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State Record Falls he Reagan women’s golf team broke a state high school record in late August with a three-player score of 101 at Pine Knolls Golf Club in Kernersville.

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Senior Sasha Hayes carded a 32, while freshman Morgan Ketchum shot 33 and senior Mary Slade a 36 to break the state record. The previous mark of 102 was set by Ardrey Kell in October 2010 at Providence Country Club in Charlotte. “Our players have worked very hard in the last year to improve,” said head coach Jay Allred, who is in his 12th season at the Pfafftown school. “We have 12 girls on the team now and it looks as though our top-5 will be all-conference.” Allred has built a deep Reagan program, which will be gunning for its 10th straight conference title. “Our top-3 players rolled in with 32-33-36 making it a 101, so I was like it would be nice to break a hundred,” Allred said of the special day in Reagan golfing history. “I was sitting there waiting for the rest to finish, so I looked up the state record and it was 102. Our players seem to be playing more relaxed and I am hoping that will carry on the rest of the season.” In addition to conference dominance, the Raiders have won the last three Western Regional titles and have finished as high as second in the state championship.

f you record a hole-in-one on the 13th hole at Stonewall Golf Course a grand awaits you – along with a video to show off to your golfing buddies. The Stokes County golf course has partnered with Chicago-based Swing King to offer $1,000 to any golfer who aces the 13th hole, which measures 183 yards from the tips. The offer also holds for the course’s unique disc golf experience. The disc hole measures up to 327 feet. “The only hole-in-one that has ever happened on the disc golf course (which opened in 2016) was on that particular hole last year,” said course owner Rick Regan. “As far as ball golf, I’ve been here for 10 years and there have been numerous holein-ones on No. 13.” Swing King, which bills itself as a company “powered by digital golf technologies” installs the video system at various courses across the country to record the aces. The cameras at Stonewall are motion activated and are aimed at the tee box, disc basket and green. “A $1,000 can be spent very quickly but the video of you getting the hole in one lasts forever,” Regan said. Regan believes Stonewall is the first course in North Carolina to provide the $1,000 payout, saying there is no extra charge or fee for golfers to be entered.

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Scott took Tiger to the limit

By DAVID DROSCHAK

ew people remember the losers in golf. Who finished runner-up at the 2013 U.S. Open or the 2016 Masters? Who knows, and to be blunt, who really cares? Winning is everything in golf, hoisting the trophy, soaking in the march up the 18th fairway with the tournament in hand and the crowd cheering is exhilarating. Through history, finishing second is worth noting for only a few in the game, and that distinction is usually reserved for players who “blew the lead” in a major or for a golfing risk-taker like British Open disaster Jean van de Velde. Except if your name is Steve Scott. Scott, a former three-time AllAmerican at the University of Florida, recorded one of the most memorable runner-up finishes in golf history, taking a 20-year-old Tiger Woods to the limit and then some in the 1996 U.S. Amateur final match, falling on the 38th hole as Woods captured his third straight championship. “It is something that I’ve always felt was a badge of honor that somebody with my lesser physical abilities was able to hang with a guy like that for as long as I did, and I gave him one of the best runs anybody ever has,” Scott said. “I can certainly hold my head high that I forced him to throw everything at me but the kitchen sink, and maybe including the kitchen sink. If I didn’t want to talk about it I wouldn’t be in the golf business or I wouldn’t be playing golf, I would be holed up in some cubical without any windows. “It was a cool day in golf history, and if you think of the odds of me being the guy to stop that history of three U.S. Amateurs in a row, well the odds would be overwhelmingly against me. I got a lot more traction out of finishing second than most people ever do. A lot of great things came out of it.” While Woods has gone on to win 80 PGA Tour events, the 41-year-old Scott never really hit the golfing big-time despite rising to the No. 1 amateur ranking in the world in 1999. He played six professional journeyman seasons, three of which were logged on the Canadian Tour. 6

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Then after spending almost a decade as a club professional in New Jersey and New York, Scott moved to WinstonSalem before Christmas last year to be closer to the in-laws, accepting a position as the head golf pro of The Outpost Club, which is an invitation-only, national golf society in the United States. Modeled after historic golf societies in Great Britain, it does not own a course but members can play more than 70 events each year at top 100 courses around the world. Scott is upbeat these days, and with good reason. In his first season playing in the ultra competitive Carolinas PGA section, he won the CPGA Head Professional Championship in March and the CPGA Professional Championship in August. In between those two wins, he finished tied for fourth in the South Carolina Open and sixth in the Carolinas Open as the Section Player of the Year award awaits Scott. Scott’s first CPGA win qualified him for the RBC Heritage, his first PGA Tour event in 13 years. “It is still a circus out there -- in a good way,” Scott said. “It is a different arena to play golf in and you have to get back into that rhythm. On the Wednesday right before the RBC I guess I made a mistake, but it was kind of cool. I ended up hitting balls next to Bryson DeChambeau. He was on his Bluetooth headset hitting golf balls and talking to somebody about his spin rate and launch angles and I was kind of listening to what he had to say, and maybe I won’t do that again. It was interesting because he’s the mad scientist out there and he has a lot of things going on in his head. I don’t think that analytically out there. I’ve always played by feel and instinct.” Scott made just three PGA Tour cuts in 15 career events, earning less than $17,000, prior to his most recent brief return to the Tour. At the RBC heritage he shot 80 and 73 and missed yet another cut. Continued on page 7

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Scott from page 6 Scott says his professional career was stunted by poor putting and a lack of distance off the tee. “I could fly it 270, and that’s pretty good, but not Tour good or trying to be one of the best in the world,” he said. “Amateur golf tended to lend itself to shorter golf courses at the time -- it was more of a wedge and putter contest, so not being the longest player in the world didn’t hurt me at the amateur level, which is why I had more success there, and the Canadian Tour was similar, not crazy long. “I am 5-foot-10, and I think the days of dominant golfers being less than 6 feet all are over,” he added. “You have to be 6-3 or 6-4, they all seem to be so tall now because you naturally create more club head speed. All these guys are flying the ball 300 yards plus.” While Scott has not been able to tap into any more distance as he reached his 40s, he has improved his putting drastically with his own putting grip invention, something he calls the Gator Clamp. “It is a combination how Bernhard Langer used to grip the club, clamping it to the forearm, but I turn my hand in an inverted position, kind of like Chris DiMarco holds the putter but I clamp it in there with that inverted hand,” Scott said. “It looks like a gator chomping on your arm a little bit. It has really worked for me and been so consistent. “About five years ago my game was not really very good. With the combination of changing jobs and having children my game went in the tank for awhile and honestly I would shoot in the upper 70s or low 80s,” he added. “So in 2013 I changed to this putting grip and rededicated myself to golf. Now, golf has become a lot more fun. I am competitive again.” Scott has played some tremendous golf in 2018 and is also heading up a new section of The Outpost Club called the Sliver Club Golfing Society. The name pays homage to the very first competition on record back in Scotland in 1744, where competitors played for a silver club and the winner’s name was put on the club. “It will be akin to some of the other amateur tours you see out there but it will be a membership driven society, based around competition, and we want to attract members with a 7.9 handicap index and below,” he said. “People love to play competition and we’re going to be staging on some really great courses like Bay Hill, Barton Creek, Point O’ Woods. We’re trying to create a network of some really good people and really good players to play great courses all around the country.” So after growing up in Florida and spending a good portion of time as a club pro in the Northeast, Scott appears to have found a comfortable home in the Tar Heel state. “It has all been good,” he said. “I am liking this part of the world a lot.”

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A big-time boon for Wyndham Championship

With the changes to the PGA Tour Schedule the Wyndham Championship will see the top players and sold-out crowds for years to come.

By BRAD KING

he seismic reverberations following the mid-September announcement of the PGA Tour’s new “Wyndham Rewards Top 10” were felt immediately. The news was first shared at a media event before the Tour teed off its FedExCup Playoff finale at Atlanta’s East Lake Golf Club. Nearing the end of his annual state-of-the-Tour address, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan dropped a bombshell. With Bobby Long, chairman of the Piedmont Triad Charitable Foundation, and Steve Holmes, chairman of Wyndham Hotels and Wyndham Destinations sitting in the front row, Monahan announced that starting in 2019, the PGA Tour would join with Wyndham Rewards to sponsor the new, $10-million Wyndham Rewards Top 10. 10 TRIAD GOLF TODAY • FALL 2018

Through the program, the top-10 regular season finishers in FedExCup points after the Wyndham Championship — also sponsored by Wyndham Rewards — will reap some major financial benefits. The leader at the conclusion of the Wyndham Championship will earn $2 million, followed by $1.5 million for the runner-up, with decreasing amounts based on position from there. The 10thplace finisher will earn $500,000. “This is a significant and exciting change for the PGA Tour, our players, our partners and most importantly our fans,” Monahan said. The impact on Greensboro’s annual PGA Tour event at Sedgefield Country Club may be monumental. “This changes everything,” Long said. Strolling out of the East Lake clubhouse following the news conference,

longtime Wyndham Championship tournament director Mark Brazil was stopped by recent world No. 1 Justin Thomas. Thomas told Brazil that had the Wyndham Rewards Top 10 been in place in 2018, he would have come to Greensboro and played the Wyndham Championship. “(Thomas) was No. 3 (in the world) and he could have jumped up to No. 1,” Brazil said. “He said, ‘Look, that’s a lot of money. I would have come to Sedgefield and the Wyndham Championship to vie for that title.’” Brazil said Phil Mickelson had nothing but positive things to say. “(Mickelson) said, ‘You guys are going to get the Top 15 players or a lot of the Top 20 players to play your event now,’” Brazil said. “Everyone will come now.” The announcement, particularly with Wyndham as the title sponsor

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of the regular-season championship, ensures the tournament at Sedgefield will remain the final event of the regular season, and enhances the event and Wyndham in the eyes of the PGA Tour. In recent years, many of the topranked players skipped the Wyndham to prepare for the playoffs. The announcement likely means many more of the top players will come to Greensboro. “There are so many things that we will benefit from, especially a better field,” Brazil said. “At our tournament, players are going to want to jump into the Top 10 and improve their ranking inside the Top 10.” In addition, beginning next season, the FedExCup Playoffs have been reduced from four events to three. Designed to add a new layer of drama over the course of the regular season,

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the streamlined format puts greater emphasis on entering the playoffs with a high ranking. Next year’s 80th Wyndham Championship will be moved up two weeks to Aug. 1-4 — two weeks after the British Open, with a World Golf Championship tournament and an adjacent minor tournament the week before. Monahan’s announcement was complemented with the introduction of a simplified, strokes-based scoring system for the Tour Championship beginning next season, and the doubling of the total FedExCup bonus pool available to players, which now totals $70 million, inclusive of the prize money from the Wyndham Rewards Top 10. The Wyndham Rewards Top 10 — along with a new playoff schedule, points system and a combined winner of both the FedEx Cup championship and the Tour Championship — has drastically altered how seasons will conclude. “Win the Tour Championship and you are the FedExCup champion — it’s that simple,” Monahan said. “We have no doubt it will create a compelling, dramatic conclusion for the Tour’s ultimate prize.” Lastly, each player in the top 10 will be invited into Wyndham Rewards at its most exclusive Diamond level. Wyndham Rewards is the world’s most generous guest rewards program spanning more than 25,000 hotels, club resorts, affiliated resorts and vacation rentals. Wyndham has been a sponsor of the Wyndham Championship since 2007. Yet, 2018’s event marked the first year that Wyndham Rewards took the role of title sponsor following the split of Wyndham Worldwide into two separate public companies earlier this year — Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, the world’s largest hotel franchise company and Wyndham Destinations, the world’s largest vacation ownership and exchange company and North America’s largest professionally managed rental business. “We’re thrilled with these changes. It’s been a long time coming,” Monahan said. “You take these changes and you combine them with the new and improved schedule and we think this is a significant step forward for the PGA Tour.” Not to mention, a big-time boon for the Wyndham Championship.

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Tanglewood Championship Course set to reopen October 20th

By BRAD KING

few weeks prior to its grand reopening, the freshly restored Championship Course at Tanglewood Park in Clemmons survived its first big test. Hurricane Florence dumped about five inches of rain on the Triad in two days. The Championship Course’s new bunker complexes passed with flying colors. “There was no water in any of the bunkers. It was unbelievable,” said longtime Tanglewood director of golf Mike Wilcox. “There wasn’t even washout in the bunkers where they’ve already put in sand.” The Championship Course’s highly anticipated reopening is now slated for October 20, 2018, according to Wilcox. He said the ribbon cutting was a couple of weeks behind schedule due to Florence and other weather-related issues. Tanglewood’s bunkers were rebuilt using the “Better Billy Bunker System” popularized during Billy Fuller’s tenure as golf course superintendent at Augusta National Golf Club, home of The Masters.

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Originally known as the Enhanced Bunker Drainage Method, the primary purpose behind this specification was to minimize sand erosion and contamination from native soils during heavy rainstorms. The chief features of Better Billy bunkers are a two-inch gravel layer applied over the bunker floor and herringbone tile system capped with a geo-textile liner. The gravel serves as a conduit for water to transfer down the bunker floor slopes into the tile pipe system, greatly reducing if not eliminating sand movement. The liner secures the gravel blanket and prevents native soils underneath from contaminating the preferred bunker sand that was installed overtop the liner. This method also consistently reduces manpower requirements in bunkers following rainstorms by 80 percent or more. In addition, the restoration work eliminated a number of the Championship Course’s 99 bunkers that were superfluous, reducing the total to 78 — a reduction of nearly 50 percent in square footage. “It’s going to be fantastic,” Wilcox said. “We’ll have new bunkers and new greens on a golf course

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that is such a great layout anyway. The green complexes are so good here; they’re so unique. It’s going to enhance the entire Tanglewood experience. “We didn’t want to change the integrity of the original Robert Trent Jones design,” Wilcox added. “The goal was to keep the teeth in the course but make it more playable for the average golfer.” The Championship Course’s Wall of Fame through the years is an impressive; A Who’s Who of some of history’s greatest golfers. Lee Trevino captured the PGA Championship at Tanglewood in 1974, holding off Jack Nicklaus and 62-year-old Sam Snead. Trevino also captured the Vantage Championship — the Champions Tour’s first million-dollar purse — on the Championship Course. Hale Irwin won a pair of Vantage Championships, while other winners included Gary Player, Larry Nelson, Jim Colbert and Al Geiberger. The Vantage Championship was contested at Tanglewood from 1987-2002. The tournament was supposed to end in 2001, but it was cancelled that year when it fell on the same week as 9/11.

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Tanglewood from page 12 Tournament sponsor RJR said it was not going to allow such a prestigious event to end in such a tragic manner. “Reynolds agreed to come back and do it one more year,” Wilcox said. “It was pretty cool of them to step up. They said, ‘we’re going to come back and do it again right one more time.’” Billy Mayfair also won the USGA’s U.S. Amateur Public Links at Tanglewood in 1986. Scott Hoch captured the North Carolina Amateur there in 1976, while Lanny Wadkins was medalist in a 1971 PGA Tour Regional Qualifier at Tanglewood. “We’ve had some really nice events here,” said Wilcox, who has been at Tanglewood since 1990. Wadsworth Golf Construction Co. of Plainfield, Ill., was awarded a $2.4 million contract for the Tanglewood work— the first of four payouts from a $15 million bond referendum for Forsyth County Parks and Recreation approved by voters in November 2016. The money for the parks and recreation work is part of a $430 million total bond package. Tanglewood’s other two courses – The Reynolds and the Par 3 – have remained open while work was performed on the Championship Course. Pinehurst architect Richard Mandell, who oversaw

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the Championship Course project, is currently creating a master plan for the Reynolds Course, along with the Par-3 Course and adjoining driving range. The Championship Course’s greens have been converted to Champion Bermuda grass, along with tree removal and irrigation upgrades. “It had a lot of dramatic bones,” Mandell said. “Now, it’s got that back.” Before work began, as he does on all his projects, Mandell headed a series of four complete course walk-throughs with Wilcox and superintendent Lee

Barefoot, as well as other regular golfers and staff. Their input led to numerous subtle touches such as the removal of several bunkers behind green complexes, easing the approach shot demands. “I wanted to know anything and everything (those who know the course best) think about, from property line to property line as far as strategy, playability and aesthetics,” Mandell said. “All my design work in the last 25 years is better because I embraced input from the end user.”

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Forsyth Country Club reopens with new greens

By DAVID DROSCHAK

ris Spence worked on historic Forsyth Country Club about the same time he was doing the same to fellow Triad area layout Sedgefield Country Club, creating quite a Donald Ross return to form for both private clubs 12 years ago. The restoration project of the Ross design was the main focus back then for Forsyth as most of the original nuisances were lost over time, but Spence returned this year to coordinate several other course improvements, including a switch from bentgrass to bermudagrass on the greens and bunker remodeling. “We just had a member-guest and all the feedback has just been fantastic,” said Forsyth head pro John Faidley. The club reopened in mid September after being closed for the Spence work in July. “Forsyth had a pretty tough summer a few years back and that got them thinking about putting in bermudagrass greens, which as we all know now are at the highest performance level during the golf season,” Spence said. “They finally pulled the trigger this summer. “As with any golf course, once you do that you really have to look at the greens hard because some of the areas that may have been hole locations with bent greens may not be OK for the Champion Bermuda,” added the Greensboro-based architect. GreenScan 3D was hired to scan greens alongside Spence, and it was decided that some areas of the greens on Nos. 1, 6, 9 and 15, needed tweaking. “There were some hole locations where I had intentionally created 12 years ago, these really sort of treacherous little corners, you know when the club wanted to have a real high end tournament and they wanted ultra strategic hole locations. I put them at the upper end of the slope for the bentgrass, which is a little too high up for the bermuda,” he said. “Those four greens we took the sod off of and adjusted the greens prior to converting it over. No. 9 was the 18

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The only real design change by Spence came on the par-3 14th hole. most comprehensive as we pretty much tweaked that whole two-tiered green. Once all that was done we reset the collars, which is pretty standard, to make sure the surface drainage is all good.” The ninth fairway was converted to Zoysia grass a few years ago, and Spence did the same to the first hole this time around. “And we tried to soften the bunkers a little bit right at the toe of the grass slopes,” he said. “Forsyth has these really bold and dynamic set of Ross bunkers and has some really authentic depth, with some bunkers out there 4-6 feet deep. They wanted new sand in there but they also went with the Better Billy Bunker system to enhance the drainage and enhance the performance of the bunkers.” The only real design change by Spence came on the par-3 14th hole. “There is a little pond short of the green that was a little closer to the

green than what I thought it should be and what Ross generally crossed water hazards,” Spence said. “It had an old railroad tie bulkhead wall that to me was not keeping with a 1920s golf course and I always wanted remove that wall and roll the grass down. But at the same time we needed to improve the pond’s overflow structure, so we rebuilt the dam, took the wall out and brought the distance between the green and the hazard closer to the tee and that way we could expand the approach of the green.” “It’s definitely a different hole,” Faidley said. “And taking some trees out around that hole also changed it visually. There is now a little bit of a wow factor.” Converting to bermuda greens, Spence was also charged with creating better sunlight around the putting surfaces.

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“Taking out some trees really opened up some vistas and kind of gave the golf course a bigger look,” Faidley said. “That has been really well received.” “We probably took down as many as 50-60 trees,” added Spence. “And we created a brand new short game facility. The old short game facility I had previously designed was part of a short course concept, and they decided they weren’t going forward with that so we created a short game area that had more of a multi-directional use. The old one was basically two little par-3 holes that had they gone through with the original design would have been a par-3 course. But we doubled back and re-configured that short game area for a little better member use, a lot more variety. “It was time to do these projects,” added Spence. “Remember, golf courses are living, breathing items.” www.triadgolf.com

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Architect Spotlight

Richard Mandell stays busy during challenging industry times

By BRAD KING

inehurst-based golf course architect Richard Mandell has too much on his plate these days to stress about the challenges facing his industry. Despite new course construction plummeting during in the past decade, Mandell has remained a busy man. Since forming his company, Richard Mandell Golf Architecture in 1992, he has worked on about 75 projects around the world and earned particular prominence for his restoration of several Donald Ross courses. Last year, BoardRoom magazine named Mandell its “Golf Architect of the Year.” During the first quarter of 2018, Mandell wrapped up construction on one of only a handful of new construction projects in the United States, a Minnesota municipal layout called Braemar Golf Course. Now, he’s working on more than a half-dozen projects including a handful throughout the Carolinas, two in the Cleveland, Ohio-area and several more in Florida. He stays on the road two or three days a week. “We’re very busy,” Mandell said. “I haven’t played much golf in the last four or five years.” Not quite a household name, Mandell has, in more than two decades, demonstrated an ability to continually earn work in a demanding environment through his innovative design, detailed planning, environmental restoration, knack for creating golf courses for golfers and non-golfers alike, and successful budget control. One could argue that Mandell’s projects — which currently run the spectrum from municipal golf at iconic public facilities in three different states to private club golf in four states to a facility for championship-winning college golfers and future golf professionals — actually touch many more golfers than some of the more well-publicized new courses or renovations. Mandell’s most high-profile job in North Carolina right now is the Championship Course at Tanglewood Park in Clemmons, a collaborative effort with Bruce Charlton, Robert Trent Jones II’s lead architect. Originally designed by Robert Trent Jones, Sr., in 1960, Tanglewood’s luster has been restored by Mandell and Charlton. The duo has brought the course back to heights enjoyed as host of the historic 1974 PGA Championship as well as numerous Senior PGA Tour Vantage Championships and the 1986 USGA Publinx. “I want to know anything and everything (those who know the course best) think about, from property line to property line as far as strategy, playability and aesthetics,” Mandell said. “All my design work in the last 25 years is better because I embraced input from the end user.”

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In April, members of the historic Country Club of Asheville christened their recently restored Donald Ross golf course after Mandell led a comprehensive construction project, his fourth for Raleigh-based McConnell Golf, including Raleigh Country Club. Mandell’s work once again came in under budget and was named Honorable Mention in GolfInc magazine’s restoration of the year competition for private clubs. “Richard’s vast knowledge of traditional Ross designs enabled us to bring back CCA to its

original glory,” said McConnell golf director of agronomy Michael Shoun. After five years as architect of record at Myers Park Country Club in Charlotte, Mandell led the private club in a complete sand bunker restoration of the Ross design. The project also included two new green complexes and a new practice facility. The bunker restoration won a second consecutive honorable mention for a private club in GolfInc’s annual competition. At the 45-hole Bobby Jones Golf Club in Sarasota, Fla., Mandell is spearheading a restoration of the original 18 Ross-designed holes and renovation of the other 18 holes to create four interchangeable nines. As a result, the traditional 18s preferred by the locals can be played some days, while for the first time in 50 years the original Ross routing can be played on other days. Further demonstrating his innovative prowess, Mandell also designed an adjustable, nine-hole par-3 course that will allow management to set up the golf course to play in a variety of ways. The adjustable course will be offered to golfers on an hourly-rate basis as a large short-game practice facility on certain days. Mandell grew up in the Metropolitan New York area surrounded by some of the most storied golf designs in the country. He learned the game by sneaking onto a nearby municipal course there called Rye Golf Club. While helping lead his high school golf team to an undefeated senior season, Mandell was exposed to courses such as Winged Foot, Westchester Country Club and The Black Course at Bethpage State Park. He noted how those famed designs were routed following the lay of the land, not compromised by heavy machinery. He also discovered the quirks of architecture and the importance of shot making. “At that point, I thought it would be pretty fun to be a golf course architect,” he said. After graduating from high school, Mandel headed south to the University of Georgia where he earned a degree in landscape architecture. In Athens, Mandell learned all about length from UGA’s Robert Trent Jones University course.

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Architect Spotlight from page 20 Mandell interned and after college worked for Pinehurst’s Dan Maples, from whom he says he learned about construction and putting theory into practice. He then worked for Denis Griffiths in Atlanta, where he received a completely different perspective of the business regarding office work and fieldwork. Mandell’s years with Maples and Griffiths — both former presidents of the prestigious American Society of Golf Course Architects — exposed him to high-end domestic and international work in an apprenticeship with two of the best in the business. In 1993, Mandell joined forces with a trio of civil engineers from Maryland to form Whole In One Design Group, which offered all design disciplines — golf architecture, civil engineering, land planning, environmental science

and landscape architecture — under one roof. Mandell served as lead architect on numerous projects and in April 2000 he bought out his partners and changed the firm name to Richard Mandell Golf Architecture. Mandell is a bit of a Renaissance man. In addition to being a licensed landscape architect in North Carolina and South Carolina, he may be the only golf architect in the world who is also a certified arborist. A noted golf historian and author, Mandell’s seminal work, “Pinehurst — Home of American Golf (The Evolution of a Legend)” won the prestigious International Network of Golf Book of the Year Award and was a finalist for Foreword Magazine’s Book of the Year Award and the United States Golf Association Book Award in 2007. “Nobody knows Pinehurst golf like Richard Mandell,” wrote golf architecture expert Ron Whitten in the book’s

forward. “He’s not just a golf architect who has lived in the Village of Pinehurst; he has studied its courses, investigated their origins and absorbed their design nuances.” Mandell has also contributed chapters to Volumes 1 and 2 of “Golf Architecture: A Worldwide Perspective,” as well as “Favorite Holes By Design,” and he has penned numerous articles on design for national publications such as Links Magazine, Golf Illustrated and Golf Course Architecture. For more than a decade, Mandell taught one of the only fully accredited, professionally taught classes on golf course architecture at North Carolina State University. He also helped host two weekly

Pinehurst sports radio talk shows along with the late TV broadcast legend John Derr, and former PGA Tour and Champions Tour player Pat McGowan. But Mandell, who turns 50 in November and has two young boys, is a family first father. He had to give up those extracurricular duties to coach his son’s travel basketball team — The Sandhills Machine — which last season won four tournaments around the state. Sometimes, there’s such a thing as having too much on your plate. “My kids would love to play golf,” Mandell said with a chuckle. “But I’ve been too busy to take them.”

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The first ace is the sweetest

aking a hole-in-one is always sweet but when it’s your first, it’s extra special. That’s especially so for the longtime players, who probably thought they might never record one. Tom Simmons, trying 50 years, and Joe Doorley, playing the game 40 years, certainly fit into that category. At the other end of the spectrum, there are players like Pete Vernon, who now has 10 aces, and Kevin Hipp, who recently notched his eighth – including two this year. All the details for the holes-in-one reported to Triad Golf Today since our September issue follow. Note that 11 of the 27 in this report were by firsttimers. Carol Vance of Kernersville, Sept. 24, Pine Knolls GC. No. 9, 105 yards, 8-iron. Playing partners: Ruth Ayers, Carolyn Mabe. Her second ace. Phillip Sykes, Sept. 24, Southwick GC. No. 10, 182 yards. Playing partners: Chris Apple, Todd Comer. His first ace. Bill Marlett of Snow Camp, Sept. 23, Southwick GC. No. 8, 115 yards. Playing partners: L.C. Lloyd, Derek Spraggins.

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Carol Schmidt of Mebane, Sept. 21, Mill Creek GC. No. 4, 91 yards, 7-iron. Playing partners: Ronnie Delario, Linda Taylor, Judy Baskette. Her first ace. Fred Evans of Danville, Sept. 19, Crooked Tree GC. No. 13, 125 yards, pitching wedge. Playing partners: Carl Brotherton, Claude Swanson, Connie Bullins. His third ace. Stephanie Kelley of Germanton, Sept. 19, Oak Valley GC. No. 11, 117 yards, 5-wood. Playing partners: Ruth Ann Baity, Julie Clevenger. Roger Heimke of Greensboro, Sept. 10, Forest Oaks GC. No. 8, 136 yards, 7-iron. Playing partners: Hal McElroy, Dan Cockman. His fourth ace. Chad Genzlinger, Sept. 9, Holly Ridge GL. No. 3, 145 yards, 8-iron. Playing partners: Josh Burnham, Julie Burnham. Chris Stovall of Ridgeway, Va., Sept. 7, Dan Valley GC. No. 10, 119 yards, sand wedge. Playing partner: Larry Stovall. His first ace. Eric Johnson of Statesville, Sept. 7, Pudding Ridge GC. No. 17, 119 yards, 5-wood.

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A turkey of an idea

As attractive as Dancing With the Stars

By DAVID DROSCHAK

ets, I don’t pay for anything I don’t have to these days. My wife Lisa tells me repeatedly that’s how rich people stay rich. Since I’m not wealthy I’ll take her word for it. As a golf reporter for more than 35 years now that means I’ve played my share of “free” golf. And while I don’t watch “free” TV anymore, I’ve been on the phone numerous times over the last year with creative means of reducing my cable bill. What does this all mean, you ask Bets? Well, there’s a 99.9999 percent chance I’ll be eating a cold turkey sandwich Nov. 23 rather than forking over jack to watch the Tiger vs. Phil pay-per-view golf event from Las Vegas. I’ve been to Vegas so I’m aware of Sin City’s creative ways of getting into your pocket. Is it really true casino carpets are designed in a pattern to keep you inside and gamble more? Growing up, I was a huge boxing fan, but to this day have never signed up for a pay-per-view boxing match, or WWE cage carnage. I’ve always found the buy too pricey, especially for a boxing match with no guarantee of 30 seconds of action or 15

rounds, or anything in between. By BETSEY MITCHELL It’s a good bet that neither Woods nor Mickelson will cry “uncle” before 18 holes ro, you have left out all the great are completed, but for the life of me I’m opportunities to flesh out this still trying to figure out what’s so interestTERRIBLE idea. ing about this. Ten years ago, maybe, but You’ve covered the basics – they don’t now, I just can’t connect the dots. need the money and most of us are too What I would have liked to have seen clever to spend the money, but what if they a decade ago was Woods and Mickelson upped the ante? paired together in more PGA Tour events In its current form it sounds about as when they were arch attractive as another season rivals and really didn’t of Dancing with the Stars. care to sit down with each I might change my mind other over a three-piece if Phil and Tiger announce meal with pinto beans that all of their winnings at BoJangles. I may have will go to some charity… paid $5 to see that. or maybe they could tango So, let me get this DUELING DIVOTS between shots. I’d pay straight. Turner wants extra to see Phil dance. golf fans – who by the way would much The only way to really save this is rather tee it up themselves at gaudy make it a charity event. These aging playShadow Creek – to fork over whatever the ers (yeah, yeah … they can still win) should fee will be to see two rich guys battle for a wave their fees. They get a token trophy or winner-take-all $9 million. the right to choose where the charity money Oh, I forgot, both will be wired for goes. sound. Sorry, but I find neither that interThat still won’t be enough to get the esting in the first place for that piece to cynics to open their wallets. Now we need push me to purchase. some sizzle. Remember, cold turkey Bets, cold There is a lot of dead air in a singles turkey. match. Walking 300 yards takes a while and

then you have the whole five minutes of Tiger deciding which club to hit following the practice swings. If Tiger’s recent play is any indication, the walks will be even longer because he is bound to miss most of the fairways. All in all, by the time they get to the 11th hole, the banter will be getting very stale. All we need is some music, sweet music… let’s put a band behind every green. To be age appropriate, we should get Steely Dan and Gordan Lightfoot to open, nothing too rowdy… we’ll leave that to “You Da Man” guy. Next, we need to put another match out on the back nine for the production crew to switch back and forth. Charles Barkley vs. Bill Murray should give the day a proper balance. The only thing more entertaining than watching Barkley trying to hit a golf ball is Murray’s commentary. I would suffer a laughing seizure listening to that. Or they could go the classy route and make the other match Christina Kim vs. Jessica Korda. Both of these gals are known for their sense of humor. Or we could just embrace the wisest words ever spoken by Gilda Radner’s Emily Litella – Never mind.”

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Walsh dominates at Inverness Intercollegiate

By STEVE WILLIAMS

hat Thomas Walsh accomplished last spring while winning the ACC Championship was easily the top moment in his University of Virginia collegiate career. As he was wrapping up his junior year, Walsh finished 16-underpar and captured the ACC by two shots over Clemson’s Doc Redman, then the reigning U.S. Amateur champion and now a professional golfer. It was the best 54-score in the 65-year history of the tournament and Walsh’s first-ever collegiate title, one of 11 career top-10 finishes. Though it will be difficult to ever top winning the ACC, the former High Point Westchester Country Day School star came close when he notched the second victory on his college resume at the Inverness Intercollegiate in late September. A final-round 65 followed scores of 71 and 69 and his 205 broke the tournament record by four strokes.

“To win a championship on a golf course like that is always a feather in your cap. That was pretty incredible playing,” UVA coach Bowen Sargent said. The Inverness course in Toledo, Ohio, is regarded as one of the world’s best and has been home to four U.S. Opens and two PGA Championships. The collegiate event, now with 14 years in the record books, has seen great fields over the years. Dustin Johnson (Coastal Carolina), Brooks Koepka (Florida State) and Rickie Fowler (Oklahoma State) are among current PGA stars who have played in it.

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This year’s field included top-ranked Tennessee, which took the team title at 12-over-par 864. Virginia tied San Francisco for second, seven shots off the pace. There were 12 teams and 78 players in the field. The fact that Walsh won by nine shots made it even more impressive. “Typically, you don’t see guys win by more than two or three shots whether it be on the professional level or all the way down to college,” Sargent said. “To dominate like he did and win by nine is almost unheard of. I’ve never seen that in my college coaching and I’ve been coaching 20 years.” Walsh’s final round didn’t get off to a great start as he bogeyed the first hole and didn’t score a birdie until the eighth. He added another at the ninth, then posted four consecutively on holes 12-15. One more on the 17th was the final red number on a 34-31 scorecard that completed his three-round run at 8-under. He was the only player under par. “Thomas’ game has really matured in the three years he’s been here as much from a mental standpoint as anything,” Sargent said. “It’s nice to see him grow and become a better player. For him to win on a course where majors have been played and to shoot the scores that he shot gives him a lot of hope that he can play at the next level.”

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School Virginia Greensboro College Sewanee Greensboro College Virginia Sewanee Ferrum High Point Elon Averett Sandhills CC UNC Greensboro Christopher Newport William Peace Catawba

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Tournament (Date) Inverness Intercollegiate (Sept. 24-25) Transylvania Fall Invitational (Sept. 1-2) Rhodes College Fall Classic (Sept. 23-24) NCWC Don Scalf Invitational (Sept. 23-24) Carpet Capital Collegiate (Sept. 7-9) Rhodes College Fall Classic (Sept. 23-24) Tom Kinder Memorial (Sept. 24-25) The Ocean Course Invitational (Sept. 9-11) River Run Collegiate (Sept. 24-25) NCWC Don Scalf Invitational (Sept. 23-24) NCWC Don Scalf Invitational (Sept. 23-24) Rod Myers Invitational (Sept. 8-9) NCWC Don Scalf Invitational (Sept. 23-24) NCWC Don Scalf Invitational (Sept. 23-24) Coker Fall Challenge (Sept. 9-11)

WOMEN Madison Harriman, High Point Sarah Coltrane, Asheboro Jocelyn Andrews, Haw River Emily Hawkins, Lexington Alexis Kershaw, Winston-Salem Carley Cox, China Grove Sarah Coltrane, Asheboro Emily Hawkins, Lexington

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Field 22 46 22 74 92 84 90 93

Scores 83-74 76-77 87-79 72-69-72 73-73-72 69-73-75 73-79 72-76-76

Tournament (Date) Delaware State Invitational (Sept. 24-25) Anderson U. Invitational (Sept. 10-11) Delaware State Invitational (Sept. 24-25) Golfweek Program Challenge (Sept. 8-11) Col. Wollenberg’s Ram Classic (Sept. 17-19) Minnesota Invitational (Sept. 10-11) Battle at Old South (Sept. 22-23) Golfweek Conference Challenge (Sept. 23-26)

This chart lists players from the Triad Golf Today coverage area who finished in the top half of a field in collegiate events of at least two rounds played Sept. 1-26.

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This listing was gathered from college web sites and other sources. Please report any omissions to Steve Williams at 336-280-3722 or triadgolf@mac.com.

SENIORS Men School Alex Burris, Greensboro Appalachian Kevin Carlock, Greensboro Davidson Connor Clark, Clemmons Wingate Austin Coble, Greensboro Greensboro College Reilly Erhardt, Greensboro Maryland Ross Jackson, Walnut Cove Averett Mark Johnston, Lewisville UNC Greensboro Tyler Mulkey, Salisbury Catawba Davis Richards, China Grove N.C. State

Thomas Walsh, High Point Austin Withrow, Asheboro Women Alexandria Bare, Kannapolis Carley Cox, China Grove Alivia Daniels, King Joliana Elias, Jamestown Lexi Kershaw, Winston-Salem Lydia Randell, Walnut Cove Isabella Rusher, Salisbury

Virginia Pfeiffer School UNC Pembroke East Carolina Montreat Appalachian UNC GreensboroÂ St. Andrews Richmond

JUNIORS Men SchoolÂ Michael Allen, Greensboro Averett Scott Campbell, Kernersville Greensboro College Hardin Councill, High Point Georgetown Austin DeLucia, Clemmons Averett Nathan Hawkins, Lexington Covenant Ryan Kelley, Reidsville Mid-Atlantic Christian Koby Markham, Asheboro Greensboro College Brantley Phillips, Greensboro Methodist Grant Powell, Colfax UNC Greensboro Logan Shuping, Salisbury East Carolina Austin Stout, Ramseur Greensboro College Tripp Summerlin, Summerfield Appalachian

Landon Tucker, Madison Chandler Wilkins, Danville, Va.

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Women Jocelyn Andrews, Haw River Sarah Coltrane, Asheboro Adison Collins, Faith Kendall Dobbins, Summerfield Katie Pritchett, Dry Fork, Va. Emma Roberts, Burlington Autumn Senter, Dobson Janie Thomas, Winston-Salem Grace Yatawara, Salisbury Jordan Young, Winston-Salem

School N.C. A&T Catawba Montreat UNC Greensboro UVA Wise Montreat Belmont Abbey UNC Asheville East Carolina Lenoir-Rhyne

SOPHOMORES Men Tanner Bibey, Walnut Cove Dustin Blank, Elon A.J. Boyd, Walnut Cove Basil Boyd, Martinsville Zachary Caudill, Wilkesboro Parker Chavis, China Grove Tyler Coleman, Yanceyville Justin Emmons, Asheboro Austin Freeman, Troy Spencer Hayes, Wilkesboro Coty Hearn, Bassett, Va. Nicholas Lyerly, Salisbury Addison Manring, Stoneville Chandler Metz, Wilkesboro Avery Papalia, Kernersville Christopher Roach, Bassett, Va.

SchoolÂ Catawba Elon Catawba Sewanee Western Carolina Cape Fear CC Averett UNC Greensboro Sandhills CC William Peace Patrick Henry CC UNC Greensboro Guilford Western Carolina St. Francis UVA Wise

Hunter Shelton, Dry Fork, Va. Jacob Sowers, Bassett, Va. Patrick Street, China Grove Austin Trent, Pleasant Garden Bryce Varner, Bassett, Va. Micah Woolard, Asheboro

Ferrum Patrick Henry CC Pfeiffer N.C. A&T UVA Wise Montreat

Women Anna Bonifay, Pfafftown Ashley Cano, Thomasville Michaela Cox, Greensboro Samantha DeBusk, Lexington Madison Harriman, High Point Rachel Mast, Lexington Jessica May, Thomasville Olivia Templeton, Greensboro Emilee Wenmoth, Clemmons

School Queens Pfeiffer Elon UNC Pembroke N.C. A&T UNC Wilmington Pfeiffer Pfeiffer Mars Hill

FRESHMEN Men School Chris Carr, Mocksville William Peace Carson Castelli, Greensboro Christopher Newport Michael Childress, Salisbury Richmond Dawson Daniels, High Point Elon Zekiel Eaton, Mt. Airy Surry CC Brandon Einstein, Clemmons High Point Noah Hill, Elkin Surry CC Andrew Johnson, Millers Creek Surry CC Evan Marion, Mt. Airy Surry CC Ezra Park, Martinsville, Va. Patrick Henry CC Soloman Park, Martinsville, Va. Patrick Henry CC Tristan Pugh, Asheboro Greensboro College Logan Sowers, Bassett, Va. Patrick Henry CC Woodson Smith, Martinsville Sewanee

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Junior Golf Scoreboard PKBGT North Carolina Series Finale Thomasville, NC Colonial CC Sept 22-23, 2018 Prep North Carolina - 5703 1 Maria Atwood, Holly Springs 72-80--152 2 Alexia Siehl, Fort Mill SC 77-76--153 2 Muskan Uppal, Cornelius 74-79--153 Selected Others 13 Kayla Dowell, Mebane 79-81--160 16 Alyssa Cox, Mount Airy 86-78--164 19 Victoria Cook, Reidsville 86-82--168 21 Morgan Ketchum, Winston-Salem 84-86--170 23 Harper Shepherd, Greensboro 86-88--174 Futures North Carolina - 5003 1 Macy Pate, Boone 76-77--153 2 Autumn Carey, Manning SC 79-75--154 3 Heather Appelson, Wake Forest 85-78--163 Selected Others 4 Chloe Crane, Greensboro 80-85--165 4 Anna Howerton, Kernersville 82-83--165 16 Monica R Solis, Mocksville 104-104--208 Discovery North Carolina - 1850 (9 holes) 1 Ashnoor Kaur, Draper VA 37-37--74 2 Ellen Yu, High Point 38-39--77 3 Madison Dial, High Point 41-38--79 Selected Others 4 Leah Edwards, Greensboro 42-38--80 4 Riley Grimm, High Point 41-39--80 7 Brooke Tyler, SummerfieldÂ 45-41--86 10 Sally Toalson, Clemmons 49-51--100

AJGA AJGA Girls Championship Furman University GC Greenville, SC Aug 31-Sept 3, 2018 Girls Division - 6210 1 MichaelaÂ Morard, Huntsville, AL 70-71-65--206 2 MeganÂ Schofill, Monticello, FL 71-66-70--207

3 BohyunÂ Park, Farmers Branch, TX 71-65-73--209 4 MadelynÂ Jones, Austin, TX 70-70-71--211 4 SophieÂ Guo, Orlando, FL 67-74-70--211 Selected Others 50 SashaÂ Hayes, Winston-Salem 74-75-77--226

TYGA 2018 Down East Junior Open Taberna CC New Bern, NC Aug 25-26, 2018 Boys 16-18 Division - 6443 1 Carter Rains, Greenville 66-68--134 2 Ethan Hall, Morehead City 69-74--143 3 Davis Fisher, Greenville 76-68--144 Selected Others 10 Phillip Clifton, Winston-Salem 79-77--156 Boys 12-15 Division - 5500 1 Blake Hess, Greenville 75-68--143 1 Cameron Hardison, Greenville 73-70--143 3 Andrew Gallagher, Grimesland 73-74--147 Selected Others 14 Chase Harris, Pilot Mountain 84-81--165

TYGA Tournament of Champions The Neuse GC Clayton, NC Aug 21-22, 2018 Boys 16-18 Division - 6,626 1 Daniel Adkins, Holly Springs 71-71--142 2 Grady Newton, Winston-Salem 73-75--148 3 Jackson Neal, Concord 77-72--149 3 Owen Swavely, Mooresville 73-76--149 Selected Others 5 Andrew Wood, Greensboro 74-76--150 9 Phillip Clifton, Winston Salem 77-75--152 15 Bobby Gold, High Point 81-79--160 17 Stephen Spencer, Asheboro 85-76--161 20 Nick Henderson, Archdale 84-82--166 Boys 14-15 Division - 6,626 1 Owen Kose, Holly Springs 74-73--147

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2 Chase Cheatham, Lincolnton 76-74--150 3 Caden Baker, Mebane 78-73--151 3 Walker Isley, Oak Island 78-73--151 Selected Others 5 Sean Finan, Winston-Salem 78-76--154 6 Jack Burris, Greensboro 77-80--157 13 Andrew Haarlow, Greensboro 82-79--161 16 Samuel Haggas, Winston-Salem 83-80--163 18 Garrett Hauk, Burlington 80-86--166 21 Carter Stainback, Greensboro 84-92--176 23 Luke Nelson, High Point 93-84--177 Boys 12-13 Division - 5,630 1 Parks Helms, Fayetteville 70-76--146 2 Drew Greene, Greenville 75-75--150 3 Hudson Schulze, Charlotte 73-78--151 Selected Others 5 Ethan Wooten, High Point 80-76--156 6 Albert Kang, Kernersville 74-83--157 9 Chase McLaughlin, Kernersville 80-84--164 10 Noah Snyder, Greensboro 83-84--167 Girls 14-18 Division - 5,630 1 Jayla Rogers, Wilmington 75-74--149 2 Trinity Ahing, New Bern 81-78--159 3 Carmen Tucker, Fayetteville 78-82--160 Selected Others 6 Lauren Hackler, Thomasville 84-83--167 11 Rayne Trent, Pleasant Garden 94-91--185 Girls 12-13 Division - 5,229 1 Emily Mathews, Mebane 82-76--158 2 Ayana Dailey, Jacksonville 84-89--173 3 Kitson O'Neal, Pinehurst 91-88--179 4 Caroline Wright, Greensboro 92-93--185 11 and Under Division - 2,548 1 Conner Freedman, Chapel Hill 35-35 2 Pennson Badgett, Pilot Mountain 34-31 3 Lake Williams, Greenville 30-33 Selected Others 6 Jackson Farmer, Pfafftown 21-19

Boys (High School, graduation year) 1 Charlie Barr, Salisbury (Cannon School, 2021) 2 Garrett Clark, Burlington (Williams HS, 2020) 3 Landon Barnes, Pilot Mountain (East Surry, 2020) 4 Noah Connor (Rockingham County HS, 2019) 5 Nicholas Mathews, Mebane (Eastern Alamance HS, 2020) 6 Blake Brantley, Winston-Salem (RJ Reynolds HS, 2020) 7 Sam Davidson, Asheboro (Asheboro HS, 2020) 8 Christopher Wooten, Winston-Salem (Mt. Tabor, 2019) 9 Quinton Metz, Wilkesboro (Wilkes Central HS,2019) 10 Andrew Plate, Greensboro (Page HS ,2021) Girls (High School, graduation year) 1 Kayla Smith, Burlington (Williams, 2019) 2 Sasha Hayes, Winston-Salem (Reagan HS, 2019) 3 Riley Hamilton, Reidsville (Carlisle, 2020) 4 Emelia Pack, Greensboro (Page, 2019) 5 Mallory Fobes, East Bend (Forbush, 2019) 6 Victoria Ladd, Greensboro (Northern Guilford HS, 2019) 7 Macie Burcham, Greensboro (Wesleyan Christian Academy, 2021) 8 Morgan Ketchum, Winston-Salem (Reagan HS, 2022) 9 Trinity Muthomi, Kernersville (East Forsyth HS, 2022) 10 Victoria Cook, Reidsville (Rockingham HS, 2020) Source: Tarheel Youth Golf Association as of 9/1/18

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CALENDAR All listings are based on submissions by clubs and correspondence. To list your tournament free email your information to jay@triadgolf.com or call 336-924-1619.

CGA Men Majors/Qualifiers Oct. 8-9 – 7th Carolinas Super Senior Four-Ball Championship, CC of South Carolina, Florence TBA – 3rd Carolinas Senior Interclub Final Four

CGA Women Majors Oct. 30 - Nov. 1 – 2nd Carolinas Women’s Club Team, Mid Pines, Southern Pines Nov. 10-11 – 8th Carolinas Net Amateur Championship, Prestwick CC, Myrtle Beach, SC

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

Captain’s Choice/Charity Oct. 5 – 11th annual Hope for the Warriors Golf Tournament, Grandover Resort, Greensboro, contact Jack F. Masarie hornhaus@gmail.com . Oct. 6 – Christian Outreach for Youth, Plantation G.C. 336-342-6191. Oct. 6 – 4th Annual Friends of Eden Animal Rescue, Oak Hills GC, Eden, Contact 336-912-1178.

Oct. 10 – Rockingham County Industry & Allies Tournament, Deep Springs CC, Stoneville. 336-342-8138 or Betsy Brame at bbrame@ myrockinghamcountync.com. Oct. 12 – Camel City Classic benefitting Combat Warriors, Maple Chase, Winston-Salem, Contact Sean at Maple Chase Golf Shop 336-767-0034 or sean@maplechasecc.com. Oct. 13 – Annie Penn Cancer Tournament, Plantation G.C. 336-342-6191. Oct. 18 – 16th Clemmons Masonic Lodge Charity Tournament, Tanglewood Reynolds, Clemmons, Contact Richard Brewer 336-399-2278. Oct. 23 – SECCA Slam for Art, Salem Glen, Clemmons, Siobhan Olson, SECCAslam@gmail. com, 336-769-6365.

Laid-Back Golfers Tour 434-792-3728 • Men/Women All-Ages Flights pre-determined by handicap Tees determined by hdc/age formula Oct. 1 – Greensboro National, Summerfield Oct. 16 – Forest Park CC, Martinsville Oct. 30 – Bryan Park GC (Players), Brown Summit Nov. 12 – Danville GC, Danville Nov. 27 – Goodyear GC, Danville

Golfweek Amateur Tour 252-864-9161 Oct. 19-21 -- National Championship at Hilton Head Island, SC

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

Tanglewood Championship, Clemmons. Ages 70-over, Kitty Visintine 336-703-6420. Oct. 25-26 – Crooked Tree Senior Open Championship, Crooked Tree, Brown Summit. 336-656-3211

Senior Amateur Tour (ages 50-over) 910-964-1547 Oct. 24-25 – National Championship at Hilton Head Island, SC

Amateur Team Oct. 20-21 – 35th annual Lexington BBQ Festival 2-person teams, Lexington GC. 336-248-3950. Oct. 20-21 – Chatmoss Two-Man Invitational, Chatmoss CC, Martinsville. Medal play in flights. Also senior division. 276-638-7648. Nov. 3-4 – Greensboro National Fall Classic, Greensboro National GC, Summerfield. 2-man bestball. Contact Justin jmalone@greensboronational.com .

Junior Golf Schedule CGA 910-673-1000 * TYGA 910-673-1000 * PKBGT 336-347-8537 * NCJGF 919-858-6400 * TGF 919-291-5813 * NJGT 704-824-6548 * AJGA 770-868-4200 * USGA 908-234-2300 * USKIDS Raleigh Tour 919-206-4666 * Winternational 847-204-9888 * HJGT 904-379-2697 Oct. 6-7 – PKBGT-CGA Jimmy Anderson Girls' Invitational, Jacksonville CC, Jacksonville, Girls only, Ages 12-18. Oct. 6-7 – HJGT - Wilmington Junior Open, Course TBD, Boys/Girls, Ages 8-18, 407-614-2962.

For the latest tournament schedule, now updated daily, go to www.triadgolf.com then click on Tournaments Oct. 13-14 – TYGA State Championship, Colonial CC, Thomasville, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18. Oct. 13 – TYGA Tots State Championship, Longleaf GC, Southern Pines, Boys/Girls, Ages 6-11. Oct. 15 – NCHSAA Girls' HS regionals, NC only. Oct. 22-23 – NCHSAA Girls' State Championships, NC only. Oct. 22-23 – NCISAA Girls' State Championship, NC only. Oct. 27-28 – NJGT College Prep Series Fall Classic, Rock Barn, Claremont, Ages 6-18. Oct. 27-28 – TYGA Triad Bill Harvey Memorial Junior, Bryan Park GC, Greensboro, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18. Oct. 28 – PKBGT Invitational Last Chance Qualifier, Girls, TBA. Nov. 10-12 – PKBGT Invitational, Grandover, Greensboro, Girls Invitational Only. Nov. 21 – TYGA One Day, Longleaf GC, Southern Pines, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18. Dec. 1-2 – PKBGT Tournament of Champions, Pinehurst #8, Pinehurst, Girls Invitational Only. Dec. 28-29 – PKBGT Peggy Kirk Bell Junior, Pine Needles, Southern Pines, Girls. Dec. 28-29 – Donald Ross Junior Championship, Pinehurst No. 1, No. 4 No. 5, No. 8, Pinehurst, Boys/Girls, Ages 8-18, 910-235-8140. Jan. 20-21 – PKBGT Linville Cup, Mid Pines, Southern Pines, Girls Invitational Only.

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11th North Carolina Super Senior Championship Alamance CC, Burlington (par 71) • Sept. 25-26 1. Paul Simson, Raleigh! 67-69--136 2. Ray Womack, Burlington! 68-69--137 2. Don Detweiler, Raleigh! 68-69--137 4. Ernie Newton, Winston-Salem! 68-71--139 4. Gary Hull, Cornelius! 70-69--139 4. Robert Desjardins, Matthews! 71-68--139 7. Arlis Pike, Kernersville! 68-72--140 7. Wayne Pyrtle, Burlington! 72-68--140 9. Kim Mansfield, High Point! 73-68--141 9. Richard Condrey, Nebo! 71-70--141 Selected others from field of 61 11. Russ Perry, Winston-Salem! 73-70--143 14. Logan Jackson, Winston-Salem! 72-72--144 22. Charlie Parks, Asheboro! 73-74--147 29. Dickie Brewer, Winston-Salem! 74-76--150 41. Garland Yates, Asheboro! 80-76--156 48. Lawrence Hicks, Greensboro! 78-80--158 48. Dwight Leadbetter, Elon! 80-78--158 Notes: Paul Simpson, already the record holder for most CGA titles in history, notched his 35th career championship ... Simson hit all 18 greens in regulation in his final round 69 ... Simson’s history at Alamance Country Club includes the North Carolina Amateur championship in 1991 for his first CGA title ... Ray Womack of Burlington and Don Detweiler of Raleigh finished a shot back ... Womack, a member of Alamance, played the back nine in 2-under 34 but couldn’t overcome bogeys at Nos. 8 and 9 against the steady Simson ... Simson and Detweiler will team up in the 7th Carolinas Super Senior FourBall Oct. 8-9 at the Country Club of South Carolina. Age 70+ Division 1. John Walters, Charlotte! 72-68--140 2. Alan Dirk, Pittsboro! 71-70--141 2. Terry Rathman, Gastonia! 70-71--141 4. Mike Sprouts, Winston-Salem! 75-69--144 5. Doug Potter, Greensboro! 71-74--145 5. Rick Luzar, Pinehurst! 70-75--145 Selected others from field of 38 11. Gene Grubb, Greensboro ! 73-74--147 11. Bill Burling, Greensboro! 74-73--147 16. James Brown, High Point! 75-76--151 21. Robert Crawford, Winston-Salem! 77-76--153 21. Jim Brannock, Elon! 75-78--153

25th North Carolina Mid-Amateur Championship Ballantyne CC, Charlotte (par 72) • Sept. 7-9 1. Matt Kilgo, Charlotte! 63-69-71--203 2. Ryan Nagy, Raleigh! 67-69-68--204 3. Thomas Owen, Fayetteville! 68-67-70--205 3. Kevin O’Connell, Cary! 71-67-67--205 3. Timothy Driver, Holly Springs! 67-70-68--205 6. John Eades, Charlotte! 68-71-67--206 7. Joe Jaspers, Huntersville! 65-70-72--207 8. Chris Cassetta, High Point! 68-69-72--209 Selected others from ﬁeld of 147 11. Skip Corneliussen, Summerﬁeld! 69-72-70--211 12. Dustin Moore, Burlington! 71-68-73--212 14. Clay Holland, Greensboro! 73-69-71--213 36. Harrison Rutter, Winston-Salem! 73-71-76--220 40. Billy Andrews, Advance! 76-72-74--222 50. Mark Nieters, Lexington! 77-70-77--224

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23nd North Carolina Four-Ball Championship Club at 12 Oaks, Holly Springs (par 71) • Sept. 28-30 1. Dustin Moore, Burlington! 66-66-67--199 Greg Earnhardt,Greensboro ! 2. Clay Watkins, Mebane! 66-66-70--202 Steve Lavenets,Apex 2. Chris Casetta, High Point! John Major, Winston-Salem

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4. Scott Lincicome, Pinehurst! Thomas Morrison, Pinehurst ! 5. J.D. McNeill, Raleigh! Jerry Richardson, Cary !5. Daniel Neveu, Pinehurst!

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Nick Thompson, Southern Pines ! 7. Mark Gauley, Raleigh! Brian Gauley, Wake Forest! Selected others from ﬁeld of 60 12. Alex Nianouris, Salisbury! David Sargent !12. Brad Coleman, Jamestown!

66-67-72--205 72-71-67--210 71-69-70--210

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19. Park Williams, Kernersville! Tod Dauler, Summerﬁeld!

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2018 Camel City Classic Benefitting Combat Warriors Friday, October 12

The tournament format for the Camel City will be a 4 person Captain’s Choice.

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Team Entry – $400/$100 per player • Lunch before the round • Drinks on the course and after the event • $75 per player for Titleist & FootJoy Mobile Pro Shop

• 10:00 a.m. Player Registration opens. Player Tee Gift Distributed • 11:00 a.m. Lunch is provided on the patio • 12:15 p.m. All golfers to their carts for tournament announcements • 12:30pm Camel City Classic Tournament play begins $1,000, $500 and $150 • 4:30-5:00 p.m. Scores posted Sponsorships available. • 5:15-6:00 p.m. Shootout to determine Prizes For more information call 336-767-2941 This year, the Camel City Classic will once again be benefiting Combat Warriors, Inc.; an organization that assists the brave men and women who have served our nation’s military. More detailed information for Combat Warriors, Inc. can be found by going to www.combatwarriorsinc.org.

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Selected ﬁnishers from Triad (top half of division) SENIOR ONE-DAY FOUR-BALL TOURNAMENTS Tobacco Road GC, Sanford • Sept. 11 Tournament Flight A (13 entries) 1. Mark Marion, Win-Salem-James Kemerling, Lewisville! Tournament Flight B (12 entries) 1. Rodney Tuttle, Walkertown-Roger Joyce, Walnut Cove! Super Senior 65+ (10 entries) 4. Al Smith, Ararat-Sam Couch, State Road! Super Senior 70+ (x entries) 1. Jim Pridgen-Larry Boswell, Jamestown! 3. Gene Grubb-Frank Cheney, Greensboro!

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Pinewild CC (Magnolia), Pinehurst • Sept. 10 Tournament Flight A (13 entries) 2. Stanley Randall-Johnny Miller, Mocksville! Tournament Flight B (11 entries) 2. Dale Slate, Advance-Herb Whitesell, Granite Falls! 3. Billy Sawyers-Tim Peele, Pilot Mountain! Super Senior 70+ (13 entries) 1. Gene Grubb-Frank Cheney, Greensboro! 2. George Kennon, Gboro- Larry Boswell, Jamestown! 5. David Williams, Cary-Larry Willett, High Point! Seabrook Island (Ocean Winds) • Sept. 6 Tournament Flight (13 entries) 4. Eric Fleming, Mt Airy-Glen Tate, Hillsville, VA! Super Senior 65+ (15 entries) 2. Brad Dorsett-George Snyder, Mount Airy! Seabrook Island (Crooked Oaks) • Sept. 5 Super Senior 65+ (15 entries) 4. Steven Johnson, Jefferson-David Brown, Clemmons! 6. Brad Dorsett-George Snyder, Mount Airy!

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River Landing (River), Wallace • Aug. 28 Tournament Flight A (11 entries) 2. David Waggoner, Holly Ridge-Mike Shoffner, Burlington! 67 Super Senior 70+ (13 entries) 1. Larry Boswell, Jamestown-Ronald Grove, Raleigh! 69 River Landing (Landing), Wallace • Aug. 27 Tournament Flight A (10 entries) 1. David Waggoner, Holly Ridge-Mike Shoffner, Burlington! 64 Super Senior 70+ (14 entries) 1. Larry Boswell, Jamestown-Ronald Grove, Raleigh! 64 6. Richard Warren, Durham-Wesley Brown, Roxboro! 72 ONE-DAY FOUR-BALL TOURNAMENTS Club at Irish Creek, Kannapolis • Sept. 24 Men A (14 entries) 4. Josh Brinceﬁeld, Salisbury-Chris Owen, Mt. Ulla! 69 Mixed and Women (9 entries) 1. Vincent Avera, Gboro-Bonnie Montgomery, Jamestown! 74 Pinehurst No. 5 • Aug. 28 Men A (11 entries) 4. Billy Andrews, Advance-Todd Perkins, Lewisville! 4. Wilson Hicks, Raleigh-Richard Shore, Winston-Salem! Men B Flight 2 (11 entries) 1. Dale Slate, Advance-Herb Whitesell, Granite Falls! 3. Robert Kelly, Reidsville-Ronald Jones, Jamestown! 4. Christopher Jones, Raleigh-Mark Jones, Burlington! Mixed and Women (10 entries) 1. Melissa Smith-Mark Smith, Advance! Southern Pines GC • Sept. 10 Men B and Mixed (10 entries) 1. Ryan Patton-Rob Elliott, Asheboro! LADIES ONE-DAY FOUR-BALL PLAY DAYS Lonnie Poole GC, Raleigh • Sept. 5 First Flight (13 entries) 5. Sue Lamm-Gurley-Belinda Marley, Burlington! Fourth Flight (12 entries) 3. Joanne Symborsky-Barbara Berry, Kernersville! 3. Carol Reed-Peggy Lane, Greensboro!

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Carolinas PGA Professional Championship Sea Pines Resort, Hilton Head Island, SC (par 72) Aug. 27-29 1. Steve Scott, Winston-Salem, $9,000! 68-72-72--212 2. Jerry Haas, Winston-Salem, $4,142! 73-73-67--213 2. John Thompson, Charlotte, $4,142! 71-73-69--213 2. Matt Bova, Bluffton, SC, $4,142! 74-68-71--213 2. Cory Schneider, Powells Point, $4,142! 71-69-73-213 Selected others from ﬁeld of 12. Savio Nazareth, Kernersville, $1,495! 74-70-75--219 14. Steve Isley, Oak Island, $1,320! 74-75-71--220 14. John Faidley, Winston-Salem, $1,320! 75-71-73--220 20. Charles Frost, Winston-Salem, $935! 78-70-74--222 20. Jonathan Dudley, Whitsett, $935! 71-76-75--222 25. John Carter, Cashiers, $795! 78-74-71--223

32. Mitch Adams, Asheboro, $590! 73-77-76--226 49. David Thore, Wilmington, $340! 77-76-79--232 59. Sean Branagan, Winston-Salem, $245! 73-78-85--236 Notes: The top nine ﬁnishers qualiﬁed for the 51st PGA Professional Championship at Belfair GC in Bluffton, SC, April 28-May 1, 2019 ... Steve Scott tapped in a 6-inch birdie putt on Harbour Town Golf Links’ 172-yard 17th hole after hitting an 8iron. That shot enabled him to overcome a bogey on the 18th and emerge with a one-shot margin over four players.

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11. Troy Spencer, Charlotte, $445! 70-70--140 24. Josh Webb, High Point, $250! 75-72--147 28. Drew Younts, Greensboro! 72-76--148 33. Craig Adolff, Winston-Salem! 74-75--149 Notes: Brad Luebchow of Maple Chase G&CC and Tommy UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU Gibson of Old Town Club and four others earned bids to the UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU 42nd National Car Rental Assistant PGA Professional UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU Championship Nov. 15-18 at PGA Golf Club’s Wannamaker UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU Course in Port St. Lucie, Florida ... Luebchow came from two UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU shots off the pace with a final round 33-31 card that featured UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU seven birdies, including five on the final eight holes. UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

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South Carolina Open, Columbia CC • Sept. 26-28 1. Zachary Caldwell, Alpharetta, Ga., $8,100! 71-66-64--201 2. Keenan Huskey, Greenville, SC, $4,413! 66-67-68--201 2. Joshua Brock, Wilmington, $4,413! 71-64-66--201 Selected others from field of 101 5. Ryan Sullivan, Winston-Salem, $2,888! 69-68-67--204 12. Adam Webb, Greensboro, $1,508! 69-68-69--206 12. Frank Adams, Salisbury, $1,508! 68-68-70--206 34. Ben Schlottman, Advance, $744! 70-70-72--212 River Run CC, Davidson • Sept. 5-6 1. Joshua Brock, Wilmington, $4,900! 64-68--132 2. Frank Adams, Salisbury, $3,050! 66-70--136 Selected others from field of 69 10. David Mathis, Wake Forest, $1,100! 69-73--142 17. Bruce Woodall, Yanceyville, $705! 71-73--144 17. Ryan Sullivan, Winston-Salem, $705! 72-72--144 Howard Clark Memorial Classic Sedgefield CC, Greensboro (Dye) • Aug. 28-30 1. Zachary Caldwell, Alpharetta, Ga., $8,600! 64-65-68--197 2. Ryan Sullivan, Winston-Salem, $4,828! 64-67-66--197 2. Chase Parker, Augusta, Ga., $4,828! 64-66-67--197 Selected others from field of 115 10. Will Collins, Salisbury, $1,878! 65-67-71--203 10. Ben Schlottman, Advance, $1,878! 67-64-72--203 20. Adam Webb, Greensboro, $1,181! 70-67-68--205

SwingThought Tour

Callaway Gardens (Mountain View), Pine Mountain Ga. Sept. 12-14 1. Zach Edmondson, Morrisville, $10,000! 66-67-69--202 Selected others from ﬁeld of 36 4. Bruce Woodall, Yanceyville, $1,767! 67-71-67--205

Symetra Tour

IOA Golf Classic Alaqua CC, Longwood, Fla. • Sept. 28-30 1. Ruixin Liu, China, $22,500! 65-69-66–200 Selected others 18. Lori Beth Adams, Burlington, $2,039! 70-70-67--207 Note: Lori Beth Adams ranks in the top 30 on the Volvik Race for the Card money list with $34,867 with one tournament remaining on the schedule. The top 10 earn LPGA Tour cards for the 2019 season. Guardian Championship Capitol Hill GC, Prattville, Ala. • Sept. 21-23 1. Kendall Dye, Edmond, Okla., $24,000! 65-69-66–200 Selected others 22. Lori Beth Adams, Burlington, $1,816! 69-68-72–209 Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout Mystic Creek GC, El Dorado, Ark. • Sept. 14-16 1. Hyemin Kim, South Korea, $22,500! 68-70-73--211 Selected others 29. Lori Beth Adams, Burlington, $1,378! 75-74-73--222 Sioux Falls GreatLife Challenge Willow Run GC, Sioux Falls, SD (par 70) • Aug. 30-Sept. 2 1. Linnea Strom, Sweden, $31,500! 65-71-66-67--269 Selected others 8. Lori Beth Adams, Burlington, $4,496! 74-68-68-65--275 Note: The T-8 at South Dakota was Lori Beth Adams’ third top-10 of the year. She previously had a T-2 in June and a T-6 in August.

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Tech Authority Reidsville Invitational Pennrose Park CC (par 72) Aug. 25-26 Championship Flight Kevin Hipp! 72-73--145 Alex Hooper! 75-74--149 Steve Williams! 70-79--149 Johnny Hopkins! 77-73--150 Ryan Kelley! 73-78--151 Rick Walker! 77-75--152 Luke Crouse! 74-79--153 Jeff Jensen! 75-79--154 Steven Trent! 77-77--154 Eddie Jensen! 76-79--155 Craig Bennett! 75-82--157 First Flight Troy Blamer! 79-72--151 Scott Trent! 79-75--154 Steve Citty! 80-78--158 Jon Revis! 81-77--158 Dwayne Blakely! 81-77--158 Steve Crouse! 80-79--159 Jim Hendrix! 83-76--159 Kris Nixon ! 79-85--164 Drake Moore! 81-84--165 Second Flight Wayne Hamilton! 87-77--164 Jon Mason! 87-80--167 Jim Fargis! 85-83--168 John Baker! 86-85--171 Mike DeLapp! 87-84--171 Notes: Kevin Hipp played the last eight holes in 3-under-par to pull away to the 4shot victory. 52nd Colonial Ladies Invitational Colonial CC, Thomasville (par 72) Aug. 25-26 Flight 1 Kathy Binkley! 74-75--149 Sook Hee Yang! 73-76--149 June Wang! 76-76--152 Lisa Mooneyham! 78-78--156 Bonnie Montgomery! 76-83--159 Carole Jones! 80-81--161 Flight 2 Nancy Cooper! 74-80--154 Janet Myers! 82-81--163 Kim Clarke! 82-81--163 Lynn Roloff! 82-82--164 Tess Kirkman! 86-81--167 Beth Smith! 82-85--167 Flight 3 Mary Rhodes! 74-82--156 Carmen Andia! 85-80--165 Karin Wu! 89-86--175 Katherine Devore! 87-90--177 Flight 4 Delores Hammer! 90-85--175 Candace Dewitt! 94-90--184 Elaine Schuermann! 89-96--185 Emily Williams! 103-91--194 Flight 5 Amanda Gane! 97-91--188 Maggie Collins! 99-94--193 Cindy Schroder! 95-98--193 Peggy Trogdon! 99-95--194 Flight 6 Judy Gregory! 106-103--209 Carolyn Hartsell! 106-106--212 Jane Campbell! 107-111--218 Patti Wood! 110-112--222 Notes: Kathy Binkley of Cornelius birdied the third playoff hole to outlast Sook Hee Yang of Jamestown ... it was Binkley's 6th Colonial Invitational title.

Senior Am Tour

Quail Ridge GC, Sanford • Sept. 27 Championship Flight (6 entries) 1. John East, Rockingham! 71 4. Dan Anthony, Thomasville! 77 A Flight (14 entries) 1. Dave LeVeque, Greensboro! 73 5. Johnny Adams! 77 6. Gerald Lewis, Greensboro! 78 B Flight (8 entries) 1. Sam Carpenter, Charlotte! 78 2. Jimmy Adams, Greenville ! 78 Carpenter won playoff C Flight (14 entries) 1. Steve Jones, Carthage! 85 2. Ed McNally, Graham! 86 4. Richard Hartley, High Point! 87 5. A.C. Guarino, Pfafftown! 89

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Bryan Park (Champions) Brown Summit • Sept. 20 Championship Flight (8 entries) 1. John East, Rockingham! 76 2. Chris Wilkes, Winston-Salem! 76 4. Craig Cathey, Burlington! 79 John East won playoff A Flight (17 entries) 1. Chuck Smith, Sanford! 72 2. Dave LeVeque, Greensboro! 78 2. Jack Stanley, Summerﬁeld! 78 4. Gerald Lewis, Greensboro! 79 5. Mark Robinson, Winston-Salem! 80 6. Rob Andrews, Jamestown! 81 B Flight (19 entries) 1. Ron Tapscott, Walkertown! 79 3. Huston Shaw, Winston-Salem! 81 4. Jim Shermer, Lewisville! 82 7. John Lindsay, Lexington! 83 C Flight (14 entries) 1. Rudy Binder, Greensboro! 88 4. Ed McNally, Graham! 93 4. Mike Hunter, Greensboro! 93 6. Mike Charles, Winston-Salem! 96 Challenge GC, Graham • Sept. 13 Championship Flight (2 entries) 1. Craig Sturdivant, Sanford! 76 2. Dan Anthony, Thomasville! 79 A Flight (12 entries) 1. Gerald Lewis, Greensboro! 76 3. Dave LeVeque, Greensboro! 80 3. Mark Robinson, Winston-Salem! 80 6. Michael Kindley, Winston-Salem! 82 B Flight (12 entries) 3. Jim Shermer, Lewisville! 82 5. Rob Geilhausen, Linwood! 85 6. Ron Tapscott, Walkertown! 87 C Flight (11 entries) 2. Mike Reid, Greensboro! 87 4. Mike Charles, Winston-Salem! 91 5. A.C. Guarino, Pfafftown! 93 5. Mike Hunter, Greensboro! 93 Umstead Pines GC, Durham • Sept. 6 Championship Flight (3 entries) 1. Dan Anthony, Thomasville! 75 A Flight (12 entries) 1. Gus Alford, Zebulon! 71 2. Dave LeVeque, Greensboro! 76 B Flight (12 entries) 1. John Lindsay, Lexington! 80 3. Huston Shaw, Winston-Salem! 82 3. Rob Geilhausen, Linwood! 82 C Flight (12 entries) 1. Ed McNally, Graham! 85 5. Mike Charles, Winston-Salem! 91 5. Don Michaux, Greensboro! 91

Laidback Tour

Forest Oaks CC, Greensboro • Sept. 12 A Flight (8 entries) 1. Mark Dill, Pelham! 75 2. Fran Hensley, Ridgeway, Va.! 75 3. Mike Reynolds, Blairs, Va.! 76 4. Steve Manley, Reidsville! 77 4. Steve Cummings, Wentworth! 77 Dill birdied ﬁrst playoff hole B Flight (7 entries) 1. Lyle Heath, Wentworth! 83 3. Dave Voss, Greensboro! 85 C Flight (8 entries) 1. Willard Vicks, Danville, Va.! 84 2. Mike Asbury, Callands, Va.! 86 87 3. Mike Pritchett, Danville, Va.! 3. Red Thompson, Ringgold, Va.! 87 D Flight (2 entries) 1. Curtis Smith, Greensboro! 97 Caswell Pines, Yanceyville • Sept. 4 A Flight (4 entries) 1. Fran Hensley, Ridgeway, Va.! 76 2. Steve Cummings, Wentworth! 76 Hensley won playoff on 2nd hole B Flight (8 entries) 1. Mike Reynolds, Blairs, Va.! 82 2. Bob Foyle, Yanceyville! 84 2. David Wilson, Fayetteville! 84 4. Tom Simmons, Wentworth! 87 C Flight (9 entries) 1. Jimmy Watlington, Yanceyville! 82 1. Mike Asbury, Callands, Va.! 82 3. Willard Vicks, Danville, Va.! 87 4. Tony Burtt, Providence! 88 4. Randy McCann, Greensboro! 88 D Flight (4 entries) 1. John Horton, Huddleston, Va.! 93

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