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13th North Carolina Four-Ball Championship
Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 2008
Ocean Ridge Plantation (Panther's Run-Lion's Paw), Sunset Beach, NC

Final results, provided in a Carolinas Golf Association news release

SUNSET BEACH, N.C. – Robert Riesen of Pinehurst and Philip Chauncey of Durham took the North Carolina Four-Ball amateur golf title Sunday at Ocean Ridge Plantation. The duo, who play college golf for the University of North Carolina, followed up a scorching 61 Saturday with a closing 67 Sunday for a 195 total, 21 under par, and a two-shot victory.

The Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center Golf Tournament had to be postponed because of bad weather on Oct. 25, but that means people who didn't get around to entering now have extra time. It also means you have more time to plan on taking the tour of homes at the North River Club in Beaufort or buying tickets for the brunch. 

The tournament and tour have been rescheduled for Nov. 8. The fee for the golf tournament remains the same - $100. Call 252-728-1500 or go to www.coresound.com.

NASCAR fans can include a little golf in their Bank of America 500 Sprint Cup Series race week. The Carolinas PGA Section is offering free golf lessons at Lowes Motor Speedway in Concord during a Play Golf America event being held Oct. 9-11.

The clinics are a part of The PGA of America's program to permit more people to learn about the game.

More than 40 PGA Professionals from all over the Carolinas will provide NASCAR fans with free 10-minute lessons and chipping and putting instruction. Hours are 1-7 p.m. Oct. 9, 1-8 p.m. Oct. 10 and 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Oct. 11.

A raffle will be held for a tricked-out Club Car PGA Play Golf America golf car. (The winner of the golf car will be announced on the Play Golf America Web site on Oct. 15.)

Grayson Murray of Raleigh, one of the region’s outstanding junior golfers, shot a final-round 69 and won the  19th annual Jack Ratz Jr. Memorial Golf Tournament played Aug. 4-5, 2008, at Wildwood Green Golf Club in Raleigh.
Murray finished with a two-day total of 140 to best a field of more than 70 male and female golfers ages 6-18.
The 9-and-under age group played six holes daily, the 10-11 group played nine daily and the 12-13, 14-15 and 16-18 groups played full 18-hole rounds each day, said Chris Ingram, the new head golf professional at Wildwood Green Golf Club. The girls division also played 18 holes.