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lubCorp, already a major player in the Triangle, has increased its presence dramatically by acquiring Brier Creek Country Club in Raleigh and Hasentree in Wake Forest from Toll Golf. Brier Creek, an Arnold Palmer design, is located near Raleigh-Durham International Airport and features an 18-hole private golf course, tennis courts, pool with waterslide and kid-friendly splash zone, ballroom and banquet facilities. Meanwhile, Hasentree, a Tom-Fazio design, is located in Wake Forest near Falls Lake and features an 18-hole private golf course, clubhouse, 13,000-squarefoot Family Activity Club, tennis courts, and café. Brier Creek and Hasentree were two of seven courses purchased by Dallas-based ClubCorp on Oct. 31. “The addition of these clubs to our five already in the area – Devils Ridge Golf Club in Holly Springs, Lochmere Golf Club in Cary, Neuse Golf Club in Clayton, City Club Raleigh on the 28th and 29th floors of the Wells Fargo Capitol Center, and Carolina Club on the campus of the University of North Carolina – allows us to offer a variety of experiences for members, truly something for everyone,” said ClubCorp CEO David Pillsbury. 4
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Pinecrest Peaks Seniors Kenzel, Hirtle spark Patriots to second 4-A title in four seasons By DAVID DROSCHAK
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t was hard for Jaclyn Kenzel to imagine winning the 4-A women’s high school golf championship two months ago. Kenzel and her family had just returned from a two-week vacation to the Cayman Islands and the future college bio-medical engineering major was focused on academics heading into the school year. The Pinecrest High School senior had not picked up a golf club in a few weeks, and quite frankly, her game was a mess. “It was really rough for me; I was shooting 41 and 42 for nine holes,” a smiling Kenzel said moments after capturing the 4-A individual championship at Pinehurst No. 5 with a pair of 1-under rounds of 71 for a one-shot victory over Megan Morris of Panther Creek. “Coach came to me and pulled me aside and gave me some great words of encouragement and told me I was still able to do it and to pull myself together.” In addition to the words of wisdom from coach Lynne Beechler, Kenzel also got a push from fellow senior Mara Hirtle, who with an average nine-hole score of 33.6 set the all-time conference record – for both men and women – this season. Hirtle finished third at the state tournament, two strokes behind Kenzel to spark Pinecrest to its second crown in four seasons. “We joke around about our rivalry, it goes back-and-forth a lot but neither of us thinks we’re better than the other one,” Hirtle said. Both golfers were also an integral part of the 2016 title team – the first year for Beechler, who now has two state titles and two runner-up finishes in her first four seasons leading the Patriots.
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“I can’t complain,” Beechler said. “I am so happy, but it’s really all the girls. We do everything we can to make them successful, whatever it takes for them to feel comfortable out there on the course and to feel confident and keep a steady pace about them. I always tell them ‘if you make a bogey, Ok let’s move on.’ We want them centered; their core to be solid. We tell them not to dwell on things because there is always a next hole.” “Coach really pushes us a lot,” Hirtle added. “If we aren’t doing so well on say chipping she will stay out there with us and toss the balls back to us until we get it right. She is really supportive. She has been a great coach the last few years. She is not like a mom, she’s like a coach, and she really pushes us to our limits to make sure we’re doing what we need to do. She is definitely stern … in a good way.”
Pinecrest took an eight-stroke lead into the final day and ended up finishing five shots better than New Bern. Cardinal Gibbons came in third. Last year’s state champion – Reagan – finished sixth. Becca Connolly of Winston-Salem Reynolds matched Morris for the low round of the tournament with a finalround 69 to finish fourth, three shots off the pace. Hirtle came in 17th as a freshman in 2016, while Kenzel was 28th. Part of their job this season was to teach this year’s qualifying freshman Kitson O’Neal, who came in 34th, what it takes to be a champion. “Every win is different with different girls and different circumstances and different things you are working on,” Beechler said. “Having two seniors and one freshman is a different dichotomy, so it was our job to teach Kitson what the stress is like, and these girls are pros at it.” Pinecrest won again at Pinehurst Resort. However, Beechler scoffs at the notion that it’s an advantage for her squad. “It is in our own backyard but you still have to get the ball in the hole,” the coach said. “And it was close there at the end, and the last five holes our girls were solid and they didn’t force things and
make mistakes, and some of their opponents did.” As Hirtle was finishing up her final hole in the final group, Beechler and Kenzel had an emotional exchange near the green and tears began to flow. “It’s still hard to believe because this has all gone by so quickly,” Kenzel said of her four years of successful prep golf in Southern Pines. “We get a lot of children where their parents already love golf and raise their kids around golf, and then they come here to the best place to play golf so we have so many great things coming together to make us successful,” Beechler added. Kenzel, whose final round was sparked by an eagle on her second hole, is interested in attending Florida State, while Hirtle will play golf at the Naval Academy and study engineering. Hirtle received an emotional surprise herself as her father Jared, who had just been deployed to an undisclosed location from Fort Bragg two weeks ago, was able to Goggle Map the course and FaceTime his daughter. “State champs again … pretty cool, huh?” Hirtle said. I would say so. TRIANGLE GOLF TODAY • HOLIDAY 2020
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Cape Fear’s Blackwell closes out 3-A prep career in style
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By EDDIE SOUTHARDS oni Blackwell knew she needed to go low in the final round of the women's state 3-A golf championship. The senior at Cape Fear High School in Fayetteville shot an 80 in the first round at Foxfire Resort & Golf Club and trailed the leader by seven shots. But she made her final round in high school count. Blackwell shot a 3-under par 69 for the low round of the tournament and her personal best score that propelled her into a third-place finish in the state. “I was just trying to stay focused and take it shot-by-shot. I got through the first few holes and I knew there were some birdies out there. It made me really happy to go out like that,” Blackwell said. She hit 15 greens in regulation and made five birdies against only two bogeys. Blackwell made a great par save on the last hole, a dogleg right par 4. Her tee shot clipped a tree on the corner of the dogleg and the ball came to rest on a cart path. After taking a free drop onto pine straw, Blackwell was still blocked out from the green by trees. She punched a low shot about 20 yards short of the green, pitched to about 5 feet and made the putt to preserve the 69. “I don't think she has any nerves,” said Cape Fear coach Todd Edge. Blackwell said Edge gave her some good advice before the final round. “He said go out and play good, and I need to shoot a 65 to win it,” Blackwell laughed. “So, I tried.” Blackwell's 149 total left her six shots behind winner Elizabeth Lohbauer of Cox Mill in Concord. She shot 73-70. Freshman Emily Mathews of Eastern Alamance finished second with rounds of 77-70 for a 147 total. Blackwell had a comfortable pairing in the final round, going out with the same players she played with in the 3-A East Regional which she won. “They got along and they had played together before,” Edge said. “She was a lot more at ease. I think she was a lot more focused on her game and she played like it.” Edge has been the coach all 10 years that Cape Fear has had a women's golf program. He said the previous lowest round in school history at the state tournament was a 79 by Brianna Newton before Blackwell shattered it. “She knew the record was out there for the getting,” Edge said. “To beat it by 10 strokes was 8
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a big wow. I don't know if Toni or I could ever think it would be that good. She is easily the best player I've had in my 10 years.” Blackwell qualified for the state tournament all four years in high school. She was the player of the year in the conference for four years and won the 3-A East Regional the last two years. She finished sixth in the state last year. “We've won five consecutive conference championships and she's been a part of four of them,” Edge said. “Her goal all along this year was to be player of the year in the conference, win all the conference matches, be the medalist at the East Regional and to win the state championship. She accomplished all of them but the last one and she sure gave it her best effort.” Blackwell's swing coach for the past 18 months has been Gus Ulrich, the head pro at Pinewild in Pinehurst and the golf coach at Sandhills Community College. “He's helped me with my swing and my putting a lot,” she said. “He improved my short game a lot and he told me a few swing things I needed to work on. I've been hitting more greens with that.” Blackwell said Edge has helped her “stay focused and stay positive. It helps me remember what I'm supposed to do.” Blackwell won the Cumberland County women's golf championship in September. “I didn't play my best there but it was still good to win,” she said. Blackwell has committed to UNC Pembroke to play golf next year. “I like the team and I like the coach a lot,” she said. “And I like the school, too.” As a team, the Colts finished eighth in the state out of 13 schools. They improved 19 shots in the second round, shooting 274-255 for a 529 total. Cox Mill won the team championship with a 467. Blackwell's teammates were sophomore Gabby Bynum, who shot 91-81 for 172, and freshman Lexi Perez, who shot 103-105 for 208. www.trianglegolf.com
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By DAVID DROSCHAK here was quite a buzz surrounding the opening of Arnold Palmer’s only college golf course design in the world. But I’m not sure if folks lined up more than 100 deep a decade ago in the dark at 6:30 a.m. jockeying for position at Lonnie Poole Golf Club. That’s what will take place on Dec. 7, the date of North Carolina State’s 50 percent off merchandising sale that has now become a big-time golf tradition in the Triangle. So just how impressive is this one-day-only – staged from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. -- “Lucky 7s” mark down? Sales from the 12-hour holiday shopping spree totaled more than $40,000 last year, according to general manager Chip Watson. “People have heard about it and they now set their clocks by it,” Watson says. “There is nothing really held back. We might run out of golf balls in the first hour because they are available but they are in the sale just like everything else. People are lined up as far as you can see just to get in the clubhouse. It’s pretty amazing.” The merchandising operation at Lonnie Poole has come a long way since the course was opened in a trailer for the first five years before a beautiful clubhouse was built. Even then, though, Lonnie Poole was the beststocked golf trailer in the state, with numerous lines of clothing, shoes, balls and clubs crammed into a small space. Once Watson was given a larger area to operate, his expertise as an executive for more than three decades with the Carolinas Golf Group began to shine. He and his staff were once again nominated as a finalist for Carolinas PGA merchandiser of the year in 2019 in the public course category. Merchandising sales in Lonnie Poole’s first year were $170,000. This year Watson expects that total to be close to $700,000. “The merchandising here is exciting because you know you can try different things because of the different markets,” Watson said. “Something I would never buy as a 52-year-old guy may be eaten off the shelves in a minute by a bunch of freshmen students.” While the clothing lines and variety of items in the pro shop are impressive, a lot of the bump in sales in the last three years has come from the club side of the business, with Lonnie Poole featuring the Player Development Suite, headed by Daniel Spurling. It is a one-stop shop for tour-level custom fitting, club repair and alterations. “We have worked hard at it and have a lot of major vendors in here with shafts that other clubs can’t get,” Watson says. “We remain one of the Top Continued on page 11
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25 elite club fitters in the country as rated by Golf Magazine. There are only two golf courses on that list and the other one is in Colorado. Everyone else on that list is a specialty shop. “We’ve got college kids from other teams that are coming here to get fitted. And anytime we have a collegiate tournament we have college coaches whose mouths are watering saying, ‘You mean my team can come and get fitted here?’ Absolutely, I say. We have touring pros who come around, too. I had Freddie Couples come by last week to have his clubs worked on. That’s the kind of reputation we’re getting for doing it.” Lonnie Poole now has eight different alternative logos to choose from – possibly a world record for a golf course. But it is that type of variety – along with more colors than just N.C. State red – that sets apart this operation from others in the golf merchandising business. “I’ve learned a lot through the years when our management company owned all the golf courses that we managed,” Watson said. “We had a central person who did the buying, and yes pricing was good and we got better deals because of the volume we ordered, but it did not work. It works on things like golf balls because it’s the same in every place, but one shirt didn’t work in the mountains but it did at the beach; one shirt may work at a university and at another place it won’t. It took away a lot of the freedom of the golf pros who were on site and we were doing ourselves a disservice by centralizing it. That was a hard lesson to learn -- that you have to have buy-in from your staff. You have to let them let them order almost everything.” Watson still laughs about a promotion the NFL ran while still working out of the trailer featuring the colors of the league’s teams. He was shipped an order of 48 Carolina Panthers logo shirts. “They were about as Carolina blue as you can get,” Watson says. “I wanted to send them back. But to this day that’s the No. 1 seller that we’ve ever had. We can’t get any more because the promotion is over but we blew through those 48 shirts in no time.”
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Is overseeding or turf paint best for winter conditions?
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here are a few certainties in life – death, taxes and frost – turning the bermudagrass fairways of North Carolina’s wonderful golf courses a sad shade of tan every winter. When I first came to the Tar Heel state from the Great White North I wondered why “all the grass had died.” Growing up on bentgrass fairways and bluegrass rough, I quickly learned the bermudagrass cycle of dormant and then emerging turf each spring. However, some resorts and private club fairways and tees were indeed green in December and January. Why, I asked? The old terminology of “winter rye” had been applied to these courses for flowing green grass fairways against a backdrop of dormant rough. It was truly eye-popping appeal. But looks can be deceiving, according to golf course superintendents, who over the last decade have embraced the use of colorants, or painting fairways, tees and greens, noting that it can be more beneficial to playing conditions in the long run across central and eastern North Carolina. And less costly. When colorants and pigments first arrived on the golf scene the products put off a blue hue some of the time, creating an unappealing look. But like most technology over the last decade, the painting products from such firms as BASF and Geoponics have been perfected and are now used more widely than rye grasses across the portion of the state that uses bermudagrasses and not bent. “Painting fairways is really an art, literally,” said Bob Farren, Pinehurst’s director of golf course maintenance. “In fact, our new service center manager that we just hired to come in, part of his expertise as a superintendent down on the coast was working with spraying and droplet size to enhance painting. “The key to painting is you want to
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start with a really good product. And the other is painting an even application just like you would take a roller and paint the walls in your house. It’s not any different making sure you get a good application on. We’ve gotten to where we’re painting later and later into the season because our growing season in the Sandhills just seems to go on longer and longer.” With Pinehurst Resort play tapering off in mid November into December, Farren says he won’t paint the fairways on courses Nos. 2, 4, 8 and 9 until early January, hoping to just apply one more application or spot treatments before the emergence of the bermudagrass in mid March. Farren, who last seeded one of his resort courses in 2009, and others say the cost of painting grass is 7-10 times cheaper than overseeding, however almost all superintendents argue they paint because of better turf conditions come spring, and not necessarily because it’s less expensive. But less than 10 minutes down the road in Southern Pines, another iconic resort -- Pine Needles and sister course Mid Pines -- still overseeds each winter season. “When we get a beautiful day we have all the people in the surrounding area try to come and play our two courses because they are overseeded and look so beautiful,” said longtime Pine Needles superintendent David Fruchte. Fruchte did admit that discussions have been held about painting and what the best option will be for Pine Needles next winter when the USGA returns for the U.S. Women’s Open in the spring of 2022. “Our clientele expects us to overseed with the rye grass,” he said. “We have a lot of customers in the spring time coming from the North and they like to play on green grass, so we try to give it to them that way. “There was one year in the last 30 years that I have been here when we skipped overseeding fairways after we
changed the grass over from common bermudagrass to 419,” Fruchte added. “We did overseed the rough but not the fairways and we got a lot of flak for that.” There are arguments that rye grass impedes the bermudagrass from re-emerging in the spring, and that more specific and expensive herbicides are needed to control weeds that often get tracked on to putting surfaces. “The two grasses will compete with the rye grass canopy shading out the bermudagrass, because bermudagrass requires a lot of sunlight,” said Lonnie Poole Golf Club superintendent Brian Green. “We only overseed the driving range tee now, which is common at a lot of golf courses in the Triangle. And the first place you will see poa annua at courses is on the putting green or if people overseed the pars 3 tees those greens will have more poa annua.” When Green first got to Lonnie Poole seven years ago they did overseed the tee boxes, then went to overseeding just the tees on the par 3s. Now they use mats on the pars 3s in the winter months. “I was over in Scotland and played St. Andrews and they had mats on their par 3s, so I thought that if it was good enough
for St. Andrews it was good enough for Lonnie Poole,” he said. Lonnie Poole’s 15th fairway was used as a testing ground for overseeding a few years ago. And while that was happening, Green decided to paint the second potion of the fairway to compare and contrast the look. And maybe entice his boss to give painting a try. “With the resort type of courses you can certainly justify the added expense of painting, and possibly overseeding for increased revenues,” Green said. “In our case and with most public courses, there is no case to justify adding a $16,000 expense in the winter.” The added expense with putting down rye comes from a variety of levels, including adding mowing and labor, water, herbicides and the increasing cost of seed. “It took some guts not to overseed any more,” Farren said. “But this fall we had only one rain event in 8 weeks. If we would have had rye grass out there we would have been watering and watering and watering and it would have been mud balls. And you have cart restrictions too when you’re trying to water your rye grass. The subject never comes up any more.” There is another benefit to using colorants. “We start mowing bermudagrass here the first week of April in Raleigh, so painting would help speed that process up,” Green said. “It’s just like pavement; black pavement is hotter so with painting you have a darker surface that increases the soil temperatures a little bit.” The negative side of painting? “You do run into situations in February and early March with cart traffic and all those things that it becomes unsightly and you don’t have much tissue to paint on; you are painting on dirt or sand turf, and it doesn’t work as well,” Farren said. An art form, indeed. TRIANGLE GOLF TODAY • HOLIDAY 2020
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Best bargain in North Carolina? Asheboro Municipal a Ross original By DAVID DROSCHAK
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ho says golf is too expensive? For just one Alexander Hamilton you can tee it up all day at Asheboro Municipal Golf Course. In case you’re not up on your currency, that’s $10 bucks. And if you’re a local, it costs only $8. That price point has remained in place for the last five years. And there is no per se “weekend rate.” So much for inflation. Before you begin to snicker and try to associate the low green fee with course conditions or layout, don’t go down that road with this Donald Ross original opened in 1935. It has a 4.6-star rating on Google, and while it looks docile at first glance, this 9-hole course will test your game better than most country clubs. “Don’t miss a green here or you better have a great short game,” said head professional Andy Nelson. Nelson found his way here 22 years ago and his pleasant demeanor is a large part of old-time feel you experience after you walk up the backporch steps to a small pro shop that was erected close to 80 years ago. A large chunk of Nelson’s play comes from seniors, who have gatherings on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. “Seeing the same guys every day is fun for me,” Nelson said. ”I can set my watch by some of them. I know if I get here at 7 a.m. tomorrow some of them will already have the pull carts out and we’ll sit down on the porch and have a cup of coffee. I see them more than their wives probably. “Sure, there are arguments every once in a while but we haven’t had any fights lately so we’re all good,” adding a laughing Nelson. www.trianglegolf.com
“There is a good group of guys and then you have your regulars. And I have a lot of people stop in from Ohio on their way down to Myrtle Beach and say they just want to get out of the car a little bit and play nine holes. I tell them to ‘come on.”’ Most around don’t use a GPS to find the place, but landmarks like the old days – the course officially run by the City of Asheboro Cultural & Recreation Services is across Highway 64 from the high school and behind the BoJangles. It sits on just 45 acres with 15 sand traps and a lake on the 8th hole that used to be just a stream but was turned into a larger body of water in the early 1990s. The course was actually built for Ross by the WPA, a New Deal
agency created by President Roosevelt that employed millions of job seekers. Almost every community in the United States had a new park, bridge, or school that was constructed by the federal agency. In Asheboro’s case, it was a Ross golf course that still remains today. With no heavy machinery, little dirt was moved so the course hugs the natural terrain of the area, which consists of gently rolling hills and towering pines. Golfers often play a different set of tees for each nine with a “championship” length of 6,148 yards and a respectable slope rating of 133. The course went for years without any association to Ross, regarded as one of the best architects ever and the creator of iconic and famed Pinehurst No. 2. That all changed about a decade ago, Nelson said, when a maintenance supervisor stumbled upon the plans at city hall. “It made a big difference when the Donald Ross Society finally recognized us as a Donald Ross course,” Nelson said, pointing out the plans from the original drawings hanging on the wall in the clubhouse. Nelson says Asheboro Municipal logs about 30,000 rounds a year, and remains a popular golf destination. There is no logo, and no driving range. There is about 150 yards of space near holes 8 and 9 where some can warm up if needed. Bring your own balls, though, since you’ll have to
snag your own practice shots. “Heck, 85 percent to 100 percent just come out and walk on and just play,” Nelson says. “About four or five of our regulars every once in a while warm up but the rest of them just get out there and hack away, roll a few balls on the green and go. “What I like is I can sit here in the pro shop and see the 4th green, and it’s what, about 500 yards away?” he added. “I know what’s going on just about everywhere on the golf course.” Most walks between green and tee is 20 yards. On the day I visited the course, a twosome had heard about the old course and driven from Salisbury to tackle it. “This is better than I expected,” one of the golfers said. “It’s so challenging and fun.” And some regulars rocked away in a chair on the back porch. “It’s easy to play and easy to walk. I don’t go anywhere else anymore,” said 67-year-old Glenn Church, who has been playing here for 40 years. “Distance is not the issue; the defense of this course is the greens,” added 63-year-old Terje Karlsen. “They are so small and tricky. Overall it’s a great muni course.” It cost 50 cents to play when the course first opened. And with likely the best deal in golf in the Tar Heel state, things haven’t changed much in 80 years here, have they? TRIANGLE GOLF TODAY • HOLIDAY 2020
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Barts owns Catawba record WHERE THEY’RE PLAYING Triangle/Area Collegians 2019-2020 after tournament victory
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in the event that had a field of 16 teams and 83 players. She had six birdies on her 36-32 card that began with a shotgun aley Barts has put her name start on the seventh hole. In a six-hole in the Catawba College record stretch that began on the 12th, she had books for a second time. five birdies. A senior from “She is an extremely hard worker on Apex High School, and off the course,” said Belmont Abbey Barts bettered coach Jason Gault. “Jenna now has broher own record ken through and finished on top of the for lowest field. She will continue to get better and 18-hole score now she has the confidence to close out a in school his- winning round.” tory when Nagy averaged slightly over 80 as a she shot a freshman and just under 80 as a sopho67 at the more. So far in her junior season, she’s Country Club got a 77.5 mark. of Salisbury In five fall tournaments, she finished in the first no worse than 16th and the win at Jekyll round of the Island was her second top-10. She had four Patsy Rendleman top-10s in 10 tournaments as a sophomore Invitational in early October. She rolled in with a tie for fifth her best. As a freshman, seven birdies in the round. she had one top-10 in 10 outings. Barts followed the 67 with a 76 and held on for a one-shot win over two play- Migliaccio leads Wake ers in the 16-team event. Emilia Migliaccio Her previous record, set in the same remained undetournament, was a 68 in 2017. feated in her colShe is also in the Catawba record legiate match books for lowest three-round total. play career She shot 221 in a tournament at River and helped Landing Golf Club last March. Wake Forest Barts ended the fall schedule with a conclude the 75.7 average in 10 rounds. In addition to fall season the home course win, she had three finwith three ishes of 13th or better in five events. tournament including Nagy claims first collegiate victory titles, the prestigious Jenna Nagy, a junior from Apex, has and nationally-teleher first career collegiate championship. vised East Lake Cup. A starter at Belmont Abbey since Migliaccio, a junior from Cary, arriving as a freshman from Panther claimed one of the Demon Deacons’ Creek High School, points in a 4-1 decision over Auburn Nagy won in the finals of the East Lake Cup. She the Jekylldefeated Megan Schofill 1 up. O-Lantern Wake Forest advanced to the finals Intercollegiate with a 3-1-1 victory over Arizona with at Pine Lakes Migliaccio providing a point with a Golf Club in 2-and-1 win over Sandra Nordaas. Jekyll Island, Auburn reached the championship Ga., in late match with a 3-2 upset of Duke. October. The Demon Deacons, who finished secA shot ond to Duke in the NCAA championship behind after a in the spring, won three of their five tourfirst-round 73, naments to tie a school record for fall tourNagy fired a 68 nament titles. Individually, Migliaccio tied in the final round of the 36-hole event for third in the Cougar Classic and posted and ended with a two-shot margin over a tie for ninth in the Tar Heel Invitational. Megan Sabol of North Georgia. She averaged 72.0 in 13 rounds. Nagy had the only score in the 60s 22 TRIANGLE GOLF TODAY • HOLIDAY 2020
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This listing of players from Triangle area high schools was gathered from college web sites and other sources. Please report any omissions to Steve Williams at 336-280-3722 or triadgolf@mac.com. Triangle Golf Today will follow the accomplishments of these players throughout the 2019-20 campaign with our collegiate checklist and other features.
SENIORS
Men Eric Bae, Pinehurst Preston Ball, Raleigh Glenn Canty, Durham Tanner Duncan, Clayton Marcus Jackson, Raeford Gray Matthews, Raleigh Brett McLamb, Coats Blake McShea, Zebulon James Mishoe, Cary Hunter Oxendine, Fayetteville Maxx Owens, Apex
School Wake Forest Loyola Maryland Johnson C. Smith Saint Augustine’s N.C. Central Sewanee N.C. State UNC Wilmington Guilford Fayetteville State William Peace
Men Nicolas Brown, Wendell Sean Burke, Fayetteville Michael Coe, Cary Carter Cheek, Cary Ryan Gerard, Raleigh Parker Gillam, Cary Jacob Lowe, Angier Quade Lukes, Chapel Hill Jaylon Lynn, Garner Cody McDaniel, Wake Forest Tenzing Palden, Cary Justin Poole, Wendell Allen Smith, Durham
School Wingate Fayetteville State Western Carolina Methodist North Carolina Wake Forest Methodist Elon Saint Augustine’s William Peace Barton Barton Hampden-Sydney
Patrick Schweitz, Clayton Patrick Stephenson, Four Oaks Michael Wicker, Rougemont
Mt. Olive East Carolina UNCG
Women School Kaley Barts, Apex Catawba Casey Burroughs, Wake Forest UNC Pembroke Kristen Holman, Raleigh Embry-Riddle Marisa Daquil Kawabe, Fayetteville Converse Abby Parsons, Pinehurst Boston University Siranon Shoomee, Sanford East Carolina Jessica Spicer, Bahama Virginia Tech
JUNIORS Drew Wood, Pinehurst Jarrett Zeigler, Raleigh
Appalachian N.C. Wesleyan
Women School Mogie Adamchik, Raleigh Appalachian Jennifer Chang, Raleigh Southern Cal Hayley Dettenmayer, Fayetteville The Citadel Alicia Dunlap, Pinehurst Greensboro College Emilia Migliaccio, Cary Wake Forest Jenna Nagy, Apex Belmont Abbey Elizabeth Nguyen, Pinehurst Georgetown Allyson Nowell, Wake Forest Meredith Caroline Rea, Pinehurst Pfeiffer Sarah Spicer, Bahama Virginia Tech Erin Walsh, Zebulon Belmont Abbey
SOPHOMORES Men Daniel Barbare, Garner A.J. Beechler, Pinehurst Austin Bonfiglio, Holly Springs Ben Crow, Pinehurst Viraj Garewal, Raleigh Attie Giles, Pinehurst Ray Kemp, Willow Springs Hunter Leclair, Fayetteville Jack Massei, Cary Jacob Nelson, Clayton Nathan Norfleet, Chapel Hill Sean O’Brien, Holly Springs Quinn Riley, Raleigh Jonathan Rose, Fayetteville Cole Scearce, Durham Logan Sessoms, Fayetteville
School N.C. Central East Carolina UNC Wilmington UNCG Davidson East Carolina Johnston CC Methodist East Carolina Wake Tech Furman Wake Tech Duke Fayetteville State Mt. Olive Fayetteville State
Jimbo Stanley, Raleigh Andrew Wilmoth, Raleigh
East Carolina N.C. State
Women Mackenzie Battle, Aberdeen Kathryn Elliott, Coats Hailey Freedman, Chapel Hill Gina Kim, Chapel Hill Katelyn Ochoa, Southern Pines Grace Olmstead, Four Oaks Claire Patrick, Creedmoor Taylor Pratte, Southern Pines Riley Smyth, Cary Kayla Ward, Garner Anne-Catherine Riesett, Apex Faith Ryan, Raleigh Haeley Wotnosky, Wake Forest
School The Citadel USC Upstate Brown Duke Sandhills CC Mount Olive Wingate Sandhills CC Virginia Appalachian Wake Tech Meredith Virginia
FRESHMEN Men School Luke Adams, Four Oaks Johnston CC Symon Balbin, Southern Pines UNCG Walker Driver, Clayton Johnston CC Daniel Gregory, Apex Wake Tech Biggs Hawley, Raleigh UNC Wilmington Jacob Burgess, Wake Forest William Peace Brandon Jones, Sanford Fayetteville State Connor Jones, Raleigh East Carolina Brendan Kelly, Raleigh Belmont Abbey Dylan Lukes, Chapel Hill Appalachian Jack Marcotte, Apex UNCG Zach Martin, Sanford Fayetteville State Spencer Oxendine, Fayetteville N.C. State Keenan Poole, Raleigh North Carolina
Chris Sperrazza, Raleigh Jordan Sullivan, Coats
East Carolina Johnston CC
Women School Emma Brooks, Raleigh Meredith Hannah Bruxvoort, Chapel Hill Wake Forest Megan Kanaby, Chapel Hill Washington and Lee Taylor Capps, Middlesex Barton Channing Garnett, Wake Forest UNC Wilmington Grace Greene, Apex Barton Megan Kanaby, Chapel Hill Washington & Lee Kelly Pettruny, Garner Wake Tech Angelique Seymour, Fayetteville UNC Pembroke Carmen Tucker, Fayetteville Belmont Abbey Sarah Wallace, Raleigh Meredith
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Chang exits Southern Cal for LPGA Tour
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Riley Smyth Virginia
Jennifer Chang Southern Cal
Siranon Shoomee East Carolina
Natalie Hill Shenandoah
Jessica Spicer Virginia Tech
Mogie Adamchik Appalachian
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School
Position
Field
Scores
Tournament (Date)
Kaley Barts, Apex
Catawba
1st
89
67-76
Patsy Rendleman Invitational (Oct. 7-8)
Jenna Nagy, Apex
Belmont Abbey
1st
80
73-68
Jekyll Island Intercollegiate (Oct. 28-29)
Emilia Migliaccio, Cary
Wake Forest
3rd
93
70-68-70
Cougar Classic (Sept. 8-10)
Riley Smyth, Cary
Virginia
T-3
81
68-69-73
Windy City Collegiate (Sep. 30-Oct. 1)
Jennifer Chang, Raleigh
Southern Cal
T-3
81
70-71-69
Windy City Collegiate (Sep. 30-Oct. 1)
Siranon Shoomee, Sanford
East Carolina
T-3
81
70-68
Minnesota Invitational (Sept. 9-10)
Katelyn Ochoa, Southern Pines
Sandhills CC
3rd
23
82-88
St. Andrews Fall Invitational (Oct. 5-7)
Natalie Hill, Smithfield
Shenandoah
5th
40
86-81
Shenandoah Shootout (Oct. 5)
Emilia Migliaccio, Cary
Wake Forest
T-6
96
71-68-73
Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational (Oct. 11-13)
Jessica Spicer, Bahama
Virginia Tech
T-6
96
72-71-71
The Landfall Tradition (Oct. 25-27)
Mogie Adamchik, Raleigh
Appalachian
6th
20
74-77
Jadaculla Cup (Sept. 9-10)
Caroline Rea, Pinehurst
Pfeiffer
T-7
36
85-90
RMC Fall Invitational (Sept. 28-29)
Natalie Hill, Smithfield
Shenandoah
T-7
36
83-92
RMC Fall Invitational (Sept. 28-29)
Mackenzie Battle, Aberdeen
The Citadel
T-7
20
77-75
Jadaculla Cup (Sept. 9-10)
Jenna Nagy, Apex
Belmont Abbey
T-7
29
80-77
Mars Hill Fall Invite (Sept. 16-17)
Jennifer Chang, Raleigh
Southern Cal
T-8
60
73-70-71
ANNIKA Intercollegiate (Sept. 16-18)
Riley Smyth, Cary
Virginia
T-9
96
74-67-72
Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational (Oct. 11-13)
Kaley Barts, Apex
Catawba
10th
80
75-73
LeeAnn Noble Memorial (Oct. 14-15)
Mogie Adamchik, Raleigh
Appalachian
T-10
35
77-79
Hound Ears Intercollegiate (Oct. 13-15)
Carmen Tucker, Fayetteville
Belmont Abbey
10th
29
83-77
Mars Hill Fall Invite (Sept. 16-17)
Gina Kim, Chapel Hill
Duke
T-11
60
73-70-72
ANNIKA Intercollegiate (Sept. 16-18)
Siranon Shoomee, Sanford
East Carolina
T-11
48
78-73-73
Pirate Collegiate Classic (Sept. 23-24)
Casey Burroughs, Wake Forest
UNC Pembroke
T-12
80
76-76
Jekyll Island Intercollegiate (Oct. 28-29)
Mogie Adamchik, Raleigh
Appalachian
T-12
52
74-76
Winthrop Fall Invitational (Oct. 6-7)
Kayla Ward, Garner
Appalachian
T-12
35
80-77
Hound Ears Intercollegiate (Oct. 13-15)
Kaley Barts, Apex
Catawba
T-13
79
75-74
Battle at Old South (Sept. 21-22)
Kaley Barts, Apex
Catawba
13th
52
82-78
Anderson University Invitational (Sept. 9-10)
Jenna Nagy, Apex
Belmont Abbey
16th
89
73-77
Patsy Rendleman Invitational (Oct. 7-8)
Jenna Nagy, Apex
Belmont Abbey
T-16
37
83-83
Battle for Royalty Invitational (Sept. 23-24)
Emilia Migliaccio, Cary
Wake Forest
T-19
60
72-73-74
ANNIKA Intercollegiate (Sept. 16-18)
Haeley Wotnosky, Wake Forest
Virginia
T-19
60
76-70-73
ANNIKA Intercollegiate (Sept. 16-18)
Jessica Spicer, Bahama
Virginia Tech
T-21
82
69-73-74
Princess Anne Invitational (Oct. 4-6)
Marisa Daquil Kawabe, Fayetteville
Converse
T-21
52
81-83
Anderson University Invitational (Sept. 9-10)
Natalie Hill, Smithfield
Shenandoah
T-21
47
89-82
Bridgewater Fall Invitational (Sept. 23-24)
Abby Parsons, Pinehurst
Boston University
T-22
62
78-80-75
Mary Fossum Invitational (Sept. 22-23)
Gina Kim, Chapel Hill
Duke
T-23
96
77-66-72
Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational (Oct. 11-13)
Emilia Migliaccio, Cary
Wake Forest
T-23
90
75-70-78
Lady Paladin Invitational (Sept. 27-29)
Casey Burroughs, Wake Forest
UNC Pembroke
T-23
89
77-75
Patsy Rendleman Invitational (Oct. 7-8)
Angelique Seymour, Fayetteville
UNC Pembroke
T-23
80
80-76
Jekyll Island Intercollegiate (Oct. 28-29)
Hailey Freedman, Chapel Hill
Brown
T-24
79
76-75
Dartmouth Invitational (Sept. 14-15)
Gina Kim, Chapel Hill
Duke
T-25
81
74-72-72
Windy City Collegiate (Sep. 30-Oct. 1)
Jessica Spicer, Bahama
Virginia Tech
T-25
81
74-73
Minnesota Invitational (Sept. 9-10)
Abby Parsons, Pinehurst
Boston University
T-38
79
78-78
Dartmouth Invitational (Sept. 14-15)
Casey Burroughs, Wake Forest
UNC Pembroke
T-39
80
83-75
LeeAnn Noble Memorial (Oct. 14-15)
Kaley Barts, Apex
Catawba
T-42
92
79-78
Flagler Fall Slam (Oct. 21-22)
Riley Smyth, Cary
Virginia
T-48
96
69-82-73
The Landfall Tradition (Oct. 25-27
This chart lists players from the Triangle Golf Today coverage area who finished in the top half of a field in collegiate events of at least two rounds played Sept 1-Oct. 30.
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ennifer Chang has always tried to stay a step ahead. She graduated early from Athens Drive High School as a four-time 4-A state champion and immediately made an impact at Southern Cal, one of the top women’s golf programs in the country. Despite joining the team in the spring semester, she earned All-Pac 12 first-team honors. She was an All-American as a sophomore and was off to great start as a junior, leading the team with a 70.6 average while notching a T-3 and a T-8 in her only two tournaments. But the LPGA Tour awaited and the 20-year-old Chang decided to forego the rest of her collegiate career for the opportunity. And she passed the LPGA Q-Series test by finishing in a tie for ninth after eight rounds in Pinehurst. A top-45 finish earned LPGA status for 2020 and the higher the finish the better that status. She had three rounds in the 60s and she finished 5-under-par during the two-week marathon that included four rounds at Pinehurst No. 6 and the final four at Pinehurst No. 9. Chang was one of five college players in the field that was full of current LPGA players who were hoping to improve their playing opportunities for next season. Muni He, who also left Southern Cal early and struggled as a tour rookie in 2019, topped the field with a wire-to-wire effort at minus 21. Two-time LPGA Tour winner Hee Young Park of South Korea finished in solo second at 18 under. Chang said playing close to her Cary home was a boost. “It's so special. I mean, the amount of support that I have back home, it really helps. It really boosts my confidence up. I'm so grateful for my family and friends to be here.” After going back to college, Chang said she will be working to prove herself as a professional golfer. “I'm going to finish out this semester at USC and basically come back home and work even harder and just prepare for the 2020 season.” TRIANGLE GOLF TODAY • HOLIDAY 2020
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ACC teams among best in fall events
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ake Forest, Duke and North Carolina all turned in solid fall tournament play and will enter the spring portion of the schedule looking to build on that success. Wake Forest ended October as the No. 1-ranked team in the nation, with Duke seventh and North Carolina 16th. Georgia Tech, Notre Dame, Louisville and Clemson were also ranked in the top 20, making the ACC perhaps the deepest conference in collegiate golf. Several of those teams squared off in late October at the 14-team Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate Invitational. Duke took the title by two shots over Pepperdine while Wake Forest placed fourth, and North Carolina and Clemson tied for seventh. Georgia Tech hosted the tournament but settled for a tie for 10th. It was Duke’s first tourney win of the season after previously posting a second in the Rod Myers and seventh at the Nike Collegiate. "There were a lot of good teams out here – they're all highly ranked and it's always a terrific field that comes here," said Duke coach Jamie Green. "That's a testament to the type of tournament Georgia Tech runs and a great golf course. I was pleased and proud of our guys. It was something that has been building for us, so it was nice for our guys to see the reward and be able to take the trophy home." Only two teams in the field were not in the Golfstat top 30 and there were four top-10 teams. "The thing that stood out to me was the championship feel the tournament had with all the scores being so tight," said UNC coach Andrew DiBitetto. "We tied for seventh but were only 12 shots from the win.” Wake Forest senior Eric Bae of Pinehurst wasn’t in the lineup for the Georgia Tech tourney but notched two top 10s in the fall and averaged 70.9 in 10 rounds. Carolina’s Ryan Gerard has been another of the hottest Triangle-area players in the fall with three top 10s in five appearances. The junior from Raleigh shot 69-73-72 for a seventh place tie at the Georgia Tech event to lead the Tar Heels in scoring. He ended the fall with a 70.9 average in 15 rounds. 24 TRIANGLE GOLF TODAY • HOLIDAY 2020
Blake McShea UNC Wilmington
Ryan Gerard North Carolina
Parker Gillam Wake Forest
Justin Poole Barton
Brett McLamb N.C. State
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Brandon Jones, Sanford James Mishoe, Cary Blake McShea, Zebulon A.J. Beechler, Pinehurst Ryan Gerard, Raleigh Ryan Gerard, Raleigh Parker Gillam, Cary Eric Bae, Pinehurst Patrick Schweitz, Clayton Justin Poole, Wendell Ryan Gerard, Raleigh Hunter Oxendine, Fayetteville Eric Bae, Pinehurst Preston Ball, Raleigh Sean Burke, Fayetteville Logan Sessoms, Fayetteville Brett McLamb, Coats Parker Gillam, Cary Spencer Oxendine, Fayetteville Patrick Stephenson, Four Oaks Patrick Schweitz, Clayton James Mishoe, Cary Justin Poole, Wendell James Mishoe, Cary Patrick Schweitz, Clayton Preston Ball, Raleigh Daniel Barbare, Garner Ryan Gerard, Raleigh A.J. Beechler, Pinehurst Preston Ball, Raleigh Justin Poole, Wendell Patrick Schweitz, Clayton Hunter Oxendine, Fayetteville Viraj Garewal, Raleigh Blake McShea, Zebulon Patrick Schweitz, Clayton Dylan Lukes, Chapel Hill James Mishoe, Cary Brandon Jones, Sanford A.J. Beechler, Pinehurst Nicolas Brown, Wendell Blake McShea, Zebulon Viraj Garewal, Raleigh Quade Lukes, Chapel Hill Attie Giles, Pinehurst Ryan Gerard, Raleigh Eric Bae, Pinehurst Jack Massei, Cary Austin Bonfiglio, Holly Springs Spencer Oxendine, Fayetteville Parker Gillam, Cary Allen Smith, Durham Quade Lukes, Chapel Hill Nicolas Brown, Wendell
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73-71 68-72 68-70-70 71-68-69 73-68-68 68-71-69 72-66-70 68-71-71 68-72-70 72-75 69-73-72 73-77 64-71-70 71-71-73 76-75 81-70 71-67-73 71-65-72 69-74-69 75-68-72 75-76 70-72 75-71-73 70-70-74 79-70-76 77-75-81 77-75 76-70-70 71-75-73 72-72-69 76-71-79 71-72 76-78 70-76-76 74-69-69 77-73-73 77-75-75 78-71-78 74-71-74 71-72-69 72-73-70 70-69-74 74-69-76 69-73-72 70-74-77 77-69-71 68-71-75 75-72-72 72-70-73 69-72-68 67-70-75 73-73-73 75-75-71 76-73-73
VSU Fall Classic (Oct. 20-22) The O’Briant-Jensen (Oct. 28-29) Wolfpack Intercollegiate (Oct. 5-6) Intercollegiate at Innisbrook (Oct. 28-29) Turning Stone Tiger Intercollegiate (Sept. 1-2) Fighting Irish Classic (Oct. 7-8) Rod Myers Invitational (Sept. 14-15) Rod Myers Invitational (Sept. 14-15) Donald Ross Intercollegiate (Oct. 14-15) Cutter Creek Invitational (Sept. 9-10) Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate (Oct. 18-20) VSU Fall Classic (Oct. 20-22) Old Town Collegiate (Sept. 23-24) Georgetown Intercollegiate (Oct. 14-15) VSU Fall Classic (Oct. 20-22) VSU Fall Classic (Oct. 20-22) Wolfpack Intercollegiate (Oct. 5-6) Nike Golf Collegiate (Sept. 29-Oct. 1) Wolfpack Intercollegiate (Oct. 5-6) Rod Myers Invitational (Sept. 14-15) Cutter Creek Invitational (Sept. 9-10) Royal Lakes Fall Invitational (Oct. 7-8) Turning Stone Tiger Intercollegiate (Sept. 1-2) Golfweek DIII Fall Invitational (Oct. 12-15) Flagler Jay Jennison Cup (Sept. 23-24) Hamptons Intercollegiate (Oct. 7-8) Black College Hall of Fame DI (Sept. 27-28) Rod Myers Invitational (Sept. 14-15) Island Resort Intercollegiate (Sept. 1-2) VCU Invitational (Sept. 16-17) Flagler Jay Jennison Cup (Sept. 23-24) Kaiwah Island Invitational (Sept. 16-17) Cutter Creek Invitational (Sept. 9-10) River Run Collegiate (Sept. 23-24) Golfweek Program Challenge (Sept. 9-10) McDonough Cup (Oct. 27-29) UNCG/Grandover Collegiate (Oct. 27-28) NCAA DIII Preview (Sept. 14-15) Donald Ross Intercollegiate (Oct. 14-15) Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate (Oct. 11-13) Queens Invitational (Oct. 21-22) Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate (Oct. 11-13) Autotrader Collegiate Classic (Oct. 14-15) Golfweek Program Challenge (Sept. 9-10) Island Resort Intercollegiate (Sept. 1-2) OFCC Fighting Illini Invite (Sept. 20-22) Nike Golf Collegiate (Sept. 29-Oct. 1) Intercollegiate at Innisbrook (Oct. 28-29) Golfweek Program Challenge (Sept. 9-10) Maui Jim Intercollegiate (Sept. 13-15) Old Town Collegiate (Sept. 23-24) Golfweek DIII Fall Invitational (Oct. 12-15) Wolfpack Intercollegiate (Oct. 5-6) Copperhead Championship (Oct. 14-15)
This chart lists players from the Triangle Golf Today coverage area who finished in the top half of a field in collegiate events of at least two rounds played Sept 1-Oct. 30.
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So golf etiquette isn’t dead after all, is it? A growing lack of civility is distressing
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most of us on a daily basis. Why take By BETSEY MITCHELL this headache to the golf course in the y favorite holiday charac- first place? o, Mr. Grinch, I understand all I love some private clubs that ban ter is the Grinch. I know you are saying, but as we wind cell phones from the course. Drop it this is quite a surprise down 2019, I’ve decided to Bets, however can’t you see a little bit off in the basket in the locker room spend this time on the good news in of me in that green guy – crusty on the and pick it up before heading to the golf. 19th hole. Now that’s what I CALL a outside but with a warm heart? Think about the growth of The relaxing round. Even the Grinch, as nasty as he First Tee and LPGA*USGA Girls Golf. By all indications, was, didn’t shoot the bird to the kids The end of October in the fictional town of Whoville. I bet Kim is a nice guy who brought the LPGA Q doesn’t really have he wanted to, though. Series to Pinehurst. It is a “middle finger” The middle finger became a hot thrilling to see so many past. And Kim isn’t a topic on the links when golfer Bio American flags, espenobody. He was leadKim was suspended for three years cially high up on the ing the Korean Tour from the Korean Tour for his gesture DUELING DIVOTS leaderboard. toward the crowd at an event he even- money list when his Our state is famous livelihood was quickly tually won. Apparently someone had for our golf volunteers. Area club golf stripped from him for more than distracted Kim in his backswing by associations are run by volunteers 1,000 days by one poor outburst. taking a photo with a cell phone. handling games, scoring and special Don’t get me started on cell phones Could you imagine the PGA Tour events. We had three USGA champidocking Tiger Woods during his on the golf course or cell phones in onships in NC this year with over 900 general. Best invention in the last two prime for cussing up a storm on open volunteers just for the US Amateur. decades and also the worst invention. microphones? The CGA has a legion of volunteer Would never happen, correct? Add in the constant emails and photo rules officials and course raters. The Maybe it should have. bombs and it’s a complete mess for First Tee and US Girls couldn’t func-
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tion and grow without its faithful volunteers. So much for good news and yet the growing lack of civility from both spectator and player is distressing. Can you imagine Bobby Jones’ expression? Bio Kim’s story gave me a glimmer of hope when he accepted his punishment and knelt before his country and apologized. All those embracing the “Free Bio” products, take a moment to think about how that shames Bio further. Should we be applying our lax behavior on his country? To all the spectators screaming ridiculous phrases and thinking a picture is more important than the experience, please stay away until you have thought it through. And because it is my duty to the title of this column, this “dueler” happily points out that I have never heard a woman scream “Go in the Hole!” nano-seconds from the ball leaving the club face… just sayin.’
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Junior Golf Scoreboard NCHSAA 4A Women’s Golf State Championship Pinehurst #5 Pinehurst, NC Oct. 28-29, 2019 Team Division 1 Pinecrest 224-226--450 2 New Bern 232-223--455 3 Cardinal Gibbons 233-232--465 4 Ardrey Kell 240-232--472 5 Green Hope 235-242--477 6 Reagan 239-244--483 7 Heritage 255-239--494 8 Hickory Ridge 260-258--518 9 Leesville Road 263-265--528 10 Wake Forest 283-257--540 11 Holly Springs 286-267--553 Individual Division – 5,454 1 Jaclyn Kenzel, Pinecrest 71-71--142 2 Megan Morris, Panther Creek 74-69--143 3 Mara Hirtle, Pinecrest 70-74--144 Selected Others 5 Maria Atwood, Holly Springs 76-71--147 10 McKenzie Daffin, Jack Britt 76-75--151 13 Kaitlyn Rand, Cardinal Gibbons 76-77--153 13 Ella Perna, Cardinal Gibbons 76-77--153 19 Tyler Spriggs, Green Hope 79-78--157 19 HaLynn Lee, Green Hope 77-80--157 22 Anna Claire Bridge, Leesville Road 78-80--158 24 Haylie George, Panther Creek 81-78--159 24 Ava Lucas, Cardinal Gibbons 81-78--159 26 Tyla McAffity, Athens Drive 79-81--160 29 Maddy Linaries, Green Level 81-81--162 34 Kitson O’Neal, Pinecrest 83-81--164 37 Lotte Fox, Wakefield 80-85--165 38 Sidney Renville, Green Hope 79-87--166 40 Natalie MartinHo-Stansbury, 86-81--167 Cardinal Gibbons 42 Catherine Vivongsy, Wake Forest 90-80--170 44 McKayla Daffin, Jack Britt 86-85--171 46 Terra Schmitt, Wakefield 87-85--172 49 Anika Bhatnagar, Green Hope 89-84--173 51 Mary Kathryn Hederick, 88-86--174 Wake Forest 53 Sahej Singh, Apex Friendship 88-88--176 61 Sophia Martone, Apex Friendship 94-87--181 63 Annika Rogers, Leesville Road 89-93--182 65 Ava Ray, Fuquay-Varina 94-91--185 67 Jessica Martinho-Stansbury, 96-90--186 Cardinal Gibbons 69 Madison Srinivasa, Leesville Road 96-92--188 72 Kate Hunter, Page 95-94--189 73 Abby Loding, Apex 98-96--194 74 Morgan McPhatter, Wake Forest 105-91--196 75 Anika Ouellette, Holly Springs 104-96--200 76 Ava Heaton, Green Level 95-107--202 77 Abby Vickery, Holly Springs 106-100--206
3A Women’s Golf State Championship Foxfire Resort & Golf (Red) Jackson Springs, NC Oct. 28-29, 2019 Team Division 1 Cox Mill 237-230--467 2 Rockingham County 240-241--481 3 Charlotte Catholic 248-251--499 4 Marvin Ridge 257-246--503 5 Weddington, 251-253--504 6 Eastern Alamance 266-252--518 7 Topsail 266-262--528 8 Cape Fear 274-255--529 9 Southeast Guilford 282-277--559 10 Cleveland 280-280--560 11 Asheboro 282-301--583 12 South Johnston 295-292--587 13 Clayton 329-310--639 Individual Division – 5,208 1 Elizabeth Lohbauer, Cox Mill 73-70--143 2 Emily Mathews, Eastern Alamance 77-70--147 3 Toni Blackwell, Cape Fear 80-69--149 Selected Others 32 Darby Reeder, Cleveland 92-87--179 32 Abigail May, Western Alamance 88-91--179 34 Kendall Weaver, South Johnston 92-92--184 35 Aubriana Bishop, Union Pines 97-88--185 35 Lana Klein, Triton 94-91--185 39 Chloe Harlow, West Johnston 96-90--186 39 Crystal Robertson, Cleveland 95-91--186 44 Riley Varga, Lee County 92-97--189 48 Alex Jones, Clayton 98-93--191 55 Lily Jordan, Northwood 106-88--194
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Jamie Adams, Cleveland 93-102--195 Bella Leonard, South Johnston 96-100--196 Bess Pridgen, Chapel Hill 98-101--199 Lainey Edwards, South Johnston 107-100--207 Addison Reid, Clayton 115-108--223 Mackenzie Duke, Clayton 116-109--225
1A/2A Women’s Golf State Championship Longleaf G&FC Southern Pines, NC Oct. 28-29, 2019 Team Division 1 Oak Grove 263-249--512 2 Mount Pleasant 263-268--531 3 Ledford 278-275--553 4 Hendersonville 273-293--566 5 Avery County 288-280--568 6 West Lincoln 288-295--583 7 Highland Tech 305-313--618 8 NCSSM 315-309--624 9 North Johnston 328-309--637 10 Carrboro 347-339--686 Individual Division – 5,215 1 Katherine Schuster, First Flight 74-71--145 2 Katelyn Griggs, Gray Stone Day 79-74--153 3 Camryn Lamp, Newton-Conover 79-76--155 3 Maci Beaver, Roanoke Rapids 77-78--155 Selected Others 5 Lily Rowe, Raleigh Charter 82-74--156 21 Traclyn Clark, North Johnston 90-84--174 25 Julia Greene, Raleigh Charter 91-86--177 36 Gaby Tucker, NCSSM 93-92--185 42 Sara Vaught, Falls Lake Academy 97-93--190 42 Rachel Hardy, East Wake Academy 96-94--190 49 Jiya Patel, Research Triangle 96-98--194 52 Gillian Kitchings, Chatham Central 92-104--196 57 Ruhie Rapolu, NCSSM 99-101--200 64 Francine Ollila, Carrboro 105-106--211 70 Victoria Crocker, North Johnston 117-109--226 71 Sophia Murphy, Carrboro 121-106--227 73 Alexis Gupton, North Johnston 121-116--237 74 Emily Krueger, Franklin Academy 115-123--238 75 Lauren Chi, NCSSM 123-116--239 76 Sydnie Averette, 124-117--241 Falls Lake Academy 77 Aida Delony, Carrboro 121-127--248
TYGA Triad Bill Harvey Memorial Junior Bryan Park GC Brown Summit, NC Oct. 26-27, 2019 Boys 16-18 Division - 6,580 1 Sam Davidson, Asheboro 66-71--137 2 Alex Heffner, Harrisburg 66-73--139 3 Caden Baker, Mebane 64-76--140 3 Clayson Good, Durham 70-70--140 3 Tyler DeChellis, Clayton 71-69--140 Selected Others 10 Jake Herring, Wilson 74-71--145 10 Daniel Adkins, Holly Springs 74-71--145 14 Columb Knight, Raleigh 71-76--147 19 Ben Collins, Holly Springs 74-76--150 29 Luke Nelson, Raleigh 75-81--156 29 Jacob Conklin, Cary 80-76--156 29 Jennings Glenn, Raleigh 78-78--156 36 Jacob Kallam, Clayton 75-82--157 38 Joey Pritchard, Pinehurst 79-79--158 42 Ashwath Kapilavai, Cary 79-80--159 52 Lingyu An, Hillsborough 79-88--167 54 Justin Nagy, Apex 86-83--169 56 Aidan Harrington, Raleigh 84-87--171 Boys 14-15 Division - 6,580 1 Kareem Elkassem, Raleigh 70-76--146 2 Zachary Liu, Clemmons 73-75--148 3 Bradley Davis, Jr., Pilot Mountain 76-74--150 3 Samuel Mace, Connelly Springs 73-77--150 3 Will Dalton, Cornelius 75-75--150 Selected Others 6 Nick Goellner, Apex 75-76--151 6 Peter Nusbaum, Pittsboro 72-79--151 10 Keenan Royalty, Raleigh 74-82--156 13 Holland Giles, Pinehurst 78-81--159 14 Carson Grizer, Cary 74-87--161 17 Henry Pate, Pinehurst 82-80--162 24 Noah Weyne, Wake Forest 86-81--167 29 Michael Schaal, Chapel Hill 87-89--176 Boys 12-13 Division - 5,600 1 Bizzell Pate, Pinehurst 70-72--142 2 Isar Joshi, Charlotte 78-72--150 3 Pennson Badgett, Pilot Mountain 81-74--155
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TYGA Tots State Championship Longleaf G&FC Southern Pines, NC Oct. 20, 2019 Boys 10-12 Division - 2100 1 Owen Setters, Pinehurst 2 Xan Pitt, Wake Forest 3 Chris Andrew Etters, Kure Beach Selected Others 4 Kyle Baker, Chapel Hill 7 Sebastian Balbin, Pinehurst 8 Mark DeVault, Cary 9 Jack Halloran, Pinehurst 11 Jack DeVault, Cary 13 Trey Everette, Fuquay Varina 14 Nolan Ferrell, Holly Springs 19 Yuanbo Li, Cary Boys 8-9 Division - 1700 1 Gabe Parkin, Four Oaks 2 Liam King, Wake Forest 3 Ryan Baker, Chapel Hill Selected Others 4 Triton Helmer, Chapel Hill 5 Davis Fair, Cary 8 Luke Sparacio, Cary 9 Charlie Lewis, Raleigh 9 Jacob Hodgkins, Morrisville 12 John Broyles, Raleigh Collier Sloan, Winston-Salem Boys 6-7 Division - 1300 1 Hudson Brady, New Bern 2 Carson Fair, Cary 3 Rhodes Williams, Greensboro Selected Others 5 Parker Stiles, Pinehurst Girls 10-12 Division - 2100 1 Sanaa Carter, Jacksonville 2 Hallie Wilson, Lewisville 3 Landry Hamm, Charlotte 3 Riley Bush, Burlington Selected Others 5 Madison Myers, Cary 7 Miraya Lurie, Raleigh 12 Ella Namkoong, Cary Girls 6-9 Division - 1700 1 Ashley Lee, Raeford 2 Minyan Ou, Shelby 3 Emilee Miller, Fuquay Varina
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TYGA Tournament of Champions Colonial CC Thomasville, NC Oct. 12-13, 2019 Boys 12-13 Division - 5,663 1 Preston Howe, Winston-Salem 69-72--141 2 Landon Morse, Indian Trail 75-75--150 3 Alex Bock, Morganton 71-80--151 Selected Others 5 Ethan Boyette, Wilson 74-81--155 13 Jack Wiley, Wake Forest 81-85--166 15 Conner Freedman, Chapel Hill 82-85--167 Girls 16-18 Division - 5,663 1 Grace Holcomb, Wilmington 74-36--110 2 Macie Burcham, Greensboro 75-38--113 3 Morgan Ketchum, Winston-Salem 76-38--114 Selected Others 4 Toni Blackwell, Fayetteville 77-41--118 4 Ava Lucas, Raleigh 80-38--118 Girls 14-15 Division - 5,663 1 Ella Kue, King Mountain 75-42--117 2 Caroline Wright, Greensboro 80-41--121 3 Kaitlyn Rand, Raleigh 83-42--125 Selected Others 5 Sadler Miller, Clayton 90-47--137 Girls 12-13 Division - 5,663 1 Leah Edwards, Greensboro 79-42--121 2 Justine Pennycooke, Cary 83-49--132 3 Garland Gould, Raleigh 92-44--136 Selected Others 4 Breannon Council, Wilson 92-48--140
Pinecrest Girls’ HS Invitational Pinehurst #5 Pinehurst, NC Oct. 10, 2019 Team Championship 1 2 3 4
Cannon Pinecrest HS Green Hope HS Cox Mill HS
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Boys (High School, graduation year) 1 Zach Roberts, Holly Springs (Holly Springs HS, 2020) 2 Peter Fountain, Raleigh (Broughton HS, 2020) 3 Tyler Dechellis, Clayton (Clayton HS, 2021) 4 Garrett Risner, Holly Springs (Apex Friendship HS, 2020) 5 Jackson Van Paris, Pinehurst (O’Neal School, 2021) 6 Clayson Good, Durham (Broughton HS, 2020)
Girls (High School, graduation year) 1 Nicole Adam, Pinehurst (O’Neal School, 2020) 2 Maria Atwood, Holly Springs (Holly Springs HS, 2022) 3 Halynn Lee, Cary (Green Hope HS, 2021) 4 Deborah Spair, Raleigh (Ravenscroft HS, 2020) 5 Mara Hirtle, Pinehurst (Pinecrest HS, 2020) 6 Megan Morris, Cary (Panther Creek HS, 2021) 7 Jaclyn Kenzel, Southern Pines (Pinecrest HS, 2020) 8 Anna Claire Bridge, Raleigh (Leesville Road HS, 2021) 9 McKenzie Daffin, Fort Bragg (Jack Britt HS, 2021) 10 Sophie Lauture, Raleigh (N/A, 2024)
7 Josh Lendach, Raleigh (Raleigh Christian, 2021) 8 J ackson Brimfield, Chapel Hill (Durham Academy, 2021) 9 Matias La Grutta, Raleigh (Panter Creek HS, 2020) 10 Tommy Lamb, Apex (JPGA, 2020) Source: Tarheel Youth Golf Association as 11/1/19 5 Cardinal Gibbons HS 6 New Bern HS 7 Ardrey Kell HS 8 Reagan HS 9 Leesville Road HS 9 Hickory Ridge HS 11 Marvin Ridge HS 12 South Mecklenburg HS 12 Providence HS 14 Union Pines HS Individual Division - 5454 1 Amanda Sambach, Cannon 2 Katherine Schuster, First Flight HS 3 Sophie Holland, Cannon Selected Others 4 Jaclyn Kenzel, Pinecrest HS 4 Mara Hirtle, Pinecrest HS 8 Kitson O’Neal, Pinecrest HS 8 Tyler Spriggs, Green Hope HS 11 Ella Perna, Cardinal Gibbons HS 11 Halynn Lee, Green Hope HS 14 Sidney Renville, Green Hope HS 16 Kaitlyn Rand, Cardinal Gibbons 18 Ava Lucas, Cardinal Gibbons HS 22 Madison Srinivasa, Leesville Road 83 22 Olivia Renville, Green Hope HS 25 Kasey McIlvaine, Apex HS 30 Jessica Martinho-Stansbury, Cardinal Gibbons HS 33 Anna Claire Bridge, Leesville Road 33 Anika Bhatnagar, Green Hope HS 39 Molly Morrison, Cannon 39 Natalie Martinho-Stansbury, Cardinal Gibbons HS 41 Tyla McAffity, Athens Drive HS 48 Chloe Peters, Pinecrest HS 51 Aubriana Bishop, Union Pines HS 54 Annika Rogers, Leesville Road HS 62 Anna Ruth Morrison, Cannon 63 Izzie Gosling, Cannon 70 Cydney Bennett, Union Pines HS 71 Jaclyn Manzo, Union Pines HS 72 Audrey Mobed, Leesville Road HS 73 Hallie Smith, Union Pines HS
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PKBGT Prep & Futures Invitational Carolina National Bolivia, NC Oct. 26-27, 2019 Prep Preview - 5855 1 Cindy Song, Waxhaw 2 Melanie Walker, Burke VA 3 Alexsandra Lapple, Ridgefield CT Selected Others 7 Kayla Dowell, Mebane
74-71--145 75-76--151 78-74--152 80-82--162
9 Grace Ridenour, Cary 12 Kinsley Smith, Raleigh
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Jimmy Anderson Girls’ Invitational Jacksonville CC Jacksonville, NC Oct. 5-6, 2019 Girls Division – 5,870 1 Cindy Song, Waxhaw 72-65--137 2 Maria Atwood, Holly Springs 67-74--141 2 Katherine Schuster, Kill Devil Hills 68-73--141 Selected Others 4 Emily Mathews, Mebane 73-70--143 12 Anna Claire Bridge, Raleigh 75-78--153 14 Kayla Dowell, Mebane 83-72--155 15 McKenzie Daffin, Fayetteville 77-79--156 18 Ella Perna, Durham 83-74--157 19 Lotte Fox, Raleigh 75-83--158 24 Kinsley Smith, Raleigh 83-77--160 26 Anika Bhatnagar, Cary 82-81--163 30 Megan Morris, Cary 83-82--165 32 Mary Sears Brown, Wake Forest 88-81--169 37 Sadler Miller, Clayton 89-94--183 41 Madison Myers, Cary 100-98--198
NC Series Finale Colonial CC Thomasville, NC Sept. 21-22, 2019 Prep North Carolina - 5703 1 Cindy Song, Waxhaw 71-67--138 2 Emily Mathews, Mebane 73-68--141 3 Morgan Ketchum, Winston-Salem 73-73--146 3 Halynn Lee, Cary 74-72--146 Selected Others 8 Grace Ridenour, Cary 74-78--152 12 Kayla Dowell, Mebane 74-80--154 15 McKenzie Daffin, Fayetteville 81-75--156 18 Heather Appelson, Wake Forest 78-80--158 21 Katelyn Kenthack, Southern Pines 80-81--161 21 McKayla Daffin, Fayetteville 82-79--161 24 Mary Sears Brown, Wake Forest 85-85--170 25 Madison Srinivasa, Raleigh 87-89--176 Futures North Carolina - 5003 1 Kathryn Ha, Roanoke VA 75-72--147 2 Saia Rampersaud, Durham 76-73--149 3 Emerson Dever, Durham 74-77--151 Selected Others 4 Tyla McAffity, Raleigh 74-78--152 8 Kasey McIlvaine, Raleigh 81-79--160 9 Katherine Brictson, Raleigh 82-79--161 14 Kitson O’Neal, Pinehurst 83-83--166 16 Mackenzie Crossman, Pittsboro 85-83--168 18 Brooke Smith, Morrisville 85-85--170 23 Vivian Shillingsburg, Wake Forest 86-94--180 26 Paige Wilkinson, Raleigh 97-102--199
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