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Sipping Success

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To complete the driving range, Sprouse n the golf business for more than three and his small crew moved more than decades, Steve Sprouse planned on 76,000 cubic yards of dirt, or the equivalent taking a break from the game, content of 5,000 dump trucks, to get the site ready. to leave behind the long hours of a golf “It took us over three months to move course superintendent in exchange for a all that dirt,” he said. laid back gig at his stepson’s conIn addition to Sprouse, Rick struction company.

Green has returned as the head Working a backhoe and golf professional. Green spent bulldozer at a relaxing pace 23 years at Duplin Country in rural Duplin County Club before leaving in was what Sprouse called 2003 to take a position at “living the dream” as he Timberlake in Clinton. approached his mid 50s.

Green returned in 2018 Sprouse thought little as membership direcabout a phone call he tor to help then pro Tom received a few years ago Parsons, who had come to from new ownership at Duplin County after a long Duplin Country Club. In his stint at National Golf Club in mind, he was headed over to Pinehurst. the Kenansville layout to recom“Tom really raised the culmend a superintendent, or maybe Rick Green ture and quality of things they offer a few design suggestions for were doing here at Duplin Country Club,” a course that was trying to get its footing Green said. back.

But Parsons, who is from Wisconsin, He was in for a surprise. was offered a position at a club in Hearing that Sprouse had left awardMinnesota, which he took to get closer to winning River Landing in nearby Wallace relatives. So, Green was the natural fit to after 21 years, which included worktake over – yet again – as the head golf ing hand-in-hand with architect Clyde professional at Duplin Country Club.

Johnston to construct the 36-hole private “There is so much potential there, and layout, Duplin Country Club co-owner with Steve and Rick now in place they will Stan Draughon apparently wanted more make that facility really something special than an expert opinion from Sprouse. again,” Parsons said.

“We started talking and Stan asked The front nine is lined with towering me ‘what will it take to get you here?’’’ pines, and really looks like a scene out of Sprouse said. “Here I am thinking I’m the North Carolina Sandhills, with smallish done with the golf business, that I’m enjoy- greens that feature a variety of false fronts. ing doing what I’m doing. The next thing “The front nine does favor (architect) I know he’s making me an offer I can’t Donald Ross, with its sloped greens and refuse.” wide cut aprons that fall off,” Sprouse said.

So Sprouse is “back in the game” so to “When you look at the course it’s out in speak as Duplin Country Club’s general the country, but it doesn’t feel like you’re manager/superintendent, creating a vision that is beginning to unfold at this unique golf offering that was mothballed for a few years before Draughon and local peanut farming mogul Lee Swinson purchased the property with a third partner that is no longer involved in 2014.

The inner nine holes were completed in 1962, while the outer loop that virtually circles the perimeter of the front nine opened in 1983. There is no noted golf course architect associated with either nine holes that measure around 6,269 yards, so Sprouse, whose dream is to design a golf course from scratch, has started crafting a vision to enhance the golfing experience here.

His first project was enlarging all of the par-3 tees. Sprouse also re-designed two holes on the back side, added some new cart paths and is now putting the finishing touches on a new state-of-the-art practice range that he expects to open in July. www.trianglegolf.com

18th being a risk-reward par-5 that meaout in the country because it feels like an sures just 457 yards. old, traditional type of golf course,” added There are less than two dozen bunkers Parsons. “You wouldn’t think that when scattered across the layout, an area that you are in Kenansville, North Carolina.”

Sprouse would like to address moving After an opening 546-yard par 5, the forward by revamping those already in second hole has a green that is less than place and possibly adding addi4,000 square feet, which requires a tional sand in some strategic precise long iron to the 186-yard fairway locations. postage-stamp sized putting “Steve is going to bring surface. more detail to the golf “On that hole you have course, more playability to got to either run it up or the golf course,” Parsons be PGA Tour star Justin said of the veteran superThomas to be able to hit intendent. “That is really it 300 feet up in the air to going to move Duplin land the ball softly in order Country Club to another to keep it on the green,” level because it’s already a Parsons said. “Some of those fun golf course to play.” greens on the front side are Duplin County Club is small, but they have so much easy to get to from the Triangle. character to them, which makes it Steve Sprouse Golfers can head south toward fair. That second green is open, it’s not guarded by anything – no water, no bun- Wilmington on Interstate 40 and exit at the Warsaw rest stop. The course is then about kers, no trees, nothing – but it does remind 5 miles east. me a lot of Pinehurst No. 2 that if you hit it left, right or even in the front quadrant of Green is offering a $30 golf-all-day the green it’s not going to hold.” special with a cart for golfers in Chatham, Wake and Johnston counties wishing to play The back nine requires more precision Monday-Wednesday. And Green adds that off the tee and into the greens, with Nos. Duplin Country Club is a great stop on the 12-14 offering a series of picturesque holes way to golf vacations in Myrtle Beach, S.C. featuring protected wetlands and several ponds.

“Things here have really turned out “Those are some really neat holes that unbelievable,” Sprouse said of the recent additions to the course. visually you know where you are sup“The condition with Steve here has posed to hit it, and if you don’t you’re going to get penalized for it,” Parsons said. improved exponentially, and Steve has “And I’ll remind all the new players some great ideas, but even more key is he who come here to play that on Nos. 11, 13 knows what he’s doing and how to get it and 15 if you get above the pin you better done,” Green said.

Nestled in a quiet, rural section near hang on because those downhill putts will wine country, Duplin Country Club is well really roll,” added Green. worth the one-hour trip from the Triangle The greens on the finishing holes of each side are guarded by water, with the for a relaxing day on the links.

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Tournaments Return

Carolinas golf organizations setting a low-key competitive tone

By BOB SUTTON

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eith Hills Golf Club in Buies Creek relies on tournament golf to help it prosper. So with events back on the calendar, there’s renewed excitement around a course that already has been busy this spring.

“It’s a wild thing not being able to have tournaments for several months,” said Martha Sutton, director of golf at Keith Hills, “because that’s what we thrive on.”

Tournaments prove vital for organizations such as the Carolinas Golf Association and Carolinas PGA Section.

Those events have revved back up, albeit with a different tone after a hiatus of more than two months because of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Getting golfers back on courses for competition became the main objective for CGA executive director Jack Nance and his staff.

“Our goals are that we want it to be informal and not a lot of hoopla, and not a lot of people gathering,” Nance said of the return to action after the virus pandemic altered the organization’s schedule. “We can do it informally. … But we’re going to get champions out of this.”

For Carolinas PGA Section executive director Jeff Abbot, his group has sold out events in June.

“We were a little bit concerned with what the appetite would be,” Abbot said.

“But people want to get out and compete.”

Tournament play within the CGA resumed with the Jimmy Anderson Boys’ Junior Invitational at Jacksonville Country Club on May 30-31, an event that was rescheduled from mid-April.

The Carolinas PGA Section, the largest section in the nation with more than 2,000 members in North Carolina and South Carolina, was without a 2020 competition because of postponements and cancellations that began in March. The group’s first event is the North Carolina Open from June 8-9 at The Club at Irish Creek in Kannapolis, reduced from a 54-hole, threeday set-up to 36 holes and two days.

The field is full at 144 golfers, with a waiting list of more than 50. The PGA Junior Championship from June 29-30 at Greensboro’s Starmount Forest Country Club also has filled all its entries with a similar waiting list.

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Nance said it’s OK that upcoming events seem under the radar. For instance, scoreboards won’t be in use and CGA branding won’t be in place.

In many cases, CGA tournaments were rescheduled. Several others were cancelled.

“You may say it’s just golf, but on the other hand it’s a big industry,” Nance said.

“It’s a big revenue maker and a big part of our state. Everything we do (within the CGA) is pretty much organized golf.”

The docket at Keith Hills shows both CGA and Carolinas PGA Section events in June. The course, which is owned by Campbell University, usually holds about 60 tournaments a year, but it lost more than a dozen over the months of April and May, Sutton said. The CGA’s Carolinian Amateur, which is one of the biggest tournaments at the facility (and previously conducted as the Keith Hills Amateur) was rescheduled from mid-May to June 12-14 – with 109 of 144 available slots accounted for several weeks in advance of the first tee shot.

Sutton said the transition to revised guidelines should be natural.

“We’ve tried to follow along the same guidelines with what the CGA and Carolinas PGA organizations are doing,” she said. “They’ve put it in place. They’ve got those taken care of.”

Using what the CGA refers to as a con-

servative approach, all qualifiers for the North Carolina Amateur were cancelled.

The field for the June 18-21 competition at North Ridge Country Club in Raleigh will be comprised of exempt players, previous results and rankings. Instead of 144 golfers, the field will be at about 108.

“Even in Phase 2 (of the state’s reopening), we’re operating like we were under the lockdown,” said Scott Kirkland, the director of golf at North Ridge. “I think we feel comfortable with how things have gone.”

Five members of the host club are slated to be in the N.C. Amateur field.

North Ridge won’t resume tournament play within the club until July, Kirkland said.

“I still don’t know how much we know and how much we don’t know,” he said about the pandemic. “The one thing we didn’t want to do is reschedule a tournament and then turn around and have to change it again. I feel good about the steps we have put in place and so, as a club, we’re excited about having the (N.C. Amateur).”

North Ridge, which opened in 1967, has been a site for numerous CGA championships.

A similar approach in developing the field will be used for the North Carolina Junior Boys’ Championship from June

23-26 at Maple Chase Country Club in Winston-Salem.

Nance said the lack of qualifiers creates layers of disappointments.

“That has been a killer, players denied a chance to get in,” he said. “Players can’t chase that dream of playing in the State Am. We had to come up with some sort of rankings to use. That has been a heartbreaking thing for us.”

It also hurts on the revenue side, Nance said. Past N.C. Amateur qualifiers might have included 350-400 entrants.

Plans are in place to reinstate qualifiers for events later in the summer and fall, Nance said.

He said cooperation has been the key.

“It has to be a team effort between the host club, maintenance and us,” Nance said. “Our focus turned to all the (Centers for Disease Control) regulations. In the end, we want golf.”

The protocol for tournament golfers includes: • Remaining 6 feet or more apart before, during and after rounds.

• Arriving at a course no earlier than an hour prior to their tee times (45 minutes for Carolinas PGA Section tournaments).

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• CGA scores will be posted online.

There will be no traditional awards ceremonies.

• Spectators are permitted. They aren’t allowed in practice areas.

Many of the tweaked guidelines are similar for the CGA and Carolinas PGA Section.

“We’ve all been sharing best practices,” Abbot said.

Touching or removing a flagstick is a violation and subject to a penalty.

Because there won’t be rakes for bunkers, golfers can move a ball and place it within a club length in the trap – probably the biggest deviation from normal rules.

“We want to get golfers in and out of bunkers,” Nance said. “That’s what all this has brought us to. But I’m OK with that.”

Abbot said the Carolinas PGA Section worked with the U.S. Golf Association in revising rules.

“The good news is we can still conduct a championship-caliber event,” Abbot said.

The Carolinas Women’s Amateur on June 2-4 at Bermuda Run Country Club’s East course was among the first on the docket as the CGA geared up.

Mary Thomas, the director of golf at Bermuda Run CC, worked in conjunction with the CGA in making sure procedures were understood. Club officials sensed the importance of getting this right.

“We’re part of the guinea pig process and happy to be part of it,” Thomas said. “We asked a lot of questions of one another.”

As of early June, several CGA championships had been nixed for 2020.

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Full speed ahead: Golf’s answer to slow play

By DAVID DROSCHAK

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It takes too long to play, detractors like to say.

Proponents of the game are constantly trying to invent new and different ways to “speed the game up” with golf architects even designing award-winning short courses that are now cropping up all over the country.

Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club and its sister course, Mid Pines, are featuring a way to “finish up faster.” The Southern Pines resort offers Finn Scooters, which are single rider electric golf carts that look like a mini motorcycle.

Kelly Miller, president and CEO of Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club, began looking at the alternative mode of golf course transportation two years ago at the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, and then agreed to test four this fall.

Miller now has 16 of the scooters and is looking to lease more.

Finn Scooters says using one of its vehicles limits each hole to an average of 7.5 minutes.

“It’s a fun way to play golf, and today especially with the social distancing you are on it by yourself, and the pace of play is unbelievable,” Miller said.

“I played the other day in a twosome and it was an easy two-hour round. We were a twosome and we were the first ones out on the course but that shows you what you can do. During the evening with foursomes we’ve played in under three hours.”

This isn’t the first time in the last few years that Miller has his resort on the cutting edge.

“We experimented with GolfBoards but those actually require some skill and some training because you are leaning to make turns,” Miller said. “The thing I like about the Finn Scooters is it’s almost like riding a bike and everybody has ridden a bike before, so it’s a pretty safe way of getting around the course. I think they are here to stay.”

There is a separate kiosk in the pro shop where golfers can register to take

one of the scooters, which costs just slightly higher than riding a regular golf cart.

The scooters run on batteries and can normally last around 36 holes before needing recharged. The low-center of gravity and lightweight aluminum frame also make the Finn a well-balanced machine, with your golf bag centered in the middle for easy access.

“They are fantastic in my opinion, the only way to play golf,” said Brian Barker of Durham, whose foursome all rented the scooters at Pine Needles on a sunny day in May. “They are very fun to drive; they can almost be more fun to drive than playing golf itself. And without question it speeds up the game.”

Barker said he used to ride motorcycles as a teenager but hasn’t ridden in 30 years.

“I would say they are more like a motorcycle than a bike, just the feel of them and the stability,” Barker said.

“It’s amazing how stable they are even in areas where there is pine straw or it’s wet. I feel very safe on them. Anybody can do it.”

Everything is cool about these scooters, even down to the kickstand, which mimics a golf wood. “You can put it down anywhere and it holds,” Barker said of the kickstand.

With two iconic Donald Ross golf layouts as the resort’s home base, Miller is sensitive to each side of the “scooter debate.”

“The younger folks are really fired up about it,” Miller said. “But there have been some people who don’t like it since it’s not a traditional way to play golf and we have two old, historic golf courses here.

“The challenges are making sure you’re not offending your longtime members and guests who love and enjoy the traditions of the game. But a good friend of mine at UNC once said if you are really looking out for the long-term interests of your business you’re probably looking at college graduates. ‘What do they want, because 20 years from now they are your consumers?’ We’re trying to adapt and walk the tightrope between the two.”

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Playing Through Golf stays viable across the Carolinas during COVID-19 outbreak Story and Photos by David Droschak

Big Break veteran Will Lowery (left) and NFL star wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald exchange an elbow bump after a birdie by the future Hall of Famer on the first green at Pine Needles Resort. Fitzgerald takes a golf buddy trip every May and choose the Sandhills this year as golf remained open across the state.

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he seed of golf viability across the Carolinas over the last few months was actually planted more than a decade ago when a severe drought threatened to cut needed water supplies to the region’s courses.

So what connection is there between the COVID-19 outbreak of 2020 and water?

Nothing, actually, other than recommended hand-washing and an effort in both cases spearheaded by the Carolinas Golf Course Superintendents Association (GCSA) to protect what is a multi-billion dollar industry.

During the drought and several additional water issues, the Carolinas GCSA decided it was time to “get in the game” so to speak by approaching lawmakers in each state with data, science and lobbying efforts on behalf of golf, which according to a 2016 study generated more than $430 million in federal, state and local tax revenues across North Carolina alone.

Soon, the Carolinas GCSA were hosting annual Golf Days in Raleigh with the North Carolina governor and legislators, eating BBQ, hush puppies and digesting the raw data of golf’s importance to the state’s economy and bottom line. In South Carolina, a golf week included the state’s hospitality association.

“The key to all of this through the years is we never asked for anything,” said Tim Kreger, the executive director of the Carolinas GCSA. “And as we waded through the Great Recession we just continued to beat the drum of golf, sharing information with our elected officials and letting them know the importance of the game, the billions of dollars that are at stake.”

‘We just got to know these lawmakers because some of them are members of your clubs, and we just gradually over the years put in a lot of goodwill lobbying,” said Chris Valauri, the principal of the Valauri Group, LLC, a lobbying/government relations firm based in Raleigh. “That’s the first major hurdle in the process, and there is an old political expression that ‘you are either at the table or you are on the menu.’ If you are not sitting at the table you are going to get hosed. That’s just normally the way it goes.”

Valauri, the lobbyist in North Carolina for the Carolinas GCSA, began his business career as a CEO in the beer and wine industry. “It was pretty cool considering I grew up in Pittsburgh on Rolling Rock and Iron City.”

During that time, Valauri came up with the phrase: “Beer … More Than A Beverage.”

“We used to talk about barley, hops and the delivery trucks, and all the other stuff,” he said. “What I was always taught www.trianglegolf.com

COVID-19 signage directs golfers at Pinehurst Resort. was when it’s about us you lose, but when it’s about them you win. So I came up with ‘Golf … More Than A Game,’ with the whole being greater than the sum of its parts.”

So, North Carolina Golf Day events included tees and tractors, fertilizer and fescue, proclamations and putting – not just golf. The message didn’t quite click at first.

“The first couple of years it was funny because they were like, ‘OK, but what do you want?’ Why are you here?”’ Kreger said of the North Carolina Golf Day concept. “We were just there to remind them how important the game of golf was to their state. Then the governors in North Carolina would start saying ‘it’s in the DNA of the state’ and they always referenced Pinehurst and 1895, and then you have all the championships that come with it. So, we’ve gotten in front of the commerce and agriculture departments, all the committees and done presentations over the years so everybody is aware of the importance of the game of golf.”

This March was quite a different story.

There would be “an ask” -- a huge ask.

Word spread quickly of a deadly virus that was spreading across the United States, and the world. Kreger, Valauri, and other leaders across the golf community took notice of the potential impact immediately. How was this virus going to affect the game of golf across North Carolina and South Carolina?

With governors across the nation starting to decide what businesses were “essential” or “non-essential,” more than a dozen states closed down golf courses. Suddenly, more than 36,000 golf-related jobs were at stake across North Carolina.

“We used every angle and every relationship we had,” Kreger said.

“Fortunately, and we can’t take credit for any decisions made by elected officials, but I think we were able to keep our game open when a lot of states weren’t.

“Our relationships over the years were critical because if you don’t have those individuals that you have a rapport with; that you can communicate with in a time of crisis, you become one of X number of special interest groups that now has a need that is pounding on everybody’s door. We all wear different hats or pull a bunch of levers in the golf business, but this pandemic was a new one for everybody. If you weren’t ready and hadn’t been in front of lawmakers I definitely think you could have gotten lost in the weeds.

“Still, it wasn’t simply a matter of who you know. It was more a matter of what they knew about you,” added Kreger.

“For years, the Carolinas golf industry had shown itself to be a credible source.

So, when the industry said it could remain open safely, there was a degree of trust.”

Kreger emphasized the enormous team effort it took on all fronts – from the Carolinas PGA to the Carolinas Golf Association to the N.C. and S.C. Golf

Course Owners Associations and beyond -- to keep the game viable in March, April and May. The governors of North Carolina and South Carolina – one Democrat and one Republican – agreed that golf was staged outdoors, was conducive to social distancing, and could provide online tee times and payments – for starters -- that could help keep players and staffers at each club safe.

The various golf organizations and courses across the two states also played a vital role in communicating new rules to players, some of which included single riders in carts, inverting of cups and removing rakes from traps, just to name a few.

“We were able to communicate the importance of the game of golf to the right people at the right levels -- sometimes it was at the state level, sometimes it was at the local level. There were mayor offices we were dealing with too as well as the governor’s office,” Kreger said.

There were many long days and long nights logged by many in the industry.

“This was all happening in real time,” Kreger said. “We are talking that sometimes changes were coming by the hour, by the minute.”

“We tried to do a lot of listening and learning and reacting, but early on we were all just in awe at how quickly it all mushroomed,” added Jeff Abbot, the executive director of the Carolinas PGA, with 2,100 members the largest PGA section in the nation.

Abbot and others in the golf industry promoted the health benefits – both physical and mental – to any and all lawmakers who would listen.

“Golf courses are just wonderful green spaces to get out there,” Abbot said. “I was proud that we were busy and we were out there with no safer place to be. Not sitting inside your house all day is really important.

“And we all say that golf is a game of honor and we all call the rules on ourselves,” he added. “Those of us in golf are basically rules followers so most everybody jumped on board and made sure they were doing everything safely.”

More than 92 percent of golf courses remained opened across North Carolina, while 87 percent were taking play in South Carolina dating back to mid March.

“We’ve always been there to answer questions for the lawmakers, to be accountable, so we built on all of those things to get to this point,” Valauri said.

“It’s not mystical or magical; we’ve been there for so long and we thought our ask was reasonable.”

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Don’t forget PGA Tour fans are half the equation No golf claps just fine with me

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longtime caddie heading back out to the PGA Tour recently told me it may be refreshing to play in front of no fans – no distractions, no loudmouth yelling “You Da Man” in a player’s backswing or a guy wearing a rainbowcolored wig holding up a “John 3:16” sign.

Be careful what you wish for, though.

Sports are often a reflection of society and vice versa. Fans are present at sporting events for a very important reason that goes well beyond a much-needed revenue source.

The PGA Tour returns in June staging tournaments with no fans, and little else other than golf. I’ll go on the record that I’m not a big fan of this. And it has nothing to do with social distancing or face masks.

If made-for-TV sports were popular they would have been excessively populating our 70-inch flat screens a decade ago.

There is no way to smell the fresh grass clippings or witness the pure power of a Tiger Woods swing unless you are present.

The caddie told me the Tour doesn’t need fans “to fire up players” I beg to differ. A Woods fist-pump back in the day would have been somewhat subdued with-

out scores of roaring fans encouraging the

By BETSEY MITCHELL game’s greatest player of his generation.

Trying “to herd” general behavior pat’m siding with the caddie. My years terns is not a good formula, especially in officiating amateur events, college sports. That’s why “The Wave” died out at tournaments, and professional qualisporting events. It was just too contrived. fiers convinces me that players care about Can you imagine a Ryder Cup without winning. fans? These paying customers – the fanatThe only spectators were friends and ics – are woven into the fabric of sports. family, and many players told me a parent Yes, even golf tournaments. I bet there are on the field of play was more stressful than scores of Triad golfing fans not having that parent on that have attended the the field of play.

Wyndham Championship Golf is not football. I year-after-year, pounding don’t recall Rossy, or even their chests with pride the ever-emoting Jim Nantz each time they came out to invoke the notion of a watch the game’s best. “second man” on the field, For the first few events much like the 12th man in DUELING DIVOTS football. in June, the PGA Tour is even asking its players You don’t remember to help “move the bubble from the golf the ABC’s Wide World of Sports? Those course into the communities in which recaps of the tournaments in the sixties they’re staying.” You know the drill – all were great even on the tiny black & white stay at the same hotel, eat takeout food screen. That’s how we got to know Arnie only, submit to daily temperature checks. and Jack and Trevino … and the rest.

Good luck with that.

I went back to watch the final match One more thing, please don’t tell of Tiger Woods winning the U.S. Amateur Arnold Palmer about this. He and the rest in 1994 at TPC Sawgrass. There were two of Arnie’s Army would roll over in their rows of spectators stretched across the graves. fairway following behind the match. Based

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role during the pandemic. Brian Stiehler is the longtime superintendent of prestigious Highlands Country Club in Macon County, N.C., and current president of the Carolinas GCSA, and has also been a commissioner in the Town of Highlands for 11 years.

“From a local level I started talking about (golf) right from the get go, which may have not been the most advantageous thing to do since I had a vested interest in it,” Stiehler said. “But the other town commissioners understood that I have a strong personality, so I sort of pushed golf on them by lumping it into other forms of recreation. I said, ‘are you going to tell your neighbor he can’t go jogging at night?

If you’re not going to do that then what’s wrong with going out and playing nine holes of golf? It’s the same thing, doing it by not coming in contact with anybody.’

They got the point right away, but I’m afraid if it wasn’t for me beating that drum it would have been a broad brush of just shutting everything down.”

Stiehler said Highlands Country Club took additional precautions by opening a month later than normal and not permitting any guest play at the club until recently.

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Two golfers sub out a handshake for a fist bump after a round of golf at Tobacco Road in Sanford.

“A lot of the private clubs in North Carolina could have weathered this socalled storm, but it was more the small mom-and-pop types of places I was concerned about with guys losing jobs and not affording to stay open,” he said. “In some other states where golf was not allowed to stay open it was potentially the knife in the back for a lot of them that were hanging on by a thread to begin with.”

From mid-March through May, when many other businesses across the two states

were closed, many courses saw an increase in play of 20 percent or more, with Abbot saying “it seemed like every day was a weekend.”

But while golf was busy in many places during the early stages of the pandemic, that didn’t mean the industry escaped economically. While the courses themselves may have been full, clubhouses and function rooms were not. Food and beverage operations often were restricted to carry out through the snack bar window, which

on the outfits, most of them were the volunteers.

Being generous with the headcount, let’s say there were 200 people watching Tiger pull off the spectacular accomplishment of coming back from six down to win the championship on the 18th hole.

He did not need the witnesses to kick up his knee and perform his signature fist pump getting to all square. That was not for show; it was just Tiger being Tiger.

Of course, this is all the opinion of a gal who finds the wackiness of the Solheim Cup and the boorish behavior of the Ryder Cup, and especially the drunken Tom Foolery of the Waste Management deeply annoying.

I will take the respectful golf clap and the roar that comes from a chorus of voices rather than five jerks screaming at the top of their lungs any day.

Having said all that, I would like golf to be back. I would like everything (well most everything) back.

I don’t enjoy my face mask. I had a rare (as in going extinct) birdie on Thursday and alas… no high five, no fist bump. Geez … not even a golf clap.

There are a lot of things these days that would make Arnie spin in his grave. Golf ain’t the half of it. was “a drop in the bucket” compared to the massive losses incurred on dining, weddings and other functions, including tournaments.

“Golf course superintendents are for the most part problem solvers,” Kreger said. “They are challenged with budgets, Mother Nature, staffing, you name it man, its seems like everybody is always throwing uncontrollable things at us. So, this one came to us as well. I just think we were all able to come together and make some really good decisions collectively, and that includes our friends in the pro shops and the general managers by coming up with best practice policies.

“Remember, the first seven days of this nobody knew what the heck to do,” he added. “And here we are two months later and we’ve gotten tons of stuff written up about how to handle this now. A lot of industries are still developing and having to write their scripts right now in order to be open. We’re very fortunate to be at this point. Those of us in the golf business need to walk small, carry a big stick and be humble, be happy and don’t start asking for things if it’s too early. Let’s just go play our game … and when the governors say it’s OK then we’ll get moving full speed ahead.” www.trianglegolf.com

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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.

Carolinas PGA Selected events; complete schedule at carolinas.pga.com June 3-4 – North Carolina Senior Open, Old North State Club, New London.

June 9-11 – 56th North Carolina Open, Peninsula Club, Cornelius.

June 22-33 – Pro-Assistant Championship, River Landing (Landing and River), Wallace.

July 13-15 – Professional Championship, Daniel Island Ralston course, Charleston.

July 20-21 – South Carolina Senior Open, The Reserve GC, Pawley’s Island.

Aug. 10-11 – Senior Professional Championship, Pinehurst No. 7.

Aug. 18-20 – 96th Carolinas Open, Forsyth CC, Winston-Salem.

Aug. 31-Sept. 1 – Assistants Championship, CC of North Carolina Dogwood course, Pinehurst.

Sept. 9 – Pro-Official Championship, CC of North Carolina Dogwood course, Pinehurst.

Sept. 21 – Assistants Association Pro-Pro, Starmount Forest CC, Greensboro.

Oct. 20 – Women’s Pro-Pro Championship, Moss Creek GC, Hilton Head Island, SC. Oct. 20-21 – Match Play Championship, Linville GC. Dec. 1-3 – Pro-Pro Championship, Pinehurst area courses.

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

Men/Women USGA Qualifying June 23 – U.S. Women’s Amateur Sectional, Governor’s Club, Chapel Hill.

July 1-2 – U.S. Amateur Sectional, Mill Creek GC, Mebane.

July 14-15 – U.S. Amateur Sectional, Pinewood CC, Asheboro.

July 15 – U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Sectional, CCNC Dogwood course, Pinehurst.

Aug. 17 – U.S. Mid-Amateur Sectional, Carolina CC, Raleigh.

CGA Seniors/Super Seniors June 8-9 – 12th Carolinas Super Senior, Chapel Hill CC. Aug. 10-12 – 20th North Carolina Senior FourBall, Mid Pines Inn and Golf Club, Southern Pines.

Sept. 1-2 – 13th North Carolina Super Senior, Kinston CC. Sept. 9-11 – 59th Carolinas Senior Amateur, Ballantyne Country Club, Charlotte. Selected qualifying sites: Rock Barn Jones Course, Conover (Aug. 18); Heritage GC, Wake Forest (Aug. 25); Colonial CC, Thomasville (Aug. 31).

Oct. 6-7 – 9th Carolinas Super Senior Four-Ball, Mount Vintage GC, North Augusta, SC.

CGA Men/Mid-Am June 18-21 – 60th North Carolina Amateur, North Ridge CC Lakes Course, Raleigh.

Selected qualifying sites: Keith Hills GC, Buies Creek (May 15); Bentwinds CC, Fuquay-

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Varina (May 18); Sapona GC, Lexington (May 21).

July 9-12 – 106th Carolinas Amateur, Cape Fear CC, Wilmington. Selected qualifying sites: Bryan Park Champions Course, Brown Summit (June 23); Brier Creek CC, Raleigh (June 29).

July 29-Aug. 2 – 11th North Carolina Amateur Match Play, Club at 12 Oaks, Holly Springs.

Selected qualifying sites: Bryan Park Champions Course, Brown Summit (June 23), Brier Creek CC, Raleigh (June 29).

Sept. 25-27 – 27th North Carolina Mid-Amateur, Lonnie Poole GC, Raleigh. Selected qualifying sites: Rock Barn Jones Course, Conover (Aug. 19); Colonial CC, Thomasville (Sept. 1); Deercroft GC, Aberdeen (Sept. 12); Preserve at Jordan Lake, Chapel Hill (Sept. 15).

Oct. 9-11 – 25th North Carolina Four-Ball, The Cardinal by Pete Dye, Greensboro.

Oct. 19 – 43rd Carolinas Club Championship, Sedgefield CC Ross Course, Greensboro.

CGA Mixed Events July 17 – 54th Carolinas Father-Son, Pinehurst area courses.

July 17 – 22nd Carolinas Parent-Child, Pinehurst area courses.

Aug. 15-16 – 14th Carolinas Mixed Team Championship, Kiawah Island Resort Cougar Point and Oak Point.

Nov. 7-8 – 10th Carolinas Net Amateur, CC of Whispering Pines.

CGA Women June 2-4 – 94th Carolinas Women’s Amateur, Bermuda Run CC East Course, Advance.

June 30-July 1 – 43rd Carolinas Women’s Four-Ball, Carolina CC, Spartanburg, SC. July 6-8 – 65th Virginias-Carolinas Women’s Team Matches, Pinehurst No. 7.

July 28-30 – 23rd Carolinas Women’s Match Play, Gaston CC, Gastonia.

Sept. 21-22 – 22nd Carolinas Senior Women’s Amateur, Dataw Island Club, Beaufort, SC. Oct. 13-15 – 4th Carolinas Women’s Club Team, River Landing, Wallace.

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

Amateur Individual June 6-7 – Alamance County Amateur, Indian Valley GC, Burlington, on Saturday and Southwick GC, Graham, on Sunday.

336-584-1326 or 336-227-2582.

June 6-7 – High Point Memorial, Blair Park GC, High Point. Medal play in flights. 336-883-3497.

June 13-14 – Bob Howerton Invitational, Kinderton CC, Clarksville, Va. 434-374-8822.

June 13-14 – Durham Amateur, Hillandale GC, Durham. Medal play in flights. 919-286-4211.

June 27-28 – Chair City Open, Winding Creek GC, Thomasville. Medal play in flights.

336-475-5580.

June 27-28 – Brookwood Amateur, Brookwood GC, Whitsett. 336-449-5544.

June 27-28 – Wake County Amateur, Pine Hollow GC, Clayton. Medal play in flights. Not restricted to Wake County residents.

919-553-4554.

July 11-12 – Joe Wood Memorial, Cedarbrook CC, Elkin. Medal play in flights. 336-835-2320.

July 11-12 – Danville Invitational, Danville GC, Va.. Medal play in flights. 434-792-7225.

July 25-26 – 34th Dugan Aycock Davidson County Amateur, Lexington GC. Medal play in flights. 336-248-3950.

July 25-26 – The Triad Amateur Golf Classic, 36 holes stroke play. Ages 16-over. High Point CC Willow Creek course. 336-869-2416.

Aug. 1-2 – 59th annual Chatmoss Invitational, Chatmoss CC, Martinsville. Medal play in flights. Also senior division. 276-638-7648.

Aug. 7-9 – 73rd Forsyth Championships, Reynolds Park GC, Pine Knolls GC, Tanglewood (Championship). Medal play in flights. Limited to Forsyth County residents.

Bobby Hege 336-416-3289.

Aug. 8-9 – Holly Ridge Charity Classic in memory of John Ridge and Jerry Davis, Holly Ridge GL, Archdale. Medal play in flights.

Optional shootout on Aug. 7. 336-861-4653.

Aug. 15-16 – Crooked Tree Amateur, Crooked Tree GC, Brown Summit. Medal play in flights.

336-656-3211.

Aug 28-30 – Asheboro City Amateur, Asheboro Municipal, Holly Ridge GL, Pinewood CC. (Randolph County residents only).

336-625-4158.

Sept. 26-27 — Steve Welch Fall Classic, Asheboro Municipal GC. Medal play in flights.

Also super senior division for ages 65-over.

336-625-4158.

Senior Individual July 11-12 – Joe Wood Memorial, Cedarbrook CC, Elkin. Medal play in flights ages 55-over.

336-835-2320.

July 11-12 – Danville Invitational, Danville GC, Va.. Medal play in flights. Super Senior division also, depending on entries. 434-792-7225.

July 25-26 – 9th annual Davidson County Senior Amateur, Lexington GC. Ages 55-over.

Medal play in flights. 336-248-3950.

July 25-26 – The Triad Amateur Golf Classic, 36 holes stroke play. Ages 55-over. High Point CC Willow Creek course. 336-869-2416.

Aug. 27-28 – 59th Forsyth Seniors, Pine Knolls GC and Maple Chase G&CC. Limited to Forsyth County residents 50-over with play in age divisions. Bobby Hege 336-416-3289.

Ladies Individual June 11 – Crooked Tree Ladies Invitational, Crooked Tree GC, Brown Summit. 336-656-3211.

June 27-28 – 54th annual Colonial Country Club Ladies Invitational, Colonial CC, Thomasville. Pre-flighted CGA ranking event.

Beth Smith 336-442-7589.

Amateur Team June 6-7 – Oak Hollow 2-Man Open, Oak Hollow GC, High Point. 2-man captain’s choice. 336-883-3260.

June 13-14 – Goodyear Invitational Two-Man, Goodyear GC, Danville. 434-797-1909.

June 13-14 – Lynrock Memorial Two-Man, Lynrock GC, Eden. 336-623-6110.

July 25-26 – Tuscarora Two-Man Invitational, Tuscarora CC, Danville. Medal play in flights. 434-724-4191.

Aug. 3-4 – 3rd annual Davidson County Senior 4-Ball. Ages 60-over. 2-person bestball, flighted after first round. Lexington GC. 336-248-3950.

For the latest tournament schedule, now updated daily, go to www.trianglegolf.com then click on Tournaments Aug. 8-9 – Madison-Mayodan Rotary Four-Ball Invitational, Deep Springs CC, Madison.

336-427-0950.

Aug. 15-16 – Danville Two-Man Invitational, Danville GC, Va. Medal play in flights.

434-792-7225.

Aug. 22-23 – Marvin Crowder 2-Ball, Kinderton CC, Clarksville, Va. 434-374-8822.

Oct. 17-18 – 37th annual Lexington BBQ Festival 2-person teams, Lexington GC. 336-248-3950.

Oct. 24-25 – Chatmoss Two-Man Invitational, Chatmoss CC, Martinsville. Medal play in flights. Also senior division. 276-638-7648.

Nov. 7-8 – Greensboro National Fall Classic, Greensboro National GC, Summerfield.

2-man bestball. 336-342-1113.

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

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

Senior Amateur Tour (ages 50-over) 336-303-6737 June 4 – Challenge GC, Graham June 6 – Southern Pines (Elks Club) June 11 – Stoney Creek GC, Whitsett June 18 – Mill Creek, Mebane June 25 – Bryan Park (Players), Brown Summit July 9 – Pine Needles, Southern Pines

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CALENDAR July 14-15 – Sandhills Regional at Mid Pines Resort, Southern Pines Aug. 3-4 – Senior Open at Peninsula Club and Northstone CC, Charlotte Aug. 6 – Carolina Trace (Creek), Sanford Aug. 13 – High Point CC (Willow Creek) Aug. 20 – Pine Hollow GC, Clayton Aug. 27 – Bryan Park (Champions), Brown Summit Sept. 10 – Southern Pines (Elks Club) Sept. 14 – 12 Oaks CC, Holly Springs Sept. 24 – Pinewild (Holly), Pinehurst

Captain’s Choice June 20 – 3rd Annual Father’s Day Golf Tournament @ Gillespie Golf Course, Greensboro, shotgun start @ 8am, Contact Jerome Goode 336-312-4388.

Aug. 22 – Boley Invitational Charity Golf Tournament (Proceeds To Parkinson’s Foundation), Goodyear GC, Danville, Virginia, Mark Boley markboley14@yahoo.com.

Sept. 19 – 10th Annual Mitch Turner Drive away Cancer Classic benfiting American Cancer Society and Colon Cancer Coalition, Pilot Knob Park Country Club, Pilot Mountain, Contact Steve Turner at jturner91@triad. rr.com or clubhouse at 336-368-2828.

Sept. 25 – Randy Parker Memorial Tournament benefiting ECU Economics Students, Ironwood GC, Greenville, Joey Cuellar 919-601-2740.

Oct. 16 – The Pirate Cup benefiting ECU Ricks Management and Insurance Program, Neuse Golf Club, Clayton, Jonathan Nations 336-248-2007.

Consolidated Junior Events CGA 910-673-1000 * TYGA 910-673-1000 * PKBGT 336-347-8537 * NCJGF 919-858-6400 * TGF 919-291-5813 * NJGT 704-824-6548 * AJGA 770-868-4200 * USGA 908-234-2300 * USKIDS Raleigh Tour 919-206-4666 * Winternational 847-204-9888 * HJGT 904-379-2697 June 6 – TYGA Tots, The River Club, Louisburg, Boys/Girls Ages 6-12.

June 6 – Drive, Chip and Putt Local Qualifier, Pinewild CC, Pinehurst, Boys/Girls, Ages 7-15.

June 6 – PKBGT Middle Atlantic Series, Lake Chesdin GC, Chesterfield, VA, Girls, Ages 8-19.

June 6-7 – PKBGT Coastal Carolina Classic, Hackler GC, Myrtle Beach, SC, Girls, Ages 11-19.

June 6-7 – TYGA Bojangles Junior, Cutter Creek GC, Snow Hill, Boys only, Ages 13-18.

June 10 – Drive, Chip and Putt Local Qualifier, Bryan Park Golf and Conference Center, Greensboro, Boys/Girls, Ages 7-15.

June 10 – PKBGT North Carolina Series, Bryan Park GC (Players), Greensboro, Girls, Ages 8-19.

June 10 – TYGA Sandhills One Day, Sanford GC, Sanford, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18.

June 12 – Drive, Chip and Putt Local Qualifier, Wedgewood Public Golf Course, Wilson, Boys/ Girls, Ages 7-15.

June 13 – CGA NC Junior Boys Qualifying, Coharie CC, Clinton, Boys only, Ages 18 & under.

June 13 – GSA June event, Facility to be determined, ages 10-18, 864-616-4202 June 13-14 – TYGA Triad Sapona Junior, Sapona GC, Lexington, Boys/Girls, Ages 13-18. www.trianglegolf.com

June 13-14 – HJGT Virginia Summer Junior Open, 1757 Golf Club, Dulles, VA, Boys/Girls Ages 8-18.

June 13-14 – PKBGT Valley Junior Girls, Hidden Valley CC, Salem, VA, Girls only, Ages 11-19.

June 15 – TYGA One Day Tournament, Gaston CC, Gastonia, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18.

June 15 – TYGA Tin Whistles TOTS One Day, Pinehurst CC No. 6, Pinehurst, Boys/Girls, Ages 6-12.

June 15 – TYGA Tin Whistles Tots, Pinehurst CC #6, Pinehurst, Boys/Girls, Ages 6-12.

June 15 – TYGA Triad One Day, Forest Oaks CC, Greensboro, Boys/Girls, Ages 8-18.

June 16 – CGA NC Junior Boys’ Qualifying, Salem Glen GC, Winston-Salem, Boys only, Ages 18 & under.

June 16 – TYGA Triad One Day, Pine Knolls GC, Kernersville, Boys/Girls, Ages 8-18.

June 16-17 – TGF Greensboro Junior Amateur, Greensboro CC (Farm), Greensboro, Boys only, Ages 12-18.

June 16-19 – CGA NC Junior Girls’ Championship, Cedar Rock CC, Lenior, NC Girls only, Ages 18 & under.

June 17 – Drive, Chip and Putt Local Qualifier, Hope Valley Country Club, Durham, NC Boys/ Girls, Ages 7-15.

June 17 – TYGA Sandhills One Day, Gates Four CC, Fayetteville, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18.

June 17 – TYGA Triad One Day Tournament, Deep Springs CC, Reidsville, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18.

June 18 – TYGA One Day, CC of Johnston Country, Smithfield, Boys/Girls, Ages 8-18.

June 19 – Drive, Chip and Putt Local Qualifier, Sifford GC, Charlotte, Boys/Girls, Ages 7-15.

June 20 – TYGA N.C. Middle School Championship, Longleaf G&FC, Southern Pines, Grades 6-8.

June 20 – TYGA One Day Tournament, Siler City CC, Siler City, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18.

June 20 – PKBGT North Carolina Series, Bermuda Run CC (West), Advance, Girls, Ages 8-19.

June 21 – PKBGT Southeast Series, Tega Cay GC, Tega Cay, SC, Girls, Ages 8-19.

June 22 – TYGA One Day, Club at Irish Creek, Kannapolis, Boys/Girls, Ages 8-18.

June 22 – TYGA Tin Whistles TOTS One Day, Talamore GC, Southern Pines, Boys/Girls, Ages 6-12.

June 22-23 – CGA Twin States Girls’ Championship, Dataw Island Club, St. Helena, SC, Girls only, Ages 18 & under.

June 23 – TYGA Triad One Day, Statesville CC, Statesville, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18.

June 23-26 – CGA NC Junior Boys’ Championship, Maple Chase CC, WinstonSalem, NC Boys only, Ages 18 & under.

June 24 – TYGA Sandhills One Day, Legacy GL, Aberdeen, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18.

June 24 – TYGA Triad One Day, Gillespie GC, Greensboro, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18.

June 25 – Drive, Chip and Putt Local Qualifier, UNC Finley GC, Chapel Hill, Boys/Girls, Ages 7-15.

June 25 – TYGA Triad One Day, Oak Hollow GC, High Point, Boys/Girls, Ages 8-18.

June 25-26 – CPGA Girls’ Junior Championship, Club at Irish Creek, Kannapolis, Girls only, Ages 18 & under.

June 25-26 – NJGA Apple Mountain Junior, Apple Mountain Resort, Clarkesville, GA, Boys/ Girls Ages 4-18.

June 26-27 – PKBGT North Carolina Series, Longleaf Golf & CC, Pinehurst, Girls, Ages 8-19.

June 27 – TYGA Tots, Midland CC, Southern Pines, Boys/Girls, Ages 6-12.

June 27-28 – PKBGT Southeast Girls Classic, Blythewood CC, Blythewood, SC, Girls, Ages 11-19.

June 28 – TYGA Tots, Longleaf GC, Southern Pines, Boys/Girls, Ages 6-12.

June 29 – Drive, Chip and Putt Local Qualifier, Country Club of Salisbury, Salisbury, Boys/ Girls, Ages 7-15.

June 29 – NJGA Charlotte Junior Classic at Firethorne CC, Marvin, Boys/Girls Ages 4-18.

June 29 – TYGA One Day Tournament, Chapel Hill CC, Chapel Hill, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18.

June 29 – TYGA Tin Whistles Tots, CC of North Carolina, Pinehurst, Boys/Girls, Ages 6-12.

June 29 – TYGA Triad One Day, Greensboro National GC, Greensboro, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18.

June 29-30 – CGA Carolinas Girls’ 15 & Under, CC of Whispering Pines, Whispering Pines, Girls only, Ages 15 & under.

June 29-30 – CPGA Boys’ Junior Championship, Starmount Forest CC, Greensboro, Boys only, Ages 18 & under.

June 29-30 – TGF RBC Southeastern Junior Open, Chapel Ridge GC, Pittsboro/Chapel Hill, Boys only, Ages 12-18.

June 30- July 1 – Forsyth Junior, Tanglewood Reynolds, Pine Knolls, Reynolds Park, Boys/ Girls Forsyth County Residents, Bobby Hege 336-416-3289.

June 30-July 1 – Carmel Junior Invitational, Carmel CC, Charlotte, Boys/Girls, Ages 8-18, 704-945-3300 June 30-July 1 – TYGA Coastal Plains Junior, Greenville CC, Greenville, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18.

June 30 – TYGA Triad One Day, Reynolds Park GC, Winston-Salem, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18.

July 1 – TYGA Triad One Day Tournament, Colonial CC, Thomasville, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18.

July 2 – PKBGT North Carolina Series, Greensboro CC (Irving), Greensboro, Girls, Ages 8-19.

July 2 – TYGA Jack Ratz Junior Memorial, Wildwood Green GC, Raleigh, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18.

July 2 – TYGA Tin Whistles TOTS One Day, TBD, Boys/Girls, Ages 6-12.

July 6 – TYGA Tin Whistles TOTS One Day, Midland CC, Pinehurst, Boys/Girls, Ages 6-12.

July 6 – TYGA Triad One Day, Lexington GC, Lexington, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18.

July 6-7 – PKBGT Carolinas Classic, Carolina Trace CC, Sanford, Girls only, Ages 11-19.

July 6-7 – CGA NC Boys’ 13 & Under, Asheboro Municipal GC, Asheboro, NC Boys only, Ages 13 & under.

July 6-8 – North & South Junior, Pinehurst CC, Pinehurst, Boys/Girls, Ages 15-18, 910-2956816 July 8 – TYGA Sandhills One Day, Seven Lakes GC, West End, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18.

July 8 – TYGA Triad Tots, Pine Knolls GC, Kernersville, Boys/Girls, Ages 6-12.

July 9 – CGA Carolinas Junior Boys’ Qualifying, Cabarrus CC, Concord, Boys only, Ages 18 & under.

July 9 – TYGA Triad One Day, Pinewood CC, Asheboro, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18.

July 10 – TYGA One Day, Lake Hickory CC (Catawba Springs), Hickory, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18.

July 11 – PKBGT Middle Atlantic Series, Shenandoah Valley GC, Front Royal, VA, Girls, Ages 8-19.

July 11 – PKBGT Southeast Series, The Carolina CC, Spartanburg, SC, Girls, Ages 8-19.

July 11-12 – PKBGT Commonwealth Classic, Lake Monticello GC, Palmyra, VA, Girls only, Ages 11-19.

July 11-12 – PKBGT Wolfpack Classic, NC State Lonnie Poole GC, Raleigh, Girls, Ages 11-19.

July 13 – CGA Dogwood State Boys’ Qualifying, Kinston CC, Kinston, Boys only, Ages 18 & Under.

July 13 – Drive, Chip and Putt Local Qualifier, CC of Landfall, Wilmington, Boys/Girls, Ages 7-15.

July 13 – PKBGT North Carolina Series, Pine Island CC, Charlotte, Girls, Ages 8-19.

July 13 – TYGA Triad One Day, Meadowlands GC, Winston-Salem, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18.

July 13-14 – TGF Cardinal Junior Amateur, Cardinal Cub by Pete Dye, Greensboro, Boys only, Ages 12-18.

July 13-14 – TYGA Roy Jones Junior, Kinston CC, Kinston, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18.

July 13-16 – PGA Junior Boys’ Championship, PGA GC, Port St. Lucie, FL, Boys only, Ages 18 & under, 561-366-2905 July 13-18 – USGA Junior Girls’ Amateur, US Air Force Academy GC, Colorado Springs, CO, Girls only, Ages 18 & under.

July 14-16 – CGA Dogwood Girls’ State Junior, Ironwood CC, Greenville, NC Girls only, Ages 18 & under.

July 15 – CGA Dogwood State Boys’ Qualifying, Blair Park GC, High Point, Boys only, Ages 18 & Under.

July 15-16 – TYGA Triad High Point Junior, Blair Park & Oak Hollow, High Point, Boys/ Girls, Ages 12-18.

July 16 – CGA Carolinas Junior Boys’ Qualifying, Goldsboro GC, Goldsboro, Boys only, Ages 18 & Under.

July 16 – CGA Dogwood State Boys’ Qualifying, Goldsboro GC, Goldsboro, Boys only, Ages 18 & Under, 910-373-1000 July 17 – CGA Carolinas Father-Son, Pinehurst area courses, Pinehurst.

July 17 – CGA Carolinas Parent-Child, Pinehurst area courses, Pinehurst.

July 20 – CGA Carolinas Junior Boys’ Qualifying, Camden CC, Camden, SC, Boys only, Ages 18 & under.

July 20 – Drive, Chip and Putt Local Qualifier, Maple Chase CC, Winston-Salem, Boys/Girls, Ages 7-15.

July 20 – PKBGT North Carolina Series, Pinehurst Resort No. 3, Pinehurst, Girls, Ages 8-19.

July 20-25 – USGA Junior Amateur, Hazeltine National GC, Chaska, MN, Boys’ only, Age 18 & under.

July 21 – TYGA Triad One Day, Asheboro City GC, Asheboro, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18.

July 21-23 – CGA Carolinas Girls’ Championship, CC of Asheville, Asheville, Girls only, Ages 18 & under.

July 21-23 – CGA Dogwood Boys’ State Junior, CC of Landfall, Wilmington, NC Boys only, Ages 18 & under.

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Junior Golf Scoreboard TYGA Sandhills Flyers Junior Shootout Pinewild CC Pinehurst, NC March 8, 2020 Boys 16-18 Division - 6388 1 Branden “BJ” Boyce, Spring Lake 2 Charles Howden, Asheville 2 Will Harrington, Summerfield Selected Others 13 Aidan Harrington, Raleigh 19 Will Carpenter, Wake Forest 21 Jamison Williams, Fayetteville Boys 14-15 Division - 6388 1 Noah Weyne, Wake Forest 1 Owen Pearce, Winston-Salem 3 Kyle Haas, Winston-Salem Selected Others 6 James Rico, Cary 6 Chris Ha, Fayetteville 8 Keenan Royalty, Raleigh 10 Nick Goellner, Apex 10 Jace Butcher, Wake Forest 10 Daniel Boone, Fuquay Varina 15 Quinlan Polin, Cary 18 Evan Cowell, Pinehurst 18 Holland Giles, Pinehurst 18 Chris Woodell, Sanford 29 Brett Hays, Wake Forest 34 Parker Lane, Cary

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Boys 12-13 Division - 5341 1 Alex Bock, Morganton 2 Preston Howe, Winston-Salem 3 Connor Schenk, Raleigh Selected Others 7 Jack Wiley, Wake Forest 8 Charlie Coe, Morrisville 11 Alec Thiele, Southern Pines 12 Gabe Tart, Raleigh Girls 16-18 Division - 5341 1 Olivia Renville, Cary 2 Toni Blackwell, Fayetteville 3 Katelyn Kenthack, Southern Pines Selected Others 6 Allison Robinson, Pinehurst Girls 12-15 Division - 5341 1 Anna Howerton, Winston-Salem 2 Sahana Mantha, Charlotte 3 Ellen Pritchard, Charlotte Selected Others 8 Lily Jordan, Chapel Hill 10 Mackenzie Cline, Cary

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Tots One-Day at The Cradle The Cradle Pinehurst, NC March 8, 2020 Boys 12 Division - 789 1 Jack Halloran, Pinehurst 2 Xan Pitt, Wake Forest 3 Jacob Graham, Pinehurst

CALENDAR July 22 – TYGA Sandhills One Day, Talamore GC, Southern Pines, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18.

July 22 – TYGA Triad One Day, Cedarbrook CC, Elkin, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18.

July 23 – TYGA Triad One Day, The Cardinal

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July 25 – PKBGT Middle Atlantic Series, Pendleton GC, Ruther Glen, VA, Girls, Ages 8-19.

July 25 – TYGA Tots, Brunswick Plantation (course TBD), Calabash, Boys/Girls Ages 6-12.

July 26 – TYGA Tots, Brunswick Plantation (course TBD), Calabash, Boys/Girls Ages 6-12.

July 26-27 – PKBGT Precision Girls’ Championship, Bryan Park GC, Greensboro, Girls, Ages 11-19.

July 27 – Drive, Chip and Putt Local Qualifier, The Peninsula Club, Cornelius, Boys/Girls, Ages 7-15.

July 28 – TYGA Damiel Meggs Memorial, Providence CC, Charlotte, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18.

July 28 – TYGA Triad One Day, Stoney Creek GC, Whitsett, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18.

July 28-30 – CGA Carolinas Junior Boys’ Championship, Florence CC, Florence, SC, SC/NC Boys only, Ages 18 & under.

July 28-31 – PGA Junior Girls’ Championship, PGA GC, Port St. Lucie, FL, Girls only, Ages 18 & under, 561-366-2905 July 29 – TYGA Sandhills One Day, Stryker GC, Fort Bragg, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18.

July 29 – TYGA Triad Tots, Salem Glen GC, Winston-Salem, Boys/Girls, Ages 6-12.

July 30 – TYGA Triad One Day, High Point CC (Willow Creek), High Point, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18.

July 31 – PKBGT North Carolina Series, Pinewood CC, Asheboro, Girls, Ages 8-19.

Aug. 1 – PKBGT Southeast Series, Spring Valley CC, Columbia, SC, Girls, Ages 8-19.

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Aug. 3 – PKBGT North Carolina Series, The Club at Irish Creek, Kannapolis, Girls, Ages 8-19.

Aug. 3 – TYGA Dan Dobson Junior, Mimosa Hills CC, Morganton, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18.

Aug. 3 – TYGA Tin Whislters TOTS, Pinewood CC, Asheboro, Boys/Girls, Ages 6-12.

Aug. 3 – TYGA Tin Whistles Tots, Pinewild CC, Pinehurst, Boys/Girls, Ages 6-12.

Aug. 4 – TYGA One Day, Brook Valley CC, Greenville, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18.

Aug. 4-5 – TYGA Triad Maple Chase Junior, Maple Chase CC, Winston-Salem, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18.

Aug. 4-6 – Hope Valley Junior Invitational, Hope Valley CC, Durham, Boys/Girls, Invitation only, Ages 18 & under.

Aug. 5 – TYGA Sandhills One Day, Pinehurst CC #6, Pinehurst, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18.

Aug. 5-6 – TGF River Landing Junior Amateur, River landing CC, Wallace Boys only, Ages 12-18.

Aug. 6 – TYGA Triad One Day, Salem Glen GC, Winston-Salem, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18.

Aug. 8 – Drive, Chip and Putt Sub-Regional, Duke University, Durham, Boys/Girls, Ages 7-15. (only participants who make it to the next round) Aug. 8-9 – PKBGT Tiger Classic, Clemson University Walker GC, Clemson, SC, Girls only, Ages 11-19.

Aug. 8-9 – HJGT Charlotte Spring Junior Open, Monroe CC, Monroe, Boys/Girls Ages 8-18.

Aug. 8-9 – Carolinas-Virginias Boys Team Matches, CC of North Carolina, Pinehurst, Boys only, Invitation only.

Aug. 8-9 – PKBGT Middle Atlantic Series Classic, Bowling Green CC, Front Royal, VA, Girls, Ages 8-19.

Aug. 8-9 – PKBGT North Carolina Series Chapel Hill Classic, UNC Chapel Hill Finley GC, Chapel Hill, Girls, Ages 8-19.

Aug. 9-10 – Notah Begay – Jr. National Golf Championship Regional, Pinehurst CC (No. 1), Pinehurst, NC Boys/Girls Ages 10-18, 407-675-4567 Aug. 10 – TYGA SAS Junior, Prestonwood CC, Cary, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18.

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TRIANGLE’S TOP 10 JUNIOR GOLFERS Boys (High School, graduation year) 1 Jackson Van Paris, Pinehurst (O’Neal School, 2021) 2 Zach Roberts, Holly Springs (Holly Springs HS, 2020) 3 Tyler Dechellis, Clayton (Clayton HS, 2021) 4 Garrett Risner, Holly Springs (Apex Friendship HS, 2020) 5 Clayson Good, Durham (Broughton HS, 2020) 6 Josh Lendach, Raleigh (Raleigh Christian, 2021) 7 Matias La Grutta, Raleigh (Panter Creek HS, 2020) 8 Kyle Kushnir, Raleigh (Ravenscroft, 2021) 9 Tommy Lamb, Apex (Hilton Head Prep School, 2020) 10 Jackson Brimfield, Chapel Hill (Durham Academy, 2021)

Girls (High School, graduation year) 1 Nicole Adam, Pinehurst (O’Neal School, 2020) 2 Maria Atwood, Holly Springs (Holly Springs HS, 2022) 3 Halynn Lee, Cary (Green Hope HS, 2021) 4 Alexsandra Lapple, Pinehurst (O’Neal School, 2023) 5 Deborah Spair, Raleigh (Ravenscroft HS, 2020) 6 Mara Hirtle, Pinehurst (Pinecrest HS, 2020) 7 Ella Perna, Durham (Cardinal Gibbons, 2022) 8 Sophie Lauture, Raleigh (, 2024) 9 Jaclyn Kenzel, Southern Pines (Pinecrest HS, 2020) 10 Anna Claire Bridge, Raleigh (Leesville Road HS, 2021)

Source: Tarheel Youth Golf Association as 5/1/20 3 Hallie Wilson, Lewisville Selected Others 5 Addison Bidoli, Fayetteville Girls 7-9 Division - 789 1 Ira Joshi, Charlotte 2 Reece Hart, Winston-Salem 3 Emilee Miller, Fuquay Varina Selected Others 4 Kassidy Haracz, Pinehurst 5 Lillian French, Sanford

Aug. 10 – TYGA Triad One Day, Jamestown Park GC, Jamestown, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18.

Aug. 11-13 – SCJGA-Beth Daniel Junior Azalea, CC of Charleston, Ages 13-18, Boys/Girls, 803-732-9311 Aug. 12-13 – TYGA State Championship, Mill Creek GC, Mebane, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18.

Aug. 14-16 – PKBGT Tour Championship Pine Needles Resort, Southern Pines, Girls only, Ages 11-19.

Aug. 15 – Drive, Chip and Putt Sub-Regional, Grandover, Greensboro, Boys/Girls, Ages 7-15. (only participants who make it to the next round) Aug. 15 – TYGA Tots, Asheboro Municipal, Asheboro, Boys/Girls Ages 6-12.

Aug. 16 – TYGA Tots, Pinewood Country Club, Asheboro, Boys/Girls Ages 6-12.

Aug. 22 – Drive, Chip and Putt Sub-Regional, Fort Jackson GC, Columbia, SC, Boys/Girls, Ages 7-15. (only participants who make it to the next round) Aug. 23 – PKBGT North Carolina Series, Sapona Golf Club, Lexington, Girls, Ages 8-19.

Aug. 29 – PKBGT Middle Atlantic Series, Hidden Creek CC, Reston, VA, Girls, Ages 8-19.

Aug. 29 – PKBGT North Carolina Series, CC of Whispering Pines, Whispering Pines, Girls, Ages 8-19.

Aug. 29 – PKBGT Southeast Series, CC of Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC, Girls, Ages 8-19.

Aug. 29-30 – NCJGF UNC Junior Championship, UNC Finley GC, Chapel Hill, Boys only, Grades 6-12, 910-858-6400 Aug. 29-30 – CGA Mimosa Hills Junior Invitational (54-holes), Mimosa Hills CC, Morganton, Boys/Girls, Invitation only.

Sept. 5-7 – NJGA 20th Annual National Championship, True Blue GC, Pawleys Island, SC, Boys/Girls Ages 4-18.

Sept. 6-7 – TGF Mid-Pines Junior Amateur, Mid Pines Inn & GC, Southern Pines Boys only, Ages 12-18.

Sept. 12 – PKBGT Middle Atlantic Series, Greene Hills CC, Standardsville, VA, Girls, Ages 8-19.

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Sept. 12 – PKBGT North Carolina Series, Deep Springs CC, Stoneville, Girls, Ages 8-19.

Sept. 12-13 – Orange Jacket Junior, Boscobel GC, Pendleton, SC, Boys/Girls, Ages 10-18, 864-646-3991 Sept. 19 – TYGA Tots, Gillespie Golf Course, Greensboro Boys/Girls Ages 6-12.

Sept. 19-20 – PKBGT North Carolina Series Finale, Colonial CC, Thomasville, Girls, Ages 8-19.

Sept. 19-20 – PKBGT Southeast Series Finale, CC of South Carolina, Florence, SC, Girls, Ages 8-19.

Sept. 19-20 – TYGA Tournament of Champions, Keith Hills GC, Buies Creek, Boys/Girls, Invitation only.

Sept. 23 – TYGA/PKBGT North State High School Challenge, Keith Hills GC, Buies Creek, Girls only, Grades 9-12.

Sept. 26-27 – PKBGT Middle Atlantic Series Finale, Fawn Lake CC, Spotsylvania, VA, Girls, Ages 8-19.

Sept. 26-27 – The Henry Transou Memorial Junior, Cherokee National GC, Gaffney, SC, Boys/Girls, 864-489-9417 Oct. 3-4 – TYGA Triad Archdale-Trinity Junior, Holly Ridge GL, Archdale, Boys/Girls, Ages 13-15.

Oct. 3-4 – CGA/PKBGT Jimmy Anderson Girls’ Invitational, Jacksonville CC, Jacksonville, Girls only, Ages 12-18.

Oct. 3-4 – TYGA Tots State Championship, Holly Ridge Golf Links, Archdale, NC Boys/ Girls Ages 6-12.

Oct. 24-25 – TYGA Triad Bill Harvey Memorial, Bryan Park GC, Greensboro, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18.

Nov. 25 – TYGA Turkey Shootout, TBD, Pinehurst, Boys/Girls, Ages 8-18.

Nov. 28-29 – CGA Vicki DiSantis Girls’ Championship, Pine Island CC, Charlotte, Girls only, Ages 13-18.

Dec. 22 – TYGA Toys for Tots, TBD, Boys/Girls, Ages 12-18.

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JUNIOR SCOREBOARD 4 Keenan Royalty, Raleigh Selected Others 16 James Rico, Cary 17 Justin Nagy, Apex 17 Peter Nusbaum, Pittsboro 22 Jack Craig, Raleigh 22 Tanner Huff, Pinehurst 24 James Renfrow, Clayton Girls Division - 5806 1 Jaclyn Kenzel, Southern Pines 2 Nicole Nash, Charlotte 3 Ella Perna, Durham 4 Shea Smith, Charlotte 5 Lotte Fox, Raleigh Selected Others 6 Mary Sears Brown, Wake Forest 7 Heather Appelson, Wake Forest 8 Natalie Martinho-Stansbury, Raleigh 9 Katelyn Kenthack, Pinehurst 10 Kaitlyn Rand, Raleigh 11 Vivian Shillingsburg, Wake Forest 12 Allison Robinson, Pinehurst 13 Jessica Martinho-Stansbury, Raleigh

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PKBGT Tar Heel Classic UNC Chapel Hill Finley, Chapel Hill, NC Mar. 7-8, 2020 Bell Division - 5950 1 Sydney Hackett, Ashburn, VA 75-75--150 2 Mackenzie Gallagher, 78-72--150 Hilton Head Island, SC 2 Macy Pate, Boone 72-78--150 4 Hannah Hankim, Potomac, MD 75-77--152 4 Sophie Lauture, Raleigh 80-72--152 Selected Others 11 Halynn Lee, Cary 80-76--156 19 Mara Hirtle, Pinehurst 81-79--160 23 McKenzie Daffin, Fort Bragg 83-79--162 29 Anna Claire Bridge, Raleigh 76-89--165 31 Ella Perna, Durham 81-85--166 38 Megan Morris, Cary 88-89--177 Prep Preview - 5650 1 Shea Smith, Charlotte 77-81--158 2 Ava Lucas, Raleigh 79-79--158 3 Grace Ridenour, Cary 81-78--159 4 Abigail Kim, Bluffton, SC 80-80--160 4 Taylor Park, Fairfax, VA 81-79--160 Selected Others 7 Justine Pennycooke, Cary 90-72--162 7 Tyler Spriggs, Cary 79-83--162 14 Kinsley Smith, Raleigh 87-79--166 15 Mary Sears Brown, Wake Forest 84-84--168 20 Heather Appelson, Wake Forest 90-84--174 20 Tyla McAffity, Raleigh 89-85--174 24 Kitson O’Neal, Pinehurst 92-89--181 Futures Division - 5100 1 Emerson Dever, Durham 78-73--151 2 Kathyrn Ha, Roanoke, VA 80-77--157 3 Katherine Brictson, Raleigh 82-76--158 4 Leah Edwards, Greensboro 81-78--159 4 Sydnee Gaines, Nottingham, MD 78-81--159 Selected Others 8 Kasey McIlvaine, Raleigh 79-84--163 16 Garland Gould, Raleigh 86-87--173 17 Madelyn Linares, Cary 86-90--176 18 Elle Crichton, Cary 87-91--178 21 Madison Myers, Cary 100-103--203

Cape Fear Classic CC of Landfall, Wilmington, NC Feb. 22-23, 2020 Bell National - 5824 1 Melanie Walker, Burke VA 73-73--146 2 Macy Pate, Boone 75-75--150 3 Adrian Anderson, Murrels Inlet SC 76-76--152 3 Ava Lucas, Raleigh 71-81--152 Selected Others 5 Ella Perna, Durham 74-80--154 9 McKenzie Daffin, Fayetteville 73-82--155 Futures National - 5168 1 Kathryn Ha, Roanoke VA 72-83--155 2 Madison Messimer, Myrtle Beach 82-75--157 3 Eleanor Burnette, 81-80--161 Wrightsville Beach Selected Others 5 Haylie George, Cary 88-81--169 10 Garland Gould, Raleigh 90-82--172 11 Kasey McIlvaine, Raleigh 91-82--173 15 Lily Kate Watson, Wake Forest 87-90--177 15 Lily Rowe, Raleigh 87-90--177 19 Annalee Caveney, Raleigh 92-90--182 21 Elle Crichton, Cary 101-82--183 27 Ava Zellman, Raleigh 99-107--206

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