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David Ford Named ACC Men's Golfer Of The Year For Second Time

David Ford is the 2025 ACC Men's Golfer of the Year, becoming the first individual to win the award in multiple seasons in a decade. Ford, who has won three National Player of the Year awards this season, also was named the ACC Player of the Year as a sophomore in 2023, becoming the first Tar Heel to win the award, which was first introduced in 1992. (GoHeels.com)

David Ford Named National Player of the Year by Golfweek

David Ford is Golfweek's National Player of the Year, adding to the North Carolina senior's haul of post-season awards, which include the 2025 Fred Haskins and Jack Nicklaus Player-of-the-Year Awards. Ford is the first Tar Heel to win Golfweek's National Player of the Year Award, which has been presented to the top college golfer beginning in 1999. (GoHeels.com)

UNC's Megan Streicher Earns Women's Golf All-America Honors

Golfweek has named Megan Streicher an honorable mention All-America, UNC's first All-America women's golfer in five seasons. Streicher is Carolina's single-round, single-season, and career scoring average leader. She averaged 72.1 strokes per round this season, the second-best in UNC history behind the record 71.83 she averaged as a sophomore. (GoHeels.com)

David Ford Wins Jack Nicklaus NPOY Award

UNC's David Ford is the winner of the 2025 Jack Nicklaus Award, presented to the National Player of the Year, in honor of the 18-time major champion. It is Ford's second National Player-of-the-Year Award this season. He won the Fred Haskins Award and was one of three finalists for the Ben Hogan Award. Nicklaus presented Ford the award Sunday. (GoHeels.com)

David Ford Now UNC Men's Golf's First 2-Time First-Team All-America

North Carolina's David Ford is one of 10 players named a 2025 PING first-team All-America by the Golf Coaches Association of America, becoming the first Tar Heel men's golfer to earn first-team All-America honors twice. Ford was a first-team All-America as a sophomore in 2023. He also won the Haskins Award as National Player of the Year on Tuesday. (GoHeels.com)

Chansky’s Notebook: Tar Heel Trifecta

A close game, a blowout, and a thriller. It was hard to leave the TV on Sunday, with a UNC women’s lacrosse national championship, a blowout by the Diamond Heels to win the ACC Tournament, and a first individual PGA victory for Ben Griffin. On the field where Bill Belichick coached six Super Bowl championship teams, Jenny Levy was coach of the day. (Chapelboro.com)

UNC's David Ford Wins PGA TOUR U, Earns Playing Card

North Carolina's David Ford clinched the No. 1 spot in the 2025 PGA TOUR University standings to earn his PGA TOUR card for the rest of this season and all of 2026. The Tar Heels did not advance out of NCAA regional play to compete in the NCAA Championship. However, Ford amassed enough points over the previous two years to secure the No. 1 spot. (GoHeels.com)

Ben Griffin hangs on at Colonial for first individual golf title

Ben Griffin figured it wouldn’t be easy even after breaking his tie with co-leader Matti Schmid and leading by five shots just five holes into the final round at Colonial. Schmid kept it interesting to the end. Griffin earned his first individual PGA Tour victory a month after winning a team event, shooting 1-over 71 to finish 12-under in the Charles Schwab Challenge. (Associated Press)

UNC's David Ford Makes Pro Golf Debut At Colonial's Charles Schwab Challenge

David Ford, who rewrote the North Carolina men's golf record book, will make his professional debut this week at the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas. Ford previously played as an amateur in PGA TOUR events in the 2023 Barbasol Championship, the 2023 RSM Classic, and 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational. (GoHeels.com)

Five things to know: Ryan Gerard

As a collegiate golfer at UNC, Ryan Gerard and his Tar Heel teammates tended to visit the driving range in the twilight hours. A notable presence often joined them on the range: former North Carolina basketball coach Roy Williams, who led the Tar Heels to three titles in his esteemed career. The coach was wired to be the last one at the range. (PGA Tour)

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