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February 18, 2026

Akshay Bhatia

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PGA Tour returns to Greensboro for Wyndham Championship

August 8, 2024 By Griffin Daughtry for North State Journal

GREENSBORO – For the casual golf fan, the 2024 PGA Tour is effectively over. Following Xander Schauffele’s victory at the Open Championship last month and Scottie Scheffler’s gold medal performance in Paris on Sunday, no […]

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Akshay Bhatia, 21, wins his first PGA Tour title at the Barracuda Championship

July 26, 2023 The Associated Press

TRUCKEE, Calif. — Akshay Bhatia birdied the closing hole in regulation, then capitalized in sudden death when Patrick Rodgers found a divot in the fairway to win his first PGA Tour title at the Barracuda […]

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Torrey Pines hosts US Open loaded with players with NC connections

June 16, 2021 Shawn Krest

The U.S. Open at Torrey Pines gets underway Thursday, and a mix of the world’s top pro golfers and amateurs will take on golf’s most challenging week at the course just outside San Diego. Here’s […]

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Mickelson opens with 64 to take 2-shot lead at Quail Hollow

May 7, 2021 The Associated Press

CHARLOTTE — Phil Mickelson has gone nine months since he finished among the top 20, and it looks as though that streak is about to end at the Wells Fargo Championship. The 50-year-old Mickelson kept […]

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Stellar field marks return of Wells Fargo Championship

May 5, 2021 Shawn Krest

Like most sporting events this year, the Wells Fargo Championship is back — but not quite back to normal. The prestigious PGA event, held annually at Charlotte’s Quail Hollow Club, was canceled last year during […]

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Pinehurst welcomes US Amateur

August 14, 2019 Brett Friedlander

PINEHURST — Scott Harvey is a 41-year-old property manager from Greensboro competing in his ninth U.S. Amateur. Akshay Bhatia is a 17-year-old golf prodigy from Wake Forest competing in his second. Despite their obvious differences, […]

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Wake Forest golf phenom ready to turn pro at 17

January 23, 2019 Shawn Krest

“Golf’s not easy.” Anyone that’s tried to play the sport at any level knows that Akshay Bhatia speaks the truth. That’s not stopping the 16-year-old Wake Forest golfing phenom from embarking on a bold plan. […]

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