{"id":846269,"date":"2026-09-13T10:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T10:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/846269\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T10:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T10:46:13","slug":"three-golf-tournaments-in-two-weeks-tee-asheville-area-into-the-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/846269\/","title":{"rendered":"Three golf tournaments in two weeks tee Asheville area into the spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) \u2014 Lots of excitement in the golf community here in Asheville.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not just the PGA tournament this week that\u2019s shaking things up for golfers and fans.<\/p>\n

“Golf has been a lifelong sport for me, and I just look forward to anything that grows the game,” said Asheville resident Dale Merrill.<\/p>\n

Merrill says he\u2019s played and watched golf for decades and the Biltmore Championship Asheville<\/a> is the biggest golf news in the city that he can remember. <\/p>\n

“I was shocked and very, very excited,” said Merrill.<\/p>\n

“It is a great big week for golf fans in the Asheville region,” said Explore Asheville President and CEO Vic Isley.<\/p>\n

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Isley says it\u2019s not only a big week because of the PGA tournament that starts on Thursday.<\/p>\n

She says there\u2019s also a collegiate golf tournament, the JT Poston Invitational<\/a>, that starts in Waynesville on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Then the following week, there\u2019s the Skyview Golf Tournament<\/a> at the Country Club of Asheville, the nation\u2019s oldest Black Golf Tournament.<\/p>\n

\"Biltmore<\/p>\n

Biltmore Championship Asheville unveils champion’s trophy at media day event at The Cliffs at Walnut Cove. (Photo: Biltmore Championship Asheville)<\/p>\n

“It’s been a big event, and it’s been a tournament that’s seated a lot of professional golfers who have ended up on tour,” said Merrill.<\/p>\n

“These tournaments are an opportunity for people who are golf lovers, but also people who just love entertainment and socializing,” said Isley.<\/p>\n

News 13 spoke with golfers at the Asheville Municipal Golf Course who say they\u2019re excited about the growth and opportunities that will come from the tournaments.<\/p>\n

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“It’s an opportunity for everybody to come out and experience something. If you’re a fan of golf, come out, and you know, it’s fun,” said Asheville resident Ian Bailey.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s really big not only to put Asheville\u2019s name on the golf map more but for what it\u2019s probably gonna do for the economy and bringing people here,” said Merrill.<\/p>\n

Merrill says he hopes this spotlight on Asheville over the next couple of weeks will bring enough golf interest to bolster the golf community.<\/p>\n

He says there\u2019s nothing like playing in the mountains, with its scenery and terrain.<\/p>\n

“It’s unique and different, and it would be nice to see people discover that, and it would be nice to just bring more attention to Asheville as a whole,” said Merrill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) \u2014 Lots of excitement in the golf community here in Asheville. It\u2019s not just the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":846270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":["post-846269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=846269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/846270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=846269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=846269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=846269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}