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ohn McConnell has certainly packed a lot of golf into the last 15 years.

What began as the historical preservation of Donald Ross’s last design in east Raleigh in 2003 has blossomed into a portfolio of championship golf courses stretching from the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee to the Carolina coast.

“I can’t believe it has gone this fast,” says McConnell, the CEO of one of the nation’s most unique golfing portfolios and membership opportunities.

“You know, we had our best year ever last year; our golf rounds were up 15 percent against the national average that was 1-2 percent up, so I feel very good about what our company is doing as far as growing the game of golf,” he says.

Raleigh-based McConnell Golf has emerged as an industry leader by offering its members access to a collection of pristine golf courses designed by legendary architects such as such Donald Ross, Pete Dye, and Arnold Palmer.

“We have by far the best membership value on the East Coast, and it may be broader than that,” McConnell says. “We’ve got 12 championship golf courses, and board rooms and tennis courts that you are a member of, and each course is different and they are in pristine condition throughout the year. So, if you like to play golf I can’t think of a better value than we offer. When I play at

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What has fostered the success?

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“It seemed like it was hard to turn away some of

these golf courses like a Musgrove Mill (in South Carolina) or Holston Hills (in Tennessee) when you know these are layouts you just can’t build again.”

Now well into his 60s, McConnell hints that he may not be done just yet, saying he’s looking at one or two additional courses in North Carolina that he may add in the near future that would benefit “our overall brand.”

“But it’s harder and harder to find courses that fit our model now because we’ve got some pretty high-end products, and usually if it’s a quality product now the clubs are doing OK,” he says.

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NEXT ISSUE: September 11, 2018 On the Cover: ECU’s Harold Varner readies for Wyndham Championship.

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Favorite Pirate

Harold Varner returns to Wyndham Championship hoping to continue his bourgeoning success

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By BRAD KING

f Harold Varner III needed validation that he has become one of North Carolina’s favorite sons, he earned it during the final round of last year’s Wyndham Championship.

On a hot and humid Sunday afternoon at Greensboro’s Sedgefield Country Club, the mantle was passed to Varner from his playing partner, Davis Love III, a three-time Wyndham champion, World Golf Hall of Famer and beloved Tar Heel.

By the time Varner made consecutive birdies on the fifth and sixth holes, the duo’s gallery had swelled to hundreds of rabid fans — many clad in East Carolina University purple and gold, shouting “Go Pirates!”

They erupted again after he tacked on another birdie at Sedgefield’s par-4 ninth and Varner high-fived his supporters along the ropes. “(The crowd was) pretty wild,” Varner said. “They got super excited.

You could tell they were rooting as hard as they could.”

For Varner, last year’s final round carried major ramifications. Eight months earlier, the Gastonia native and East Carolina grad captured the Australian PGA Championship — shooting a final-round 65 to hold off a group that included former World No. 1 Adam Scott — but his first professional victory didn't help Varner’s domestic standing.

Arriving in Greensboro packing a No. 138 ranking in FedEx Cup points, Varner needed a solid boost to land in the top 125 for a spot in the playoffs that started the following week.

Varner opened at Sedgefield with a 7-under 63 — his lowest round of the season. On Saturday, Varner fired a 66 to get to 13 under. He was one of seven players within three shots of third-round leader Henrik Stenson.

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ever, Varner encountered adversity.

After consecutive bogeys on 10 and 11, he found himself back on the bubble for a spot in the top 125. “I started off making birdies, it was easy,” he said. “You don’t start thinking about it until you start hitting shots you don’t want to.”

With tension palpable, Varner followed a birdie on 15 with a bogey

“That was a grind,” Varner said.

“I don’t wish it upon anyone.”

Varner finished tied for 20th at the Northern Trust the weekend following the Wyndham and moved onto the second round of the FedEx Cup playoffs, the Dell Technologies Championship, where he finished tied for 47th as his season came to an end. He finished 90th in the final point standings.

This year Varner, who turns 28 on Aug. 15, aims to join a quartet of North Carolinians who have won the

Photos courtesy John Gillooly/Wyndham Championship

on 16. Fortunately, gritty pars on Sedgefield’s closing holes were enough to get him in the playoffs.

Varner ended up with a final-round 69 and finished 14-under for the weekend, tied for 10th and up to No. 123 in the points standings.

Wyndham, including his playing partner on last year’s final round, Love, and 2011 champion Webb Simpson.

“It’s tough playing at home in some ways,” Varner said. “But it definitely helped (last year).”

Varner turned professional in 2012

after graduating from ECU, where he was the first player in school history to be named Conference USA Player of the Year. After kicking around the mini-tours for a few years, in 2015 he became the first African-American to earn his PGA Tour card via the Web. com Tour regular season.

Varner’s everyman appeal has quickly made him a fan favorite — and not just around North Carolina. Compact, barrel chested and powerfully athletic, Varner stalks the golf course more than he walks it.

Despite his diminutive size, he is one of the Tour’s longest hitters. He wears his emotions more than many of his contemporaries and most of the time seems to genuinely be having a good time out there — keeping it all ”in perspective” as Varner frequently likes to say.

Varner is active, candid and funny on social media. He says he dreams of one day pounding the drum at a Carolina Panthers game. “I’m fun, genuine, honest, little crazy sometimes,” Varner says.

“That’s my son,” says his mother, Patricia Carter. “He’s always been like that all his life. He’s just gotten older.”

Following his fifth-place finish at the Greenbrier in July, Varner tweeted a photo of him mowing his parent’s yard at 7 a.m. on Monday morning that quickly went viral. “I think you should always take care of your parents,” he said. “I mean, without them I wouldn't be here, so those are the little things. You can never repay your parents I don't think.”

Varner was born in Akron, Ohio, in the same hospital as his favorite athlete, LeBron James. When he was 6 years old, Varner’s father, Harold Jr. — “Deuce” to those who know him — moved the family to Gastonia, where he is a car salesman.

An avid golfer, Deuce gave his son Fisher-Price golf clubs when he was 2 years old. A few years later,

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The majority of Varner’s teammates at Forestview High School belonged to Gaston Country Club.

Varner wanted to practice with them throughout the summer but his family didn’t have the money for a membership. So Varner did the only thing he could think of — he started working at the club. It was there that Varner met pro emeritus Bruce Sudderth, who taught the up-and-coming star all types of fundamentals. “(Sudderth) has been my guy since I was 15. I love him to death,” Varner said. “When I went to him I had never had a lesson. He just took me under his wing and taught me things about life. I still talk to him all the time.”

A simple life growing up in Gastonia (“Gas Town,” as Varner lovingly calls it) molded not only the player, but also the man he is today.

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Gastonia). They don’t care that I’m on Tour; they just want to beat me as bad as they can. There’s plenty of trash talk to go around as well, but it’s all in good fun.”

Varner bought his own home earlier this year, but in his downtime he still goes to hang out with his father at work. “He’s my buddy,” says Deuce of his son. “He’s a spirit and he knows I’m a spirit. When two spirits get together, that’s pretty cool. When he comes home he gets his battery charged. Everybody here is a cheerleader. When he comes around they get the pom-poms out.”

Varner has earned more than $3 million on the PGA Tour in a relatively short period of time, but he still seeks his first victory. “I think about it all the time,” he said. “I think if you don't think about it, you're not doing what you're supposed to be doing.

That’s why we play. You play to win the game.”

An inaugural win at the Wyndham Championship would certainly make Varner happy. But it would make his rapidly expanding fan base — near and far — even more ecstatic.

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I challenge PGA Tour to get more creative Show the viewers something else please!

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By DAVID DROSCHAK

ets, what can we glean from the release of the much-awaited PGA Tour schedule shake-up for the 2018-19 season?

Well, the PGA Tour still doesn’t quite grasp why TV ratings are so low.

For starters, there are 46 events out of 52 weeks in the PGA Tour calendar year – still way too many tournaments to keep the interest of even the most avid golf fans.

The golfing season is longer than any other sport this side of NASCAR, and we’ve all seen what road auto racing is headed down.

The FedEx Cup Playoffs was reduced from four weeks to three. Why not eliminate it period? The concept seemed like a plausible one when first floated, but in reality it has turned into boring TV. A golfer starting in 80th position doesn’t have a realistic chance to capture the top prize unlike a Wild Card team winning the World Series or the Super Bowl.

Predictability here is more of a problem than scheduling. Golf has always had trouble thinking out of its traditional box and the new schedule is a perfect example. An effort to “get away” from college football or

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the NFL shouldn’t be the Tour’s sole focus. By BETSEY MITCHELL Variety should be.

What am I talking about? For the most ousy TV ratings have more to do part, every tournament is the same. How with lousy coverage than the long about this one? Team competitions each season. The producers have been quarter where the No. 1 player in the world playing “focus on Tiger or the leader” for get to select his partner first and so on down so long that most have forgotten what fun the line for a weekend shootout of just 16 golf coverage was like. teams. The lesser golfers that we really don’t In the early days of television when care to watch anyway can have a weekend live coverage was next to impossible, we off with the kids. Would Dustin Johnson were treated to the “Wide World of Golf” pick Tiger Woods, Ricky that featured shot makFowler or Bubba Watson? ing and scoring battles Now I would watch that in rather than dealing with October over a New York the drudgery of watching Jets-Oakland Raiders game.

Tiger spend two minutes We can debate trying to decide how to whether the Wyndham hit his next shot. [yawn] Championship in Today’s technology DUELING DIVOTS Greensboro was helped can still provide the kind or hurt by its move to the of thrills of early day coverage; they just last event before the playoffs. Those golfers have to decide to show the viewer somewith secure positions for the FedEx Cup thing else. will likely sit out, so my bet is it won’t benThe average hack would love to see efit the golf fans in the Triad much. regular coverage of terrible golf shots.

Call me silly Bets, but bring back the These days I get bored with the sudden Silly Season, where a few golfers would cutaway to see the guy we seldom see --engage in competition at some cool place everybody knows it’s going to be a great or exotic island, where we could all at least golf shot. dream about a winter vacation in case the golf got boring.

We need some suspense.

The original FedEx Cup was stupid, but it has gotten better. I’m still not certain that it is necessary, but with gambling thrown into the mix, things could get a bit more exciting.

I’m with you on the Silly Season.

New formats for sure.

Mixed team four-ball is a great idea.

If nothing else, it could dispel the rumor that women golfers don’t play as well as the men.

I make a motion to have at least one tournament dedicated to country club games.

The first round will be Bingo, Bango, Bongo; one point to first to the green, one point for closest to the hole, one point for first in the hole. The second round is Wolf (look it up). The third round is Stableford. Then the field is cut to the top 30 and scores are zeroed out. The final round is both Stableford and Bingo, Bango, Bongo with player funded skins on top. Every player has to ante up with $1,000 to get into the skins game. The one with the most points wins.

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Bhatia follows the right steps

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n the eve of Akshay Bhatia’s 36-hole U.S. Junior Amateur Championship match at Baltusrol Golf Club, he was trying to keep his mind from racing too far into the future.

A win would bring him the obvious U.S. Junior Amateur title, an exemption into the U.S. Amateur (Aug. 13-19 at Pebble Beach Golf Links), for which he already qualified, but also a return trip to Pebble Beach in June 2019 for the U.S. Open.

“You just say, ‘one day, one day I will be there,”’ said Bhatia, 16, of Wake Forest.

“Hopefully we’re at step one.”

While Bhatia stumbled in that step the next day, losing 1-down to good friend Michael Thorbjornsen, of Wellesley, Mass., evident was the fact that he should be considered a top contender in the U.S. Junior Amateur the next two years.

“Everything about it was pretty memorable,” said Bhatia, whose previous best finish at the U.S. Junior Amateur was reaching the Round of 64 a year ago. “First off,

being in the finals and having crowds and cameras all over you, it’s something new. I think that was pretty cool to experience.”

So was taking down popular favorite Cole Hammer, who in 2015 at Chambers Bay became the youngest player to tee up in a U.S. Open, in a see-saw semifinal.

Bhatia blew a 2-up lead to University of Texas-bound Hammer, but ultimately won 4-and-2.

“He just made a lot of putts, and in match play that’s so big,” Hammer said. “It just looked like he was in control the whole time. I fought back. I never stopped fighting until the end. He just was hitting it too good. He never gave me an inch.”

Thorbjornsen was not surprised at how well Bhatia, whom he has been friends with since the 2012 U.S. Kids World Championship in Pinehurst, played.

“He’s obviously one of the best junior golfers in the world if you can’t tell from all the titles he’s won with in the past year and even here at the U.S. Junior,” he said.

Bhatia, already the winner of the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley and the Polo Junior Classic this year, moved to No.

48 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. Bhatia also remained atop the American Junior Golf Association’s Boys ranking for the fourth consecutive week in late July.

The U.S. Junior Amateur, though, proved a learning ground for Bhatia. Though he had never advanced past the first round of match play, his mindset was one of confidence.

“Definitely,” he said. “Last year I was nowhere close to the player I am now. And especially coming in as the No. 1 junior in the world [reaching the championship is] something that you expect to do.”

Even in losing Bhatia gained a greater awareness of his own game.

“I’m a fighter,” he said. “I’m a grinder. I can make putts when I need to. I’ve learned what pressure feels like, and I overcame it.”

Eligible to play two more U.S. Junior Amateurs, Bhatia will get a couple more cracks at winning — and securing that U.S. Open exemption.

“I definitely dream of it,” he said. “All I dream about is making a putt to win the U.S. Open. Every kid does that.”

The opportunity to play the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach is a bucketlist experience for any player, but, for the time being, Bhatia will settle for playing in the U.S. Amateur at the same iconic venue.

Photo by David Droschak And a second chance at earning that exemption.

“Just thinking about [playing at Pebble Beach] gives me the chills,” he said.

Duke’s next great player is primed for competition

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By DAVID DROSCHAK wo-time state champion Gina Kim skipped her senior year of prep golf at Chapel Hill High School to begin preparing for her college career at Duke. It was a tough decision for the junior star – who won her 2016 state title by a whopping nine shots -- but her summer seasoning has turned into a tremendous benefit.

Part of the prep work even included a skull session with former Triangle rival Jenny Chang halfway across the country in Vancouver as the two roomed together for the Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship. Chang, who played prep golf at Athens Drive, headed off to college at Southern Cal early in December.

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school and having fun.”

Kim finished tied for third at the Canadian event, and her busy spring and summer has also included playing in the U.S. Women’s Open, the Toyota World Junior Cup and the U.S. Girls Junior, where she was a semifinalist and learned another golf lesson at Pebble Beach.

“A lot of my tournaments this summer were really stacked and I was out of my house for a month at a time, but I would say what I really improved was my mental and physical endurance,” Kim said. “For example,

when I started the Canadian Women’s Amateur I was mentally and physically exhausted from the U.S. Girls Junior because they had to many fog delays, I was stuck on the golf course from 5 a.m. until 8 p.m. dark, it was pretty bad.

But I just think going through those tough situations make you mature into a better golfer and become more resilient when conditions aren’t ideal as I would like them to be.”

Kim will head to college in Durham – a mere 10 minutes from her Chapel Hill home -- after playing in the U.S. Women’s Amateur in Nashville.

However, she plans to live on campus and enjoy college life. I am also looking forward to living my own, independent life,” she says.

“It may be like, ‘I’ll see you on Christmas mom.’

“I am feeling really excited about the fact that it’s going to be a team sport now since golf for me has really been an individualist sport,” Kim added about Duke. “I have been so used to practicing by myself, making sure I know what I’m doing for myself in a tournament, but now that I’m going into college I have to think it’s not just for me, that I’m representing my team and my college. That puts a new perspective on how I have to play.”

Kim is talented enough to take a crack at professional golf at any moment, but that’s not really on her mind at this point of her golfing career.

“My plan right now is to stay for the four years that I promised to coach (Dan) Brooks, but when I get closer to my fourth year I will decide when I’m ready to go pro. I am definitely going to try to get my degree.”

And take in another Duke tradition.

“I am going to try to go to as many basketball games as I can. Basketball is the height of Duke.”

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More than 80 percent of tour professionals choose to play Golf Pride grips and not one is paid to do so — a strong endorsement in an age of multi-milliondollar endorsement deals. Today, Golf Pride has laid claim to more major victories than any other grip company in history.

For nearly seven decades, Golf Pride has been the global leader in golf grip innovation and technology, from the invention of the slip-on grip to groundbreaking advancements in cord with its Brushed Cotton Technology (BCT) to the introduction of the hybrid category of grips in the brand’s popular MCC family.

Since 2010, Golf Pride has been headquartered inconspicuously in Southern Pines. But the company is preparing to trade its Southern Pines presence for a significantly higher profile one just inside the gates of the Pinehurst No. 8 golf course.

In February, Golf Pride broke ground on the new Pinehurst facility, with company occupancy forecasted in the first part of 2019. The campus will also house a consumer grip fitting studio and testing/demo lab, both of which should open to the public around the second half of next year.

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Ellis Maples: Accomplished architect

wore every hat in golf

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By BRAD KING

n the world of golf course architecture, Ellis Maples may not be as prolific or renowned as fellow North Carolinians Donald Ross or Tom Fazio.

But Maples is unquestionably the centerpiece of North Carolina’s first family of golf course design, construction and maintenance.

Maples was born in Pinehurst in 1909. His father, Frank, was a longtime construction superintendent for Ross, and served as Pinehurst’s director of grounds and maintenance until his death in 1949.

Frank supervised the construction of four golf courses at Pinehurst Country Club -including No. 2 -- as well as those at Pine Needles, Mid Pines and Southern Pines Country Club.

The patriarch of the family was Ellis’s grandfather, James Maples Jr., who was born in Pinehurst in 1856. Three of James’s nine children — Frank and his brothers, Walter and Angus — made at least part of their living in golf course construction and maintenance, and would also spawn sons and grandchildren who have continued the family tradition. Ellis‘s brother, Henson, served

as course superintendent at Pinehurst for three decades.

At the age of 14, Ellis began working as his father’s assistant greenskeeper at Mid Pines and Pine Needles, where he stayed until his late 20s. His father and Ross instilled upon Ellis most of the lessons that would allow him to later wear nearly every hat in the golf industry — professional, construction project manager, superintendent — until he discovered his true calling and became a leading architect of his era.

Ellis served as the pro-manager at New Bern Country Club, where he supervised the redesign of the golf course in 1947. The following year, he moved to Raleigh to oversee construction of Raleigh Country Club, which became the last course Ross would design prior to his death in 1948. Maples held the dual position of head professional and superintendent at Raleigh CC until 1953, when he entered private practice as a golf course architect.

His mentor, Ross, not only taught Maples how design a golf course, but how to live life. In a letter dated May 24, 1927, Ross wrote to Maples: "Give consideration to others, do some good, however small, every day of your life. Act

as a gentleman under all circumstances.

However humble our work may be we all have our little niche in this world’s work."

Maples approached golf course architecture mindful of the same basic tenets as Ross. He believed that it was the designer’s job to incorporate the most interesting terrain available and uncover the golf course that resided in the land’s structure. His philosophy was to design member-friendly layouts that could be constructed and maintained on a club’s small-town budget. Strategically off the tee and into the greens, Ross’s influence in Maples decision-making process is apparent.

However, Maples’ aesthetic style of dramatic, flash-face bunkers differed from Ross and Maples also utilized modern construction equipment — moving considerably more earth in his work especially under the greens.

Known as an excellent router of holes, Maples’ strategic school of bunkering provided a degree of favored angles into his typically subtle green complexes.

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Maples from page 14 Maples once described his process: “I first consider how a man has to walk a course to play it. You consider the desirability of the location and make it a point to eliminate blind par-3 holes. Make them so you play a 3-iron and up and with slightly sloping greens that hold a shot.

I try to make my par 5s sufficiently difficult, tight fairways with bunkers.�

Pinehurst-based golf architect and historian Richard Mandell is an expert on the work of Ross. His book “Pinehurst: Home of American Golf� was named International Network Golf Book of the Year in 2007.

Mandell originally trained with Ellis’s son, Dan — who took over his father’s design business — and Mandell has renovated several Ellis Maples-designed courses around the state. “(Ellis) Maples routed golf holes from high point to high point to high point,�

Mandell said. “He preferred subtlety and simplicity that took advantage of the natural landscape and helped minimize construction and daily maintenance costs as well. He always believed the customer was right, too. He didn’t try to impose his thoughts on his clients. Instead, he gave them what they wanted.�

Said Mandell: “Maples’ ‘less is more’ philosophy led to a proliferation of simple, yet timeless golf course routings.�

Maples’ design firm eventually oversaw some 70 course design projects in six different states, most of them in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and the Mid-Atlantic. His most well-known designs in the Tar Heel State are Linville’s Grandfather Golf and Country Club and The Dogwood course at Pinehurst’s Country Club of North Carolina (CCNC) — both perennially ranked among the state’s Top 20 — along with Pinehurst No. 5, Greensboro’s Forest Oaks, Bermuda Run in Clemmons and Brook Valley in Greenville.

Among his numerous talents, Maples was also an expert agronomist. He was the first to plant the less heat-tolerant bentgrass on green complexes in North Carolina east of the mountains at Pine Brook Country Club in Winston-Salem, now called Maple Chase Golf and Country Club.

Maples nickname was “Rooster� for the way he would strut around the fairways. “He was one tough little nut,� said the late Ed Seay, a Maples design associate who later joined forces with Arnold Palmer golf course design. “He was small physically, but he loomed large in life and in the golf business. He was quite a talent. www.trianglegolf.com

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I’ve never known anyone who could figure out a layout and grade the site in his mind at the same time.�

Maples, who Seay described as “a remarkable man,� could play, too. He once fired a 62 at Raleigh Country Club. “Ellis never got the credit he deserves,� said the late Peggy Kirk Bell, who owned Pine Needles Resort for decades. “Not only was he a great designer, he was also a very good player and teacher of the game.�

Indeed, if Ross was the king of North Carolina golf course architects, Maples was his worthy heir. And his family lineage dating back to the mid-19th century continues today. Following Ellis’ death in 1984, son Dan took over the family design business. Dan is a past president of the American Society of Golf Course Architects.

Another son, Joe, is the retired head professional and superintendent at Boone Golf Club — an Ellis Maples creation — while his other two sons, David and Don, both work in course construction for brother Dan’s company. “I guess golf has just been in our family’s blood,� Dan Maples told noted golf writer Lee Pace. “But with golf in the family and growing up in Pinehurst, I guess that’s about what you’d expect.�

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Raleigh native Lewellen takes over Wake Forest women’s golf program

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By STEVE HUFFMAN

aleigh native and three-time ACC coach of the year Kim Lewellen says it was tough leaving the University of Virginia to take over the Wake Forest women’s golf program.

Ultimately, she said, the fact that she’d be replacing Dianne Dailey, who recently retired after 30 years at Wake Forest, factored greatly into her decision.

“Dianne is one of my closest friends, she’s an icon,” Lewellen said.

“She recruited me as a junior golfer.

There’s no one I think more highly of.”

Lewellen, 47, spent 11 seasons at Virginia. She coached the Cavaliers to some great successes, including a pair of ACC championships and the NCAA Championships on nine occasions. She was named the ACC coach of the year in 2008, 2015 and 2016.

Lewellen was born in Salisbury, Md., but was raised in Raleigh where her mother still lives. She’s an only child and said her father died about five years ago. Her mother’s health is still good, Lewellen said, but she’s 80 and not as active as she once was.

Lewellen said she’ll feel better living closer to her.

“I feel like that area is home,” Lewellen said of central North Carolina. “I feel that I’m returning to my roots. And a job like Wake Forest doesn’t come open very often.”

In addition to having grown up in the Triangle area, Lewellen graduated from UNC. She was in school there when she met her husband, John, who was enrolled at Duke.

So there were lots of things pulling Lewellen back to North Carolina.

But that’s not saying she won’t miss Charlottesville and Virginia.

“My kids grew up here,” Lewellen said. “I’ve enjoyed UVA. I’ll always have a very soft spot for that program. I feel like I’m leaving the program in very good shape. Great things will continue to happen at Virginia.”

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Lewellen and her husband have two sons, Jack and Simon. John Lewellen is an Episcopal priest and also coaches baseball and teaches at a high school in Charlottesville. Kim Lewellen said that because one of their sons is about to enter his senior year of high school, her husband plans to stay in Charlottesville for the coming year.

He’ll keep teaching and coaching and their son won’t have to transfer from his school his senior year.

Kim Lewellen is a graduate of Raleigh’s Broughton High School. She won back-to-back North Carolina Girls Junior Championships and was named an all-conference player while completing on the boys golf team at Broughton.

She graduated from UNC in 1993 with a double major in speech communications and psychology. While at North Carolina, playing under her maiden name Byham, she was an All-ACC golfer during her junior and senior seasons, winning three collegiate tournaments, including the Lady Tar Heel Classic in 1992 and the Woodbridge Collegiate in 1993. In 2003 she was honored as a member of the ACC’s 50th Anniversary Women’s Golf Team.

Upon graduating from North Carolina, Lewellen spent one season on the Women’s European Golf Tour and three more seasons on the Future’s Golf Tour where she won a tournament in 1997. She competed in several LPGA Tour tournaments from 1993 through 1997.

Lewellen’s role as a golf instructor dates to her undergraduate days when she worked as a teacher and counselor at North Carolina’s Golf School from 1992 to 1994. From 1995 to 1997 she worked as a teaching professional at Carmel Country Club in Charlotte.

Lewellen was the men’s and women’s golf coach at The Citadel in 2003 and 2004 before taking over as women’s golf coach at East Carolina in 2006. From there she made the move to Virginia.

Lewellen just returned from China where she was an instructor at a golf camp in Shanghai for children between the ages of 10 and 17. The camp took place in mid-June.

Lewellen said that while not a lot of young people in China play golf, those who do are “very, very serious” about the sport.

“It’s interesting watching how those from different cultures practice,” she said.

Wake Forest’s golf team is expected to be very competitive in the coming season. They’ll be led by rising senior Jennifer Kupcho, who just recently won the NCAA individual championship. Also on the team is rising sophomore Emilia Migliaccio, a former prep player from the Triangle area who was the ACC freshman of the year.

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Schlottman wins North and South Am

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By DAVID DROSCHAK

en Schlottman’s remarkable freshman year at Auburn in 2015 didn’t come without consequences. The SEC freshman of the year was rolling along in recordsetting fashion, but looking back now the former Forsyth Country Day star really didn’t know why he was piling up sub-par round after sub-par round against excellent college competition.

“I didn’t understand how my golf swing worked, what I needed to do to fix the main problems I had,” Schlottman said on the heels of his runaway victory in this summer’s 118th Men’s North & South Amateur Championship at Pinehurst Resort.

“Every golfer has natural tendencies and just over the years a lot of us practice the wrong way, and it gets ingrained in us. I didn’t understand how to fix my bad tendencies and I was just skilled enough to hit it decently my freshman year and have a good short game. But then when you lose confidence and don’t know what to turn to it can spiral in a downward direction really fast, which it did.”

Over this next two years of college golf, Schlottman became just another player, nothing special that would lead you to believe he would have a pro future.

“Coming out of North Carolina you are a big fish in a small pond and when you go to Auburn you realize just how good everybody is,” he said.

Yearning to regain his winning formula as he watched his stroke average continue to climb, Schlottman turned to his Auburn coach for help, any help.

“When I was really struggling I asked coach (Nick) Clinard if he had any recommendations, and he gave me a few book recommendations that I started reading,” Schlottman said.

“When you read mental coach books they quote other people so it leads you down a rabbit hole where you just end up reading a lot of other books.”

Near the end of his junior season and on into his senior year Schlottman began to read more and understand he needed to rotate his hips and that the mental side of the game was as important or maybe more important than his immense physical tools.

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“I have worked incredibly hard in college on my mental game,” he said.

“I know it has paid off and will continue to pay off. I like to read a lot about great athletes and how they think and how they perform. Actually LeBron James had a real interesting quote in the Eastern Conference Finals, saying ‘I want everyone to know I love playing basketball and I love doing this, and no matter the outcome I’m going to enjoy this game.’ That’s kind of the way I think on the golf course.”

Pro golf is back on the radar now for Schlottman, whose talent already includes a career-low 59.

In addition to winning the prestigious North & South title, Schlottman’s summer schedule includes the Porter Cup, the Western Amateur, the Canadian Amateur, the U.S. Amateur and then Q-School.

“I am ready to go, it’s just another tournament and it’s going to be my first pro event so it will be a blast,” Schlottman said of the PGA Tour qualifying school experience. “I know the nerves will be up but I’ve trained so much that it’s just another golf tournament that you’re trying to go out and win.

“Nowadays you don’t play golf just

to be an amateur golfer. You want to be a great pro golfer and I’ve always dreamed of that and I look forward to the opportunity to make that come true.”

Schlottman grew up at Oak Valley Golf Club in Advance, taking lessons for 11 years from award-winning teacher Anne Marie Goslak, who knew from the age of 7 that her young pupil had star power.

“The odd thing is I’ve had three dreams over the years – all the same one,” she said. “One was when he was 7, one when he was 13 and one before he left for college that he was going to play at Augusta and that he was going to win the Masters. They were very, very graphic dreams that I could see in my head.

“He is just God-gifted and it was a thrill to work with him that long,” Goslak added. “It’s certainly heartbreaking to lose a kid when he goes to college and opts to work with someone else but 11 years is a pretty good run. And I believe he’s just destined to do great things. And I still believe the dream and vision I saw and I will be celebrating one day when he wins The Masters and puts the green jacket on.

You heard it here first.”

Goslak is not surprised that Schlottman rebounded from a few rough patches in college.

“He’s a gamer,” she said. “He’s mentally tough and when we used to work together on match play it was amazing how he just always found a way to win. When I met Ben it was clear he was really special individual and was a true talent.”

Schlottman still credits Goslak with his desire to excel.

“She kind of ignited the spark in me and pointed me in the right direction, and from there I just had a passion for golf,” he said. “I remember starting to play when I could walk.

My parents said I was walking around the house with a soup ladle and a ping pong ball hitting balls around in the back room.”

And for now, Schlottman wants to enjoy his final summer months as an amateur golfer and not get too far ahead of himself.

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Pinehurst No. 5, 6, 8, Pinehurst, NC July 2-4, 2018 Boys Division - 6,750 1 Tyler Jones, Westerville, OH 70-71-72--213 2 Holden Grigg, Myrtle Beach, SC 68-74-72--214 2 Tianyu Wu, Howey-in-the-Hills, FL 72-71-71--214 4 Deon Germishuys, South Africa 69-74-73--216 4 Spencer Oxendine, Fayetteville 72-69-75--216 Selected Others 9 AJ Beechler, Pinehurst 75-70-74--219 9 Quinn Riley, Raleigh 72-74-73--219 12 Christopher Sperrazza, Raleigh 74-76-70--220 20 Will Hanna, Raleigh 72-77-75--224 20 Kenan Poole, Raleigh 73-75-76--224 25 Matias La Grutta, Cary 75-76-74--225 39 Fulton Smith, Pinehurst 74-76-78--228 Girls Division - 5,800 1 Presley Baggett, Canton, MS 75-67-71--213 2 Aneka Seumanutafa, 76-68-73—217 Emmitsburg, MD 3 Chloe Schiavone, Jacksonville, FL 78-72-70--220 4 Nicole Adam, Pinehurst 74-76-71--221 4 Kayla Smith, Burlington 75-69-77--221 4 Rylea Marcum, Georgetown, KY 78-71-72--221 4 Georgia Ruffolo, Tampa, FL 74-75-72--221 Selected Others 34 Hannah Rose Bruxvoort, 82-72-84--238 Chapel Hill 42 Lotte Fox, Raleigh 83-80-78--241 51 Mackenzie Battle, Aberdeen 83-80-82--245 52 Toni Blackwell, Fayetteville 83-79-84--246 61 Hailey Freedman, Chapel Hill 84-83-82--249 69 Mara Hirtle, Pinehurst 87-85-83--255

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TYGA TYGA Roy Jones Junior Invitational

Kinston Country Club, Kinston, NC July 18-19, 2018 Boys 16-18 Division - 6,373 1 Casey Osiecki, New Bern 70-71--141 2 Pierce Robinson, Kings Mountain 72-70--142 3 James Carlin, Raleigh 76-67--143 Selected Others

8 Kyle Kushnir, Raleigh 73-72--145 8 Nicholas Mathews, Mebane 72-73--145 12 Brady Hooks, Clayton 76-71--147 12 Luke Edwards, Chapel Hill 74-73--147 17 Clayson Good, Durham 75-77--152 Boys 14-15 Division - 6,373 1 Caden Baker, Mebane 74-75--149 2 Garrett Hauk, Burlington 77-72--149 3 Cameron Hardison, Greenville 78-73--151 Selected Others 7 Nick Kleu, Cary 75-81--156 9 Aidan Harrington, Raleigh 78-79--157 14 Simon Owens, Tarboro 74-86--160 17 Tyler Strickland, Holly Springs 89-74--163 Girls 16-18 Division - 5,328 1 Megan Kanaby, Chapel Hill 74-70--144 2 Jayla Rogers, Wilmington 74-71--145 3 Deborah Spair, Raleigh 75-77--152 4 Toni Blackwell, Fayetteville 82-75--157

High Point Junior Championship

Blair Park GC & Oak Hollow GC High Point, NC July 11-12, 2018 Boys 16-18 Division - 6449 1 Landon Barnes, Pilot Mountain 65-71--136 2 Justin Guilford, Davidson 71-70--141 2 Sam Davidson, Asheboro 69-72--141 Selected Others 22 Ryan Bradley, Cary 78-74--152 43 Nathan Randby, Chapel Hill 79-86--165 Boys 14-15 Division - 6449 1 Minor Hinson III, Charlotte 71-72--143 1 Evan Mendyk, Summerfield 69-74--143 3 Nicholas Song, Waxhaw 71-76--147 Selected Others 4 Caden Baker, Mebane 75-74--149 6 Aidan Harrington, Raleigh 74-77--151 13 Myles Patterson, Durham 76-80--156 75-82--157 15 Ashwath Kapilavai, Cary 26 Owen Jones, Durham 94-100--194

TYGA Coastal Plains Junior

Greenville CC, Greenville, NC June 28-29, 2018 Boys 16-18 Division - 6,234 1 Randall Hudson, New Bern 68-66--134 2 Eston Lee, Four Oaks 69-71--140 3 Carter Boulia, Cary 70-71--141 Selected Others 7 Alex Huml, Cary 71-73--144 7 Tyler Owens, Cary 71-73--144 10 Britt Stroud, Raleigh 72-76--148 16 James Carlin, Raleigh 72-78--150 16 Noah Butler, Raleigh 78-72--150 Boys 14-15 Division - 6,234 1 Adam Hathaway, Greenville 71-74--145 2 Nick Kleu, Cary 73-75--148 3 Branden Boyce, Spring Lake 72-77--149 Selected Others 4 Brian Wei, Raleigh 77-73--150 7 Jack Webster, Raleigh 75-77--152 7 Matthew Messenger, Raleigh 76-76--152 14 Benjamin Hays, Cary 77-79--156 16 Kyle Kushnir, Raleigh 80-79--159 Boys 12-13 Division - 5,883 1 Quinlan Polin, Cary 73-67--140 2 Chris Ha, Fayetteville 76-75--151 3 Drew Greene, Greenville 77-80--157 3 Nathan O’Neal, Wilson 78-79--157 Selected Others 9 Jack Wiley, Wake Forest 87-95--182 13 Ryder Boulia, Cary 110-112--222 Girls 12-18 Division - 5,370 1 Elizabeth Ritchie, Havelock 80-80--160 2 Trinity Ahing, New Bern 86-79--165 3 Toni Blackwell, Fayetteville 87-81--168 4 Darby Reeder, Smithfield 83-87--170

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12TH Carolinas Girls 15 & Under Championship

Country Club of Whispering Pines (Pines) Whispering Pines, NC July (8) 9-10, 2018 Championship Division - 5,701 1 Mia Gray, Conway, SC 69-78--147 2 Molly Hardwick, Lexington, SC 77-72--149 3 Macie Burcham, Greensboro 78-74--152 Selected Others 11 McKenzie Daffin, Fort Bragg 84-76--160 17 Erin Singleton, Apex 83-80--163 21 Megan Morris, Cary 86-80--166 33 Madison Srinivasa, Raleigh 93-90--183 34 Anna Claire Bridge, Raleigh 94-90--184 Junior Division - 5,324 1 Ellen Yu, High Point 84-80--164 2 Grace Ridenour, Cary 84-85--169 3 Ayana Dailey, Jacksonville 88-84--172 4 Madelyn Vogan, New Bern 88-94--182 5 Kaitlyn Rand, Raleigh 94-90--184 Sub-Junior Division - 2,474 1 Mackenzie Crossman, Pittsboro 52-46--98 2 Mia Carles, Clinton, SC 51-54--105 2 Sanaa Carter, Jacksonville 56-49--105 4 Brooke Tyler, Summerfield 57-49--106 5 Gabi Carles, Clinton, SC 57-53--110

62nd Carolinas Junior Girls’ Championship

Croasdaile Country Club Durham, NC June 25-27, 2018 Championship Division - 6,020 1 Maria Atwood, Holly Springs 73-74-70--217 2 Alexis Sudjianto, Charlotte 71-76-72--219 3 Abigail Schimpf, Daniel Island, SC 73-71-76--220 3 Katherine Schuster, Kill Devil Hills 75-71-74--220 Selected Others 8 Jaclyn Kenzel, Southern Pines 75-75-77--227 11 Angelique Seymour, Fayetteville 82-74-73--229 17 Hannah Rose Bruxvoort, 79-79-75--233 Chapel Hill 19 Megan Kanaby, Chapel Hill 73-82-79--234 20 Hailey Freedman, Chapel Hill 85-78-72--235 20 Deborah Spair, Raleigh 76-81-78--235 23 Channing Garnett, Wake Forest 77-84-75--236 29 Mackenzie Battle, Aberdeen 76-88-75--239

51st NC Junior Boys’ Championship

Pine Island CC, Charlotte, NC June 19-22, 2018 Finals Brandon Einstein d. Lansdon Robbins 7 and 5 Semifinal Brandon Einstein d. Michael Childress 2 and 1 Lansdon Robbins d. Drew Hackett 3 and 2 Quarterfinal Lansdon Robbins d. Connor Jones 4 and 3 Drew Hackett d. Noah Connor 1 up

The big breakthrough came in 1953, with the introduction of the first slip-on grip. The impact of the slip-on grip on Golf Pride was significant and lasting, but it was no less profound on golf club manufacturers. Convenience of the new slip-on grip immediately changed the lead-time and economics in manufacturing golf clubs. It also made grip replacement a staple service in golf shops, as a quick and inexpensive way for golfers to update their equipment.

Michael Childress d. Thomas Deal 4 and 3 Brandon Einstein d. Andrew Wilmoth 2 and 1

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Greensboro, NC, Forest Oaks CC June 30-July 1, 2018 Prep North Carolina - 5727 1 Maria Atwood, Holly Springs 74-70--144 2 Victoria Ladd, Greensboro 74-74--148 3 Mara Hirtle, Pinehurst 76-74--150 Selected Others 7 Emily Brubaker, Raleigh 78-77--155 7 Halynn Lee, Cary 80-75--155 17 Anika Bhatnagar, Cary 85-81--166 25 Natalie Hill, Smithfield 91-88--179 Futures North Carolina - 5007 1 Heather Appelson, Wake Forest 71-76--147 2 Macy Pate, Boone 76-73--149 3 Regan Clifford, Mount Pleasant SC 72-78--150 Selected Others 9 Grace Greene, Apex 81-82--163 12 Madison Srinivasa, Raleigh 86-88--174 16 Mackenzie Crossman, Pittsboro 104-95--199

Greensboro, NC, Bryan Park June 20-21, 2018 Bell National - 6065 1 Amanda Sambach, Davidson 1 Maria Atwood, Holly Springs 3 Kendall Turner, Chesapeake VA 3 Skylar Sload, Ashburn VA Selected Others 5 Lotte Fox, Raleigh 5 Mara Hirtle, Pinehurst 8 Mackenzie Battle, Aberdeen 13 Megan Kanaby, Chapel Hill 18 Emily Brubaker, Raleigh Futures National - 5395 1 Macie Burcham, Greensboro 2 Isabella Adkins, Bristol TN 3 Noelia Adkins, Bristol TN 3 Ella Kue, King Mountain Selected Others 5 McKenzie Daffin, Fort Bragg 11 Megan Morris, Cary 18 Heather Appelson, Wake Forest 19 Emily Mathews, Mebane

GC 77-68--145 70-75--145 75-74--149 78-71--149 76-77--153 79-74--153 74-81--155 81-76--157 83-83--166 75-72--147 77-74--151 79-73--152 74-78--152 77-76--153 83-82--165 91-80--171 82-91--173

Precision JR Girls Championships

Boys (High School, graduation year) 1 Spencer Oxendine, Fayetteville (Jack Britt HS, 2019) 2 Akshay Bhatia, Wake Forest (Home School, 2020) 3 Peter Foundation, Raleigh (Broughton HS, 2020) 4 Chris Kim, Cary (Green Hope, 2019) 5 Attie Giles, Pinehurst (Pinecrest, 2018) 6 Jackson Van Paris (O’Neal School, 2021) 7 Quinn Riley, Raleigh (Athens Drive, 2018) 8 Fulton Smith, Pinehurst (O’Neal School, 2019) 9 A.J. Beechler, Pinehurst (Pinecrest, 2018) 10 Kenan Poole, Raleigh (Ravenscroft, 2019) Girls (High School, graduation year) 1 Nicole Adam, Pinehurst (O’Neal School, 2020) 2 Gina Kim, Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill HS, 2018) 3 Holly McCann, Raleigh (Ravenscroft, 2019) 4 Hannah Rose Bruxvoort, Chapel Hill (Cardinal Gibbons, 2018) 5 Haeley Wotnosky, Wake Forest (S. Wake Academy, 2018 6 Maria Atwood, Holly Springs (Holly Springs HS, 2022) 7 Riley Smyth, Cary (Cardinal Gibbons, 2018) 8 Megan Kanaby, Chapel Hill (Cardinal Gibbons, 2018) 9 Mackenzie Battle, Aberdeen (Pinecrest, 2018) 10 Hailey Freedman (Cardinal Gibbons, 2018) Source: Tarheel Youth Golf Association as of 7/1/18

By the 1960s, the slip-on rubber grip had proven itself at every level of usage, on the club assembly floor, in the club repair shop, at Tour and other competitive golf events, and among golfers in general.

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CGA Men Majors/Qualifiers Four-Ball Championships Sept. 28-30 – 23nd N.C. Four-Ball Championship, 12 Oaks, Holly Springs Aug. 1-5 – 9th N.C. Amateur Match Play Championship, Gaston CC, Gastonia N.C. Mid-Amateur Championship Aug. 22 – Qualifier, Holly Ridge, Archdale Aug. 25 – Qualifier, Beechwood CC, Ahoskie Aug. 27 – Qualifier, Cabarrus CC, Concord Aug. 29 – Qualifier, Carolina Trace, Sanford Sept. 7-9 – 25th N. C. Mid-Amateur, Ballantyne CC, Charlotte

CGA Senior Men Majors and Qualifiers Aug. 9-11 – 18th North Carolina Senior Four-Ball Championship, Old Chatham GC, Durham Aug. 21 - Cobblestone Park, Blythewood, SC Aug. 23 - Holly Ridge GL, Archdale, NC Aug. 25 - Beechwood CC, Ahoskie, NC Aug. 28 - Cabarrus CC, Concord, NC Aug. 30 - Carolina Trace (Lake), Sanford, NC Sept. 12-14 – 57th Carolinas Senior Amateur Championship, GC at Briar’s Creek, Johns Island, SC Sept. 25-26 - 11th North Carolina Super Senior Championship, Alamance CC, Burlington Oct. 8-9 – 7th Carolinas Super Senior Four-Ball Championship, CC of South Carolina, Florence TBA – 3rd Carolinas Senior Interclub Final Four

CGA Women Majors Aug. 4-5 – 41st Carolinas Women’s Four-Ball, Prestwick CC, Myrtle Beach Aug. 18-19 – 13th Carolinas Mixed Team Championship, Pinehurst TBA, Pinehurst.

Sept. 26-27 – 20th Carolinas Senior Women’s Amateur, Members Club at Wildewood, Columbia, SC Oct. 30 - Nov. 1 – 2nd Carolinas Women’s Club Team, Mid Pines, Southern Pines Nov. 10-11 – 8th Carolinas Net Amateur Championship, Prestwick CC, Myrtle Beach, SC

CGA Other Aug. 18-19 – 13th Carolinas Mixed-Team Championship, Pinehurst TBA, Pinehurst.

Oct. 19-20 – 73rd Captain’s Putter Team Matches, Spring Creek GC, Gordonsville Nov. 10-11 – 8th Carolinas Net Amateur Championship, Prestwick CC, Myrtle Beach, SC. Nov. 10-11 – 21st Carolinas Interclub Final Four, Pinehurst #5, Pinehurst TBA– 10th Carolinas Young Amateur

Captain’s Choice/Charity Aug. 4 – Sigma Chi, Plantation G.C. 336-342-6191.

Aug. 15 – Reidsville Chamber, Plantation G.C. 336-342-6191.

Aug. 18—Relay for Life, Plantation G.C. 336-342-6191.

August 25 – Psi Phi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity,Inc 2nd Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament, Reynolds Park GC, Winston-Salem.

Two-person teams. Donnie Holt 336-240-1036 or Benny Murrill 336-407-1848.

Sept. 7 – Trauma Services Open, Bryan Park, Brown Summit, www.conehealth.com/ts-open.

Sept. 20 – VHVH Golf Tournament benefiting Help our Homeless Veterans Restore Home, Health and Spirit, Reynolds Park GC, Winston-Salem.

Robert Nixon 336-486-4393.

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Oct. 5 – 11th annual Hope for the Warriors Golf Tournament, Grandover Resort, Greensboro, contact Jack F. Masarie.

Oct. 6 – 4th Annual Friends of Eden Animal Rescue, Oak Hills GC, Eden, Contact 336-912-1178.

Oct. 12 – Camel City Classic, All entry fees benefiting Combat Warriors, Maple Chase CC, Winston-Salem. Contact Sutton Slawter at sutton@signaturespm.com or Sean Branagan at sean@maplechasecc.com .

Amateur Individual Aug. 3-5 – 71st Forsyth County Amateur Invitational, Reynolds Park GC, Pine Knolls GC, Tanglewood (Reynolds). Medal play in flights.

Todd Barr 336-734-1212.

Aug. 4-5 – Holly Ridge Charity Classic in memory of John Ridge and Jerry Davis, Holly Ridge GL, Archdale. Medal play in flights. Optional shootout on Aug. 3. 336-861-4653.

Aug. 11-12 – Crooked Tree Amateur, Crooked Tree GC, Brown Summit. Medal play in flights.

336-656-3211.

Aug. 25-26 – 50th annual Tech Authority Reidsville Invitational, Pennrose Park CC, Reidsville. Medal play in flights. 336-349-5163.

Golfweek Amateur Tour 252-864-9161 Aug. 4 – Pinewild (Holly), Pinehurst Aug. 11 – Mill Creek GC, Mebane Aug. 18 – Bryan Park (Championship), Brown Summit Aug. 31 – Barefoot Resort (Fazio), North Myrtle Beach, SC Sept. 1 – Barefoot Resort (Dye), North Myrtle Beach, SC Sept. 2 – Grande Dunes, Myrtle Beach, SC Sept. 29-30 – Local Finals, Bryan Park (both courses), Brown Summit Oct. 19-21 – National Championship at Hilton Head Island, SC

Senior Individual Oct. 9-11 – World Super Senior Championship.

Tanglewood Championship, Clemmons. Ages 70-over, Kitty Visintine 336-703-6420.

Senior Amateur Tour (ages 50-over) 910-964-1547 Aug. 9 – Keith Hills CC, Buies Creek Aug. 16 – Legacy GL, Aberdeen Aug. 23 – Elks Club, Southern Pines Sept. 6 – Umstead Pines, Durham Sept. 13 – Challenge GC, Graham Sept. 20 – Bryan Park (Champions), Brown Summit Sept. 27 – Beacon Ridge CC, West End Oct. 24-25 – National Championship at Hilton Head Island, SC

Ladies Individual/Team Aug. 25-26 – 52nd annual Colonial Country Club Ladies Invitational, Colonial CC, Thomasville.

Pre-flighted CGA ranking event. Elaine Schuermann 336-454-6360.

Amateur Team Aug. 11-12 – Madison Rotary Four-Ball Invitational, Deep Springs CC, Madison.

336-427-4654.

Aug. 25-26 – Marvin Crowder 2-Ball, Kinderton CC, Clarksville, Va. 434-374-8822.

Sept. 29-30 – Tuscarora Two-Man Invitational, Tuscarora CC, Danville. Medal play in flights.

434-724-4191.

Oct. 6-7 -- Greensboro National Fall Classic, Greensboro National GC, Summerfield. 2-man bestball. 336-342-1113.

Oct. 20-21 – 35th annual Lexington BBQ Festival 2-person teams, Lexington GC. 336-248-3950.

Oct. 20-21 – Chatmoss Two-Man Invitational, Chatmoss CC, Martinsville. Medal play in flights.

Also senior division. 276-638-7648.

Junior Golf Schedule 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 July 31-Aug 1 – CGA Twin States Girls’ Championship, Spring Valley CC, Columbia, SC, Girls only, Ages 18 and under, 910-673-1008 July 31 – NJGT, Northstone C.C., Huntersville N.C.,Boys/Girls, Ages 6-18, 704-824-6548 July 31 – TYGA Triad One Day, Starmount Forest CC, Greensboro, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18 Aug. 1-2 – Carmel Junior, Carmel CC, Charlotte, Boys only, 704-945-3300 Aug. 1 – CGA Dogwood Boys’ State Junior Qualifying, Pinewood CC, Asheboro, Boys only, Ages 18 and under Aug. 1 – CGA Dogwood Boys’ State Junior Qualifying, Walnut Creek CC, Goldsboro, Boys only, Ages 18 and under Aug. 1-5 – CGA NC Men’s Amateur Match Play, Gaston CC, Gastonia, Male only Aug. 1-2 – Carmel CC Junior Boys’ Invitational, Carmel CC, Charlotte, Boys only, Ages 12-18, 704-945-3300 Aug. 1 – CPGA Drive, Chip and Putt Local, Hope Valley Country Club, Durham, (919) 489-6676 Not ranked Aug. 2 – TYGA One Day, CC of Johnston County, Smithfield, Boys/Girls, Ages 8-18 Aug. 3-5 – PKBGT Tour Championship at Salem Glen, Advance, Girls, Ages 11-19 Aug. 6-9 – Trusted Choice Big I National, Daniel Island Club, Charleston, SC, Boys/Girls, Ages 18 and under Aug. 6 – TYGA Jack Ratz Memorial, Wildwood Green, Raleigh, Boys/Girls, Ages 8-18 Aug. 6-12 – USGA Women’s Amateur, GC of Tennessee, Kingston Spring, TN, Women only, 908-234-2300 Aug. 6 – US Kids Local Tour- Lochmere GC, Cary, Boys/Girls, Ages 5-14, 919-623-3352 Aug. 7-9 – CGA Dogwood Boys’ State Junior, Duke GC, Durham, Boys only, Ages 18 and under Aug. 7-9 – CGA Dogwood Girls’ State Junior, Chapel Hill CC, Chapel Hill, Girls only, Ages 18 and under Aug. 11-12 – CGA Carolinas-Virginias Junior Team Matches, CC of North Carolina (Cardinal), Pinehurst, Invitation only Aug. 11 – CPGA Drive, Chip and Putt Sub-Regional, Grandover Resort, Greensboro, 336-398-2742 Aug. 11 – TYGA Tots, Asheboro City GC, Asheboro, Boys/Girls, Ages 6-11 Aug. 11 – US Kids Local Tour- Devils Ridge GC, Holly Springs, Boys/Girls, Ages 5-14 Aug. 13 – CGA Carolinas Pro-Junior, Prestonwood CC, Cary, Boys/Girls, Ages 18 and under Aug. 13 – Tin Whistle-First Tee Tour, Midland CC, Pinehurst, Boys/Girls Ages 6-11, twftjrtour.com Aug. 14-16 – AJGA Junior All-Star, Club at Irish Creek, Kannapolis, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-15, 877-373-2542 Aug. 14-16 – Hope Valley Junior Invitational, Hope Valley CC, Durham, Boys/Girls, Invitation only, 910-673-1000 Aug. 14 – NJGT, Bermuda Run West, Bermuda Run, Boys/Girls, Ages 6-18 Aug. 14-15 – Triad Junior Classis, High Point CC

For the latest tournament schedule, now updated daily, go to www.trianglegolf.com then click on Tournaments (Willow Creek), High Point, Boys/Girls, Ages 10-18, 336-869-2416 Aug. 14 – TYGA One Day, Wilmington Municipal, Wilmington, Boys/Girls, Ages 8-18, 910-673-1000 Aug. 18 – US Kids Local Tour- Mill Creek GC, Mebane, Boys/Girls, Ages 5-14 Aug. 18 – CPGA Drive, Chip and Putt SubRegional, Duke University GC, Durham, (919) 681-2288 Aug. 20-21 – Rowan Junior Open, Club at Irish Creek and Warrior GC, Kannapolis, Boys/Girls, Ages 8-18, 704-856-0871 Aug. 21-22 – TYGA Tournament of Champions, The Neuse, Clayton, Boys/Girls, Invitation only Aug. 25 – TYGA Tots One Day, Gillespie Park, Greensboro, Boys/Girls, Ages 6-11 Aug. 25-26 – HJGT - Major Championship at Bryan Park, Bryan Park Golf Club - Championship Course, Greensboro, Boys/Girls, Ages 8-18 Aug. 25-26 – PKBGT Southeast Series Finale, Wescott GC, Charleston, SC, Girls.

Aug. 26 – US Kids Local Tour- Pine Hollow, Clayton, Boys/Girls, Ages 5-14.

Sept. 8-9 – PKBGT IOA Golf Classic LPGA Symetra Tour Junior Qualifier, Alaqua CC, Jacksonville, FL Girls Invitational only.

Sept. 15 – TYGA Tots, Northgreen CC, Rocky Mount, Boys/Girls, Ages 6-11.

Sept. 15-16 – PKBGT N.C. Series Final, Colonial CC, Thomasville. Girls.

Sept. 15-16 – HJGT - Charlotte Junior Open, Red Bridge Golf & Country Club, Locust, Boys/Girls, Ages 8-18.

Sept. 22-23 – CGA Junior Collegiate, Keith Hills CC, Buies Creek, Boys only, Invitation only.

Sept. 29 – TYGA NC Middle School Championship, Longleaf GC, Southern Pines, Boys/Girls, Middle School.

Oct. 6-7 – PKBGT-CGA Jimmy Anderson Girls’ Invitational, Jacksonville CC, Jacksonville, Girls only, Ages 12-18.

Oct. 6-7 – HJGT - Wilmington Junior Open, Course TBD, Boys/Girls, Ages 8-18, 407-614-2962.

Oct. 13-14 – TYGA State Championship, Colonial CC, Thomasville, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18.

Oct. 13 – TYGA Tots State Championship, Longleaf GC, Southern Pines, Boys/Girls, Ages 6-11.

Oct. 15 – NCHSAA Girls’ HS regionals, NC only.

Oct. 22-23 – NCHSAA Girls’ State Championships, NC only.

Oct. 22-23 – NCISAA Girls’ State Championship, NC only.

Oct. 27-28 – NJGT College Prep Series Fall Classic, Rock Barn, Claremont, Ages 6-18.

Oct. 27-28 – TYGA Triad Bill Harvey Memorial Junior, Bryan Park GC, Greensboro, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18.

Oct. 28 – PKBGT Invitational Last Chance Qualifier, Girls, TBA. Nov. 10-12 – PKBGT Invitational, Grandover, Greensboro, Girls Invitational Only.

Nov. 21 – TYGA One Day, Longleaf GC, Southern Pines, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18.

Dec. 1-2 – PKBGT Tournament of Champions, Pinehurst #8, Pinehurst, Girls Invitational Only.

Dec. 28-29 – PKBGT Peggy Kirk Bell Junior, Pine Needles, Southern Pines, Girls.

Dec. 28-29 – Donald Ross Junior Championship, Pinehurst No. 1, No. 4 No. 5, No. 8, Pinehurst, Boys/Girls, Ages 8-18, 910-235-8140.

Jan. 20-21 – PKBGT Linville Cup, Mid Pines, Southern Pines, Girls Invitational Only.

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