Column: Retired Fayetteville Golfer Chip Beck Headed to the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame
Not many of us have walked the golfing fairways with the game’s legends with the roar of the fans marveling at our every drive or putt. Chip Beck has.
Column: Young Fayetteville golfer’s fundraising leads to a day with game’s best players at FedExCup
“It was definitely a dream come true,” William Neff, 16, who has raised more than $17,000 for the N.C. Children’s Hospital in Chapel Hill, says about meeting golfers at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta.
Column: A golf legend leaves us with a poignant moment in Pinehurst
PINEHURST — Fifty years all but have passed since that September in 1974, when 11 golfing immortals were inducted into the old World Golf Hall of Fame behind the fourth green and fifth tee of Pinehurst No. 2. President Gerald Ford was there. Gov. Jim Hunt, too. Inductees were Walter Hagen, Ben Hogan, Bobby Jones,…
Porter, Horne named Athletes of the Week
In Terry Sanford’s season-opening 14-2 win over Jack Britt, Savannah Porter allowed one goal and recorded an 80 percent save rate.
2023: A look back at the year in sports
The late radio great Larry King used to say that people don’t read stories wrapping up the biggest news of the year because everyone already knows what happened. One thing he didn’t …
Terry Sanford golfer’s drive credited for opportunity to play on college level
In local high school golf circles, Terry Sanford’s Ethan Paschal joined some elite company when he signed this week to play at the college level for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The number of players from this area who have been remotely affiliated with college golf at the Division I level is…
Pine Forest women’s golf standout balances volleyball, classroom achievements
Pine Forest women’s golf coach David May said he was talking to a cohort recently when the subject of Trojan senior golfer Jordan Blanton came up. “Jordan is playing with a different mantra,” May said. “She’s calm and collected. Her whole game is changing.” After a string of scores in the 80s, Blanton peaked earlier…
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Record rushing performance, 93 golf round earn Cumberland athletes honors
A South View football standout and a Cape Fear golfer are the Athletes of the Week in Cumberland County Schools.
Cape Fear football, Pine Forest golf-volleyball standouts are Athletes of the Week
Here are the Cumberland County high school Athletes of the Week:
Quarterback Sanchez, golfer Paquin are Athletes of the Week
Standout performances by athletes at Cape Fear and Pine Forest earn them Athlete of the Week honors.
2nd Annual Miller’s Crew Golf Tournament
The 2nd Annual Miller’s Crew Charity Golf tournament was held on in August 25 at Gates Four Golf Country Club.
Terry Sanford boys golf cruises to victory for state championship
As early as last year, after finishing second to Greenville Rose in the state 3-A tournament, Terry Sanford boys golf coach Jeff Morehead said his returning players had no trouble with the idea they would be the front runners for this year’s championship. At Foxfire Resort Red Fox Course this week, they went from an…
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