Sarah Bae of Cary has been chosen the girls winner of the N.C. Junior Player of the Year award by the Tarheel Youth Golf Association and the Carolinas Golf Association, the organizations announced Monday.

Bae, a 16-year-old sophomore at Athens Drive High School in Raleigh, and boys winner Davis Womble of High Point, a 17-year-old junior at Wesleyan Christian Academy, will be honored at the N.C. Junior Golf Night Awards Banquet on Dec. 27 at Pine Needles Resort in Southern Pines.

The all-state girls and boys teams also will be recognized.

Wet playing conditions didn't deter the 86 players from around the
state who turned out for the first round of the inaugural Durham Senior
Amateur golf tournament on Monday at Hillandale Golf Course.

Burlington's Wayne Pyrtle led the way by shooting a 3-under-par 68 to
top the Senior Division and overall standings. Durham's Don Slater was
second at 69, and Durham's Michael Frye and Jamestown's Larry Boswell
shared third at 70.

In the Super Senior Division for players 65 and older, Raleigh's Bob
Rudolph and Southern Pines' Dean Hundley topped the leaderboard with
71s. Chapel Hill's Ron Johnston was at 72.

Golfers needing answers must thumb through the pages of "The Rules of Golf" no longer. Nope. Now, there's an app for that, too.

The United States Golf Association recently
launched its official iPhone and iPod touch application for the 2010-11
editions of “The Rules of Golf,” “Decisions on The Rules of Golf” and
“Rules of Amateur Status.” BlackBerry and Google Android versions will
be available later this month, the USGA said.

The Rules of Golf App, with a simple search function, provides instant
access to "Rules" and "Decisions." Users also can e-mail questions to
the USGA directly from the application.

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.