The Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic for Cancer Research, held at the new Lonnie Poole Golf Course at NCSU on Sunday, helped to raise $500,000 to ... more

Scheduling conflicts for two of the headliners have forced cancellation of the Moton, Noel and May Celebrity Golf Classic. 

The event hosted by new N.C. Central University men's basketball LeVelle Moton and former
University of North Carolina basketball teammates David Noel and Sean
May had been scheduled for  Aug. 17 at Brier Creek Country Club in Raleigh.

As junior golfers from around the nation are being introduced to some
of the Pinehurst region's outstanding courses this week,  a golfer
already acquainted with the layouts has put his local knowledge to
work. 

Zachary Martin of Pinehurst combined great putting with course
familiarity to win the 88-player Boys Division of Sunday's K12
qualifying tournament for this week's Golf Pride Junior Classic, which runs Tuesday through Thursday at Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club in Southern Pines.

The 18-hole stroke-play qualifying event, conducted by the American Junior Golf Association, was played at the Mid Pines Inn and Golf Club at Southern Pines.

Will Minton of Raleigh put together three straight rounds under par
(71-69-71—211) to win the boys’ 12-13 division at the Dogwood State
Junior Championship conducted by the Carolinas Golf Association Aug.
4-6 at Cabarrus Country Club in Concord.

Michael McGowan (73-69-68—210) of Southern Pines won the overall boys
title, and Raleigh golfers Alex Ehlert (69-70-73—212) and Spencer
Lawson (71-66-75—212) tied for second overall.

Charlotte's Allison Emrey (73-75-71—219 ) won the overall girls title,
and Clayton's Lizzie Bundy (78-73-79—230) was one of three golfers who
tied for third.

See photos from the grand opening of N.C. State's new Lonnie Poole Golf Course, featuring an appearance by golf legend Arnold Palmer. Photos by ... more

We were all reminded during Tom Watson’s narrow, heartbreaking loss at the British Open that the oldest player to win a major in the modern era was Julius Boros, who won the 1968 PGA Championship at 48.

For many of us, that’s not nearly as resonant as Jack Nicklaus’ surprising resurgence at the 1986 Masters, with the big putter and floppy hair (even by Nicklaus standards) and plaid pants.

Watson, at 59, would have blown anyone else away. Here’s the five oldest to win a major since World War II, duly annotated as Tuesday’s Top Five:

Cary's Katherine Perry didn't make the cut at the U.S. Women's Open — with rounds of 78 and 84, she was 11 strokes off — but she did have a lot of fun and even got her picture in another paper.

"I had so much fun up there," Perry said. "It was an amazing experience, the best of my life so far."

By making the U.S. Open his second PGA Tour win — and first since 2005 — Lucas Glover becomes the latest Open champion who isn’t exactly a frequent winner.

In the 108 previous years of the Open, there have been three champions for whom the Open was their only tour win. Ricky Barnes, who went into Monday with the lead, almost became the fourth.

At 29, Glover has time to add to his record, but for now he risks joining them on the list of the most unlikely Open winners, Tuesday’s Top Five:

See photos from the final round of the U.S. Open.

Most people dream of shooting their best round of golf, and that best round they dream of is in the mid-70's. Similarly, most people wish they could play a golf course at Pinehurst, but never have.
Knightdale High School's Brian Denton is far beyond the dreaming phase. He's in the zone.
Denton finished second in the Greater Neuse River Conference, only behind Thomas Bass of Holly Springs, with a par — yes, PAR — 72 scoring average on the season. He fired a three-down 69 at Devils Ridge on April 14, and a one-under 71 in the final match of the year at Reedy Creek.
That was all before he headed to Gates Four Golf and Country Club in Fayetteville this past Monday to play in the regional tournament, which, oh yeah, he won as well. Actually it was a 72-stroke tie with Jake Barge of Jack Britt, but when you par the next two playoff holes and your opponent doesn't, you've penned your name into the books — he is the 4A Eastern Regional Champion.
As if this doesn't make some of us turf hackers sick enough, his reward for his better-than-you play is a trip to the Village of Pinehurst this coming Monday. Denton will try his hand at Donald Ross' No. 4 course in the high school golf state tourney. Good for Denton: he spent time this week at Raleigh Country Club, another Donald Ross course. There's no better way to prepare for tight, pine-lined fairways and helmeted, undulating greens than to get out and practice on them first-hand.
I'll be keeping up with Denton as he finishes his high school season at states. The No. 1 Wingate University pick just might show up and surprise the field — his positive attitude has historically led him in that right direction.