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When former caddies David York and Jeff Loh came up with the idea of starting the Caddie and Leadership Academy of the Sandhills, having a pupil rubbing elbows with some of the top loopers in the men’s professional ranks within the first year was far from the plan.
Eight golfers completed a 100 Hole Hike recently on The Cradle short course at Pinehurst, raising funds to subsidize more than 5,000 rounds of golf for youth golfers participating in the Youth on Course program.
Pinehurst’s Jackson Van Paris qualified into match play at the U.S. Amateur for this week, and the Vanderbilt senior’s run ended prematurely following a lengthy first-round match Wednesday at Hazeltine.
Mental fortitude is an asset that many golfers struggle to grasp at any age, but Pinehurst’s Ryan Boudwin flipped a switch sometime this summer to make his brain the best club in his bag.
Pinehurst’s Kimbra Benson shot a round of 3-under-par 68 at Talamore Golf Resort Monday to capture the 46th annual Moore County Women's Amateur this week.
I always chalk up my poor golf game to the fact that I didn’t seriously pick up a club until I was in college. That was more than a decade ago, and like the tides of the ocean, my game has had its ups and downs, but the highs are nothing to turn your head about.
Signups are ongoing for spots into the 100 Hole Hike at Pinehurst Resort and Country Club’s short course, The Cradle, later this month.
The sixth U.S. Senior Women’s Open that tees off this week at Fox Chapel features two Pinehurst residents who qualified for the championship with top honors.
John and Jeffrey Long, of Murrells Inlet, S.C., won their third consecutive Super Senior Division championship at the 55th edition of the National Father-Son Invitational at the Country Club of North Carolina last weekend.
Charles Chopping of Southern Pines brought home the trophy from his win at the 2024 US Kids Golf Georgia state invitational recently. He was sitting in second place after the first day, but he closed the tournament with nine birdies and an eagle over the two days to finish on top.
Jackson Van Paris and Amanda Sambach both won a pair of matches to assist the United States squad to a second straight Arnold Palmer Cup victory over the weekend in Ireland.
Wingate University junior Colin Dutton, from Foxfire, was named the 2024 South Atlantic Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year award winner for men’s golf, the school announced.
The Carolinas Golf Association (CGA) announced that Andy Priest will join the organization in January of 2025 as Executive Director.
Pinehurst’s Riley Grimm, a LPGA*USGA Girls Golf member, came into the inaugural LPGA*USGA Girls Golf National final last week ranked No. 1 in the Peggy Kirk Bell Girls Golf Tour (PKBGT) Performance Index and placed second in this year's Drive Chip and Putt National Finals.
Fearlessly in a stressful round of golf, Davis Ovard found himself in the heart of one of golf’s toughest tests at Pinehurst No. 2, with a large gallery following his group, heavily in opposition to him.
The matchups for the two Putter Boy trophies to the North & South Amateur champions has been set following semifinal play Saturday morning.
It has not been a serene week at Pinehurst.
Golf Pride has collaborated with NBA all-star Stephen Curry and his UNDERRATED Golf brand on a limited-edition grip kit that went on sale Friday.
For Michael Riebe, it was a beautiful night in Pinehurst.
The highs and lows of golf hit every player at every level of the game, and within the last year Pinehurst’s Kelly Chinn has seemed to see both ends of that spectrum a little too closely.
Some of the world’s top amateur golfers will face the same test that the top men’s golfers in the world faced last week in the North & South Amateur this coming week.
Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club is hosting another female golf national championship next week
Donald Ross designed over 400 golf courses after coming to America just before the turn of the 20th century, many of which are viewed with reverence as they are still in use.
John Jeffreys, superintendent of Course No. 2 at Pinehurst Resort and Country Club, was presented the E.J. Marshall Platter at the conclusion of the 2024 U.S. Open Championship from the U.S. Golf Association.
Pinehurst’s Jackson Van Paris was one of five golfers from Vanderbilt to be recognized with All-American honors after the conclusion of the season.
Led by medalist Daniel Aitken, Sandhills Community College golfers grabbed the top four spots individually as the Flyers rolled to their fourth NJCAA Division III men's national title in a row on Friday afternoon in Chautauqua, New York.
In the decade since the U.S. Open was last staged at Pinehurst No. 2, there’s seemingly been more of a shift to the youth movement in golf than the sport had ever before, and with that how the game is played.
Just a week before new history will be made at Pinehurst Course No. 2, the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Sandhills hosted a night of storytelling Thursday about the course’s past glories.
Pinehurst Resort and Country Club’s short course, The Cradle, will be one of three “premier hikes” at notable courses from coast to coast to host a 100 Hole Hike fundraiser to raise funds for Youth on Course.
The 2024 World Golf Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will feature representatives from the world of golf and beyond to welcome in the 2024 class of inductees
The United States Golf Association announced 30 additional golfers, including a former U.S. Open champion, who were added to the into the 2024 U.S. Open Championship at Pinehurst No. 2 in June. These exemptions bring the number of fully exempt players to 83 for the championship that will be …
The O’Neal boys golf team won the state championship at Jamestown Park Golf Course.
Pinecrest junior golfer Carson Bertagnole waited and worked for the last year to battle for his chance to be the individual medalist at the N.C. High School Athletic Association 4A state championship, so another three hours wasn’t too much to bear.
The Pinecrest boys golf team sits 18 holes away from repeating as the N.C. High School Athletic Association 4A state champions with a five-stroke lead after Monday’s first round at Pinehurst No. 9.
Patience brought Pinehurst Resort and Country Club and golf course designer Tom Doak together nearly two years ago.
Almost four years in the making, the U.S. Golf Association on Friday opened the doors to its second headquarters — Golf House Pinehurst — and new attractions meant to showcase the history of golf.
The Sandhills Classical Christian School boys varsity golf team won the Carolina Christian Athletic Association conference championship on Monday. The team is made up of all middle school students. SCCS eighth-grader Landon Gray, third from right, had the low score for the entire year in the…
The O’Neal School athletic department celebrated the athletic commitments of Brennan Hodges to Queens University, and Nick Joyce to Methodist University recently.
The Pinecrest boys golf team was the only squad at the N.C. High School Athletic Association 4A Mideast regional at Pinehurst No. 6 to post a team total under par en route to the Patriots winning the regional title Monday.
Pinehurst’s fourth U.S. Open championship became much more palpable Monday as senior executives with the USGA and Pinehurst Resort gathered with national media to discuss next month’s competition.
The U.S. Golf Association’s Greenkeeper Apprenticeship Program, launched last year through a partnership at Sandhills Community College, will widen in scope and scale across the Carolinas over the next five years, USGA officials announced Monday.
David Sanchez knows Pinehurst. From growing up, like most young high level golfers, he came to the area to play in events, and then made the local area a home for nine years after college.
A pair of Pinehurst residents and prolific collegiate golfers were announced last week to represent the United States in the 2024 Arnold Palmer Cup to be played in Ireland in July.
The Country Club of North Carolina (CCNC) announced the addition of two more amateur championships coming to the club in the coming years to include the 2026 Carolinas Amateur and the 2027 Southern Amateur.
The Pinecrest boys golf team, led by sophomore Pete Myers earning medalist honors, finished on top of the leaderboard at the 15th North Carolina High School Invitational contested in Durham last weekend.
Defending U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark, along with several dozen of the world's top-rated golfers, have all been accepted to play the 124th U.S. Open at Pinehurst Resort in two-months' time.
A line of golfers waited Monday outside of the Golf Pride Global Innovation Center to get their hands, literally, on the newest grip that the manufacturer had made.
The World Golf Hall of Fame induction ceremony in June will be hosted by acclaimed artist Darius Rucker at Pinehurst Resort in June.
Sometimes things happen on the golf course that make you shake your head, grin from ear to ear and say to yourself, the game is giving me a wink today. And, it usually happens when we least expect it would.
Golf Pride will host a day to celebrate the release of a new line of putter grips at its Global Innovation Center in Pinehurst Monday.