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UNC Golfer Megan Streicher Wins Carolinas Amateur

Megan Streicher, a rising junior at UNC, birdied the 16th hole to take a one-shot lead and held on to win the 98th Carolinas Women's Amateur Wednesday at the Pine Island Country Club in Charlotte. Streicher shot 71-66 for 5-under 137, a stroke better than Sydney Roberts of Chesnee, S.C. The South Africa native birdied three of the first six holes. (GoHeels.com)

Aimee Neff's Contract Extended To Lead UNC Women's Golf Program

Aimee Neff, head women's golf coach at the University of North Carolina, has received a three-year contract extension through the 2026-27 season. The 2023-24 season was a memorable one for the Tar Heels, who won three tournaments, advanced to match play in the ACC Championship, and qualified out of the Auburn Regional for the NCAA Championship. (GoHeels.com)

Bacot, Crawley, Greaser, Honeycutt Win 2023-24 UNC Patterson Medals

Four outstanding Tar Heel student-athletes – a national champion women's tennis player, a four-time All-ACC men's golfer, a gold-glove and home-run slugging centerfielder, and the most prolific rebounder in NCAA men's basketball in the last 60 seasons – are the 2023-24 winners of the Patterson Medal, the most prestigious athletics award given at UNC. (GoHeels.com)

Ford Brothers Help USA Win Palmer Cup In Ireland

UNC's Maxwell Ford and David Ford provided 1.5 points in Sunday's singles matches as Team USA defeated an international squad to win the 2024 Arnold Palmer Cup at Lahinch Golf Club in Ireland. Maxwell Ford defeated Ireland's Ryan Griffin 1 up to finish his Palmer Cup, 2-1-1. David Ford tied South Africa's Ben van Wyk, a grad student at Georgia. (GoHeels.com)

UNC's David And Maxwell Ford Rally To Halve Match At Palmer Cup

UNC's David Ford and Maxwell Ford won four straight holes on the back nine to tie their foursomes match and earn a half point for the United States Saturday in the 2024 Palmer Cup at the Lahinch Golf Club in Ireland. The Fords trailed 4 with seven holes to play, but made birdies to win the 12th, 13th, 14th holes and evened the match on the 15th hole. (GoHeels.com)

Maxwell Ford Wins Match In Ireland in Palmer Cup

UNC's Maxwell Ford teamed with Wake Forest's Rachel Kuehn to win their mixed foursomes match and give the United States a point Friday in the 2024 Palmer Cup at Lahinch Golf in Ireland. Ford and Kuehn beat Julia Lopez Ramirez and Santiago de la Fuente 4&3. Ireland's Ryan Griffin and Kate Lanigan edged UNC's David Ford and UCLA's Zoe Campos. (GoHeels.com)

UNC earns fifth straight top-10 Directors’ Cup finish

UNC’s tradition of athletics excellence continued as the Tar Heels earned their fifth consecutive top-10 finish in the Learfield Directors’ Cup standings. UNC’s run to the College World Series and fourth consecutive top-five finish in the NCAA Men’s Golf Championships helped the Tar Heels finish seventh for the eighth top-10 finish in the last nine seasons. (Tar Heel Tribune)

Dylan Menante, Ford Brothers Earn All-ACC Golf Double

Three Tar Heels who earned All-ACC honors in leading UNC to the ACC men's golf championship also have earned all-conference accolades for outstanding work in the classroom. Senior Dylan Menante (economics) and juniors David Ford (communications studies) and Maxwell Ford (exercise and sports science) were named to the ACC's All-Academic team. (GoHeels.com)

Kayla Smith Wins North Carolina Amateur

UNC's Kayla Smith birdied three of her final six holes Thursday to win the 2024 North Carolina Women's Amateur Championship at the Mooresville Golf Club. The Burlington native completed her college career last month with a top-30 finish in the NCAA Championship. She made five birdies Thursday to shoot her second straight 4-under-par 68. (GoHeels.com)

Maxwell Ford To Play For USA In Palmer Cup

Maxwell Ford was added to the United States roster for the 2024 Palmer Cup, where he will team with his brother, David, also a member of the Tar Heels. The 2024 Palmer Cup will be hosted July 5-7, by Lahinch Golf Club in Lahinch, Ireland. Ford had UNC's second-best scoring average (71.19) this past season and earned third-team All-America honors. (GoHeels.com)

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