Golf

RALEIGH, N.C. — Back when Ralston Turner was playing basketball at N.C. State, he remembers seeing fans in “Beard Gang” T-shirts that paid homage to his facially hirsute teammate Richard Howell.Turner is a financial adviser with Morgan Stanley in Raleigh now, so his mind naturally veers to the monetary, but …

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University Director of Athletics Shane Lyons has announced the 2021-22 golf schedule.   “We are excited to play another challenging schedule in 2021-22,” head coach Sean Covich said. “We have a great mix of old familiar events with some new tournaments as well.”   The …

There was a lot of red ink when it came to the ratings for sports events this weekend. Ratings declines were the rule, rather than the exception.The women’s finals of the U.S. Olympic Gymnastic Trials, for example, drew their lowest ratings since 2000.NASCAR staged two races this weekend and both …

Dustin Johnson was never going to the Olympics. Justin Thomas was never going to miss them. And then there was Patrick Cantlay, who didn’t have a choice. No one really asked Cantlay for his outlook on the Olympics even as he returned to the top 10 in the world by …

Brooke Henderson and Alena Sharp have been named to Canada’s Olympic golf team for a second time. Golf Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee announced Canada’s team for the Tokyo Games on Tuesday. Henderson, of Smiths Falls, Ont., and Hamilton’s Sharp represented Canada at the 2016 Games in Rio de …

THOMPSONVILLE — Construction has started on the front nine of Betsie Valley, one of Crystal Mountain’s two golf courses. The improvements designed by renowned golf course architect A. John Harvey Golf Course Design, LLC, will improve the player experience on the course. Holes four and five, the tee complex for …