Against all odds, Rory McIlroy managed to tame Pinehurst. It wasn’t enough. All week long, golfers had talked about the native grass areas on either side of the fairways and the domed greens that sent […]
Entering the week, Bryson DeChambeau was hoping to avoid drama at a Pinehurst No. 2 course that was capable of causing plenty of it. “If I get my irons in a place where I’m hitting […]
Webb Simpson is returning home. “This place is my favorite place,” Simpson said on the first day of practice rounds at Pinehurst for the 2024 U.S. Open. “Grew up coming here from Raleigh, just a […]
The U.S. Open returns to Pinehurst No. 2 this week. For the best golfers in the world, that means only one thing—trouble. The Open offers the highest purse of golf’s majors—over $20 million last year, […]
RALEIGH — Before the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame inducted his aunt as part of the Class of 2023, Charles Griffin took a one-hour drive. “Yesterday, I went to Snow Camp, where Ellen has […]
The LPGA’s Symetra Tour comes to Pinehurst No. 9 this weekend for the inaugural Carolina Golf Classic. The official qualifying tour of the LPGA Tour, the Symetra Tour is in its 40th season. More than […]
MAMARONECK, N.Y. — Mike Davis spent the last decade running the USGA, where he set up golf courses to provide an extreme test for elite players and searched for solutions to increasing distance. Now he […]
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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