NC State’s James, Marchand Repeat as All-ACC Golf Selections

GREENSBORO, NC May 6, 2013 - NC State's Augusta James and Brittany Marchand were selected to the 2013 All-ACC Women's Golf team on Monday by a vote of the league's head coaches. Head coach Page Marsh of the 20th-ranked Wolfpack was the runner-up in Coach of the Year balloting after guiding her club to a second-place finish at the ACC Championship, the best in program history. Both from Ontario, Canada, Marc ...

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NGA TOUR adds premier site, Eagle’s Landing, to 2013 schedule

Myrtle Beach, SC May 6, 2013 - The National Golf Association Professional Golf Tour announced today that the Eagle’s Landing Country Club, a Member of the ClubCorp family of clubs, will serve as host to the No. 3 Men’s Professional Golf Tour in the United States on Aug. 19-25, 2013.   Eagle’s Landing Country Club, a Tom Fazio-designed championship layout in Stockbridge, Ga., is the previous home of the ...

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Phil Mickelson takes charge at Quail Hollow; Rory McIlroy three behind

CHARLOTTE, NC (AP) May 3, 2013 - Phil Mickelson has figured out the secret to the greens at Quail Hollow. Or maybe he's just had a lot of good bounces for two days. Mickelson opened with a pair of 15-foot birdie putts, dropped in a 40-foot putt at the turn and made back-to-back birdies late in his round Friday. He finished with a 5-under 67 for a two-shot lead going into the weekend at the Wells Fargo Champ ...

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Blayne Barber moves out front in Savannah Lakes Village Classic

McCormick, SC May 4, 2013 – With a laundry list of collegiate accolades and a pair of top-50 finishes on the PGA TOUR this season, it would be hard to call Blayne Barber a sleeper pick to win the Savannah Lakes Village Classic. But for 50 holes of the 72-hole event, the Auburn All-American appeared to be just that, shadowing two-time 2013 NGA winner Jon Curran and Web.com Tour member Matt Hendrix on the lea ...

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Jon Curran jumps out front in Savannah Lakes Village Classic

Full-field scores McCormick, SC May 3, 2013 – Most golfers on the NGA TOUR would be happy to have a pair of the wins on the top-rated developmental tour and a few PGA TOUR starts mixed in during the same calendar year. Jon Curran isn’t like most golfers.   Fueled by a missed cut in the PGA TOUR’s Zurich Classic last week, Curran shot a 5-under 67 in wet, windy conditions in the second round of the Sava ...

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Matt Hendrix fires 65, leads Savannah Lakes Village Classic

McCormick, SC May 2, 2013 – If Matt Hendrix goes on to win the Savannah Lakes Village Classic, he may have to kick a little of the $28,000 top prize towards the friend that let him borrow his putter for the $200,000 NGA TOUR event at Monticello Golf Club. Full-field scores Hendrix, a former Clemson standout from Greenville, posted six birdies, one eagle and one bogey en route to a 7-under 65 Thursday and le ...

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Expert Panel makes picks for NGA’s Savannah Lakes Village Classic

Leading Money Winner Lower, Defending Champion Narramore and last week’s PGA TOUR Cinderella Looper make two lists each Lower, Malnati, Whitekiller picked to win   Myrtle Beach, SC May 2, 2013 – To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the NGA TOUR, we have assembled a Panel of Experts who specialize in the golf industry and have the experience of covering the NGA TOUR for multiple seasons. This panel of expert ...

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USGA, The R&A Issue Statement Addressing Tiger Woods Ruling at the 2013 Masters Tournament

Far Hills, N.J., USA and St Andrews, Scotland May 1, 2013 – The United States Golf Association (USGA) and The R&A, golf’s governing bodies, today released the following statement to provide guidance to players and Rules officials on the Rules decision involving Tiger Woods at the 2013 Masters Tournament. During the second round, Tiger Woods played his third stroke from the fairway of the 15th hole to th ...

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Justin Lower wins Mountain Lakes Classic

Full-field scores Seneca, SC April 28, 2013 – Over the last 25 years, nearly 200 golfers have earned at least one win on the NGA TOUR, but less half have been able to grab a second victory. Justin Lower is now a member of the latter.   Lower, a former Malone University stalwart, used a birdie-birdie-birdie finish on Saturday to grab the lead in the Mountain Lakes Classic presented by Mountain Lakes Con ...

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Justin Lower grabs lead in Mountain Lakes Classic

Full-field Scores Seneca, SC April 27, 2013 – As Justin Lower emerged from the scoring area on Saturday afternoon, a fellow competitor in the Mountain Lakes Classic asked him if he had just birdied Nos. 16, 17 and 18. After Lower responded, “Yeah,” his competition replied, “That’s just not fair.”   Combined, the three par-4 closing holes at Cross Creek Plantation played 4.l9 in the third round, but tha ...

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