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NCAA to relocate championships from North Carolina for 2016-17Based on the NCAA's commitment to fairness and inclusion, the Association will relocate all seven previously awarded championship events from North Carolina during the 2016-17 academic year. The NCAA Board of Governors made this decision because of the cumulative actions taken by the state concerning civil rights protections. (NCAA.org)
UNC men's golf finishes fourth overall in first tournament of seasonThe North Carolina men's golf team started the 2016-17 season strong over the weekend at the Rod Myers Invitational in Durham. The Tar Heels placed fourth out of 14 teams and had three players finish in the individual top 10. UNC saved its best for last. In the tournament’s final round the Tar Heels shot 284, good for third best on the day. (Daily Tar Heel)
UNC women's golf looks to defy expectations once againThe UNC women’s golf team will begin the 2016-17 season this week at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate in Knoxville, Tennessee. Here’s what to expect from the Tar Heels this year. North Carolina returns four of five starters, who all competed in the NCAA Championships. Leslie Cloots, the senior from Antwerp, Belgium, is the team’s undisputed leader. (Daily Tar Heel)
UNC men's golf turns to upperclassmen for improvementThe UNC men’s golf team will begin the fall portion of its schedule this weekend in the Rod Myers Intercollegiate at Duke University Golf Course. North Carolina returns four starters from last year’s team that won one event and went to the NCAA Arizona Regional. However, the Tar Heels did suffer a somewhat unexpected loss over the offseason. (Daily Tar Heel)
Ryder Cup: Things are getting busy for captain Davis Love IIIThe light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter and brighter for 2016 Ryder Cup USA Captain Davis Love III. Appointed to his second crack at captaincy on Feb. 24, 2015, Love is now under three weeks away from learning who his eight automatic players will be when points officially close at the conclusion of the Barclays, scheduled for Sunday, August 28. (Ryder Cup)
Griffin Plays Well But Falls In Close Match at US AmateurGarrett Rank defeated UNC junior Ben Griffin 1 up in the round of 64 at the 2016 United States Golf Amateur Championship played at the Oakland Hills Country Club. Griffin entered the round of 64 match play after shooting 66-72 and tying for 11th place in stroke play. The Chapel Hill native shot 1-over-par today, but Rank won five holes to four to advance. (GoHeels.com)
Chansky’s Notebook: Ben Griffin In The HuntChapel Hill’s Ben Griffin could win the U.S. Amateur. UNC golfer Ben Griffin has faced long odds almost from the day he picked up a club. Griffin was always under-sized. As a freshman at East Chapel Hill High School, Griffin stunned a Wilmington senior a foot taller than him by chipping in on the first playoff hole to win the first of his two state championships. (Chapelboro.com)
Ben Griffin Fifth After Day One At U.S. AmateurUniversity of North Carolina junior Ben Griffin shot 4-under-par 66 and is tied for fifth place after the first round of the 2016 United States Amateur Men’s Golf Championship at the Oakland Hills Country Club. Tar Heel teammate William Register, also a rising junior, overcame a slow start and finished his round with an even par 70. (GoHeels.com)
Griffin, Register Begin Play At U.S. Amateur Golf ChampionshipUNC juniors Ben Griffin and William Register begin play today in the 2016 United States Amateur Golf Championship. The premier amateur event is being played at Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Griffin tees off at 1:20 p.m. Register plays at 2:15 p.m. Griffin earned All-ACC and honorable mention All-America honors as a freshman. (GoHeels.com)
Kelly Whaley Qualifies For Match Play At U.S. Women's AmateurKelly Whaley advanced to the match play stage of the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship with a 1-under 70 today at the Rolling Green Golf Club. Whaley’s 70 brings her stroke play score to 143 (+1) which tied for 33rd. Whaley, a rising sophomore on the UNC women’s golf team, made three birdies to just two bogeys on the day. (GoHeels.com)
Whaley, Harkins Competing in U.S. Women's AmateurKelly Whaley and Lexi Harkins will compete at the US Women’s Amateur Championship Monday at Rolling Green Golf Club in Springfield, Pa. Whaley, a rising sophomore at UNC from Farmington, Conn., will tee off at No. 10 at 2:20 p.m. today. Harkins, a rising junior from Crystal Lake, Ill., is in the final group to tee off No. 10 today at 2:42 p.m. (GoHeels.com)
UNC Olympic sports and the impact of the ACC NetworkAs Cunningham says in the video above, the ACC Network will give the Olympic teams at UNC much more exposure. The network will allow for fans, family, and recruits to watch these teams from anywhere in the world. This certainly will help in recruiting new athletes. It will show recruits, who may not be able to easily get to Chapel Hill, all that UNC has to offer. (Tar Heel Blog)
UNC Golfer Austin Hitt Selected To Wyndham CupIncoming freshman Austin Hitt of Longwood, Fla., is one of 40 players named to the 27th annual Wyndham Cup, which will be contested at The Stanwich Club in Greenwich, Conn., July 25-28. Hitt is a member of the East team which includes seven Wyndham Cup veterans. Hitt, ranked fifth in his class by Golfweek, is No. 14 in the Polo Golf Rankings. (GoHeels.com)
ACC Academic Honor Roll Includes All-Time High From UNCAn all-time high 356 UNC student-athletes have been named to the 2015-16 ACC Academic Honor Roll, announced Thursday. The ACC Academic Honor Roll recognizes student-athletes who participated in a varsity-level sport and registered a grade point average of 3.0 or better for the full academic year. (GoHeels.com)
Davis Love recovering, focused on Ryder Cup after surgeryDavis Love III is recovering following surgery to repair a torn labrum in his left hip on Wednesday. Love said his hip had been bothering him for most of this season and finally decided to have the procedure so he’d be ready to play again to begin the 2016-17 PGA Tour season and perform his duties in September as the U.S. Ryder Cup captain. (Golf Channel)
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