North Carolina Golf News

HILTON HEAD - This spring bands of brothers from every corner of the country will once again set aside sibling rivalries and team up for a chance to claim the 2010 Brother-Brother National Championship at Bluffton’s Old South Golf Links. The 36-hole Better Ball tournament is open to any and all two-man blood brother teams, and features two divisions of play: team low net and loss gross. The event is scheduled for May 13-15.

Part golf tournament and part social gathering, the Brother-Brother event has become a yearly ritual for some brothers since its inception in 1993. For other pairs, it’s served as the common ground to repair estranged relationships.

The Brunswick Isles Golf Trail, which stretches out along the coast of southern North Carolina and northern South Carolina, now offers 450 memorable holes of championship golf with the addition of Cape Fear National at Brunswick Forest located just outside of Wilmington, N.C., north of Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Managed by KemperSports, Cape Fear National will offer outstanding playing conditions. It is set to open in late November as a premium daily-fee facility.

Access Hope North Carolina, a Triangle-area non-profit organization focused on improving housing for local families in need, will host the 1st Annual Access Hope Golf Tournament.

The tournament will take place at the North Ridge Country Club in North Raleigh on Monday, Oct. 12th. 

The Harris Teeter Senior Amateur Tour is bringing its season-ending championship back to the Sandhills after a two-year absence, and National Golf Club has been selected as the tournament's primary venue.

The championship takes place Nov. 17-18 and is expected to draw more than 200 golfers from seven states. The tour will use National's Jack Nicklaus signature course both days, along with Mid Pines Golf Club the first day and Pine Needles Resort & Golf Club the second day. National will also host practice rounds on Nov. 16.

CHEROKEE - Harrah’s Cherokee Casino & Hotel recently celebrated its grand opening of the Sequoyah National Golf Club, an 18-hole, par 72 championship course.  Designed by world-renowned golf architect Robert Trent Jones II along with Native American golf professional Notah Begay III, the new casino golf course is owned by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and managed by Troon Golf, a prominent developer, marketer and manager of upscale golf properties. 

Already considered one of the most dynamic golf courses in the region, Sequoyah National, located off Highway 441 in Cherokee, NC, is set against the spectacular backdrop of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, with dramatic views of Clingmans Dome peak, the Snowbird Mountain range and Thomas Valley. 

CHAPEL HILL - The historic Carolina Inn introduces four new exclusive golf packages featuring renowned golf courses designed by Tom Fazio (Finley Golf Course), Jack Nicklaus (Governors Club) and Davis Love III (The Preserve at Jordan Lake) - all architects with ties to the University of North Carolina (UNC).

The Carolina Classic is a three-round, two-night package as low as $324 per person, per night based on double occupancy. 

The United States Golf Association has announced that the 2014 U.S. Open and U.S. Women's Open will be played in consecutive weeks on the No. 2 course at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club in the Village of Pinehurst, N.C. The U.S. Open will be conducted June 12-15, and the U.S. Women's Open will be played June 19-22.

It will mark the first time the two national championships will be contested on the same course in back-to-back weeks. 

LAURINBURG, N.C. - Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation announced that a seller of counterfeit golf equipment, which included fake Golf Pride grips, pleaded guilty to 12 counts of selling illegal, counterfeit golf equipment.

An investigation by the North Carolina Secretary of State Trademark Enforcement Division uncovered a major counterfeiting operation run by Warren Fondrie and two other defendants. Fondrie pleaded guilty to 12 counts of selling counterfeit golf equipment. He will not serve the sentence as long as he complies with all the terms of his probation by paying restitution of more than $253,358 to his victims. Golf Pride and other companies whose trademarks were counterfeited are eligible to receive restitution under the terms of Fondrie’s plea agreement.