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Tar Heel Times Newsletter: UNC Beats Radford, Football Visits Wake, Dylan Mingo Reschedules Visit

UNC Basketball shook off the Kansas hangover to beat Radford and now hosts NC Central. Carolina Football visits Wake Forest needing two more wins to become bowl eligible. Five-star guard Dylan Mingo will visit UNC after all. Luka Bogavac introduces himself to fans, Women’s Basketball faces No. 3 UCLA in Las Vegas, and more. (Tar Heel Times Newsletter)

Megan Streicher Delays Pro Golf Career To Play Final Semester At UNC

UNC Women's Golfer Megan Streicher: "Choosing to play golf at Carolina was the best decision I've ever made. When I first committed, I made a promise to give everything I had for four years. I always dreamed of professional golf after graduation. When I turn professional, I want to do so with the pride that I finished what I started here at Carolina." (GoHeels.com)

THT Newsletter: UNC Beats Kansas, Seth Trimble Injury, Football Downs Stanford, Dylan Mingo Cancels

UNC Basketball beat Kansas on Friday, but Seth Trimble suffered a tough break on Sunday. Tar Heel Football is two wins from bowl eligibility after beating Stanford, 5-star guard Dylan Mingo cancelled his official visit, Field Hockey claimed its 9th straight ACC title, Women’s Basketball routed Elon, and more. (Tar Heel Times Newsletter)

No. 12 UNC Men's Golf Hosts Williams Cup At Eagle Point

Eagle Point Golf Club, a spectacular 7,300-yard test for a number of the best college players in the country, is home to the fifth annual Williams Cup beginning Sunday. The Tar Heels are again the host of the three-day, 54-hole tournament that features seven of the top-25 teams in the nation. Carolina enters the Williams Cup ranked No. 12 in the country. (GoHeels.com)

Chansky’s Notebook: Local and Worldly

There was a very special element to this year's Ryder Cup for us, because Chapel Hill’s Ben Griffin had made the team by qualifying with his fantastic year on the PGA Tour. His first Ryder Cup inexperience kept him out of playing on Friday and Saturday, but his singles match on Sunday loomed very crucial as the score tightened in the late afternoon. (Chapelboro.com)

THT Newsletter: Meet UNC Guard Derek Dixon, Football Chaplain Mitch Mason's Battle

It was an off weekend for UNC Football, but there was still plenty going on. Today we meet UNC freshman guard Derek Dixon, share an emotional account of football team chaplain Mitch Mason’s medical battle, and hear from basketball GM Jim Tanner. Plus, football recruiting updates, Volleyball beats NC State, NFL and Olympic sports rundowns. (Tar Heel Times Newsletter)

From mortgage loan officer to the Ryder Cup: Ben Griffin’s amazing journey

You can still see the LinkedIn page. It’s still right there, a truly spectacular flex from 2018-25: University of North Carolina graduate...professional golfer…mortgage loan officer…2x PGA Tour winner. Ben Griffin isn’t the most famous player on the US Ryder Cup team, or the most accomplished. What he does have is the best story on the team. (Yahoo! Sports)

Ben Griffin and the birth of the nickname 'Benny Booms'

Former UNC golfer Ben Griffin has a nickname. Whether it sticks or not, we shall see, but thanks to golf influencer Erick Lottary, the founder of RNG Golf Club, Griffin has been dubbed “Benny Booms” in a video shot during the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis last month. Griffin, 29, enjoyed a breakthrough year on the PGA Tour. (Golf Week)

Ben Griffin eager to make Ryder Cup debut after breakthrough season

Perhaps the most unlikely member of the U.S. Ryder Cup team is the one whose nickname is gaining the most traction this week at Bethpage Black. Ben Griffin is one of four rookies on the American squad, but he would have been a longshot to make the team as recently as a few months ago. Griffin started the year ranked No. 65 in the world. (PGA Tour)

UNC Men's Golf takes second place at the Jackson T. Stephens Cup

UNC Men's Golf finished second at the Jackson T. Stephens Cup at the Shoreacres Club in Lake Bluff, Illinois. The event took place Monday-Wednesday on the banks of Lake Michigan. LSU defeated the Tar Heels 3-0 in Wednesday's best-of-five match play finale. UNC was ranked No. 15 in the preseason coach's poll. LSU came in five spots higher at No. 10. (TarHeel247)

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