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May 22, 2022

Golf

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Column: PGA Championship delivers strongest field for majors

May 10, 2022 Doug Ferguson, Associated Press

The PGA Championship always has the strongest field of golf’s four majors. Next week at Southern Hills is no exception. It’s how the PGA of America gets around to making sure it has the top […]

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Annika Sorenstam’s return to Pine Needles a highlight for upcoming U.S. Women’s Open

May 4, 2022 Brett Friedlander

SOUTHERN PINES — Annika Sorenstam was born in Sweden and lives in Florida. But when she set foot on the property at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club for last week’s U.S. Women’s Open media […]

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Spieth beats Cantlay with playoff bunker shot to 7 inches

April 17, 2022 Pete Iacobelli, Associated Press

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Jordan Spieth hit a 56-foot shot from a greenside bunker to 7 inches and beat Patrick Cantlay with the tap-in par putt on the first hole of a playoff Sunday […]

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Masters champions with NC ties

April 8, 2022 North State Journal Staff

Technically, there are four pro golfers with ties to North Carolina who have won the Masters. As the Triangle Business Journal reported in 2019, 1998 champion Mark O’Meara was born in Goldsboro but his family […]

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Duke’s Leona Maguire becomes first Irish winner in LPGA Tour history

February 5, 2022 The Associated Press

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Leona Maguire became the first Irish winner in LPGA Tour history Saturday, closing with a 5-under 67 for a three-stroke victory in the LPGA Drive On Championship at Crown Colony. “It’s […]

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Young U.S. team puts Europe in its biggest hole at Ryder Cup

September 24, 2021 The Associated Press

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — The Americans were looking for a fresh start in the Ryder Cup with its youngest team ever, and it worked out even better Friday than they imagined at windswept Whistling Straits. Dustin […]

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Half-dozen rookies populate US Ryder Cup team

September 15, 2021 The Associated Press

The only experience that matters to Ryder Cup captain Steve Stricker is how the youngest U.S. team in history prepares for Whistling Straits in a bid to win back that shiny gold chalice. Equipped with […]

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Stricker fills out US team with 4 more Ryder Cup rookies

September 9, 2021 Doug Ferguson, Associated Press

Equipped with the most captain’s picks in Ryder Cup history, Steve Stricker added four more rookies to his American team that included a mixture of obvious choices and perhaps a surprise, but no Patrick Reed. […]

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Back to school: Retired NBA player J.R. Smith looking to hit links at NC A&T

August 18, 2021 Brett Friedlander

J.R. Smith always planned on attending college at a North Carolina school. Eighteen years after deferring that ambition for a professional basketball career, he’s finally ready to make it happen. The former NBA first-rounder who […]

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Kevin Kisner wins 6-man playoff at Wyndham Championship

August 15, 2021 The Associated Press

GREENSBORO — Kevin Kisner finally broke his playoff drought to win the Wyndham Championship. He hopes the victory will help him achieve another milestone — representing the United States in the Ryder Cup. Kisner stuck […]

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