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’ve always said golfers in general are the most gracious and giving folks you’ll ever run across. I stood by that axiom before and I do now as we all struggle with the COVID-19 outbreak across the country, and in particular closer to home in our wonderful golfing state of North Carolina. There have been some inspiring stories in recent days and weeks but maybe none more than at the Country Club of North Carolina in Pinehurst, one of the top private facilities in the state. Launched a few years ago in the gated community in the aftermath of a hurricane to help elderly residents in need, Neighbor-to-Neighbor Program co-founders Dale Moegling and Barbara Reining have expanded the relief effort to those affected by COVID-19, which includes clubhouse staff – even the golf pros. “Sure, the pros are salaried and they are fine for now except they make money on lessons, off of guest play and our national members, so if the national members aren’t coming in and the guests aren’t coming now the pros are taking a big hit on their income,” Moegling said. “We’ve gone out and aggressively encouraged our local members to take more lessons from the pros. This will ensure the hit is not as substantial as it could be.” To help the kitchen and wait staff while the club’s restaurant is offering only take-out and delivery, Moegling and Reining are asking members and residents to frequent the club’s dinning offerings at least twice a week .. and tip generously.” “You are going to have to buy food some place anyway,” Moegling said. “We have tried to get ahead of the situation and let them now that we support them,” Reining added of the employees. “We have good employees and we don’t want to lose them to other situations. We want to keep them all when this (virus) is over.” 4

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Moegling and Reining have a team that is even helping take elderly members and residents to doctor appointments or pick up pharmacy items. The team has also started a local “market” with bread, eggs and toiletry items for sale. Moegling, who just turned 72, is in the “at-risk” age group, as is the 77-year-old Reining, but says his team is using common sense when executing the program. “For instance, a lady the other day had to have a procedure at the local clinic and Uber wouldn’t come so I went and picked her up and took her there and waited a couple of hours,” he said. “For those people who are concerned we’re going to help them, but we’re not having a love-in at the club with all the folks who are susceptible. We do get a little paranoid and the older you get the more uncomfortable you can become, so we’re helping to ease that. That’s the concept behind what we’re trying to do.” Reining said there are approximately 10 couples on the “team” that help with various duties. Also in the Sandhills, Pinehurst Resort & Country Club launched a relief fund and raised close to $300,000 for hard-hit hotel and restaurant staff. Starting the morning of March 28, the resort officially launched an auction of exclusive “Pinehurst Experiences.” All of the proceeds went to benefit

the Pinehurst Employee Relief Fund. Anyone was welcome to bid on the one-of-a-kind experiences during the auction. Within hours of launching, tens of thousands of dollars had been raised. It was heartwarming to watch the response. Thousands then tuned in March 30 @ PinehurstResort on Instagram for a special live broadcast hosted by Barstool Golf’s Sam Riggs Bozoian. Riggs closed the auction in a way only he could. The “Pinehurst Experiences” included a foursome on No. 2 with former Payne Stewart caddie Mike Hicks, a tour of Pinehurst No. 2 with golf course architects Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, and a tour of the site of the future Pinehurst No. 10 course. “Amid the tears and chaos, and the daily hourly changes to our environment, we were trying to find a way to channel people’s desire to help,” said Pinehurst Resort president Tom Pashley. “We went live that first night and raised over $100,000. So we decided to keep on going. “The creativity of these auction packages really inspired people,” he added. “A lot of this has never been done before and may never be done again. It has been very rewarding. Hundreds and hundreds of our employees have been affected. The outpouring of support to assist them speaks volumes. They are the heartbeat of Pinehurst.”

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NEXT ISSUE: May 20, 2020 On the Cover: Jackson Van Paris of Pinehurst is the top-ranked player in the nation in the class of 2021. Photo provided by Junior Invitational at Sage Valley.

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ooking at his golfing resume over the last two years, few would argue that Jackson Van Paris is a unique talent. But just how special is the 16-year-old Pinehurst resident who is ranked first in the country in the class of 2021? You have to look deeper into his game and not just at his low scoring, which within a two-week span recently included a 61 at the Country Club of North Carolina Cardinal Course and a 62 at Tobacco Road, where he recorded his fourth career hole-in-one. “Still to this day, it amazes me, Jackson’s innate understanding of the game and why different things happen,” said Berkeley Hall director of golf Adam Kushner, who has been the swing coach for Van Paris since 2012. “He is one of those very few kids -- even when he was 8 years old -- that could tell you why the ball hooked or sliced. That is probably one of his biggest strengths; he has an unbelievable understanding of the game of golf. I don’t think anybody taught him that; I just think he was born with it.” Kushner first met Van Paris at CCNC when his parents brought him to the area from Chicago to participate in the U.S. Kids World Championship in Pinehurst. “His parents asked me if I would work with him, and we kind of just hit it off, there was a great rapport between his father, Jackson and myself,” Kushner said. “At that point they were living in Chicago and every time they would come to Pinehurst we would hook up, Continued on page 7

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Action Jackson from page 6 and then they eventually moved to Pinehurst and I got to see him on a pretty regular basis.” Kushner moved to Bluffton, S.C., four years ago, but remains the swing coach for Van Paris, who in March captured the prestigious Junior Invitational at Sage Valley with a final-round 67. “The biggest thing we’ve tried to do and one of the biggest reasons he’s continued to work with me as opposed to a bigger name teacher is that we’ve kept it really simple,” Kushner said of Van Paris. “He feels very comfortable saying ‘when I do this or that it looks better than it feels’ and we can go back-and-forth and figure it out. It could be something as simple as changing his setup or ball position, and he gets right back on track. We’ve kept in touch enough where he never gets that far off his game.” Van Paris did win a U.S. Kids World Championship in his age division back in the day, but began to draw major attention when he qualified for match play in the U.S. Amateur at Pebble Beach two years ago as a 14-year-old. And he became the youngest golfer to win a match at the USGA event since Bobby Jones in 1916. “The whole week I was kind of like ‘I’ve got nothing to lose,”’ Van Paris said of the U.S. Amateur experience. “I got told walking off the 18th green about the whole Bobby Jones record. I had no idea.” He also played in the Rolex Junior All American in 2017 and 2018, and won the 2019 AJGA Simplify Boys Championship. Van Paris won’t turn 17 until August, and at 6-foot-3 with a size 14 shoe, he’s still growing. His long, lean frame would suggest superior length off the tee, but his game doesn’t necessarily rely on power. “He understands what his game is,” Kushner said. “He plays very much within himself and he does not have a weakness. Overall his driver is long enough and very accurate, and that probably sets him up for a lot of things. But he is very much kind of a unique, complete package.” www.trianglegolf.com

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Van Paris seems to rise to the occasion when it counts the most. He made quite a first impressive on new Vanderbilt assistant golf coach Gator Todd. “It was coach Todd’s first day on the job, the first kid he ever watched wearing a Vanderbilt shirt and hat,” Van Paris said of a tournament he was playing in Memphis, Tenn. “I was as nervous as I could be but I chipped in on the first hole he watched me. That was good.” You think? Van Paris and his parents Todd and Jana, who play an important role in Jackson’s on-course and off-course life, visited Vanderbilt three times before verbally committing to play golf at the SEC school. Just like his golf game, the Van Paris family is thorough about education, too. Once in college, Van Paris said he will room with fellow junior golfing star Gordon Sargent, who lives in Alabama, and will major in Human Organizational Development. “We committed within two hours of each other,” Van Paris said. “We’ve become great friends through junior golf tournaments and we’ve roomed together in a ton of tourna-

ments. It’s pretty cool we could do something like this together.” Van Paris transferred from The O’Neal School to Pinecrest High School this season. He also played basketball at O’Neal before he broke his right foot in December 2018 and gave up the sport to concentrate solely on golf. “The game I broke my foot I had 16 points and right before half I went up for a rebound and I landed wrong on someone, and then someone stepped on my foot and that was it,” he said. “That was my last competitive game. I play for fun now.” Despite all his golfing success, Van Paris remains humble. This interview was set up a few months ago, but his father called at the last second to ask if his son could reschedule at a later date. The reason? Dad was concerned that his son was getting too much publicity at the time. “I give a ton of credit to Jackson’s parents, they have always prioritized things in his life,” Kushner said. “Golf is extremely, extremely important, but even when he was 10 years old and you had a lot of kids throwing clubs and having temper tantrums on the golf course you

would never see Jackson doing that. They really didn’t care if he won or lost but they very much cared about his behavior and attitude on the golf course, and through all of this they have made school a big priority for him. They have instilled the fact that golf may or may not work out, but who you are as a person is going to be with you the rest of your life. His parents have done an amazing job with that.” What are the odds that Van Paris will play professionally one day? “We try not to get ahead of ourselves but the thing that is amazing is he has been great since he was really young and he keeps getting better, and his overall demeanor and humbleness will prove him well moving forward,” Kushner said. “Two years ago if you would have asked me that question about being a pro I would have said there is a small chance, maybe 25 percent, but right now he continues to get better so I would give him as high of a percentage as just about any kid playing golf today. He is that good.” “The thing about golf is you’re not going to win every week, so there is always something to strive for,” Van Paris said. ”I am naturally a pretty modest person. At school I have an English class and a majority of the kids in the class didn’t know I played golf until the last month of the class. Somebody said ‘he’s first in the world for his age’ and the kids couldn’t believe it. My goal is to play professional golf, but if anything I can become more self confident. I have never really needed anyone to ground me, if anything I’m not confident enough myself.” Heading into May, Van Paris is in line to make the 2020 Junior Ryder Cup team, one of the teenager’s goals for this fall. “I love golf because it is peaceful,” Van Paris said. “You get to go to some of the coolest places. I got to go to Pebble Beach, which is one of the most beautiful places in the world. I went to Australia, France, and to almost every state in the U.S. The places that golf takes you and the people you meet are not like any other sport.”

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Chang Recharging Former N.C. prep star sharpening her game during virus break By DAVID DROSCHAK

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enny Chang is the only player in the history of North Carolina high school golf to win four straight individual championships, she became an All-American at Southern Cal and made it through Q-School on her first try this past winter. Golf was great for the Cary native as she prepared to enter the world of professional golf. Then the LPGA season started and things went south quickly for the 20-year-old Chang, who missed the cut in her first three tournaments, and now her rookie year has been placed on pause with the onset of COVID-19. Chang was in Los Angeles practicing and one day removed from leaving for a tournament in Phoenix when she received an email from the LPGA saying the next three tournaments would be postponed. That delay has now extended until at least June. “It is tough because when I got my tour card I was ready to go out there and play, and now all of the sudden it’s a waiting game,” she said as she prepared to hit some balls and log some time on the putting green at Lochmere, her home course. It’s even tougher for Chang to sit around and wait since she wasn’t able to advance to the weekend in any of her first three events. “There were definitely way more nerves,” she said of her professional debut. “I had played in two U.S. Opens (as an amateur) but an LPGA event was kind of different, so the nerves were kicking in. And going into the first few tournaments my game wasn’t in the best shape. After Q-school I took a long break just to enjoy myself in my last semester at school. I was not really prepared. Chang was poised to make the cut in her second pro tournament, but carded a double bogey on her 17th hole and missed advancing to Saturday by one shot. She is back in Cary with her mom and dad, eating some home cooked meals and getting into a practice routine that she hopes will benefit her once the green light is given to return to competitive play. “It’s like being in high school again,” she said of being at her parent’s Cary home. www.trianglegolf.com

Chang still calls Lochmere home base, but has made a conscious effort to expand her golfing horizons and practicing locations, heading to Pinehurst on occasion during the shutdown to get in a round or two. “I’ve really been working on my distance control inside of 100 yards because that was something I saw I needed to work on,” Chang said. “And putting; I struggle with green reading and I don’t have a lot of confidence in my putting. That’s something I work on religiously every day now.” Chang said professional golfers have been getting emails consistently from the LPGA with as many updates as possible with future tournament dates. “It’s like an offseason but not really an offseason,” she said. “You

still want to prep for the tournaments because you don’t know when it’s going to happen. “After those first three events I took some time to reflect on what I needed to improve on because I had never really put myself in a position where I had missed three cuts in a row,” Chang said. “In most amateur and college tournaments there really are not cuts but I always aimed to finish in the top 10 and tried to win each event. To come out on the LPGA Tour and to have the players be at a level that I’m not used to being at was eye-opening, and I told myself I needed to get it together and work on my game.” Chang was not too far off though, averaging 73.67 in her six rounds. “A lot of it was mental,” she added. “I wasn’t as strong men-

tally during those three weeks compared to what I was at Q-School. At Q-School I was confident in my game. I have a tendency to do a lot of comparisons with myself and other players. With so many great players out there on the LPGA Tour it’s hard not to. Some players out there have flawless games, but I have to try to avoid comparing myself to them and focus solely on myself.” The LPGA rookie was able to land a sponsor, Hammes Staffing out of Charleston, S.C., and has a clothing deal with INOS, a golf apparel brand based in Irvine, Calif. “I guess if everything was shut down I would be swinging in my living room, chipping in the backyard,” she said. “I am very thankful the golf courses are open.”

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Guilford’s Mishoe gets an extra year to build on success By STEVE WILLIAMS

ames Mishoe’s collegiate season ended abruptly due to COVID-19 but he went out on top. The former Green Hope High School star won his third career title while setting a Guilford College scoring record at the Savannah Invitational in early March. Mishoe, averaging 71.1 in 16 rounds, was well on his way to NCAA Division III PING All-America honors for the third consecutive season before the season was halted March 12. Although Mishoe had senior status, he’ll be returning to Guilford for another year since the NCAA allowed an extension of eligibility for studentathletes who were eligible for competition during spring 2020. “He has to complete academic requirements so he’ll be coming back,” said Guilford coach Adam Crawford. “I had five seniors and the other four are graduating so this kind of worked out well for him. He transferred in so that kind of put him

behind a little bit in his classes. So the Last fall, Mishoe had two topone silver lining in all of it is that he’ll 10s, highlighted by a tie for third get to come back.” in the O’Briant-Jensen Memorial Mishoe transferred to Guilford where he finished 2-under par at from UNC Greensboro for The Cardinal by Pete Dye in the second semester in Greensboro. 2018 and immediately His 13-under-par 203 made an impact for the over 54 holes at the Club Quakers. In his first at Savannah Harbor season, he set a school was the best ever in record with a 72.4 Guilford’s illustrious scoring average and golf history. Former won the Jekyll Island Division III player of Intercollegiate, one the year Noah Ratner of his four top-10 finheld the record at 204 ishes in five appearsince 2011. ances. He earned secMishoe opened ond-team All-America the tourney with a status. 66 and followed with As a junior, he aver67 to open a four-shot aged 71.8 in 17 rounds lead. His final-round 70 and won the Old Dominion was just enough to hold James Mishoe Athletic Conference title off Carnegie Mellon teamand was named first-team mates Jason Li, who fired a All-America. final-round 66, and Jason Folker, who The Savannah event was closed with 67. Guilford’s only spring tournament as “He’s had a stellar career,” three other dates, plus the postseason, Crawford said. “He works hard at it were canceled. and expects to perform well. He has

aspirations to play beyond college. I think he has the talent and ability.” Crawford said he can count on Mishoe to provide one of Guilford’s four counting scores in a tournament, noting that his highest ever score in Guilford tourneys was 78. “You know he’s going to perform week-in and week-out and he has a competitiveness about him you wish all your players had. The strength of his game is ball striking. He’s going to hit 15 or 16 greens in a round so he’s going to have plenty of birdie opportunities,” Crawford said. With another year of tournaments to play, Mishoe could become Guilford’s all-time career scoring leader. His 71.5 mark in 59 rounds currently tops the list. Among players who have completed their careers, Savio Nazareth – who played between 2000 and 2002 – has the best average at 72.98.

Bonfiglio clutch for Seahawks Austin Bonfiglio, a redshirt sophomore from Holly Springs, put UNCWilmington in the win column with Continued on page 13

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Eric Bae Wake Forest

Brandon Jones Fayetteville State

Andrew Wilmoth N.C. State

MEN James Mishoe, Cary Eric Bae, Pinehurst Quade Lukes, Chapel Hill Justin Poole, Wendell Nicolas Brown, Wendell Ryan Gerard, Raleigh Patrick Schweitz, Clayton Preston Ball, Raleigh Viraj Garewal, Raleigh Blake McShea, Zebulon Brandon Jones, Sanford Zach Martin, Sanford Logan Sessoms, Fayetteville Austin Bonfiglio, Holly Springs Andrew Wilmoth, Raleigh Justin Poole, Wendell Symon Balbin, Southern Pines Jack Massei, Cary Brett McLamb, Coats Parker Gillam, Cary Jacob Lowe, Angier Quinn Riley, Raleigh Jimbo Stanley, Raleigh

School Guilford Wake Forest Elon Barton Wingate North Carolina Mt. Olive Loyola Maryland Davidson UNC Wilmington Fayetteville State Fayetteville State Fayetteville State UNC Wilmington N.C. State Barton UNCG East Carolina N.C. State Wake Forest Methodist Duke East Carolina

Position 1st T-2 T-2 T-3 5th 7th 9th T-15 T-15 T-16 T-17 T-21 T-21 T-29 T-29 T-30 T-34 T-29 T-36 T-36 T-37 T-38 T-43

Field 90 83 81 39 59 83 75 78 78 104 49 49 49 104 104 72 83 104 83 83 90 84 104

Scores 66-67-70 71-67-72 76-71-72 77-70 74-70-71 72-70-70 69-76-75 76-72-67 73-68-74 71-69-74 68-84 76-77 76-77 74-69-74 72-77-68 75-76 71-74-75 75-69-74 74-74-73 72-74-75 72-69-76 79-74-69 72-74-74

Tournament (Date) Savannah Invitational (March 9-10) General Hackler Championship (March 9-10) Pinehurst Collegiate (March 6-8) Barton Intercollegiate (March 9-10) Hargett Memorial Invitational (March 9-10) General Hackler Championship (March 9-10) Panther Invitational (March 1-3) Fort Lauderdale Intercollegiate (March 2-3) Fort Lauderdale Intercollegiate (March 2-3) Bash at the Beach (March 9-10) Richard Rendleman Invitational (March 2-3) Richard Rendleman Invitational (March 2-3) Richard Rendleman Invitational (March 2-3) Bash at the Beach (March 9-10) Bash at the Beach (March 9-10) Southern Tide (March 2-3) General Hackler Championship (March 9-10) Bash at the Beach (March 9-10) General Hackler Championship (March 9-10) General Hackler Championship (March 9-10) Savannah Invitational (March 9-10) Southern Highlands Collegiate (March 1-3) Bash at the Beach (March 9-10)

MEN Emilia Migliaccio, Cary Jessica Spicer, Bahama Jenna Nagy, Apex Grace Olmstead, Four Oaks Gina Kim, Chapel Hill

School Wake Forest Virginia Tech Belmont Abbey Mount Olive Duke

Position 1st T-3 T-4 T-12 T-33

Field 90 72 32 32 90

Scores 72-70-70 76-67-70 80-77 89-76 77-73-74

Tournament (Date) Darius Rucker Intercollegiate (March 6-8) Florida Gators Invitational (March 7-8) Barton Intercollegiate (March 9-10) Barton Intercollegiate (March 9-10) Darius Rucker Intercollegiate (March 6-8)

Nicolas Brown Wingate

Preston Ball Loyola Maryland

Grace Olmstead Mount Olive

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 Feb 28-March 10.

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a clutch playoff putt at the Bash at the Beach tournament in early March. UNCW and Jacksonville State tied after three rounds in the 15-team event at The Surf Golf Club in Myrtle Beach, S.C., and the victory was decided in a playoff of all five players. Bonfiglio, the number five man in the Seahawks’ lineup, clinched the victory by draining a 12-foot par putt on the first playoff hole, the Surf Club’s difficult 190-yard par-3 18th. JSU counted three pars and two bogeys while UNCW had four pars and a bogey. “I can’t say enough about Austin’s resilience as he did not play last year due to injury and had to qualify and then re-qualify,” said Seahawks coach Daniel Bowden. “Then I eventually picked him just to get into the event as our five man. “I was not surprised Austin made the putt to win as he is a great putter,” Bowden added. “Prior to our last qualifying round, we had a downpour all day and no one really practiced outside except for Austin. As I was leaving the golf course he was still on the practice putting green holing 10-foot putts in the pouring rain.” It was UNCW’s first win of the season in six outings. The Seahawks’ previous best was fifth, accomplished three times. Bonfiglio, helped by a 69 in the second round, ended in a tie for 29th, his best finish of the season. He averaged 75.6 in 18 rounds. www.trianglegolf.com

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Empty Feeling Duke, Wake Forest women were eyeing NCAA championship rematch By David Droschak

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One of the more dramatic pieces of golf television last year was the championship of women’s college golf, which featured Atlantic Coast Conference rivals Duke and Wake Forest. It was true theater, with the Blue Devils edging the Demon Deacons on the final hole of match play for their seventh title under head coach Dan Brooks. A rematch was a real possibility as both squads returned future professional players, veterans of NCAA battles over the past few seasons. Entering mid March, Wake Forest was ranked No. 1 in the nation, while Duke was fifth. But neither will head to Grayhawk Golf Club in Arizona in late May. Not because of poor play but because of a pandemic. The COVID-19 outbreak has cost college golfers their 2020 season, and potential lasting memories. For coaches, March and April presented new and different challenges, especially with each team’s rosters consisting of a fair amount of international golfers. Duke was one hour into a road trip to a tournament in Georgia when word came from university officials that the event had been cancelled because of the virus outbreak. Brooks and his team turned the two mini vans around and headed back to Durham. “Every end of the season is an emotional experience for me and it has been that way the whole time I’ve been at Duke,” said Brooks, whose 36th season with the school was cut short. “I’ve shed

Wake Forest associate coach Ryan Potter and Duke head coach Dan Brooks chat during the 2019 NCAA Championship. Photos by Tim Cowie. at least one tear at every final dinner we’ve ever had but I wasn’t really taking it in that the season was over when we got the word. Then the season was cancelled all in the same 2-to-3 hour period. It didn’t sink in for me that I needed to wrap everything up with the team right then.” So, later that day, Brooks began contacting his squad, making necessary preparations on the fly. “I said, ‘Hey, we need to have our end-of-the-season annual dinner that we

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always have and we need to have it in the next day because people are being sent home, people are being taken off campus,”’ he said. Meanwhile, Wake Forest was in a tournament in Arizona when coach Kim Lewellen received notice that the event – and the season – was over. “Losing the NCAA championship (last year to Duke) was heartbreaking, but losing a season is crazy,” she said. “At the time we didn’t know if (senior) Siyun Liu would be granted another year of eligibility, so in a matter of 10 minutes she was done with college golf. You can imagine what was going on in her mind, and with everything going on in China. You could see it in Siyun’s face at the time.” Lewellen scrambled to put together a team dinner out West. “Every player who wasn’t there called in,” the coach said. “So, we had a senior dinner for Siyun and an end-of-the-year banquet all in within six hours, trying to put some type of closure to the year the best we could at that moment.” Once back in Winston-Salem, Lewellen had an even more important task – keeping her players safe. “Sure, we all went through a team disappointment, but at the same time with so many of our players being international -from places like Italy, Switzerland, China and Ireland, countries that were affected by the virus quite a bit – I had to get into a mode of what should we do. Do they need to go home or do they stay here? We went from worrying about our championship chances to being really concerned about our individuals and then our com-

munity. All of that has been an interesting transition.” Three of Lewellen’s international players stayed in the U.S., while Lauren Walsh returned to Ireland. “We’ve all had to adapt as a team to different schedules,” Lewellen said. “The players are doing what they can with a few of their golf courses open, and everybody now seems to have a home gym, whether it’s in their driveway or whatever. They need to be ready for when they get to play again (this summer).” And then there are recruiting challenges and future eligibility rulings … and on and on. College golf coaches can make contact with prep golfers from the class of 2022 starting June 15. “We’re pretty far ahead with recruiting, so we’re not sweating things too badly, but it would be really tough having to recruit in this situation right now,” Brooks said. “It’s not tough yet for us at Duke, but if this goes on into the summer and other schools don’t have their (recruiting) classes lined up it could be pretty hard.” “As a coach it’s still day-by-day because we still continue to get information,” added Lewellen. “Usually you are worried about practice or recruiting trips, but it went from the season is cancelled, to making sure your athletes are safe, to making sure that now the on-line classes and the academics are going OK, to making sure they are making the right decisions at the right times. There are a lot of things the coach is now the middle person for. And from a coaching standpoint you don’t know what recruiting is going to be like. A lot of us are doing more research at home and just trying to follow up on things that way. I am calling it armchair recruiting.” Brooks also has his own personal disappointment. In addition to not being able to have his team defend its NCAA title, Brooks was slated to be the U.S. captain of the Arnold Palmer Cup team in early July in Oklahoma, but that event has now been pushed to December and will take place at Bay Hill in Florida. Wake Forest players Emilia Migliaccio of Cary and Rachel Kuehn of Asheville were selected to the women’s team and will also have to wait until the winter to participate. “The girls are bummed, but what our sport of golf always teaches us is you are going to make a bogey or a double bogey, or you’re going to get a bad bounce … and we got a big-time bad bounce this year,” Lewellen said. “But you adapt and figure out a way to get better. I think that’s our only choice now.” TRIANGLE GOLF TODAY • LATE SPRING 2020

Golf has quite an immune system By DAVID DROSCHAK

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much easier to accomplish in golf than By BETSEY MITCHELL other sports. With as fast as I play, I’ve been practicing “social distancing” on the ot much to argue with here, s local recreational soccer and so instead I’ll itemize the softball leagues across the country golf course for years so this should come easy to me. Few over the years, if any, can other measures we can take to have been mothballed because keep up with my pace of play. keep playing while playing it safe. of the outbreak of COVID-19, foursomes And the new rule of allowing putts Do the best you can to rake the continue to roll down the soon-to-be green to sink with the flagstick in the hole can bunker with your feet. Leave the rake fairways. alone. What gives Bets? Is golf really immune result in a “wipe free” round. If you don’t want to carry around Leave the flagstick in; always. Resist to this latest pandemic? wipes in your golf bags, or your old routines for the Of course not, so let me explain. can’t come across any at time being. Golf at times has become an afterCostco’s or BJ’s, leave the You don’t need disthought to many athletes – you know the electric cart behind and posable wipes. Take tired arguments of the sport taking too pick out a walker-friendly a clean old golf towel long, it being too expensive or too exclulayout. Any of the dozens and spray it with any sive. But in this case, against this type of household cleaner that health problem, the sport has some built-in of Donald Ross courses dotting our state would advantages. DUELING DIVOTS contains bleach. I put mine in a plastic bag to First, and maybe most important – golf be a good place to start. Walking 6,600 yards never hurt anyone. keep it moist until I get to the course. is played outdoors. Apparently, sunlight The sportsmanship segment of the Wipe down all the obvious areas of the helps shut down the COVID-19 virus strain, game can easily be altered, too. A nod or cart. It’s also good news that COVID-19 so a five-hour round on a North Carolina wink can be substituted for a customary doesn’t like sunlight. spring day is a great alternative to hangpre-round or post-round handshake. Kudos to the golf courses that have ing out at the grocery store hoarding toilet So, there has never been a better time installed pieces of pool noodles or PVC paper. My game is crappy enough anyway, to bond with your son or daughter, take piping to prevent the putt from falling Bets. your wife or girlfriend out for a 9- or to the bottom of the hole. Golf is also played in small groups, 18-hole date. Suspend betting or keep a mental mainly twosomes or foursomes, with tee This virus will indeed pass – they all tab for now. Who knows where that times spread out over 10-12 minute interdo – and golf may come out stronger for it. quarter has been? vals. This means “social distancing” is

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Carolinas PGA Selected events; complete schedule at carolinas.pga.com May 19-21 – 69th South Carolina Open, TPC Myrtle Beach. June 3-4 – North Carolina Senior Open, Old North State Club, New London. June 9-11 – 56th North Carolina Open, Peninsula Club, Cornelius. June 22-33 – Pro-Assistant Championship, River Landing (Landing and River), Wallace. July 13-15 – Professional Championship, Daniel Island Ralston course, Charleston. July 20-21 – South Carolina Senior Open, The Reserve GC, Pawley’s Island. Aug. 10-11 – Senior Professional Championship, Pinehurst No. 7. Aug. 18-20 – 96th Carolinas Open, Forsyth CC, Winston-Salem. Aug. 31-Sept. 1 – Assistants Championship, CC of North Carolina Dogwood course, Pinehurst. Sept. 9 – Pro-Official Championship, CC of North Carolina Dogwood course, Pinehurst. Sept. 21 – Assistants Association Pro-Pro, Starmount Forest CC, Greensboro. Oct. 20 – Women’s Pro-Pro Championship, Moss Creek GC, Hilton Head Island, SC. Oct. 20-21 – Match Play Championship, Linville GC. Dec. 1-3 – Pro-Pro Championship, Pinehurst area courses.

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Men/Women USGA Qualifying May 28 – U.S. Senior Women’s Open Sectional, Pine Needles, Southern Pines. June 1 – U.S. Senior Open Sectional, Highland CC, Fayetteville. June 23 – U.S. Women’s Amateur Sectional, Governor’s Club, Chapel Hill. July 1-2 – U.S. Amateur Sectional, Mill Creek GC, Mebane. July 14-15 – U.S. Amateur Sectional, Pinewood CC, Asheboro. July 15 – U.S. Womens Mid-Amateur Sectional, CCNC Dogwood course, Pinehurst. Aug. 17 – U.S. Mid-Amateur Sectional, Carolina CC, Raleigh.

CGA Seniors/Super Seniors May 13-15 – 35th North Carolina Senior Amateur, Rolling Hills CC, Monroe. Selected qualifying sites: Forest Oaks CC, Greensboro (April 20); Chapel Ridge, Pittsboro (April 21). June 8-9 – 12th Carolinas Super Senior, Chapel Hill CC. Aug. 10-12 – 20th North Carolina Senior FourBall, Mid Pines Inn and Golf Club, Southern Pines. Sept. 1-2 – 13th North Carolina Super Senior, Kinston CC.

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Sept. 9-11 – 59th Carolinas Senior Amateur, Ballantyne Country Club, Charlotte. Selected qualifying sites: Rock Barn Jones Course, Conover (Aug. 18); Heritage GC, Wake Forest (Aug. 25); Colonial CC, Thomasville (Aug. 31). Oct. 6-7 – 9th Carolinas Super Senior Four-Ball, Mount Vintage GC, North Augusta, SC.

CGA Men/Mid-Am May 15-17 – 5th Carolinian Amateur, Keith Hills Club, Buies Creek. First round serves as a qualifier for N.C. Amateur. June 18-21 – 60th North Carolina Amateur, North Ridge CC Lakes Course, Raleigh. Selected qualifying sites: Keith Hills GC, Buies Creek (May 15); Bentwinds CC, Fuquay-Varina (May 18); Sapona GC, Lexington (May 21). July 9-12 – 106th Carolinas Amateur, Cape Fear CC, Wilmington. Selected qualifying sites: Bryan Park Champions Course, Brown Summit (June 23); Brier Creek CC, Raleigh (June 29). July 29-Aug. 2 – 11th North Carolina Amateur Match Play, Club at 12 Oaks, Holly Springs. Selected qualifying sites: Bryan Park Champions Course, Brown Summit (June 23), Brier Creek CC, Raleigh (June 29). Sept. 25-27 – 27th North Carolina Mid-Amateur, Lonnie Poole GC, Raleigh. Selected qualifying sites: Rock Barn Jones Course, Conover (Aug. 19); Colonial CC, Thomasville (Sept. 1); Deercroft GC, Aberdeen (Sept. 12); Preserve at Jordan Lake, Chapel Hill (Sept. 15). Oct. 9-11 – 25th North Carolina Four-Ball, The Cardinal by Pete Dye, Greensboro. Oct. 19 – 43rd Carolinas Club Championship, Sedgefield CC Ross Course, Greensboro.

CGA Mixed Events July 17 – 54th Carolinas Father-Son, Pinehurst area courses. July 17 – 22nd Carolinas Parent-Child, Pinehurst area courses. Aug. 15-16 – 14th Carolinas Mixed Team Championship, Kiawah Island Resort Cougar Point and Oak Point. Nov. 7-8 – 10th Carolinas Net Amateur, CC of Whispering Pines.

CGA Women June 2-4 – 94th Carolinas Women’s Amateur, Bermuda Run CC East Course, Advance. June 30-July 1 – 43rd Carolinas Women’s Four-Ball, Carolina CC, Spartanburg, SC. July 6-8 – 65th Virginias-Carolinas Women’s Team Matches, Pinehurst No. 7. July 28-30 – 23rd Carolinas Women’s Match Play, Gaston CC, Gastonia. Sept. 21-22 – 22nd Carolinas Senior Women’s Amateur, Dataw Island Club, Beaufort, SC. Oct. 13-15 – 4th Carolinas Women’s Club Team, River Landing, Wallace.

CGA Team Events Oct. 16-17 – 75th Captain’s Putter Team Matches, The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, WV. Nov. 21-22 – 23rd Carolinas Interclub Final Four, course TBA.

Amateur Individual May 16-17 – High Point Memorial, Blair Park GC, High Point. Medal play in flights. 336-883-3497.

May 23-24 – 33rd annual Southwick Amateur, Southwick GC, Graham. Medal play in flights. Also senior division. 336-227-2582. June 5-7 – Asheboro City Amateur, Asheboro Municipal, Holly Ridge GL, Pinewood CC. (Randolph County residents only). 336-625-4158. June 6-7 – Alamance County Amateur, Indian Valley GC, Burlington, on Saturday and Southwick GC, Graham, on Sunday. 336-584-1326 or 336-227-2582. June 13-14 – Bob Howerton Invitational, Kinderton CC, Clarksville, Va. 434-374-8822. June 13-14 – Durham Amateur, Hillandale GC, Durham. Medal play in flights. 919-286-4211. June 27-28 – Chair City Open, Winding Creek GC, Thomasville. Medal play in flights. 336-475-5580. June 27-28 – Brookwood Amateur, Brookwood GC, Whitsett. 336-449-5544. June 27-28 – Wake County Amateur, Pine Hollow GC, Clayton. Medal play in flights. Not restricted to Wake County residents. 919-553-4554. July 11-12 – Joe Wood Memorial, Cedarbrook CC, Elkin. Medal play in flights. 336-835-2320. July 11-12 – Danville Invitational, Danville GC, Va.. Medal play in flights. 434-792-7225. July 25-26 – 34th Dugan Aycock Davidson County Amateur, Lexington GC. Medal play in flights. 336-248-3950. July 25-26 – The Triad Amateur Golf Classic, 36 holes stroke play. Ages 16-over. High Point CC Willow Creek course. 336-869-2416. Aug. 1-2 – 59th annual Chatmoss Invitational, Chatmoss CC, Martinsville. Medal play in flights. Also senior division. 276-638-7648. Aug. 14-16 – 73rd Forsyth Championships, Reynolds Park GC, Pine Knolls GC, Tanglewood (Championship). Medal play in flights. Limited to Forsyth County residents. Bobby Hege 336-416-3289. Aug. 8-9 – Holly Ridge Charity Classic in memory of John Ridge and Jerry Davis, Holly Ridge GL, Archdale. Medal play in flights. Optional shootout on Aug. 7. 336-861-4653. Aug. 15-16 – Crooked Tree Amateur, Crooked Tree GC, Brown Summit. Medal play in flights. 336-656-3211. Sept. 26-27 – Steve Welch Fall Classic, Asheboro Municipal GC. Medal play in flights. Also super senior division for ages 65-over. 336-625-4158.

Senior Individual May 18-19 – 11th annual Sport Durst Durham Senior Amateur Championship (Seniors 55-over, Super Seniors 65-over and Legends 70-over), Croasdaile CC, Durham. 919-383-2517 or 919-699-9681. June 4-5 – 59th Forsyth Seniors, Pine Knolls GC and Maple Chase G&CC. Limited to Forsyth County residents 50-over with play in age divisions. Bobby Hege 336-416-3289. July 11-12 – Joe Wood Memorial, Cedarbrook CC, Elkin. Medal play in flights ages 55-over. 336-835-2320. July 11-12 – Danville Invitational, Danville GC, Va.. Medal play in flights. Super Senior division also, depending on entries. 434-792-7225. July 25-26 – 9th annual Davidson County Senior Amateur, Lexington GC. Ages 55-over. Medal play in flights. 336-248-3950. July 25-26 – The Triad Amateur Golf Classic, 36 holes stroke play. Ages 55-over. High Point CC Willow Creek course. 336-869-2416.

For the latest tournament schedule, now updated daily, go to www.trianglegolf.com then click on Tournaments Ladies Individual/Team May 2 – Mill Creek Texas 2-Ball, Mill Creek GC, Mebane. 2-person teams, Texas scramble. 919-563-4653. May 20 – 31st annual Kathleen Bryan Championship, Bryan Park, Brown Summit. 336-375-2200. June 11 – Crooked Tree Ladies Invitational, Crooked Tree GC, Brown Summit. 336-656-3211. June 27-28 – 54th annual Colonial Country Club Ladies Invitational, Colonial CC, Thomasville. Pre-flighted CGA ranking event. Beth Smith 336-442-7589. June 6-7 – Oak Hollow 2-Man Open, Oak Hollow GC, High Point. 2-man captain’s choice. 336-883-3260. June 13-14 – Goodyear Invitational Two-Man, Goodyear GC, Danville. 434-797-1909. June 13-14 – Lynrock Memorial Two-Man, Lynrock GC, Eden. 336-623-6110. July 25-26 – Tuscarora Two-Man Invitational, Tuscarora CC, Danville. Medal play in flights. 434-724-4191. Aug. 3-4 – 3rd annual Davidson County Senior 4-Ball. Ages 60-over. 2-person bestball, flighted after first round. Lexington GC. 336-248-3950. Aug. 8-9 – Madison-Mayodan Rotary Four-Ball Invitational, Deep Springs CC, Madison. 336-427-0950. Aug. 15-16 – Danville Two-Man Invitational, Danville GC, Va. Medal play in flights. 434-792-7225. Aug. 22-23 – Marvin Crowder 2-Ball, Kinderton CC, Clarksville, Va. 434-374-8822. Oct. 17-18 – 37th annual Lexington BBQ Festival 2-person teams, Lexington GC. 336-248-3950. Oct. 24-25 – Chatmoss Two-Man Invitational, Chatmoss CC, Martinsville. Medal play in flights. Also senior division. 276-638-7648. Nov. 7-8 – Greensboro National Fall Classic, Greensboro National GC, Summerfield. 2-man bestball. 336-342-1113.

Laid-Back Golfers Tour 434-792-3728 • Men/Women All-Ages Flights pre-determined by handicap Tees determined by hdc/age formula May 5 – Oak Hills GC, Eden May 20 – London Downs GC, Forest, Va. June 2 – Stoney Creek GC, Whitsett June 30 – Olde Mill Resort, Laurel Fork, Va. July 15 – Pine Knolls GC, Kernersville July 29 – Kinderton CC, Clarksville, Va. Aug. 3 – Country Hills, Gibsonville Aug. 17 – Forest Oaks GC, Gibsonville Aug. 31 – Southern Hills GC, Danville Sept. 15 – Deep Springs CC, Stoneville Sept. 29 - Quaker Creek GC, Mebane Oct. 12 – Caswell Pines GC, Yanceyville Oct. 26 – Bryan Park GC (Players), Brown Summit Nov. 9 – Chatmoss CC, Martinsville Nov. 23 – Goodyear GC, Danville

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CALENDAR Golfweek Amateur Tour 252-864-9161 May 2 – Forest Oaks CC, Greensboro May 9 – Keith Hills, Buies Creek May 16 – Foxfire (Red Fox), Jackson Springs May 23 – Chapel Ridge, Pittsboro May 30 – Mill Creek GC, Mebane June 6 – Colonial CC, Thomasville June 13 – Greensboro National, Summerfield June 27-28 – Southern Regional at Kiawah Island Turtle Point and Ocean Course June 29 – Greensboro CC (Farm), Greensboro July 11-12 – Carolina Trace (Creek and Lake courses), Sanford July 18 – Meadowlands GC, Winston-Salem July 25 – Bryan Park (Champions), Brown Summit Aug. 1 – Sapona GC, Lexington Aug. 8 -- Quail Ridge, Sanford Aug. 15 – Legacy GL, Aberdeen Aug. 22 – Pinewild (Holly), Pinehurst Aug. 29 – Holly Ridge GL, Archdale Sept. 4 – Skins Game at World Tour GL, Myrtle Beach Sept. 5-6 – Regional, World Tour GL and Grande Dunes, Myrtle Beach Sept. 19-20 -- Local Finals, Bryan Park (Players and Champions), Brown Summit

Senior Amateur Tour (ages 50-over) 336-303-6737 May 4-5 – Senior Masters at River Landing, Landing and River courses, Wallace. May 7 – Carolina Trace (Lake), Sanford May 9 – Hyland GC, Southern Pines May 14 – Colonial CC, Thomasville May 21 – Chapel Ridge, Pittsboro May 28 – Neuse GC, Clayton June 4 – Challenge GC, Graham June 6 – Southern Pines (Elks Club) June 11 – Stoney Creek GC, Whitsett June 18 – Mill Creek, Mebane June 25 – Bryan Park (Players), Brown Summit July 9 – Pine Needles, Southern Pines July 14-15 – Sandhills Regional at Mid Pines Resort, Southern Pines Aug. 3-4 – Senior Open at Peninsula Club and Northstone CC, Charlotte Aug. 6 – Carolina Trace (Creek), Sanford Aug. 13 – High Point CC (Willow Creek) Aug. 20 – Pine Hollow GC, Clayton Aug. 27 – Bryan Park (Champions), Brown Summit Sept. 10 – Southern Pines (Elks Club) Sept. 14 – 12 Oaks CC, Holly Springs Sept. 24 – Pinewild (Holly), Pinehurst

Captain’s Choice May 15th – LAUNCH Student Ministry Golf Tournament @ Silo Run, Boonville. (2 PM) - $600 1st place team prize. Contact jared. hoots227@gmail.com - (336) 407-4447. May 20 – 6th Annual Jim Shaw ACE Academy, Maple Chase, Winston-Salem. Contact Jim Shaw 336-306-8145. May 29 – Annual Ricky Proehl Golf Classic benefitting the P.O.W.E.R. of Play Foundation, Greensboro CC Farm Course, Greensboro, www.powerofplay.org. June 20 – 3rd Annual Father’s Day Golf Tournament @ Gillespie Golf Course, Greensboro, shotgun start @ 8am, Contact Jerome Goode 336-312-4388. www.trianglegolf.com

Aug. 22 – Boley Invitational Charity Golf Tournament (Proceeds To Parkinson’s Foundation), Goodyear GC, Danville, Virginia, Mark Boley markboley14@yahoo.com. Sept. 19 – 10th Annual Mitch Turner Drive away Cancer Classic benfiting American Cancer Society and Colon Cancer Coalition, Pilot Knob Park Country Club, Pilot Mountain, Contact Steve Turner at jturner91@triad. rr.com or clubhouse at 336-368-2828. Sept. 25 – Randy Parker Memorial Tournament benefiting ECU Economics Students, Ironwood GC, Greenville, Joey Cuellar 919-601-2740. Oct. 16 – The Pirate Cup benefiting ECU Ricks Management and Insurance Program, Neuse Golf Club, Clayton, Jonathan Nations 336-248-2007.

Consolidated Junior Events CGA 910-673-1000 * TYGA 910-673-1000 * PKBGT 336-347-8537 * NCJGF 919-858-6400 * TGF 919-291-5813 * NJGT 704-824-6548 * AJGA 770-868-4200 * USGA 908-234-2300 * USKIDS Raleigh Tour 919-206-4666 * Winternational 847-204-9888 * HJGT 904-379-2697 May 2 – PKBGT Southeast Series, Blythewood CC, Blythewood, SC, Girls, Ages 8-19. May 9 – PKBGT North Carolina Series, Monroe CC, Monroe, Girls, Ages 8-19. May 9-10 – PKBGT / LPGA Tour Pure Silk Girls Junior Championship, Kingsmill Resort, Williamsburg, VA, Girls, Ages 11-19. May 16-17 – TYGA Down East Junior, The Emerald GC, New Bern, Boys/Girls, Ages 13-18. May 16 – NJGA Monroe Junior, Monroe CC, Monroe, Boys/Girls Ages 4-18. May 16 – TYGA Tots, High Point Country ClubEmerywood, High Point, Boys/Girls Ages 6-12. May 16-17 – PKBGT North Carolina Series Classic, Forest Oaks CC, Forest Oaks, Girls, Ages 8-19. May 16-17 – TGF RBC Triangle Junior Classic, The Preseve GC, Chapel Hill, Boys only, Ages 12-18. May 16-17 – HJGT Kiawah Island Spring Junior Open, Kiawah Island, Kiawah Island, SC, Boys/Girls Ages 8-18. May 16-17 – HJGT Northern Virginia Spring Junior Open, Bowling Green CC North, Front Royal, VA, Boys/Girls Ages 8-18. May 16-17 – HJGT Raleigh Junior Open, River Ridge GC, Raleigh, Boys/Girls Ages 8-18. May 23-24 – CGA Creed Boys’ Invitational, Camden CC, Camden, SC, Boys only, Ages 12-18. May 23-25 – PKBGT Open Championships, CC of Salisbury, Salisbury, Girls only, Ages 11-19. May 24-25 – TGF RBC Tour Championship, Mid Pines Inn & GC, Southern Pines, Boys only, Ages 12-18. May 30 – TYGA Tots, Keith Hills Golf Club, Lillington, Boys/Girls Ages 6-12. May 30 – Drive, Chip and Putt Local Qualifier, Methodist University, Fayetteville, Boys/Girls, Ages 7-15. May 30 – PKBGT North Carolina Series, Foxfire Resort & Golf (Grey), Foxfire Village, Girls, Ages 8-19. May 30 – PKBGT Southeast Series, Cobbs Glen CC, Anderson, SC, Girls, Ages 8-19. May 30-31 – CGA Jimmy Anderson Boys’ Invitational, Jacksonville CC, Jacksonville, Boys only, Ages 12-18. May 30-31 – PKBGT Reston Girls Classic, Reston National, Reston, VA, Girls, Ages 11-19.

May 30-31 – TYGA Triad Greensboro Junior Boys Open Bryan Park GC (Players), Greensboro, Boys only, Ages 13-18. May 31 – PKBGT North Carolina Series, Longleaf GC, Southern Pines, Girls, Ages 8-19. June 6 – TYGA Tots, The River Club, Louisburg, Boys/Girls Ages 6-12. June 6 – Drive, Chip and Putt Local Qualifier, Pinewild CC, Pinehurst, Boys/Girls, Ages 7-15. June 6 – PKBGT Middle Atlantic Series, Lake Chesdin GC, Chesterfield, VA, Girls, Ages 8-19. June 6-7 – PKBGT Coastal Carolina Classic, Hackler GC, Myrtle Beach, SC, Girls, Ages 11-19. June 6-7 – TYGA Bojangles Junior, Cutter Creek GC, Snow Hill, Boys only, Ages 13-18. June 7 – USGA Junior Girls’ Qualifying, Colonial CC, Thomasville, Girls only, Ages 18 & under. June 10 – Drive, Chip and Putt Local Qualifier, Bryan Park Golf and Conference Center, Greensboro, Boys/Girls, Ages 7-15. June 10 – PKBGT North Carolina Series, Bryan Park GC (Players), Greensboro, Girls, Ages 8-19. June 10 – TYGA Sandhills One Day, Sanford GC, Sanford, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18. June 12 – Drive, Chip and Putt Local Qualifier, Wedgewood Public Golf Course, Wilson, Boys/ Girls, Ages 7-15. June 13 – CGA NC Junior Boys Qualifying, Coharie CC, Clinton, Boys only, Ages 18 & under. June 13 – GSA June event, Facility to be determined, ages 10-18, 864-616-4202 June 13-14 – TYGA Triad Sapona Junior, Sapona GC, Lexington, Boys/Girls, Ages 13-18. June 13-14 – HJGT Virginia Summer Junior Open, 1757 Golf Club, Dulles, VA, Boys/Girls Ages 8-18. June 13-14 – PKBGT Valley Junior Girls, Hidden Valley CC, Salem, VA, Girls only, Ages 11-19. June 15 – TYGA One Day Tournament, Gaston CC, Gastonia, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18. June 15 – TYGA Tin Whistles TOTS One Day, Pinehurst CC No. 6, Pinehurst, Boys/Girls, Ages 6-12. June 15 – TYGA Tin Whistles Tots, Pinehurst CC #6, Pinehurst, Boys/Girls, Ages 6-12. June 15 – TYGA Triad One Day, Forest Oaks CC, Greensboro, Boys/Girls, Ages 8-18. June 15 – USGA Junior Amateur Qualifying, Benvenue CC, Rocky Mount, NC Boys, Ages 18 & Under. June 16 – CGA NC Junior Boys’ Qualifying, Salem Glen GC, Winston-Salem, Boys only, Ages 18 & under. June 16 – TYGA Triad One Day, Pine Knolls GC, Kernersville, Boys/Girls, Ages 8-18. June 16-17 – TGF Greensboro Junior Amateur, Greensboro CC (Farm), Greensboro, Boys only, Ages 12-18. June 16-19 – CGA NC Junior Girls’ Championship, Cedar Rock CC, Lenior, NC Girls only, Ages 18 & under. June 17 – Drive, Chip and Putt Local Qualifier, Hope Valley Country Club, Durham, NC Boys/ Girls, Ages 7-15. June 17 – TYGA Sandhills One Day, Gates Four CC, Fayetteville, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18. June 17 – TYGA Triad One Day Tournament, Deep Springs CC, Reidsville, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18. June 18 – TYGA One Day, CC of Johnston Country, Smithfield, Boys/Girls, Ages 8-18. June 18 – USGA Junior Girls Amateur Qualifying, Mid-Carolina Club, Properity, SC, Girls only, Ages 18 & Under.

June 19 – Drive, Chip and Putt Local Qualifier, Sifford GC, Charlotte, Boys/Girls, Ages 7-15. June 20 – TYGA N.C. Middle School Championship, Longleaf G&FC, Southern Pines, Grades 6-8. June 20 – TYGA One Day Tournament, Siler City CC, Siler City, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18. June 20 – PKBGT North Carolina Series, Bermuda Run CC (West), Advance, Girls, Ages 8-19. June 21 – PKBGT Southeast Series, Tega Cay GC, Tega Cay, SC, Girls, Ages 8-19. June 22 – TYGA One Day, Club at Irish Creek, Kannapolis, Boys/Girls, Ages 8-18. June 22 – TYGA Tin Whistles TOTS One Day, Talamore GC, Southern Pines, Boys/Girls, Ages 6-12. June 22 – USGA Junior Amateur Qualifying, CC of South Carolina, Florence, SC, Ages 18 & under. June 22-23 – CGA Twin States Girls’ Championship, Dataw Island Club, St. Helena, SC, Girls only, Ages 18 & under. June 23 – TYGA Triad One Day, Statesville CC, Statesville, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18. June 23-26 – CGA NC Junior Boys’ Championship, Maple Chase CC, WinstonSalem, NC Boys only, Ages 18 & under. June 24 – TYGA Sandhills One Day, Legacy GL, Aberdeen, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18. June 24 – TYGA Triad One Day, Gillespie GC, Greensboro, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18. June 25 – Drive, Chip and Putt Local Qualifier, UNC Finley GC, Chapel Hill, Boys/Girls, Ages 7-15. June 25 – TYGA Triad One Day, Oak Hollow GC, High Point, Boys/Girls, Ages 8-18. June 25-26 CPGA Girls’ Junior Championship, Club at Irish Creek, Kannapolis, Girls only, Ages 18 & under. June 25-26 – NJGA Apple Mountain Junior, Apple Mountain Resort, Clarkesville, GA, Boys/Girls Ages 4-18. June 26-27 – PKBGT North Carolina Series, Longleaf Golf & CC, Pinehurst, Girls, Ages 8-19. June 27 – TYGA Tots, Midland CC, Southern Pines, Boys/Girls, Ages 6-12. June 27-28 – PKBGT Southeast Girls Classic, Blythewood CC, Blythewood, SC, Girls, Ages 11-19. June 28 – TYGA Tots, Longleaf GC, Southern Pines, Boys/Girls, Ages 6-12. June 29 – Drive, Chip and Putt Local Qualifier, Country Club of Salisbury, Salisbury, Boys/ Girls, Ages 7-15. June 29 – NJGA Charlotte Junior Classic at Firethorne CC, Marvin, Boys/Girls Ages 4-18. June 29 – TYGA One Day Tournament, Chapel Hill CC, Chapel Hill, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18. June 29 – TYGA Tin Whistles Tots, CC of North Carolina, Pinehurst, Boys/Girls, Ages 6-12. June 29 – TYGA Triad One Day, Greensboro National GC, Greensboro, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18. June 29 – USGA Junior Amateur Qualifying, Mill Creek GC, Mebane, NC Boys, Ages 18 & Under. June 29-30 – CGA Carolinas Girls’ 15 & Under, CC of Whispering Pines, Whispering Pines, Girls only, Ages 15 & under. June 29-30 – CPGA Boys’ Junior Championship, Starmount Forest CC, Greensboro, Boys only, Ages 18 & under.

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CALENDAR June 29-30 – TGF RBC Southeastern Junior Open, Chapel Ridge GC, Pittsboro/Chapel Hill, Boys only, Ages 12-18. June 30- July 1 – Forsyth Junior, Tanglewood Reynolds, Pine Knolls, Reynolds Park, Boys/ Girls Forsyth County Residents, Bobby Hege 336-416-3289. June 30-July 1 – Carmel Junior Invitational, Carmel CC, Charlotte, Boys/Girls, Ages 8-18, 704-945-3300 June 30-July 1 – TYGA Coastal Plains Junior, Greenville CC, Greenville, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18. June 30 – TYGA Triad One Day, Reynolds Park GC, Winston-Salem, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18. July 1 – Triad One Day Tournament, Colonial CC, Thomasville, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18. July 2 – PKBGT North Carolina Series, Greensboro CC (Irving), Greensboro, Girls, Ages 8-19. July 2 – TYGA Jack Ratz Junior Memorial, Wildwood Green GC, Raleigh, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18. July 2 – TYGA Tin Whistles TOTS One Day, TBD, Boys/Girls, Ages 6-12. July 6 – TYGA Tin Whistles TOTS One Day, Midland CC, Pinehurst, Boys/Girls, Ages 6-12. July 6 – TYGA Triad One Day, Lexington GC, Lexington, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18. July 6-7 – PKBGT Carolinas Classic, Carolina Trace CC, Sanford, Girls only, Ages 11-19. July 6-7 – CGA NC Boys’ 13 & Under, Asheboro Municipal GC, Asheboro, NC Boys only, Ages 13 & under. July 6-8 – North & South Junior, Pinehurst CC, Pinehurst, Boys/Girls, Ages 15-18, 910-295-6816 July 8 – TYGA Sandhills One Day, Seven Lakes GC, West End, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18. July 8 – TYGA Triad Tots, Pine Knolls GC, Kernersville, Boys/Girls, Ages 6-12. July 9 – CGA Carolinas Junior Boys’ Qualifying, Cabarrus CC, Concord, Boys only, Ages 18 & under. July 9 – TYGA Triad One Day, Pinewood CC, Asheboro, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18. July 10 – TYGA One Day, Lake Hickory CC (Catawba Springs), Hickory, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18. July 11 – PKBGT Middle Atlantic Series, Shenandoah Valley GC, Front Royal, VA, Girls, Ages 8-19. July 11 – PKBGT Southeast Series, The Carolina CC, Spartanburg, SC, Girls, Ages 8-19. July 11-12 – PKBGT Commonwealth Classic, Lake Monticello GC, Palmyra, VA, Girls only, Ages 11-19. July 11-12 – PKBGT Wolfpack Classic, NC State Lonnie Poole GC, Raleigh, Girls, Ages 11-19. July 13 – CGA Dogwood State Boys’ Qualifying, Kinston CC, Kinston, Boys only, Ages 18 & Under. July 13 – Drive, Chip and Putt Local Qualifier, CC of Landfall, Wilmington, Boys/Girls, Ages 7-15. July 13 – PKBGT North Carolina Series, Pine Island CC, Charlotte, Girls, Ages 8-19. July 13 – TYGA Triad One Day, Meadowlands GC, Winston-Salem, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18. July 13-14 – TGF Cardinal Junior Amateur, Cardinal Cub by Pete Dye, Greensboro, Boys only, Ages 12-18.

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July 13-14 – TYGA Roy Jones Junior, Kinston CC, Kinston, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18. July 13-16 – PGA Junior Boys’ Championship, PGA GC, Port St. Lucie, FL, Boys only, Ages 18 & under, 561-366-2905 July 13-18 – USGA Junior Girls’ Amateur, US Air Force Academy GC, Colorado Springs, CO, Girls only, Ages 18 & under. July 14-16 – CGA Dogwood Girls’ State Junior, Ironwood CC, Greenville, NC Girls only, Ages 18 & under. July 15 – CGA Dogwood State Boys’ Qualifying, Blair Park GC, High Point, Boys only, Ages 18 & Under. July 15-16 – TYGA Triad High Point Junior, Blair Park & Oak Hollow, High Point, Boys/ Girls, Ages 12-18. July 16 – CGA Carolinas Junior Boys’ Qualifying, Goldsboro GC, Goldsboro, Boys only, Ages 18 & Under. July 16 – CGA Dogwood State Boys’ Qualifying, Goldsboro GC, Goldsboro, Boys only, Ages 18 & Under, 910-373-1000 July 17 – CGA Carolinas Father-Son, Pinehurst area courses, Pinehurst. July 17 – CGA Carolinas Parent-Child, Pinehurst area courses, Pinehurst. July 20 – CGA Carolinas Junior Boys’ Qualifying, Camden CC, Camden, SC, Boys only, Ages 18 & under. July 20 – Drive, Chip and Putt Local Qualifier, Maple Chase CC, Winston-Salem, Boys/Girls, Ages 7-15. July 20 – PKBGT North Carolina Series, Pinehurst Resort No. 3, Pinehurst, Girls, Ages 8-19. July 20-25 – USGA Junior Amateur, Hazeltine National GC, Chaska, MN, Boys’ only, Age 18 & under. July 21 – TYGA Triad One Day, Asheboro City GC, Asheboro, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18. July 21-23 – CGA Carolinas Girls’ Championship, CC of Asheville, Asheville, Girls only, Ages 18 & under. July 21-23 – CGA Dogwood Boys’ State Junior, CC of Landfall, Wilmington, NC Boys only, Ages 18 & under. July 22 – TYGA Sandhills One Day, Talamore GC, Southern Pines, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18. July 22 – TYGA Triad One Day, Cedarbrook CC, Elkin, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18. July 23 – TYGA Triad One Day, The Cardinal by Pete Dye, Greensboro, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18. July 25 – PKBGT Middle Atlantic Series, Pendleton GC, Ruther Glen, VA, Girls, Ages 8-19. July 25 – TYGA Tots, Brunswick Plantation (course TBD), Calabash, Boys/Girls Ages 6-12. July 26 – TYGA Tots, Brunswick Plantation (course TBD), Calabash, Boys/Girls Ages 6-12. July 26-27 – PKBGT Precision Girls’ Championship, Bryan Park GC, Greensboro, Girls, Ages 11-19. July 27 – Drive, Chip and Putt Local Qualifier, The Peninsula Club, Cornelius, Boys/Girls, Ages 7-15. July 28 – TYGA One Day, Providence CC, Charlotte, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18. July 28 – TYGA Triad One Day, Stoney Creek GC, Whitsett, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18. July 28-30 – CGA Carolinas Junior Boys’ Championship, Florence CC, Florence, SC, SC/NC Boys only, Ages 18 & under. July 28-31 – PGA Junior Girls’ Championship, PGA GC, Port St. Lucie, FL, Girls only, Ages 18 & under, 561-366-2905

July 29 – TYGA Sandhills One Day, Stryker GC, Fort Bragg, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18. July 29 – TYGA Triad Tots, Salem Glen GC, Winston-Salem, Boys/Girls, Ages 6-12. July 30 – TYGA Triad One Day, High Point CC (Willow Creek), High Point, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18. July 31 – PKBGT North Carolina Series, Pinewood CC, Asheboro, Girls, Ages 8-19. Aug. 1 – PKBGT Southeast Series, Spring Valley CC, Columbia, SC, Girls, Ages 8-19. Aug. 3 – PKBGT North Carolina Series, The Club at Irish Creek, Kannapolis, Girls, Ages 8-19. Aug. 3 – TYGA Dan Dobson Junior, Mimosa Hills CC, Morganton, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18. Aug. 3 – TYGA Tin Whislters TOTS, Pinewood CC, Asheboro, Boys/Girls, Ages 6-12. Aug. 3 – TYGA Tin Whistles Tots, Pinewild CC, Pinehurst, Boys/Girls, Ages 6-12. Aug. 4 – TYGA One Day, Brook Valley CC, Greenville, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18. Aug. 4-5 – TYGA Triad Maple Chase Junior, Maple Chase CC, Winston-Salem, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18. Aug. 4-6 – Hope Valley Junior Invitational, Hope Valley CC, Durham, Boys/Girls, Invitation only, Ages 18 & under. Aug. 5 – TYGA Sandhills One Day, Pinehurst CC #6, Pinehurst, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18. Aug. 5-6 – TGF River Landing Junior Amateur, River landing CC, Wallace Boys only, Ages 12-18. Aug. 6 – TYGA Triad One Day, Salem Glen GC, Winston-Salem, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18. Aug. 8 – Drive, Chip and Putt Sub-Regional, Duke University, Durham, Boys/Girls, Ages 7-15. (only participants who make it to the next round) Aug. 8-9 – PKBGT Tiger Classic, Clemson University Walker GC, Clemson, SC, Girls only, Ages 11-19. Aug. 8-9 – HJGT Charlotte Spring Junior Open, Monroe CC, Monroe, Boys/Girls Ages 8-18. Aug. 8-9 – Carolinas-Virginias Boys Team Matches, CC of North Carolina, Pinehurst, Boys only, Invitation only. Aug. 8-9 – PKBGT Middle Atlantic Series Classic, Bowling Green CC, Front Royal, VA, Girls, Ages 8-19. Aug. 8-9 – PKBGT North Carolina Series Chapel Hill Classic, UNC Chapel Hill Finley GC, Chapel Hill, Girls, Ages 8-19. Aug. 9-10 – Notah Begay – Jr. National Golf Championship Regional, Pinehurst CC (No. 1), Pinehurst, NC Boys/Girls Ages 10-18, 407675-4567 Aug. 10 – TYGA SAS Junior, Prestonwood CC, Cary, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18. Aug. 10 – TYGA Triad One Day, Jamestown Park GC, Jamestown, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18. Aug. 11-13 – SCJGA-Beth Daniel Junior Azalea, CC of Charleston, Ages 13-18, Boys/ Girls, 803-732-9311 Aug. 12-13 – TYGA State Championship, Mill Creek GC, Mebane, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18. Aug. 14-16 – PKBGT Tour Championship Pine Needles Resort, Southern Pines, Girls only, Ages 11-19. Aug. 15 – Drive, Chip and Putt Sub-Regional, Grandover, Greensboro, Boys/Girls, Ages 7-15. (only participants who make it to the next round) Aug. 15 – TYGA Tots, Asheboro Municipal, Asheboro, Boys/Girls Ages 6-12.

Aug. 16 – TYGA Tots, Pinewood Country Club, Asheboro, Boys/Girls Ages 6-12. Aug. 22 – Drive, Chip and Putt Sub-Regional, Fort Jackson GC, Columbia, SC, Boys/Girls, Ages 7-15. (only participants who make it to the next round) Aug. 23 – PKBGT North Carolina Series, Sapona Golf Club, Lexington, Girls, Ages 8-19. Aug. 29 – PKBGT Middle Atlantic Series, Hidden Creek CC, Reston, VA, Girls, Ages 8-19. Aug. 29 – PKBGT North Carolina Series, CC of Whispering Pines, Whispering Pines, Girls, Ages 8-19. Aug. 29 – PKBGT Southeast Series, CC of Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC, Girls, Ages 8-19. Aug. 29-30 – NCJGF UNC Junior Championship, UNC Finley GC, Chapel Hill, Boys only, Grades 6-12, 910-858-6400 Aug. 29-30 – CGA Mimosa Hills Junior Invitational (54-holes), Mimosa Hills CC, Morganton, Boys/Girls, Invitation only. Sept. 5-7 – NJGA 20th Annual National Championship, True Blue GC, Pawleys Island, SC, Boys/Girls Ages 4-18. Sept. 6-7 – TGF Mid-Pines Junior Amateur, Mid Pines Inn & GC, Southern Pines Boys only, Ages 12-18. Sept. 12 – PKBGT Middle Atlantic Series, Greene Hills CC, Standardsville, VA, Girls, Ages 8-19. Sept. 12 – PKBGT North Carolina Series, Deep Springs CC, Stoneville, Girls, Ages 8-19. Sept. 12-13 – Orange Jacket Junior, Boscobel GC, Pendleton, SC, Boys/Girls, Ages 10-18, 864-646-3991 Sept. 19 – TYGA Tots, Gillespie Golf Course, Greensboro Boys/Girls Ages 6-12. Sept. 19-20 – PKBGT North Carolina Series Finale, Colonial CC, Thomasville, Girls, Ages 8-19. Sept. 19-20 – PKBGT Southeast Series Finale, CC of South Carolina, Florence, SC, Girls, Ages 8-19. Sept. 19-20 – TYGA Tournament of Champions, Keith Hills GC, Buies Creek, Boys/Girls, Invitation only. Sept. 23 – TYGA/PKBGT North State High School Challenge, Keith Hills GC, Buies Creek, Girls only, Grades 9-12. Sept. 26-27 – PKBGT Middle Atlantic Series Finale, Fawn Lake CC, Spotsylvania, VA, Girls, Ages 8-19. Sept. 26-27 – The Henry Transou Memorial Junior, Cherokee National GC, Gaffney, SC, Boys/Girls, 864-489-9417 Oct. 3-4 – TYGA Triad Archdale-Trinity Junior, Holly Ridge GL, Archdale, Boys/Girls, Ages 13-15. Oct. 3-4 – CGA/PKBGT Jimmy Anderson Girls’ Invitational, Jacksonville CC, Jacksonville, Girls only, Ages 12-18. Oct. 3-4 – TYGA Tots State Championship, Holly Ridge Golf Links, Archdale, NC Boys/ Girls Ages 6-12. Oct. 24-25 – TYGA Triad Bill Harvey Memorial, Bryan Park GC, Greensboro, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18. Nov. 25 – TYGA Turkey Shootout, TBD, Pinehurst, Boys/Girls, Ages 8-18. Nov. 28-29 – CGA Vicki DiSantis Girls’ Championship, Pine Island CC, Charlotte, Girls only, Ages 13-18. Dec. 22 – TYGA Toys for Tots, TBD, Boys/ Girls, Ages 12-18. www.trianglegolf.com

Thigpen joins Carolinas Hall of Fame By DAVID DROSCHAK

s a pioneer of women’s golf in the Carolinas in the early 20th century, Dorothy Dotger Thigpen’s long list of golfing buddies included the likes of Richard Tufts, Dugan Aycock and Davis Love Jr., and her affection of this great game saw her playing into her 70s. And it has taken more than three decades after her passing in 1989 to be inducted into the Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame, but like many of Thigpen’s thousands of rounds played in her illustrious career, the journey was as important as the final scorecard. “I learned a lot on those long walks with my grandmother, and as with any fine golfer, the lessons were not limited to the game,” said Susan Thigpen Carlson, Thigpen’s eldest granddaughter. “The golf course was her playing field for lessons of life.” Thigpen, winner of the first two Women’s CGA Championships in Pinehurst in 1922 and 1923, will join the Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame 2020 class posthumously this spring with Duke women’s golf coach Dan Brooks. The timing is fitting since Thigpen was the first woman on the men’s Duke golf team (at the time Trinity College) during her time as a college student. Thigpen grew up playing golf at Charlotte Country Club and won the women’s club championship there in 1917 – at the age of 15. Thigpen dominated women’s golf across the region in the 1920s, regularly scoring in the mid 80s during a period in which the top women players were shooting in the 90s. In 1923 she married Richard E. Thigpen who was alumni secretary at Duke University, and played the first round at the Donald Ross-designed Hope Valley Country Club, where she later set one of her numerous course records for female golfers. Thigpen gave up competitive golf in 1924 to raise her family after having played in the North-South Championship in Pinehurst a year earlier. She also won six team events in Pinehurst. Thigpen continued the “fun” portion of her golfing career and won the women’s championship at Hope Valley in 1928 and 1929. www.trianglegolf.com

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