From the Associated Press (June 7, 2015)

PINEHURST, N.C. -- John Derr, who reported from the Masters a record 62 times and broadcast from the 15th green when it first was on television, died of an apparent heart attack, his daughter said Sunday. He was 97.

Cricket Gentry said her father watched American Pharoah win the Belmont Stakes to capture the Triple Crown. She went to his house after the race Saturday evening and found him in his chair in front of the TV.

"It was like he had stood up and said, 'Hooray!' and...

North Carolina Amateur Sectional Qualifying Results from The Golf Club at Chapel Ridge in Pittsboro, NC

PITTSBORO, NC – Sectional qualifying results of the 55^th North Carolina Amateur Championship hosted by The Golf Club at Chapel Ridge in Pittsboro, NC on Thursday, June 4, 2015 (6809 yards, Par 36-36—72, Rating: 72.6/129).

Andrew Frank and Peter Hinnant, both from Winston-Salem, carded matching four-under par scores of 68 to earn medalist honors.

The cut line fell at one-over par 73. 20 players advanced to the 55^th North C...

North Carolina Amateur Sectional Qualifying Results from Wilmington Municipal Golf Club in Wilmington, NC
 

WILMINGTON, NC – Sectional qualifying results of the 55^th North Carolina Amateur Championship hosted by Wilmington Municipal Golf Club in Wilmington, NC on Tuesday, June 2, 2015 (6700 yards, Par 36-35—71, Rating: 72.4/128).

Matthew Faulkner from Cape Carteret carded a four-under par 67 to earn medalist honors.

The cut line fell at three-over par 74. 20 players advanced to the 55^th North Carolina Amateur Champion...

Due to the harsh weather in the Triad this past winter impacting turf conditions throughout the region, Sedgefield Country Club-Dye Course (old Cardinal) will will be sprigged starting June 8 and could be closed up to six weeks depending on growing conditions. Therefore we have agreed to move the Carolinas Amateur Championship sectional qualifier on July 2 to a new site. 

The qualifier has been moved down the road to Forest Oaks Country Club in Greensboro and will be played on the same date of July 2. 

Updated qualifyi...

New Women's Match Play Championship Format
Tournament division will use net scores for match play

SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. -- The Carolinas Golf Association will conduct the 18^th Carolinas Women's Match Play Championship at Cowans Ford Golf Club in Stanley, N.C. on July 7-9, 2015. Entries are being accepted via the championship website thru June 30.

The format is 18 holes of stroke play to determine seeding and flights for match play. Players have the option to compete in either the “Championship” division or &ldquo...

Many golf courses in North Carolina have experienced significant Winterkill to their Bermuda grass and other warm season turfgrasses. Even with the best-laid-plans, superintendents can still see destruction from Winterkill.

Winterkill is the result of very low temperatures experienced in late winter. The damage of direct low temperature kill occ...

Chapel Hill, NC – Final results of U.S. Women’s Open Sectional Qualifying hosted by Governors Club on Wednesday, May 27, 2015.  Par 36-36—72, 6499 yards Course/Slope Rating:  74.6/147.

After 36 holes and a 40 minute rain delay during the second round two players punched their ticket to the U.S. Women’s Open Championship that will be held July 9-12, 2015 at Lancaster Country Club in Lancaster, PA.  Lauren Doughtie of Suffolk, Va will make her third appearance in her national championship after firing a 7...