Today's News

By Alan Hensley
Special to The Beacon
Former West Brunswick golfer Greg Hensley played for the South in the 10th annual North South Tournament April 19-21 at Keith Hills Golf Club in Buies Creek. Hensley is enrolled in the PGA Golf Management program at Campbell University.
The three-day tournament was the last event of the 2013 Spring Semester Tournament Series. Forty-six golf students and two golf instructors were divided in foursomes. North won the tourney.

Miki and Eddie Pear and Gene and I have been friends for more than 20 years and it all began on a golf course.  
I was playing in the fifth position for Navesink Country Club in a Women’s Metropolitan Golf Association team match. We were in series seven and on that particular Tuesday we played against Preakness Hills at Preakness Hills.

By Bill Hennecy

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.—Saturday night racing appeared to be a washout, with rain falling most of the day along the Grand Strand. The rain started clearing at 6 p.m. and track-drying efforts were completed and practice started at 7:20 p.m. Euro-style qualifying hastened the program and the fields were set in what turned out to be a great night of racing.

All right, guys. See that little patch of grass sticking out a little farther than the rest? See the little rip on the down current side? There should be some trout where the smooth water meets the faster-moving water. Josh Benton, from Raleigh, tosses a chicken-bone colored Paul Brown lure into the smooth water and immediately hooks a trout. We throw everything we had at them for about 30 minutes without another bite.