Pretty nice run, Tar Heels. Who's next? Carolina Football

You have to go back 28 years for UNC Men's Golf's last outright The ACC championship. That drought is over as the Tar Heels ousted Florida State Monday at Charlotte CC. That's an amazing 7th win in 11 tournaments this season. NCAA Regionals at UNC Finley Golf Course next month. (@Golfstat)

Menante, Greaser, Maxwell Ford with the three points to lift UNC Men's Golf into championship match vs. Florida State this afternoon at Charlotte CC in The ACC Men's Golf Championship. (@Golfstat graphic)

Delighted to be at Sawgrass CC in Ponte Vedra for launch of 50-year anniversary book and weekend celebration. Bows & applause to The Missus (Sue Pace) for her design acumen and @Montyshots for gorgeous photography.

Terrific interview here, most interesting was Bender saying in 30 years teaching, only 13 students have 'overdone' any new move he's tried to teach.

... Idea No. 2 for the golfer in your life, 'Good Walks' from uncpress. Among clubs profiled is Charlotte Country Club, the venue this weekend for the The ACC Men's Golf Championship. UNC Men's Golf is the top seed and brings a resume featuring five tournament wins in 2023-24.

For Dads & Grads season, books make the perfect gift. 'Football In A Forest' available at Johnny T-shirt at half off, online and on-site at Franklin Street location. Stop by when in Chapel Hill this weekend for Carolina Football Spring Game.

... Interesting element of O-line in 2024 is maturation of right tackle Trevyon Green, who gets his chance after two years biding his time. And he's the blind-side tackle when lefty QB Max Johnson is in the lineup.

'We could have a really good, tough offensive line and could be deeper than we've been,' says Mack Brown.

Camera and film quality have evolved since 1991, but contrasts in clubhouse and course architecture staggering in these looks of 18th green of the No. 2 course Pinehurst Resort. Photo at left from 'Pinehurst Stories' book, at right from USGA.

If you missed the first edition of 'Football In A Forest' in 2016 or the update in 2020, now's your chance at 50 percent off this week Johnny T-shirt. On-line from anywhere and on-site if you're in town for Saturday's spring game.

Graduation, Father's Day nearing, perfect idea for Carolina Football fan is 'Football in a Forest' coffee-table book. Johnny T-shirt running a Spring Game Special all week, half price both on-line and in store on Franklin Street.

Old-timers remember Saturday spring scrimmages starting at Noon and before it was over, the Bell Tower clanging out five bells. Things a bit tamer these days but productive nonetheless, with safety Will Hardy wrapping up Saturday's Carolina Football proceedings with end-zone pick.

Lots of former Tar Heels with an eye on their teammate: 'It's a cool lesson—first to the film room, last to leave. Hard work wins. Brilliant guys finish first, whatever. We're out here watching him.'

Struggled with Immelman and Willett but otherwise pretty easy. Impressive group.

What a call from the great Milo Hamilton. Fifty years ago today.

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What a shame to have let an Ellis Maples original design go fallow. And cause for celebration when it's resurrected. The story from Woodlake Country Club in Vass. Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen Area CVB

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'Pete, I think I can win this thing.' And so started a magical week in Pinehurst twenty-five years ago. Pinehurst Resort U.S. Open

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It's official: Pinehurst Resort No. 10 is open for play. Designer Tom Doak on the eighth tee in March 2023 during construction; the same hole viewed from above one year later through the talented lens of LinksGems Golf Photos.

'I have always contended that no course is greater than its one-shotters. Each par-3 here is a gem. Each hole seems to say, 'I am a grand golf hole and I know it, as you will, too, in just another moment.''

A.W. Tillinghast on The Deuce Pinehurst Resort, 1935, 6th & 17th shown.