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By Stuart Hall nly a few days had passed since Kevin O’Connell won the U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship in late September. The transition from euphoria to what next was already underway.

“It’s a little daunting,” said the 30-year-old O’Connell of Cary. “I’m not going to lie.”

For defeating Brett Boner 4 and 3 in the 36-hole final of the 38th U.S. Mid-Amateur just down the road at Charlotte Country Club, O’Connell received more than a gold medal and his name engraved at the base of the ornately curvaceous silver trophy.

The former University of North Carolina golfer received exemptions into the next 10 U.S. MidAmateurs, the next two U.S. Amateurs — including next year at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club — and next year’s U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. Also, he received an invitation to the 2019 Masters in April.

O’Connell, ranked No. 104 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR) heading into March, also elbowed his way into the U.S. Walker Cup team discussion. The Yanks will visit Great Britain & Ireland at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake next September.

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ing European Tour Qualifying School in early October.

In seven WAGR events after leaving his job, O’Connell totaled five top-six finishes, including a mid-June win at the Monroe Invitational in Pittsford, N.Y. With his game in a good place, O’Connell arrived in Charlotte for the U.S. Mid-Amateur with every intention of leaving for Q-School the next week.

“I felt like the year progressed well enough to give myself that shot,” said O’Connell. [Going to Europe was] something I was really looking forward to, but winning the Mid-Am has a way of changing a lot of plans.”

O’Connell recently confirmed he would take a year off from work and play in as many top-shelf amateur events as possible.

Such a schedule should not be all that unfamiliar to O’Connell. After a standout prep career at Cary’s Green Hope High School and earning Atlantic Coast Conference freshman of the year honors at UNC, O’Connell graduated college in 2011.

He played a few years on the eGolf Professional Tour, a regional developmental mini-tour.

During his days as a standout junior, O’Connell was afforded the opportunity to play against top-level peers, many who have become household names on the PGA Tour. So when O’Connell began to toil on the mini-tour and hover around the cut line at qualifying school, he began to have a “gradual realization” about his professional career.

“I was shooting all of these scores that were right around par and that was good enough to survive in the sense that I was earning my money back, but

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I wasn’t progressing,” said O’Connell. “Every fall, Q-School would come around and I would shoot something that seemed to miss out by a shot or two. When that happens, you can look at it one of two ways. You can say, ‘Hey, if I can improve just a little bit, because I’m close here …,’ but in my opinion, if I wanted to be the successful player that I wanted to be, I should be competing more to win those stages instead of just squeaking through.”

O’Connell pivoted and moved to a business career.

He applied for and was granted amateur reinstatement around the turn of 2015.

Passion for the game never ebbed, though, so O’Connell kept honing and competing. Several years of practice, perspective and maturity brought O’Connell back to reconsidering a professional playing career.

That, however, changed dramatically as a result of his one-week run in Charlotte.

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Carving out quite a career Bob Farren latest hall of fame inductee from Pinehurst Resort

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ob Farren has never won a championship, never hoisted a trophy for a global photo op or sank a clutch putt for hundreds of thousands of dollars. In fact, many causal golfers may have never even heard of his name, let alone know his title at one of golf’s most glorious venues.

However, it’s an understatement to say Farren has virtually touched every piece of lush fairway grass, smooth putting surface, native grass or narrow blade of pine straw across the sprawling, iconic golfing destination known as Pinehurst Resort.

In one form or another for 37 years Farren has been the steward of the resort’s agronomy program and USGA golf championships, beginning as an assistant superintendant on courses No. 1 and 4 in the early 1980s to his current position for a decade as of director of golf course maintenance, earning him induction into the Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame in 2019.

“I say this tongue-and-cheek but to a certain extent it is true that my department at Pinehurst Resort is responsible for everything green but the money, pretty much everything that grows and flows, everything from a tree falling on a green to our nutrition programs,” Farren says.

Farren, 61, has worked on eight USGA Championships at Pinehurst, including three U.S. Opens and the U.S. Women’s Open. In 2014, the men’s and women’s Opens were played on consecutive weeks on Pinehurst No. 2 – a first in golf history, and a huge accomplishment in the field

of agronomy. Farren was honored with the President’s Award for Environmental Stewardship from the Golf Course Superintendents of America in 2007 and Golf Digest magazine’s Green Star Award for outstanding environmental practices in 2014.

Farren grew up the son of a greens keeper in rural West Virginia, the golf course a half mile from his house. He graduated from Marshall University in 1979 and found his way to the Tar Heel State.

“I never considered another career,” he says. “From middle school through high school people would ask what I wanted to do and I would tell them I wanted to be a golf course superintendent. Ironically I would say -- and still to this day it puzzles me -- that I wanted to be a golf course superintendent in North Carolina, and I had never even been to North Carolina. That’s weird.”

Farren’s expertise in balancing the science and “feel” of modern-day golf course agronomy is key, but his bigpicture outlook at such a massive resort like Pinehurst is also a major component to his success.

“It is never all perfect. It is interesting, and that drives me,” Farren says. “You can kind of put people in my profession into silos. Some want to work at a championship venue and not all are fortunate enough to be able to do that; some want to work at a really high end private club and not to be bothered with championship noise and some want to work at a public venue. Some, especially in the early 1970s and 1980s, wanted to build a

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golf course, and then move on and do another one. I have been very fortunate and blessed to be here and do all of that and not have to move my family around, relocate and have to keep establishing different relationships in different communities. And I’ve been able to execute major championships at the highest level and construction as well.”

More recently at the resort, Farren has been credited with helping bring the Thistle Dhu putting course and The Cradle par-3 short course to life. He also worked alongside Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw during the restoration of Pinehurst No. 2, and with Gil Hanse this past year on redo of Course No. 4.

He also helped legendary architect Tom Fazio clear the land for Pinehurst No. 8 more than two decades ago.

Farren has been committed to minimizing over-seeding through the cooler months while investing in efficient turfgrass cultivars that reduce the use of water and nutrients over the long term of the golf courses at Pinehurst.

“And through Bob’s vision, the Pinehurst Resort property continues to serve as a turfgrass testing site to the benefit of all golf courses globally,” says Mike Davis, the CEO of the USGA. “We can only continue to watch and see what comes next from his greenhouse and committed staff.”

Farren laughs when asked about golfers mostly noticing when a golf course is in need of some TLC and taking for granted when conditions are pristine.

“I guess I really haven’t known it any differently,” Farren says. “It’s acceptable to me because I’ve been doing it for 40 years. But I do have an appreciation for and I acknowledge how course conditions affect the golf shop people. I get it, I understand what we do, and they are the ones that hear it from members or resort guests if it’s bad. I can see that connection and acknowledge that. What we enjoy as a staff when we leave at the end of the day is we have tangible results, regardless of what it may be. And it changes every day, sometimes we never know from one day to the next what we may be faced with. This past summer was an example with storms and hurricanes, and in the winter ice storms.”

Fellow inductee Jim Hyler has had the pleasure of working alongside Farren during several USGA championships at the resort.

“I think the world of Bob and am so honored to be in the same Hall of Fame class as he is,” Hyler says. “You talk about salt of the earth; that is Bob. He is a humble guy and he is very knowledgeable and is an incredible golf course guy.

He’s a can-do guy; a what do we need to do to get this right type of guy. I just have the utmost respect for him in every way – just a high character guy, high integrity and the consummate professional.”

Maybe the biggest compliment came from Coore and Crenshaw.

“We learned a great deal from Bob, and he has been such an important and integral part of protecting and nurturing Pinehurst’s legacy,” the two architects said.

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Selfless contributions to golf

Former USGA president Jim Hyler named to Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame

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By David Droschak ayne Stewart’s dramatic winning putt on the final hole of the 1999 U.S. Open galvanized the world of golf 20 years ago this summer and to this day remains one of the game’s most iconic moments.

Stewart’s clutch putt played out in front of tens of thousands of fans huddled around the 18th green at Pinehurst No. 2, and many millions more glued to their TV sets. But there was also a behind-the-scenes hero of that Open who played a vital role in the success of the championship and the USGA’s now long-standing relationship with one of golf’s historic resorts.

Jim Hyler Jr., the former president of First Citizens Bank and one of the state’s most influential businessman of his generation, was called upon more than two decades ago to serve as chairman of the 1999 U.S. Open President’s Council – a monumental task of gathering support for one of golf’s majors in a location that was anything but a slam dunk for the USGA. It was Hyler’s role in that Open and his unlikely 12-year stint in the USGA ranks that eventually saw him rise to USGA president that helped get him elected to the Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame Class of 2019. Hyler also spearheaded countless charitable efforts associated with golf over the years across the state, including serving as chairman of the First Tee of Wake County in 2005.

“Perhaps Jim’s greatest achievement was his leadership of a group that administered the U.S. Open at the legendary Pinehurst Resort,” says John Bodenhamer, senior managing director of championships for the USGA. “While the USGA had always recognized Pinehurst No. 2 as one of the world’s finest, it never thought it could host a U.S. Open because of the agronomic limitations and because of its remote location to which fans and corporate dollars would not travel. Jim put together a group that overcame these challenges and by all measures staged one of the most successful U.S. Opens of all time, bringing notoriety to the USGA, the state of North Carolina and Pinehurst Resort.”

Hyler grew up on a tobacco farm in rural southside Virginia, with no access to golf.

“I had kind of beat some golf balls around in our yard at home but never really played to speak of until I went to Virginia Tech, and at the time there was a golf course on the edge of campus. I started playing golf on that little 9-hole course.”

Hyler says he also fell in love with Arnold Palmer in the early 1960s as he headed into his teenage years.

“Arnold Palmer really was a crucial part of my developing an interest in golf,” Hyler says. “I just found him to be an incredible personality and player, and really followed him. He’s my all-time sports hero. That had a whole lot to do with me falling in love with the game.”

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sure to the USGA,” Hyler recalls. “I developed some friendships there with Mike Davis and David Fay and so on, but then I got a call out of the blue in 2003 – totally out of the blue – asking me if I was interested in interviewing to go on the executive committee. I honestly

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asked the guy if he had the right number. He assured me he did. Being on the USGA executive committee, and spending four of those years chairing the championship committee and two years as president, was really was an incredible eight years. I’m sure thousands of people would have loved the opportunity to do that. My wife and I were able to meet a lot of wonderful people, make a lot of lifelong friends and travel to some fabulous places around the world. It was very cool.”

Hyler was also a founding board member of Old Chatham Golf Club in Durham County, serving as club president from 2005-2006. His business vision helped usher the club through a difficult beginning after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the Twin Towers.

“And probably one of Jim’s lasting legacies is his commitment to amateur golf, which has led Old Chatham to adopt a goal of hosting one major amateur championship or qualifying tournament each year which will culminate with the club hosting the 2019 U.S. Senior Amateur Championship,” said Old Chatham club president Allen Wilson.

“It is such an incredible game; there is no other game like it,” Hyler says when asked about selfless contributions to golf.

“The game itself you are outside, you have a chance to be with your friends; you call penalties on yourself and there is really no other sport that does that.

It is just an incredible game. If we can reach one kid and make a change in their life it’s worth it. I just love the game and what it’s about and just want to impart all the traditions and values of the game.

Allowing others to be exposed to golf is very important to me.”

Hyler remains a solid 6.2 handicap between a few back surgeries and a recent rotator cuff operation.

“I kind of scrape it around now and have a decent short game,” Hyler says, chuckling.

A humble steward to the game of golf says he was humbled when informed he was heading into select company of the Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame on Feb. 9 at a banquet in Columbia, S.C. “It really was disbelief, just very surprised,” Hyler says. “It’s just like everything in my golf journey here the past 20 years I had no idea that something like this would happen. At the same time gratitude because it’s a great honor and something I never expected or considered.”

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he owner of Linville Ridge Country Club talked to anyone who would listen about the great job architect George Cobb had done in creating the 16th hole, a dramatic par-3 that showcases an elevation drop equivalent to an 11-story building and a 50-mile view of the glorious Blue Ridge Mountains off in the distance.

One day Cobb interrupted the owner, saying “I can’t take all the credit; I have to credit God for this.” Cobb then hesitated for a second or two before saying “but we worked closely with him.”

Cobb’s sense of humor, among many other talents, served the golf course architect well over a magnificent career, which saw him design or revamp more than 200 courses, many in the Carolinas, earning him induction into the Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame Class of 2019.

Cobb passed away in 1986, but most of his golf architectural works live on, capturing the imagination of millions upon millions of golfers since his career began in 1945 with the first golf course at Camp Lejeune. He joins other such architectural legends such as Donald Ross, Tom Fazio and Ellis Maples in the Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame.

Cobb, a World War II Marine, would go on to design numerous other military courses, as well as maybe his most famous work – The Par 3 Course at Augusta National.

“Mr. Cobb used to say the Par 3 Course at Augusta National was his best golf course when critics would ask him about his favorite design,” said John LaFoy, who as a teenager was best friends with Cobb’s son and would later go on to team up with the elder Cobb on golf course design work. “He was proud of working at Augusta National but he also knew it would not offend any of the other clients he had ever worked for. I’ve always thought that was a good answer.”

Despite growing up in Savannah, Ga., a majority of Cobb’s designs stretch from the coast to the mountains of both the Carolinas. “My father was a Georgia native but a Carolinian by choice,” Cobb Jr. said.

A few of Cobb’s early designs were instrumental in helping Hilton Head become a national golfing Mecca.

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“Dad always thought that the design of his first two Hilton Head courses was the main reason for the continued success and overall popularity of the region,” Cobb Jr. said.

“If those inaugural courses – The Ocean and Sea Marsh at Sea Pines – had turned out to be mediocre maybe Hilton Head wouldn’t be the popular destination it is today.”

Cobb’s designs serviced a diverse section of the nation’s golfers, from those on the Armed Forces who have played on his military designs to students at colleges in North Carolina, Maryland and New York.

“I can only imagine how many University of North Carolina students have played Finley Golf Course while they should have been studying,” Cobb Jr. said.

Cobb helped mentor LaFoy, who he worked with at Linville Ridge, and fellow Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame member Tom Jackson.

“I learned so much from watching what he did and just being around him,” LaFoy says. “One of the biggest things I learned was his interaction with clients. He was such a personable guy, had a good sense of humor and he just knew how to not only treat clients but he knew how to get new work. I tell people this all the time that the only criteria of becoming a golf course architect is to get somebody to hire you.

“He was able to do that. He just had a way with clients. He was old school. He knew as much about golf architecture as he did course construction, which is really, really important.”

Cobb was a member of the first graduating class in the school of landscape architecture at University of Georgia, and was one of a very few golf course architects in his time to hold memberships in both the American Society of Golf Course Architects as well as the American Society of Landscape Architects.

LaFoy laughs about one encounter he and Cobb had with a golf course owner, who had been divorced six times. There was a slight disagreement over a portion of the course construction and the owner told Cobb, “You know George, I can divorce you, too.” Cobb, like he had done so many times in his four-decade career, smoothed it over and rolled on to complete yet another golfing masterpiece.

“Mr. Cobb never disagreed with his clients, but he was firm when he felt they were not right,” LaFoy said. “I learned another great lesson from Mr. Cobb that I still use today. He was always extremely fair to the golf course contractors. Even though he was working for the course owner Mr. Cobb new how hard a job golf course contractors have. He was tough on them but always fair.”

Golf course architecture is a unique blend of artistic ability, science and engineering – a combination of several different diverse disciplines, all of which Cobb had an abundance of.

“Mr. Cobb was so very gifted artistically; everything he did just kind of meshed together,” LaFoy says.

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Gillam keys Wake Forest victory at Seminole Intercollegiate

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By STEVE WILLIAMS espite averaging a solid 72 in 11 events as a freshman, Parker Gillam found himself on the outside looking in during the fall portion of Wake Forest’s schedule. The sophomore from Cary appeared as an extra individual in two of the Demon Deacons’ four events but that’s all.

However, he made his way back during qualifying this spring and Wake Forest reaped the benefits when Gillam led the team to a one-shot victory in the Seminole Intercollegiate by claiming a share of medalist honors.

“I did not play well in the fall so this win is great for my confidence,” Gillam said. “I played in almost every event last spring so not to play in the fall was a surprise. It was good to be back in the lineup again.”

The victory at Golden Eagle Country Club in Tallahassee in late February came in Wake’s spring opener. The field

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included 14 teams, including ACC rivals Louisville and tournament host Florida State. The Demon Deacons ended at 13-under 851 (282-288-281), one ahead of Florida State and two better than Jacksonville and West Virginia.

"It was very close down the stretch but we played some great golf to finish," said Jerry Haas, who is in his 22nd season as Wake Forest’s coach.

"We played the two par-5s very nicely and were 8-under as a team over the last four holes.”

Gillam did his part with an eagle at No. 15 and birdies at Nos. 16 and 18.

Wake Forest reached the clubhouse with three teams still on the course.

Gillam, the final Demon Deacon to finish, rolled in a 7-footer for the final birdie to cap off the day.

“I knew I could be in the lead individually,” Gillam said. “But I had no idea the team needed that putt to win.”

The key stroke for Gillam actually came three holes earlier on the par-5 15th. After a 300-yard drive and a 6-iron from 210 left him on the fringe, he was just hoping for a two-putt birdie.

“I had about an 80- to 90-foot putt,” he said. “When I hit the putt it was on line but I figured it was going to end up about 5-8 feet past the hole. It started to track in with about 10 feet left, and I thought ‘this could go in.’ It hit dead center pin and drops. I was in shock.”

While they waited for the last five groups to finish, the Wake players kept an eye on the GolfStat leaderboard. Gillam was looking good for solo medalist until Thomas Thurloway of Jacksonville holed an eagle on the par-4 16th and then birdied the 18th to catch him at 8-under-par 208. There was no playoff.

Gillam, who played his prep golf at St. David’s in Raleigh, didn’t get off to a great

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start in the tournament as an opening 71 left him in a tie for 19th. But a back-nine charge in the second round rocketed him to a tie for fourth and four shots back with 18 holes to play. The surge began when he rolled in a 12-footer at par-4 10th.

“I could not get a putt to go in on the front nine but that birdie on 10 kind of kick started my round. I started putting better on the back.”

Additional birdies at Nos. 12, 15 and 18 capped off a 32 back nine and a 68.

The Demon Deacons were tied for third after the first round, thanks mostly to a 68 by Pinehurst junior Eric Bae, but they slipped to fourth after two rounds, six shots back of Jacksonville. But Jacksonville opened the door with a final round 290 and Wake had its best round of the tournament with redshirt freshman Kengo Aoshima’s 68 and Gillam’s 69 pacing the 281.

Gillam’s previous best finishes at Wake Forest were a pair of T-12s, including the ACC Championship last spring.

TRIANGLE COLLEGIATE CHECKLIST

MEN Parker Gillam, Cary Stephen Franken, Raleigh Patrick Schweitz, Clayton A.J. Beechler, Pinehurst Blake McShea, Zebulon Alex Smalley, Wake Forest Quinn Riley, Raleigh Stephen Franken, Raleigh Patrick Stephenson, Four Oaks Ryan Gerard, Raleigh Eric Bae, Pinehurst Joshua Martin, Pinehurst Preston Ball, Raleigh Quade Lukes, Chapel Hill Justin Poole, Wendell Brett McLamb, Coats Ryan Gerard, Raleigh Scott Pechacek, Cary Patrick Stephenson, Four Oaks Harrison Rhoades, Raleigh Harrison Rhoades, Raleigh Joshua Martin, Pinehurst Viraj Garewal, Raleigh

School Wake Forest N.C. State Mt. Olive East Carolina UNC Wilmington Duke Duke N.C. State East Carolina North Carolina Wake Forest North Carolina Loyola Maryland Elon Barton Campbell North Carolina Barton East Carolina N.C. State N.C. State North Carolina Davidson

Position T-1 T-4 T-7 T-7 T-8 T-9 T-11 T-13 T-15 T-16 T-16 T-22 T-23 T-23 T-24 T-27 T-27 T-29 T-30 T-35 T-36 T-40 T-45

Field 75 84 106 84 81 114 75 75 84 114 75 114 100 100 106 84 84 106 75 84 75 84 95

Scores 71-68-69 72-68-68 75-73-72 70-68-71 75-74-66 70-68-72 76-70-70 67-73-73 71-72-70 73-71-68 68-73-74 69-74-70 73-71-74 69-75-74 78-76-74 72-67-77 70-74-72 78-74-78 74-73-71 74-71-73 72-74-73 74-72-73 81-72-76

Tournament (Date) Seminole Intercollegiate (Feb. 23-24) Sea Best Invitational at Sawgrass (Feb. 4-5) Spring Kick Off Intercollegiate (Feb. 11-12) Sea Best Invitational at Sawgrass (Feb. 4-5) Tiger Invitational by Jason Dufner (Feb. 24-26) John Burns Intercollegiate (Feb. 21-23) Georgia Southern Individual Collegiate (Feb. 3-4) Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 17-19) Sea Best Invitational at Sawgrass (Feb. 4-5) John Burns Intercollegiate (Feb. 21-23) Seminole Intercollegiate (Feb. 23-24) John Burns Intercollegiate (Feb. 21-23) Loyola Intercollegiate (Feb. 23-25) Loyola Intercollegiate (Feb. 23-25) Spring Kick Off Intercollegiate (Feb. 11-12) Sea Best Invitational at Sawgrass (Feb. 4-5) Sea Best Invitational at Sawgrass (Feb. 4-5) Spring Kick Off Intercollegiate (Feb. 11-12) Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 17-19) Sea Best Invitational at Sawgrass (Feb. 4-5) Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 17-19) Sea Best Invitational at Sawgrass (Feb. 4-5) Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate (Feb. 25-26)

WOMEN Jennifer Chang, Raleigh Jenna Nagy, Apex Kaley Barts, Apex Gina Kim, Chapel Hill Marisa Daquil Kawabe, Fayetteville Hailey Freedman, Chapel Hill Riley Smyth, Cary Jennifer Chang, Raleigh Jessica Spicer, Bahama Natalie Petersen, Holly Springs Abby Parsons, Pinehurst

School Southern Cal Belmont Abbey Catawba Duke Converse Brown Virginia Southern Cal Virginia Tech Georgia Southern Boston University

Position T-4 T-7 T-7 T-11 T-17 T-18 T-23 T-29 T-34 T-113 T-120

Field 84 63 59 93 59 45 86 93 81 254 254

Scores 75-73-68 74-75 85-78 71-77-72 82-87 77-79 75-80-72 72-74-80 77-72-75 76-77-77 78-75-78

Tournament (Date) NorthropGrumman Regional Challenge (Feb. 3-5) Women’s Spring Kickoff (Feb. 11-12) Converse Spring Invitational (Feb. 18-19) Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate (Feb. 17-19) Converse Spring Invitational (Feb. 18-19) Florida Atlantic Winter Warmup (Feb. 17-18) Rebel Beach Intercollegiate (Feb. 18-19) Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate (Feb. 17-19) Lady Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 10-12) Kiawah Island Intercollegiate (Feb. 24-26) Kiawah Island Intercollegiate (Feb. 24-26)

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. 1-28.

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Championship Central Tar Heel state on center stage next five years

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By DAVID DROSCHAK

ew states offer more golfing diversity than North Carolina.

And there are few places the United States Golf Association favor more than here … and in particular the Sandhills area.

Pinehurst Resort hosted U.S. Opens in 1999 and 2005, then an historic men’s and women’s Open doubleheader in 2014. Meanwhile, Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club touts the three U.S. Women’s Opens it hosted between 1996-2007, while the U.S. Amateur along with various other USGA events have been hosted in the Tar Heel state over the past two decades.

And there is plenty more on the way starting in 2019 with the second U.S. Senior Women’s Open slated for Pine Needles in mid May, while the U.S. Amateur returns to Pinehurst courses No. 2 and No. 4 in August.

Later that month, the U.S. Senior Amateur will be hosted by Trianglearea club Old Chatham.

“We were with Fox Sports filming recently and they see lots and lots of golf courses all around the country and we walked out the back door at Pine Needles and went down the first hole and the director said, ‘This place is gorgeous,”’ said Matt Sawicki, director of U.S. Women’s and Senior Women’s Open Championships. “You could easily call (Pine Needles) the epicenter of women’s golf and make a strong case that (the Sandhills) is the epicenter of golf in this country for either gender.

It’s a remarkable place. From a USGA standpoint we’re so appreciative to be included in the history down here with our Open Championships and amateur championships. You could use 100 difference adjectives but the one that resonates with me the most is the word ‘special.”’

Unlike many USGA championships the U.S. Senior Women’s Championship is in its infancy, heading into just its second event after the inaugural championship won by Laura Davies in Chicago in 2018.

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Pine Needles Resort noted for its towering pines and sandy soil.

“What we’ve heard from the players is that everyone had a fond memory of either this golf course or some interaction with Peggy Kirk Bell at the previous USGA events, and it just re-affirmed our decision to come here.

In Chicago, we received good coverage and we had good crowds, but at the end of the day we were competing with the Cubs and White Sox and everything else that Chicago has to offer,” Sawicki said.

Bell will be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in June under the Lifetime Achievement category. Bell, who passed away in 2016 at the age of 95, was the longtime owner of Pine Needles and Mid Pines resorts. She received the PGA of America’s First Lady of Golf Award in 2007 and was an avid supporter of the game as a top 100 golf instructor for decades.

With a volunteer backbone second to none in golf, a unique fan experience on tap and an historic Donald Ross design recently renovated by architect Kyle Franz, the USGA is confident the Pine Needles location will once again be a hit with the female

golfers we all remember from the past.

“When we are in a market like this it feels like the entire community rallies around the championship,” Sawicki said. “It’s not just the USGA that feels that but it is the players and they are the most important staple. At the end of the day, when the players feel that support, when they go out to dinner and everyone is talking about the championship they are playing in that week it makes it that much more special to them. That’s why we love coming to this region, everybody gets behind it – city and county governments, even the state – and that’s a great feeling to have.”

Nancy Lopez was a top target of the USGA heading into year two, but a second knee replacement surgery will have the former LPGA star still sidelined from competition. However, the USGA is making a conscious effort to lure more good and “name” golfers to this event.

“Last year’s event was so wildly successful, and the players said from the moment they arrived in the area it brought back memories of playing in an Open Championship,” said Shannon Rouillard, USGA senior director of championships. “When

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you think about it so many of them are removed from playing in a USGA championship, so it was a great feeling for them. We’re working on building upon that momentum into this year’s championship. So many players have come up to us and told us how special they felt at Chicago to the point that some players are writing letters for us to hopefully reach players who decided not to play, or to put them over the edge to enter into this year’s championship. There is no better voice for us than the players and if they are behind it … it will continue to grow.”

The course is expected to play tougher than it did for the U.S. Women’s Opens previously staged at Pine Needles, with Franz adding subtle mounding to the greens, impressive native areas that pop, tight mowed down approach areas around the putting surfaces and a course that no longer has rough.

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USGA from page 18 more mellow; and how that relates to the USGA is that golf course is going to play really big and wide. If you get off into the native areas and the pine trees you are going to get into trouble pretty quickly. We’ve actually made the fairways harder by making them wider; you get balls running into trouble much quicker this way.”

“When I look at pictures from back at the other Opens at Pine Needles and you look at the course now it is very, very different,” added Rouillard. “It was much more of a parkland style then, a lot more rough and now it’s more closely mowed areas, a lack of rough and more natural grasses out there that really lend to the architecture in a very positive way. The players know what they’re getting into. They are going to see a lot different golf course from previous Opens to what they are going to see here in May.” The fan experience at the women’s event May 13-19 will be unique to say the least, with the ability of fans to walk along with players in the fairway. Unlike major USGA Championships, only the tee and green areas will be roped off from spectators.

“We’ve made a concerted effort to spend time with the players and ask what the players want to see out here,” Sawicki said. “That’s how we came up with the concept of allowing fans to walk inside the ropes with the players, who said they wanted to interact with the fans, they wanted that experience.”

The frequent flyer miles from New Jersey to North Carolina have already started adding up for USGA officials … with a host of championships here leading up to the U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2 in five years.

“There will be a lot of talk about 2022,” Sawicki said of the upcoming U.S. Women’s Open at Pine Needles.

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Junior Golf Scoreboard TYGA TYGA One Day

Pinewood CC, Asheboro, NC Feb. 16. 2019 Boys 16-18 Division - 6,316 1 Zach Green, Asheboro 2 Jackson Maynor, Concord 3 Noah Hooper, Burlington Selected Others 11 Harrison Kuehl, Raleigh Boys 14-15 Division - 6,316 1 Quinlan Polin, Cary 2 Will Dalton, Cornelius 3 Calvin Hawkins, Lexington 3 Sean Finan, Winston-Salem Selected Others 5 Christian Conway, Raleigh 7 Grant Webb, Fuquay Varina Girls Division - 5,450 1 Karli Jump, Winston-Salem 2 Becca Connolly, Winston-Salem 3 Heather Appelson, Wake Forest

73 83 84 93 75 81 86 86 91 98 83 90 103

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Pinehurst #6, Pinehurst, NC Feb. 10, 2019 Boys 16-18 Division - 6,634 1 Casey Osiecki, New Bern 2 Kris Jackson, Greenville 3 Ayush Bodhale, Huntersville Selected Others 7 Ben Collins, Holly Springs 9 Davis Spradling, Clayton 10 Michael Vick, Raleigh Boys 14-15 Division - 6,634 1 Brian Wei, Raleigh 2 Davis Adams, Raleigh 3 Cole Wright, Wake Forest Selected Others 4 Jace Butcher, Wake Forest 5 Carson Grizer, Cary 8 Zachary Davis, Clayton 9 Supanat Rujiranan, Southern Pines Boys 12-13 Division - 5,645 1 Bryan Fang, Raleigh 2 Rhodes Baker, Winston-Salem 3 Alex Bock, Morganton Selected Others 4 Holland Giles, Pinehurst 6 Connor Williams, Sanford 6 Baxter Poe, Raleigh Girls 16-18 Division - 5,645 1 Olivia Renville, Cary 2 Natalie Martinho-Stansbury, Raleigh 3 Lauren Martin, Mooresville Selected Others 7 Cate Pitterle, Cary Girls 12-15 Division - 5,645 1 Boonyanant Rujiranan, Southern Pines 2 Lily Kate Watson, Wake Forest 3 Sidney Renville, Cary Selected Others 4 Jessica Martinho-Stansbury, Raleigh 8 Crystal Robertson, Garner

74 77 78 80 82 85 71 75 83 85 87 93 94 77 81 82 85 93 93 82 83 87 93 89 90 92 94 117

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Longleaf G&FC, Southern Pines, NC Nov. 21, 2019 Boys 16-18 Division - 6,602 1 Dylan Smith, Cornelius 2 Adam Hathaway, Greenville 2 Ben Collins, Holly Springs 2 Nicholas Mathews, Mebane Selected Others 6 Jacob Girouard, Raleigh 9 Samuel Callahan, Wake Forest 9 Leo Strebel, Chapel Hill Boys 14-15 Division - 6,602 1 Ryan Macri, Wake Forest 2 Andrew Gallagher, Grimesland 3 Brodie McFadden, Holly Springs Selected Others 5 Keenan Royalty, Raleigh 6 Ryder Massey, Wake Forest 7 Colin Dutton, Foxfire

76 79 79 79 82 88 88 76 77 78 80 81 82

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Pinehurst #1, Pinehurst, NC Nov. 21, 2019 Boys 12-13 Division - 5,466 1 Alex Bock, Morganton 2 Daniel Boone, Fuquay Varina 3 Parker Denning, Benson Selected Others 6 Ethan Paschal, Fayetteville 11 Evan Suddreth, Morrisville 17 Ian Doyle, Wake Forest Boys 11 and Under Division - 1,949 1 Sam Terry, Thomasville 2 Chase Daly, Summerfield 2 Davis Wotnosky, Wake Forest Selected Others 5 Charlie Coe, Morrisville

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7 Jack Halloran, Pinehurst 8 Kaden James, Fuquay Varina 10 Yuanbo Li, Cary 10 Stephen Eastman, Raleigh Girls 16-18 Division - 5,466 1 Toni Blackwell, Fayetteville 2 Caroline Isaacson, Greensboro 3 Siana Wong, Summerfield Selected Others 5 Grace Greene, Apex 10 Georgia Martin, Fayetteville Girls 14-15 Division - 5,466 1 Morgan Ketchum, Winston-Salem 2 Madison Srinivasa, Raleigh 3 Halynn Lee, Cary 3 Kayla Dowell, Mebane Selected Others 5 Mary Sears Brown, Wake Forest 7 Anna Claire Bridge, Raleigh 9 Kaitlyn Rand, Raleigh Girls 12-13 Division - 5,466 1 Kitson Oneal, Pinehurst 2 Heather Appelson, Wake Forest 2 Macy Pate, Boone Selected Others 4 Emily Mathews, Mebane 4 Justine Pennycooke, Cary 4 Boonyanant Rujiranan, Southern Pines Girls 11 and Under Division - 1,949 1 Ellen Yu, High Point 1 Ella June Hannant, Pikeville 3 Nadeen Elkassem, Raleigh Selected Others 6 Elle Crichton, Cary

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Winternational Series Event 7

Pinehurst, NC , Pinehurst #2/#1 Feb. 16-17, 2019 Junior/Senior Division - 6,307/6,089 1 Sam Westwood, Dirleton, Scotland 79-73--152 2 Owen Swavely, Mooresville 80-72--152 3 Harrison Wierse, Wilmington 77-77--154 Selected Others 5 Brendan Kelly, Raleigh 81-77--158 7 Kameron Jones, Mebane 81-78--159 26 James Renfrow, Clayton 103-95--198 Freshman/Sophomore Division - 6,307/6,089 1 Alan Van Asch, Raleigh 77-75--152 2 David Oliver IV, Pageland, SC 74-81--155 3 Scott Hanna, Pinehurst 76-84--160 3 Chris Ha, Fayetteville 85-75--160 Selected Others 8 Peter Nusbaum, Pittsboro 87-76--163 16 Bradley McHugh, Cary 90-83--173 Girls Division - 5,257/5,806 1 Mallory Fobes, East Bend 79-75--154 2 Mara Hirtle, Pinehurst 82-77--159 3 Jaclyn Kenzel, Southern Pines 82-80--162 Selected Others 5 Angelique Seymour, Fayetteville 81-85--166 6 Megan Kanaby, Chapel Hill 87-81--168 8 Ella Perna, Durham 86-88--174

Event 6

Pinehurst, NC, Pinehurst #4 Feb. 9-10, 2019 Boys Junior/Senior Division - 6,428 1 Chase Clayton, Locust 74-74--148 2 Thomas Maye, Weddington 75-77--152 3 Harrison Wierse, Wilmington 80-75--155 3 Malachy Hayward, Scotland 79-76--155 Selected Others 5 Brendan Kelly, Raleigh 84-72--156 8 Ryan Bradley, Cary 79-80--159 11 Jacob Girouard, Raleigh 82-78--160 Freshman/Sophomore Division - 6,428 1 Daniel Adkins, Holly Springs 84-74--158 2 Ryan Macri, Wake Forest 80-79--159 3 Jennings Glenn, Raleigh 82-78--160 Selected Others 4 Daniel Boone, Fuquay Varina 83-82--165 4 Chris Ha, Fayetteville 82-83--165 Girls Division - 5,864 1 Mallory Fobes, East Bend 82-73--155 2 Mara Hirtle, Pinehurst 84-77--161 3 Katelyn Kenthack, Southern Pines 86-80--166 3 Jaclyn Kenzel, Southern Pines 87-79--166 Selected Others 5 Ella Perna, Durham 90-79--169 10 Mary Sears Brown, Wake Forest 100-88--188 12 Ava Zellman, Raleigh 103-100--203

Event 5

Pinehurst, NC, Pinehurst #6 Jan. 19-20, 2019 Junior/Senior Division - 6,634 1 Chase Clayton, Locust 69-83--152 2 Harrison Wierse, Wilmington 78-76--154 3 Jake Clodfelter, Trinity 75-81--156 3 Nicholas Song, Waxhaw 75-81--156 Selected Others 7 Cade Russell, Raleigh 79-87--166

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8 Kameron Jones, Mebane 12 Ryan Bradley, Cary Freshman/Sophomore Division 1 Colin Dutton, Foxfire 2 Cullen Campbell, Virginia Beach 3 Daniel Adkins, Holly Springs Selected Others 4 Chris Ha, Fayetteville Girls Division - 5,683 1 Jaclyn Kenzel, Southern Pines 2 Megan Kanaby, Chapel Hill 3 Katelyn Kenthack, Southern Pines Selected Others 5 Ella Perna, Durham 6 Toni Blackwell, Fayetteville 6 Mary Sears Brown, Wake Forest

79-89--168 92-80--172 - 6,634 79-79--158 77-81--158 85-76--161 76-86--162 73-81--154 84-74--158 85-75--160 82-82--164 86-88--174 87-87--174

Event 4

Pinehurst, NC, Pinehurst #9 & #4 Jan. 5-6, 2018 Junior/Senior Division - 6,314/6,428 1 Andrew Wood, Greensboro 75-75--150 2 Owen Swavely, Mooresville 75-77--152 3 Robert Dudeck III, Williamsburg, VA 81-74--155 Selected Others 4 Ryan Bradley, Cary 79-80--159 7 Brendan Kelly, Raleigh 86-78--164 Freshman/Sophomore Division - 6,314/6,428 1 Ryan Macri, Wake Forest 69-75--144 2 Colin Dutton, Foxfire 72-75--147 3 David Oliver IV, Pageland, SC 78-77--155 Selected Others 5 Daniel Adkins, Holly Springs 78-79--157 5 Chris Ha, Fayetteville 81-76--157 7 Peter Nusbaum, Pittsboro 82-78--160 Girls Division - 5,473/5,864 1 Megan Kanaby, Chapel Hill 76-79--155 2 Mallory Fobes, East Bend 78-79--157 3 Angelique Seymour, Fayetteville 80-79--159 Selected Others 4 Jaclyn Kenzel, Southern Pines 80-83--163 5 Katelyn Kenthack, Southern Pines 76-89--165 6 Mara Hirtle, Pinehurst 80-88--168

Event 3

Pinehurst, NC, Pinehurst #2 & #1 Dec. 15-16, 2018 Junior/Senior Division 6,307/6,089 1 Owen Swavely, Mooresville 75-78--153 2 Owen Woods, Maxton 79-79--158 3 Harrison Wierse, Wilmington 84-77--161 Selected Others 6 Kameron Jones, Mebane 88-75--163 8 Wooten Wheless, Raleigh 82-86--168 9 Jackson Crocker, Kinston 86-83--169 Freshman/Sophomore Division - 6,307/6089 1 Daniel Adkins, Holly Springs 78-73--151 2 David Oliver IV, Pageland, SC 75-76--151 3 Colin Dutton, Foxfire 81-72--153 Selected Others 4 Daniel Boone, Fuquay Varina 79-75--154 5 Matthew Messenger, Raleigh 80-77--157 6 Kunakorn Tang, Raleigh 82-78--160 7 Billy Jansto, Cary 82-82--164 8 Chris Ha, Fayetteville 83-82--165 Girls Division - 5,257/5,806 1 Angelique Seymour, Fayetteville 76-77--153 2 Kelley Topiwala, Matthews 80-78--158 3 Mallory Fobes, Pinehurst 82-78--160 Selected Others 4 Mara Hirtle, Pinehurst 89-77--166 5 Katelyn Kenthack, Southern Pines 92-86--178 6 Ella Perna, Durham 87-94--181 7 Jaclyn Kenzel, Southern Pines 96-86--182

Event 2

Pinehurst, NC, Pinehurst No. 5 Dec. 22-23, 2018 Junior/Senior Division - 6,617 1 Owen Woods, Maxton 77-76--153 2 Brendan Kelly, Raleigh 80-75--155 3 Nate Diemer, Raleigh 86-72--158 Selected Others 4 Ryan Bradley, Cary 85-79--164 9 James Renfrow, Clayton 99-110--209 Freshman/Sophomore Division - 6,617 1 Colin Dutton, Foxfire 84-71--155 2 Kunakorn Tang, Raleigh 84-74--158 3 David Oliver IV, Pageland, SC 80-80--160 Selected Others 5 Peter Nusbaum, Pittsboro 86-80--166 7 Daniel Boone, Fuquay Varina 82-87--169 10 Billy Jansto, Cary 95-79--174 Girls Division - 5,685 1 Mara Hirtle, Pinehurst 76-71--147 2 Mallory Fobes, East Bend 83-72--155 3 Jaclyn Kenzel, Southern Pines 81-76--157 Selected Others 4 Angelique Seymour, Fayetteville 79-82--161 5 Ella Perna, Durham 84-79--163

Event 1

Pinehurst, NC, Pinehurst No. 8 Nov. 24-25, 2018

Junior/Senior Division - 6,694 1 Chase Clayton, Locust 74-73--147 2 Nate Diemer, Raleigh 79-80--159 2 Brendan Kelly, Raleigh 75-84--159 Selected Others 5 Cade Russell, Raleigh 82-81--163 13 Wesley Aitken, Foxfire Village 86-89--175 17 John Dubia, Wake Forest 92-95--187 Freshman/Sophomore Division - 6,694 1 Jacob Conklin, Cary 76-84--160 2 Chris Ha, Fayetteville 80-84--164 3 Peter Nusbaum, Pittsboro 82-84--166 Selected Others 6 Scott Hanna, Pinehurst 92-78--170 7 Billy Jansto, Cary 81-90--171 Girls Division - 5,805 1 Bailee Twiford, Coinjock 78-78--156 2 Mallory Fobes, Pinehurst 81-77--158 3 Kelley Topiwala, Matthews 80-79--159 Selected Others 4 Angelique Seymour, Fayetteville 82-81--163 5 Ella Perna, Durham 76-88--164 8 Anna Claire Bridge, Raleigh 94-84--178 9 Katelyn Kenthack, Pinehurst 94-85--179

HJGT Pinehurst Junior Open

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Pinehurst #5, Pinehurst, NC Jan 26-27, 2019 Girls 13 and Under Division - 5193 Helen Yeung, Beltsville, MD 83-77--160 Karsyn Roberts, Pikeville 86-83--169 Isabel Brozena, North Reading, MA 90-80--170 Ella June Hannant, Pikeville 84-87--171 Honorine Nobuta Ferry, Pinehurst 85-86--171 Jenna Kim, Raleigh 92-85--177

Classic Series at Pinehurst

Pinehurst #5, Pinehurst, NC Nov 10-11, 2018 Boys 14-18 Division - 6546 1 Alex Heffner, Harrisburg 77-77--154 2 Victor Vargas, Aguascalientes 73-82--155 3 Cade Hancock, Elizabethtown 78-79--157 3 Ihle Majeres, Raleigh 77-80--157 5 Jaime Martinez, Bogota 78-80--158 Selected Others 9 Nick Kleu, Cary 84-80--164 13 Aidan Harrington, Garner 87-80--167 20 Keenan Royalty, Raleigh 92-82--174 Girls 14-18 Division - 5636 1 Susana Olivares, Guadalajara 76-72--148 2 Romina Villanueva, 74-80--154 Atizapan De Zaragoza 3 Maria Arenas, Bogota 80-78--158 4 Paola Reimundi, Campeche 78-82--160 5 Chloe Pittman, Davidson 86-75--161 Selected Others 9 Anna Claire Bridge, Raleigh 99-87--186 Girls 13 and Under Division - 5248 1 Eleanor Parkerson, 87-78--165 West Roxbury, MA 2 Karsyn Roberts, Pikeville 86-87--173 3 Gracie Song, Waxhaw 89-88--177 3 Kinsley Smith, Raleigh 87-90--177 5 Keya Naik, Ashburn, VA 90-89--179

Orange Whip Classic

Clemson, SC , Walker Course at Feb 9-10, 2019 Bell National - 5934 1 Kimberly Shen, Johns Creek GA 2 Sara Im, Duluth GA 2 Chloe Holder, Williamston SC Selected Others 17 Kayla Dowell, Mebane 33 Carson Jenkins, Raleigh

Clemson 73-74--147 75-73--148 73-75--148 83-78--161 92-88--180

Futures National - 5134 1 Abigail Cheney, Guyton GA 81-78--159 2 Sophie Lauture, Raleigh 84-81--165 3 Bethany Welch, Matthews 84-86--170

PKB Foundation Classic

Pinehurst, NC, CCNC (Cardinal) Jan 26-27, 2019 Bell National - 5756 1 Kristin Jamieson, Hillsboro OH 76-77--153 2 Yeon Joo Kim, Seoul 79-75--154 3 Angelique Seymour, Fayetteville 79-78--157 Selected Others 7 Lotte Fox, Raleigh 83-79--162 15 Anna Claire Bridge, Raleigh 84-88--172 20 Carson Jenkins, Raleigh 88-89--177 Futures National - 5114 1 Lauren Denhard, Salisbury 76-82--158 2 Grace Ridenour, Cary 83-80--163 3 Emma Landis, Virginia Beach VA 84-82--166 3 Madison Messimer, 84-82--166 Myrtle Beach SC Selected Others 6 McKenzie Daffin, Fort Bragg 77-91--168 10 Kinsley Smith, Raleigh 89-85--174 10 Sophie Lauture, Raleigh 90-84--174

PKBGT Tournament of Champions

Pinehurst, NC, Pinehurst #8 Jan 5-6, 2019 Bell National - 6001 1 Melanie Green, Medina NY 74-72--146 2 Anna Morgan, Spartanburg SC 74-73--147 3 Amanda Sambach, Davidson 76-72--148 Selected Others 13 Maria Atwood, Holly Springs 80-79--159 Prep Preview - 5700 1 Grace Holcomb, Wilmington 78-79--157 2 Autumn Carey, Manning SC 81-78--159 2 Amber Mackiewicz, 82-77--159 Virginia Beach VA Selected Others 6 Megan Morris, Cary 84-80--164 7 McKenzie Daffin, Fort Bragg 90-75--165 9 Ella Perna, Durham 88-78--166 87-82--169 14 Anna Claire Bridge, Raleigh

Peggy Kirk Bell Junior

Southern Pines, NC, Pine Needles Dec 28-29, 2018 Bell National - 5800 1 Nicole Adam , Pinehurst 70-72--142 2 Maria Atwood, Holly Springs 75-73--148 2 Muskan Uppal, Cornelius 78-70--148 Selected Others 17 Kayla Dowell, Mebane 81-77--158 21 Emily Brubaker, Raleigh 79-81--160 33 Katelyn Kenthack, Pinehurst 83-89--172 35 Anna Claire Bridge, Raleigh 89-90--179 Futures National - 5100 1 Abby Hunter, Blacksburg VA 87-76--163 2 Megan Morris, Cary 83-81--164 2 Claire Lu, Edison NJ 82-82--164 Selected Others 4 Grace Ridenour, Cary 82-83--165 8 Ella Perna, Durham 84-83--167 8 Sophie Lauture, Raleigh 86-81--167

PKB Invitational

Bermuda Run CC, Bermuda Run, NC Nov 10-12, 2018 Bell National - 6200 1 Anna Morgan, Spartanburg SC 71-69-76--216 2 Amanda Sambach, Davidson 74-73-72--219 3 Faith Choi, Frederick MD 75-73-72--220 3 Katherine Schuster, Kill Devil Hills 71-75-74--220 Selected Others 5 Nicole Adam, Pinehurst 76-75-71--222 28 Maria Atwood, Holly Springs 77-84-81--242

TRIANGLES’S TOP 10 JUNIOR GOLFERS Boys (High School, graduation year) 1 Akshay Bhatia, Wake Forest (Home School, 2020) 2 Spencer Oxendine, Fayetteville (Jack Britt HS, 2019) 3 Jackson Van Paris (O’Neal School, 2021) 4 Peter Foundation, Raleigh (Broughton HS, 2020) 5 Tyler Dechellis, Clayton (Clayton HS, 2021) 6 Kenan Poole, Raleigh (Ravenscroft, 2019) 7 Christopher Sperrazza, Raleigh (Cardinal Gibbons, 2019) 8 Garrett Risner, Holly Springs (Apex Friendship HS, 2020) 9 Symon Balbin, Pinehurst (Pinecrest HS, 2019) 10 Fulton Smith, Pinehurst (O’Neal School, 2019) Source: Tarheel Youth Golf Association as of 2/1/19

Girls (High School, graduation year) 1 Nicole Adam, Pinehurst (O’Neal School, 2020) 2 Maria Atwood, Holly Springs (Holly Springs HS, 2022) 3 Megan Kanaby, Chapel Hill (Cardinal Gibbons, 2019) 4 Angelique Seymour, Fayetteville (Jack Britt HS, 2019) 5 Halynn Lee, Cary (Green Hope HS, 2021) 6 Mara Hirtle, Pinehurst (Pinecrest HS, 2020) 7 Lotte Fox, Raleigh (Wakefield HS, 2020) 8 Jaclyn Kenzel, Southern Pines (Pinecrest HS, 2020) 9 Emily Brubaker, Raleigh (Cardinal Gibbons HS, 2020) 10 Carson Jenkins, Raleigh (Ravenscroft HS, 2019)

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New year, new rules, same game

Why not address excessive practice swings?

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By BETSEY MITCHELL line to say “what took so long?� And while I accept most of the new rules as nyone questioning why a comince I put on my customary 10 somewhat necessary, they seem to help mittee made up of two other pounds during yet another winter the hacks like me, those of us who tend committees took so long to get golf hibernation I figured I would to hit into bunkers, bodies of water or the new rules done has never sat in a “weigh in� on golf’s new rules of the penalty areas. I used to laugh at my meeting trying to pick a theme for the game. dad, God rest his soul, when he would member-guest.

I’m confused Bets, is my foot wedge find his ball in the woods behind some I’m amazed they got anything done still not allowed? pine cones and on top of pine straw and and even more amazed by some of the All kidding aside, golfers this season then complain about “a compromises. will be faced with the biggest change to bad lie.â€? What’s next, Oh, to have been a fly the Rules of Golf in some time. The progrounding our clubs in on the wall as they strugcess to modernize the Rules of Golf by bunkers? gled through dropping the USGA and R&A actually started in Most of the new rules a ball from the shoulder 2012. Geez, what took so long to come up were aimed at speedto just above the ground with these new offerings? I’m sure you ing up the game. That’s to the knee. Watching a and I Bets could have figured this out a noble desire, but isn’t trying to figure during a round at Old North State Club DUELING DIVOTS player golf supposed to be a out where knee-height is since I’ve often been accused of playing makes me giggle. at “lightning speedâ€? and I’m sure by now relaxing and peaceful diversion to the hustle the bustle of About that “Howard Ward Rulesâ€? you’ve adopted some of the “Howard everyday life? Why are we in such a crack‌ you are remembering it all Ward Rulesâ€? of putting. hurry?

I have enough pressure on me, wrong. Look to his partner in criminal These golf rules that include a new now I only have 3 minutes to look for golf, “Adam Bomb.� That guy never dropping procedure and removing the my lost ball instead of 5 minutes? missed a 5-foot putt and we all know penalty for a double hit, among others, This is going to add some significant why. were adopted after feedback from golftime to my stay at the 19th hole, and They missed a big chance to address ers like you and I Bets, and PGA profesthe true culprit in ruining pace of play; sionals. I must have missed my feedback allows me enough time to ask you the really important question Bets: “You the practice swing. I say that every player form in the mail. want the flag in or out?� gets one full practice swing. Every full A complete review of the Rules of

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By DAVID DROSCHAK

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swing after should count as a stroke.

Some college players would be shooting 213.

The bunker rule makes no sense.

The rules committee is OK with a player taking a practice swing on perfect turf gouging out a chunk of grass that will take a week to grow back. Meanwhile, they have a fit if you take a practice swing in a bunker that can be restored to perfection in less than 30 seconds.

Stupid.

The flagstick rule is proving to be an exercise in local politics. Some like it in, some like it out. Each round includes negotiating a compromise to satisfy all.

It’s trending toward keeping it in for outside 15 feet and out for close putting.

With an 18 mph wind and the flag rattling in the hole, I vote for out. Even a tap-in is distracting.

Removing penalty strokes for accidental movement is generous and appreciated. Player intent is a staple in golf.

The cruelest penalty I ever applied was when a player was startled by a bird flying past her nose causing her to flinch and move her ball. I’m glad I never have to do that again.

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Carolinas Golf Association Selected events; complete schedule at carolinasgolf.org • 910-673-1000

Men/Women USGA Qualifying April 24 – U.S. Senior Women’s Open, CC of Salisbury.

April 29 – U.S. Women’s Open, Starmount Forest CC, Greensboro.

May 1 – U.S. Open Local, River Landing, Wallace.

May 8 – U.S. Open Local, Duke University GC, Durham.

May 13 – U.S. Open Local, Pinewild CC (Magnolia), Pinehurst.

July 2 – U.S. Women’s Amateur, Bermuda Run CC.

CGA Seniors March 25-26 – 3rd North Carolina Super Senior Four-Ball, Pinewild CC, Pinehurst.

April 15-17 – Carolinas Senior Four-Ball, Dataw Island Club (Cotton Dike), Dataw Island, SC. May 7-9 – 34th North Carolina Senior Amateur, Bermuda Run CC. Selected qualifying sites: Salem Glen CC, Clemmons (April 23); Lochmere GC, Cary (April 29).

June 7-8 – 11th Carolinas Super Senior, Green Vally CC, Greenville, SC.

CGA Men April 1-2 –25th Tar Heel Cup Matches, River Landing, Wallace.

April 5-7 – 39th Carolinas Mid-Amateur, The Reserve Club, Pawleys Island, SC. Selected qualifying sites: Bendtwinds G&CC, FuquayVarina (March 11); Stoney Creek GC, Whitsett (March 18).

May 3-6 – 68th Carolinas Four-Ball, Camden CC, SC. May 17-19 – 4th Carolinian Amateur, Keith Hills Club, Buies Creek.

June 13-16 – 59th North Carolina Amateur, Gaston CC, Gastonia. Selected qualifying sites: High Point CC Willow Creek (May 23); Mimosa Hills G&CC (May 29); GC at Chapel Ridge, Pittsboro (June 4); Keith Hills Club, Buies Creek (June 12).

CGA Women April 29-30 – 16th North Carolina Senior Women’s Amatuer, Chapel Hill CC. June 19-21 – 93rd Carolinas Women’s Amateur, Ballantyne CC, Charlotte.

Captain’s Choice May 5 --7th – Annual Golf Day for MDA, Zebulon Country Club, Zebulon, $60 per player.

Contact Ron 919-333-6442.

Amateur Individual May 25-26 – Durham Amateur, Hillandale GC, Durham. Medal play in flights. 919-286-4211.

May 31-June 1-2 – Asheboro City Amateur, Asheboro Municipal, Holly Ridge GL, Pinewood CC. (Randolph County residents only). 336-625-4158.

June 22-23 – Wake County Amateur, Pine Hollow GC, Clayton. Medal play in flights. Not restricted to Wake County residents.

919-553-4554. www.trianglegolf.com

Senior Individual May 15-16 – Alamance Senior Amateur (not restricted to Alamance residents), Indian Valley GC, Burlington. Flights and age divisions beginning at age 50. 336-584-7871.

May 20-21 – 10th 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.

Amateur Team March 23-24 – 5th annual Battle at the Chase, Maple Chase CC, Winston-Salem. Two-man captain’s choice. 336-767-2941.

July 20-21 – Indian Valley Classic 2-man bestball. Indian Valley GC, Burlington. Flighted medal play. 336-584-7871.

CGA Girls May 11-12 – 14th Vicki DiSantis Junior, Pine Island CC, Charlotte.

June 11-14 – North Carolina Junior, Wilson CC. June 26-27 – Twin States Junior, Rolling Hills CC, Monroe.

July 9-11 – 15th Dogwood State Junior, Salem Glen CC, Clemmons.

July 15-16 – 13th Carolinas Girls 15 & Under, CC of Whispering Pines (Pines).

July 30-Aug 1 – 63rd Carolinas Junior, Columbia CC, Blythewood, SC. Aug. 10-11 – 18th Girls Mid-Atlantic Challenge Matches, Brook Valley CC, Greenville, NC. Aug. 13-15 – Hope Valley Invitational, Hope Valley CC, Durham.

Oct. 5-6 –10th Jimmy Anderson Invitational, Jacksonville CC, NC.

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TYGA Boys

252-864-9161 March 9 -- Bryan Park (Players), Brown Summit March 16 -- Bermuda Run CC (West) March 23 -- Pinewood CC, Asheboro April 6 -- Stoney Creek GC, Whitsett April 13 - Greensboro National, Summerfield April 27 – Little River, Carthage May 4 – Forest Oaks CC, Greensboro May 11 -- Grandover Resort (East), Greensboro May 18 -- Anderson Creek, Spring Lake June 8 -- Colonial CC, Thomasville June 15 – The Preserve at Jordan Lake, Chapel Hill June 29 -- Mill Creek GC, Mebane

March 9 – Tots One-Day, Keith Hills GC, Buies Creek.

March 16-17 – Archdale-Trinity Chamber Junior Open.

April 8 – N.C. High School Invitational, Treyburn CC, Durham.

April 25 – Pinehurst High School Invitational, Pinehurst No. 8.

April 27 – Tots One-Day, TPC Wakefield, Raleigh.

April 27-28 – Sapona Junior Open, Sapona GC, Lexington.

May 18 – Tots One Day, High Point CC (Emerywood).

June 2 – One-Day, Bryan Park (Players).

June 11-12 – Maple Chase Junior, Maple Chase G&CC, Winston-Salem.

June 12 – One-Day, Talamore GC, Southern Pines.

June 20 – One-Day, Foxfire Resort.

June 21 – One Day, CC of Whispering Pines (Pines).

June 24 – One-Day, Chapel Hill CC. June 24 – One-Day, Gillespie Park, Greensboro.

June 24 – One-Day, Gates Four CC, Fayetteville.

June 27 – One-Day, Colonial CC, Thomasville.

June 28 – One-Day, Wendell CC. July 1 – One-Day, Lexington GC. July 8 – One-Day, Legacy GL, Aberdeen.

July 9 – Jack Ratz Jr. Memorial, Wildwood Green GC, Raleigh.

July 10-11 – High Point Junior, Blair Park and Oak Hollow.

July 16 – One-Day, Cedarbrook CC, Elkin.

July 18 – One-Day, Salem Glen CC, Clemmons.

July 22 – One-Day, Mid Pines GC, Southern Pines.

July 22 – One-Day, Asheboro Municipal.

July 25 – One-Day, Sanford GC. July 30-31 – Roy Jones Junior, Kinston CC. Aug. 3 – Tots One-Day, Asheboro Municipal GC.

Senior Amateur Tour (ages 50-over) 910-964-1547 March 14 – Devils Ridge, Holly Springs March 21 – Pinewood CC, Asheboro March 28 – High Point CC (Willow Creek) April 11 – Wildwood Green, Raleigh April 18 – Forest Oaks CC, Greensboro April 25 – Chapel Ridge, Pittsboro May 9 -- Bryan Park (Players), Brown Summit May 16 -- Anderson Creek GC, Spring Lake May 30 -- Colonial CC, Thomasville June 6 – Quaker Cree GC, Mebane June 13 – Umstead Pines GC, Durham June 27 – Mill Creek, Mebane

Junior Golf Schedule CGA 910-673-1000 * TYGA 910-673-1000 * PKBGT 336-347-8537 * NCJGF 919-8586400 * TGF 919-291-5813 * NJGT 704-8246548 * AJGA 770-868-4200 * USGA 908-2342300 * USKIDS Raleigh Tour 919-206-4666 * Winternational 847-204-9888 * HJGT 904-379-2697

CGA Boys April 13-14 – 11th Jimmy Anderson Invitational, Jacksonville CC, NC. Qualifying Site: Siler City CC (April 6).

June 25-28 – 52nd North Carolina Junior, Lonnie Poole GC, Raleigh.

July 1-2 – 23rd North Carolina Junior 13-under, Asheboro Municipal GC. July 23-25 – 70th Carolinas Junior, River Landing CC (River), Wallace.

July 30-Aug. 1 – 15th Dogwood State Junior, River Run CC, Davidson. Qualifying site: Sapona GC, Lexington.

Aug. 10-11 – 37th Carolinas-Virginias Team Matches, Boonesboro CC, Lynchburg, Va. Aug. 13-15 – Hope Valley Invitational, Hope Valley CC, Durham.

Other Junior Events March 16-17 – NCJGF UNC Spring Championship/Junior World Qualifying, Finley GC, Chapel Hill, Boys/Girls, Grades 6-12.

919-858-6400.

April 20-21 – HJGT Raleigh Junior, The Neuse GC, Clayton. Boys/Girls Ages 8-18. 407-6142962.

May 6-7 – NCHSAA Boys Regionals at various sites.

For the latest tournament schedule, now updated daily, go to www.trianglegolf.com then click on Tournaments May 13-14 – NCHSAA Boys States at various sites.

May 13-14 – NCISAA Boys States at various sites.

June 18-19 – Surry County Junior Championship, Mt. Airy CC and Cedarbrook CC. Surry County boys and girls only.

336-835-2320 July 1-3 – North & South Junior, Pinehurst courses. Ages 15-18. 910-295-6811.

July 9-11 – Forsyth Junior, Tanglewood Reynolds, Pine Knolls, Reynolds Park.

Forsyth County Residents only Boys/Girls.

Bobby Hege 336-416-3289.

Aug. 24-25 – HJGT Major Championship, Bryan Park, Brown Summit. Boys/Girls Ages 8-18. 407-614-2962.

Dec. 28-29 – Donald Ross Junior, Pinehurst CC. Boys/Girls ages 8-18. 910-295-6811.

Peggy Kirk Bell Girls Tour Peggy Kirk Bell Girl Complete listing at pkbgt.org • 336-347-8537 March 9-10 – Tar Heel Classic, Finley GC, Chapel Hill.

March 16 – Longleaf GC, Southern Pines.

April 6-7 – PKBGT Masters, Greenville CC, NC. April 13-14 – Mid-Atlantic Championship, Bulle Rock GC, Harve De Grace, Md. April 27-18 – Carolinas Classic, Carolina Trace CC (Lake), Sanford.

May 18-19 – Gate City Classic, Forest Oaks GC, Greensboro.

May 25-27 – PKBGT Open Championship, CC of Salisbury.

June 8 – Sapona GC, Lexington.

June 21 – Bryan Park (Players), Brown Summit.

June 24 – Mill Creek GC, Mebane.

July 5 – Pinewood CC, Asheboro.

July 9-10 – NOVA Championship Hidden Creek CC, Reston, Va. July 19-20 – Precision Championship, Bryan Park (Champions), Brown Summit.

July 27-28 – Wolfpack Classic, Lonnie Poole GC, Raleigh.

Aug. 3 – Bermuda Run (West).

Aug. 10-11 – Chapel Hill Classic, Finley GC, Chapel Hill.

Aug. 17-18 – Tour Championship, Pine Needles GC, Southern Pines.

Aug. 25 – Pinehurst No. 3.s Tour

Tarheel Golf Foundation Tour March 2-3 – UNC Tar Heel Junior, Finley GC, Chapel Hill.

April 6-7 – Wolfpack Junior Amateur, Lonnie Poole GC, Raleigh.

April 19-20 – ACC Junior Amateur, Finley GC, Chapel Hill.

May 11-12 – Players Championship, Bryan Park, Brown Summit.

May 26-27 – Golf Pride Championship, Pine Needles GC, Southern Pines.

July 15-16 – Cardinal Junior, Cardinal by Pete Dye, Greensboro.

Sept. 1-2 – Mid-Pines Junior, Mid Pines GC, Southern Pines.

Oct. 19-20 – Western Carolinas Junior, CC of Salisbury.

Nov. 9-10 – Tarheel State Junior, Finley GC, Chapel Hill.

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