan Ou, Shelby 1 Jack DeVault, Cary 3 Brandon Cowell, Pinehurst 3 Sebastian Balbin, Pinehurst 3 Tate Brokmeyer, Southern Pines Selected Others 6 Mark DeVault, Cary 6-9 Division - 1,300 1 Triton Helmer, Chapel Hill 2 Minlin Ou, Shelby 3 Jacob Hodgkins, Morrisville 4 Jake Williams, Sanford
TYGA Tots Gillespie Park GC, Greensboro, NC Sept. 19, 2020
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TRIANGLE’S TOP 10 JUNIOR GOLFERS Boys (High School, graduation year) 1 Tyler Dechellis, Clayton (Clayton, 2021) 2 Caden Baker, Mebane (Eastern Alamance, 2021) 3 Michael La Sasso, Raleigh (St. David’s School, 2022) 4 Kyle Kushnir, Raleigh (Ravenscroft, 2021) 5 Josh Buxbaum, Wake Forest (Wake Forest, 2021) 6 Jennings Glenn, Raleigh (Broughton, 2021) 7 Owen Kose, Holly Springs (Holly Springs, 2022) 8 Hampton Roberts, Cary (Panther Creek, 2023) 9 Alan Van Asch, Raleigh (Leesville Road, 2022) 10 Daniel Adkins, Holly Springs (Apex, 2021)
Girls (High School, graduation year) 1 Kiera Bartholomew, Wake Forest (North Raleigh, 2023) 2 McKenzie Daffin, Fort Bragg (Jack Britt, 2021) 3 Maria Atwood, Holly Springs (Holly Springs, 2022) 4 Emily Mathews, Mebane (Eastern Alamance, 2023) 5 Halynn Lee, Cary (Green Hope, 2021) 6 Ava Lucas, Raleigh (Cardinal Gibbons, 2021) 7 Grace Ridenour, Cary (N/A, 2025) 8 Alexsandra Lapple, Pinehurst (O’Neal School, 2023) 9 Ella Perna, Durham (Cardinal Gibbons, 2022) 10 Kayla Dowell, Mebane (Alamance Christian, 2021) Source: Tarheel Youth Golf Association as 11/1/20
Boys 10-11 Division - 1,700 1 Neel Ladde, Charlotte 2 Randal West, Goldsboro 3 Peyton Wyatt, Kernersville 3 Mark DeVault, Cary 3 Jack DeVault, Cary Selected Others 11 Caleb Solomon, Apex Girls 8-9 Division - 1,700 1 Elyn Aldrich, Charlotte 2 Ava Milks, Greensboro 3 Sana Sugawara, Chapel Hill
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Tournament of Champions Keith Hills GC, Buies Creek, NC Sept 12 - 13, 2020 Boys 14-18 Division - 6489 1 Branden Boyce, Spring Lake 70-69--139 2 Gray Mitchum, Winterville 72-68--140 2 Keenan Royalty, Raleigh 73-67--140 4 Ethan Paschal, Fayetteville 71-70--141 5 Josh Buxbaum, Wake Forest 70-72--142 Selected Others 9 James Rico, Cary 75-71--146 Boys 12-13 Division - 5530 1 Mack Edwards, Charlotte 68-71--139 2 Hamilton Coleman, Huntersville 72-70--142 3 Evan Suddreth, Morrisville 68-79--147 4 Michael Snyder, Lillington 77-76--153 5 James-Paul Wagner, Cary 75-80--155 Girls Division - 5530 1 Emerson Dever, Durham 74-70--144 2 Halynn Lee, Cary 76-72--148 3 Ella Kue, Kings Mountain 76-73--149 4 Elizabeth Lohbauer, Huntersville 76-77--153 5 Anna Howerton, Kernersville 78-76--154 5 Leah Edwards, Greensboro 78-76--154 Selected Others 8 Kinsley Smith, Raleigh 81-76--157
Sandhills One-Day Legacy Golf Links, Aberdeen, NC Sept. 13, 2020 Boys 16-18 Division - 6300 1 Walker Neal, Cary 2 David Katzenmaier, Concord 2 Simon Burgos, Raleigh Selected Others 2 Spencer Barbour, Fayetteville Boys 13-15 Division - 6,300 1 Luke Mosley, Greenville 2 Connor Williams, Sanford 3 Patrick Daly, Summerfield Selected Others 4 Brant Dattilo, Wake Forest Girls 16-18 Division - 5,300 1 Sidney Renville, Cary 2 Allison Robinson, Pinehurst 2 Mattie Noonkester, Ararat Selected Others 4 Chloe Peters, Pinehurst 5 Gabrielle Pace, Raleigh Girls 13-15 Division - 5,300 1 Lauren Kuhn, Pinehurst 2 Kate Crawford, Charlotte 3 Ava Gutshall, Winston-Salem Selected Others 5 Sarah Peters, Pinehurst Boys 10-12 Division - 2,200 1 Sebastian Balbin, Pinehurst
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2 Ty Donnelly, Waxhaw 3 Miken Williams, Fayetteville Selected Others 4 Mark DeVault, Cary Girls 10-12 Division - 2,200 1 Minyan Ou, Shelby 2 Emilee Miller, Fuquay Varina 3 Addy Arnold, Marvin 4 Sophia Perdue, Clemmons 8-9 Division - 1,700 1 Triton Helmer, Chapel Hill 2 Jacob Hodgkins, Morrisville 3 Jackson Meister, Greensboro 4 Reece Hart, Winston-Salem 6-7 Division - 1,700 1 Minlin Ou, Shelby 2 Parker Stiles, Pinehurst
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PKBGT REGIONAL INVITATIONAL Fords Colony CC - Marsh Hawk Williamsburg, VA OCT 31 - NOV 01, 2020 Prep Division - 5760 1 Garland Gould, Raleigh 76-39--115 2 Mary Grace Dunigan, 75-41--116 Kennett Square, PA 3 Emerson Dever, Durham 78-39--117 3 Kayla Maletto, Sinking Spring, PA 76-41--117 Selected Others 5 Saia Rampersaud, Durham 80-40--120 Futures Division - 5205 1 Avery Smith, Ladson, SC 79-43--122 2 Grace Saunders, Springfield, VA 86-40--126 3 Rachel Joyce, Quakertown, PA 85-42--127 Selected Others 6 Mackenzie Crossman, Pittsboro 88-42--130
Imperial Girls Classic Green Valley CC, Greenville, OCT 10 - 11, 2020 Bell Division - 6000 1 Regina Plascencia Celis, Bluffton, SC 2 Elizabeth Rudisill, Charlotte 3 Nicole Nash, Charlotte 3 Sarah Boteler, Greenville, SC Selected Others 8 Sophie Lauture, Raleigh
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North Carolina Series Finale Colonial CC, Thomasville, NC Sept. 19-20, 2020 Prep Division - 5703 1 Halynn Lee, Cary 77-75--152 2 Leah Edwards, Greensboro 77-76--153 3 Saia Rampersaud, Durham 72-82--154 4 Ava Lucas, Raleigh 76-79--155 4 Garland Gould, Raleigh 79-76--155 Selected Others 8 Emerson Dever, Durham 79-80--159 Futures Division - 5003 1 Rachel Joyce, Quakertown, PA 72-73--145 2 Madison Myers, Cary 80-76--156 3 Paige Sidney, Clemmons 78-80--158 4 Emma Niebauer, High Point 81-80--161 5 Mary Paige King, Clemmons 85-77--162 Selected Others 7 Annalee Caveney, Raleigh 82-82--164 10 Mackenzie Crossman, Pittsboro 84-83--167
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CALENDAR All listings are based on submissions by clubs and correspondence. To list your tournament free email your information to jay@triadgolf.com or call 336-924-1619.
Captain’s Choice Dec. 5 – Toys 4 Tots Tournament, Southwick GC, Graham. 336-227-2582.
2020 Junior Tournaments Nov. 15 – NJGA Mint Hill Junior, Olde Sycamore Golf Plantation, Charlotte, Boys/ Girls Ages 4-18. Nov. 21-22 – PKBGT Discovery Invitational, Palmetto Dunes Resort, Hilton Head Island, SC, Girls only, Ages 8-12. Nov. 21-22 – PKBGT Regional Tournament of Champions, Palmetto Dunes Resort, Hilton Head Island, SC, Girls only, Ages 8-19. Nov. 25 – TYGA Turkey Shootout, TBD, Pinehurst, Boys/Girls, Ages 8-18. Nov. 28-29 – CGA Vicki DiSantis Girls’ Championship, Pine Island CC, Charlotte, Girls only, Ages 13-18. Nov. 28-29 – Winternationals Junior Series, Pinehurst CC No. 8, Pinehurst, Boys/Girls, Grades 9-12. Dec. 5 – USkids Raleigh Winter Tour; Indian Valley GC Burlington, Ages 5-18. 919-623-3352 Dec. 5-6 – PKBGT National Tournament of Champions, Forest Creek GC, Pinehurst, Girls only, Ages 11-19. Dec. 12 – NJGA Glen Dornoch Junior, Glen Dornoch Waterway Golf Links, Little River, SC, Boys/Girls Ages 4-18. Dec. 12 – USkids Raleigh Winter Tour; Lochmere GC, Cary, Ages 5-18. 919-6233353. Dec. 12-13 – PKBGT River Landing Classic, River Landing (Landing), Wallace, Girls only, Ages 11-19. Dec. 12-13 – Winternationals Junior Series, Pinehurst CC No. 2 & No. 1, Pinehurst, Boys/ Girls, Grades 9-12. Dec. 12-13 – CPGA Kiawah Junior Classic, Cougar Point and Oak Point, Kiawah Island, SC, Boys/Girls. Ages 13-18. 336-398-2742. Dec. 19-20 – NJGA Holiday Junior, Tanglewood Golf Course (Championship Course), Clemmons, Boys/Girls Ages 4-18. Dec. 22 – TYGA Toys for Tots, TBD, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18. Dec. 28-29 – PKBGT Peggy Kirk Bell Junior, Pine Needles Lodge & GC, Southern Pines, Girls only, Ages 11-19. Jan. 16-18 – PKBGT Linville Cup @ Mid Pines GC, Southern Pines, Invitation Only.
2021 Junior Events CGA 910-673-1000 * TYGA 910-673-1000 * PKBGT 336-347-8537 * NCJGF 919-858-6400 * TGF 919-291-5813 * NJGT 704-824-6548 * AJGA 770-868-4200 * USGA 908-234-2300 * USKIDS Raleigh Tour 919-206-4666 * Winternational 847-204-9888 * HJGT 904-379-2697 Jan. 2-3 – Winternational Junior Series, Pinehurst CC #4, Pinehurst, Boys/Girls, Grades 9-12. Jan. 9 – US Kids Raleigh Winter Tour; The Neuse GC, Clayton, Ages 5-18, 919-623-3354. Jan. 9-10 – PKBGT Kiawah Girls Classic, Kiawah Resort (Oak Point), Kiawah Island, SC, Girls, Ages 11-19. Jan. 10 – US Kids Raleigh Winter Tour, Pine Hollow GC, Clayton, Ages 5-18, 919-623-3355. www.trianglegolf.com
Jan. 16-17 – Winternational Junior Series, Pinehurst CC #5, Pinehurst, Boys/Girls, Grades 9-12. Jan. 16-18 – PKBGT Linville Cup, Mid Pines Inn & GC, Southern Pines, Girls, Ages 8-19. Jan. 18 – TYGA One Day Tournament, Pinehurst No. 6, Pinehurst, Boys/Girls, Grades 6-12. Jan. 23-24 – HJGT Pinehurst Junior Open, Pinehurst CC #5, Pinehurst, Boys/Girls Ages 8-18. Jan. 23-24 – PKBGT Sea Island Girls Classic, Sea Island Resort (Retreat), St. Simons Island, GA, Girls, Ages 11-19. Jan. 30-31 – PKBGT Peggy Kirk Bell Foundation Classic, Mid South Club, Pinehurst, Girls, Ages 11-19. Jan. 31 – US Kids Raleigh Winter Tour, MacGregor Downs CC, Cary, Ages 5-18, 919-623-3356 Feb. 6 – US Kids Raleigh Winter Tour, Hope Valley CC, Durham, Ages 5-18, 919-623-3357 Feb. 6-7 – PKBGT RocketTour PLAYERS, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, Girls, Ages 11-19. Feb. 6-7 – Winternational Junior Series, Pinehurst CC #8 & #9, Pinehurst, Boys/Girls, Grades 9-12, 847-204-9890 Feb. 13-14 – Winternational Junior Series, Pinehurst CC #2 & #4, Pinehurst, Boys/Girls, Grades 9-12, 847-204-9891 Feb. 20-21 – PKBGT Cape Fear Classic, CC of Landfall, Wilmington, Girls, Ages 11-19. Feb. 20-21 – HJGT College Prep Series at Duke, Duke University Golf Club, Greensboro, Boys/Girls Ages 8-18. Feb. 21 – US Kids Raleigh Winter Tour, Hillandale GC, Durham, Ages 5-18, 919-623-3358 Feb. 27 – US Kids Raleigh Winter Tour, Chapel Hill CC, Chapel Hill, Ages 5-18, 919-623-3359 Feb. 27-28 – PKBGT Orange Whip Classic, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, Girls, Ages 11-19. Mar. 6-7 – Winternational Junior Series, Pinehurst CC #1, Pinehurst, Boys/Girls, Grades 9-12, 847-204-9892 Mar. 6-7 – HJGT College Prep Series at NC State, Lonnie Poole Golf Course, Raleigh, Boys/Girls Ages 8-18. Mar. 6-7 – PKBGT Campbell Classic, Keith Hills GC, Lillington, Girls, Ages 11-19. Mar. 13-14 – PKBGT Tar Heel Classic, UNC Finley GC, Chapel Hill, Girls, Ages 11-19. Mar. 14 – TYGA Sandhills Flyers Junior Shootout, Pinewild CC (Holly), Pinehurst, Boys/Girls, Grades 6-12. Mar. 20-21 – PKBGT Commonwealth Classic, Lake Monticello GC, Charlottesville, VA, Girls, Ages 11-19. Mar. 20-21 – HJGT Monroe CC Junior Open, Monroe Country Club, Charlotte, Boys/Girls Ages 8-18. Mar. 20-21 – HJGT Laurel Hill Junior Open, Laurel Hill Golf Club, Lorton, VA, Boys/Girls Ages 8-18. Mar. 20-21 – PKBGT Imperial Girls Classic, Green Valley CC, Greenville, SC, Girls, Ages 11-19. Mar. 27-28 – PKBGT Spring Invitational, Birdwood GC at Boars Head Resort, Charlottesville, VA, Girls, Ages 11-19. Mar. 27-28 – TYGA Lane Tree Junior, Lane Tree GC, Goldsboro, Boys/Girls, Grades 6-12. Apr. 3 – CGA Jimmy Anderson Boys’ Qualifying, Southern Wayne CC, Mt. Olive, Boys only, Ages 12-18. Apr. 10-11 – CGA Jimmy Anderson Invitational, Jacksonville CC, Jacksonville, NC , Boys only, Ages 12-18.
Apr. 17-18 – HJGT Skybrook Junior Open, Skybrook Golf Club, Huntersville, Boys/Girls Ages 8-18. Apr. 17-18 – PKBGT Masters (54 hole), Greenville CC, Greenville, Girls, Ages 11-19. Apr. 24-25 – PKBGT Carolina’s Classic, Carolina Trace CC, Sanford, Girls, Ages 11-19. May 1-2 – CGA Vicki DiSantis Girls’, TBD, Girls’ only, Ages 12-18. May 8 – TYGA NC Middle School Championship, Longleaf G&FC, Southern Pines, Boys/Girls, Grades 6-8. May 15-16 – TYGA Down East Junior, TBD, Boys/Girls, Grades 8-12. May 15-16 – HJGT Raleigh Junior Open, River Ridge Golf Club, Raleigh, Boys/Girls Ages 8-18. May 22 – TYGA Tots One Day Tournament, CC of Wakefield Plantation, Raleigh, Boys/ Girls, Ages 6-12, 910-673-1000 May 29 – Drive, Chip and Putt at Methodist University GC in Fayetteville, Boys/ Girls Ages: 7-15. May 29-31 – PKBGT Open Championship CC of Salisbury, Salisbury, Girls, Ages 11-19. June 5-6 – TYGA Bojangles Junior, Cutter Creek GC, Snow Hill, Boys only, Grades 8-12. June 6 – Drive, Chip and Putt at Pinewild Country Club in Pinehurst, Boys/ Girls Ages: 7-15. June 9 – Drive, Chip and Putt at Bryan Park GC in Browns Summit, Boys/ Girls Ages: 7-15. June 11 – Drive, Chip and Putt at Wedgewood Golf Course in Wilson, Boys/ Girls Ages: 7-15. June 12-13 – HJGT Pinehurst Summer Junior Open, Pinehurst CC #5, Pinehurst, Boys/Girls Ages 8-18. June 14-17 – CGA NC Junior Girls’ Championship, Catawba CC, Hickory, Girls only, Ages 18 & under. June 16 – Drive, Chip and Putt at Hope Valley Country Club in Durham, Boys/ Girls Ages: 7-15. June 18 – Drive, Chip and Putt at Dr. Charles L. Sifford Golf Course in Charlotte, Boys/ Girls Ages: 7-15. June 21-22 – CGA Twin States Girls’ TBD, Girls only, Ages 18 & under. June 22 – Drive, Chip and Putt at the Links at Stoney Point GC in Greenwood, SC, Boys/ Girls Ages: 7-15. June 22-25 – CGA NC Junior Boys’ Championship, Roaring Gap Club, Roaring Gap, Boys only, Ages 18 & under. June 24 – Drive, Chip and Putt at UNC Finley Golf Course in Chapel Hill, Boys/ Girls Ages: 7-15. June 28 – Drive, Chip and Putt at Country Club of Salisbury in Salisbury, Boys/ Girls Ages: 7-15. June 28 – USGA US Junior Qualifying Forest Creek Club, Pinehurst, Boys only, Ages 18 & under, 908-234-2300 June 28-29 – TYGA Coastal Plains Junior, Greenville CC, Greenville, Boys/Girls, Grades 7-12. June 29-July 1 – CGA Dogwood State Junior Girls’ Championship, TBD, Girls only, Ages 18 & under. June 29 – TYGA One Day Tournament, River Bend YMCA GC, Shelby, Boys/Girls, Grades 6-12. June 30 – Hope Valley Junior Qualifying, Hope Valley CC, Durham, Boys only, Ages 18 & under. July 5-7 – North and South Junior, Pinehurst CC, Pinehurst, Boys/Girls, Ages 15-18, 910-295-6811 July 6-7 – CGA NC Junior Boys 14 & Under, Asheboro GC, Asheboro, Boys only, Ages 14 & Under.
For the latest tournament schedule, now updated daily, go to www.trianglegolf.com then click on Tournaments July 8 – Drive, Chip and Putt at Country Club of Landfall in Wilmington, Boys/ Girls Ages: 7-15. July 12 –TYGA Dan Dobson Junior, Mimosa Hills CC, Morganton, Boys/Girls, Grades 6-12. July 12-13 – CGA Carolinas Girls’ 15 & Under, CC of Whispering Pines, Whispering Pines, Girls only, Ages 15 & under. July 13 – Drive, Chip and Putt at Legends Resort in Myrtle Beach, SC, Boys/ Girls Ages: 7-15. July 13-16 – CGA SC Junior Match Play Championship, Lancaster GC, Lancaster, SC, Boys/Girls, Ages 18 & under. July 14-15 – TYGA Triad High Point Junior, Blair Park & Oak Hollow GC, High Point, Boys/Girls, Grades 6-12. July 15 – Drive, Chip and Putt at Wescott Golf Club in Summerville, SC, Boys/ Girls Ages: 7-15. July 17 – TYGA Tots One Day Tournament, Brunswick Plantation Resort, Calabash, Boys/Girls, Ages 6-12, 910-673-1000 July 18 – TYGA Tots One Day Tournament, Brunswick Plantation Resort, Calabash, Boys/Girls, Ages 6-12, 910-673-1000 July 19 – Drive, Chip and Putt at Maple Chase G&CC in Winston-Salem, Boys/ Girls Ages: 7-15. July 19 – CGA Carolinas Pro-Junior, Providence CC, Charlotte, Boys/Girls, Ages 18 & under, 910-673-1000 July 19-23 – USGA US Junior Amateur, CC of North Carolinas, Pinehurst, Age 18 & under, 908-234-2300. July 20-22 – CGA Carolinas Girls’ Championship, Cherokee National GC, Gaffney, SC, Girls only, Ages 18 & under. July 22 – TYGA Jack Ratz, Jr. Memorial, Wildwood Green GC, Raleigh, Boys/Girls, Grades 6-12. July 22 – Drive, Chip and Putt at Willow Creek GC in Greer, SC, Boys/ Girls Ages: 7-15. July 23 – TYGA One Day Tournament, Lake Hickory CC (Catawba Springs), Hickory, Boys/Girls, Grades 6-12. July 26 – Drive, Chip and Putt at The Peninsula Club in Cornelius, Boys/ Girls Ages: 7-15. July 27-29 – CGA Carolinas Boys’ Championship, TBD, Boys only, Ages 18 & under. Aug. 2 – TYGA SAS Junior, Prestonwood CC, Cary, Boys/Girls, Grades 6-12. Aug. 2 – TYGA One Day Tournament, Warrior GC, China Grove, Boys/Girls, Grades 6-12. Aug. 3-4 – TYGA Triad Maple Chase Junior, Maple Chase CC, Winston-Salem, Boys/ Girls, Grades 8-12. Aug. 3-5 – Hope Valley Junior Invitational, Hope Valley CC, Durham, Invitation only. Aug. 7-8 – CGA Mid-Atlantic Girls’ Challenge Matches, Benvenue CC, Rocky Mount, Invitation only, 910-673-1000 Aug. 10-12 – CGA Dogwood State Junior Boys’ Championship, Statesville CC, Statesville, Boys only, Ages 18 & under. Aug. 28-29 – Mimosa Hills Junior Invitational, Mimosa Hills CC, Morganton, Boys/Girls, Invitation only. Sept. 18-19 – CGA Creed Boys’ Invitational, Camden CC, Camden, SC, Boys only, Invitation only. Sept. 25-26 – TYGA Tournament of Champions, Keith Hills GC, Buies Creek, Boys/Girls, Invitation only. TRIANGLE GOLF TODAY • HOLIDAY 2021
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