Adam Buie (pronounced BOO-ee) enters his second season as a
graduate assistant coach with the UNCP golf program for the 2011-12
academic year. A Denton native, Buie spent the year prior to coming
to Pembroke as the Assistant Golf Professional at Uwharrie Golf
Club in Asheboro.
Under Buie’s assistance, both of UNCP’s golf squads
experienced improved success, with the women's team spending a
large amount of the season inside the top 10 on the Golfstat
head-to-head rankings, moving up as high as seventh. The Lady
Braves captured six tournament victories during the year, including
five consecutive wins at one point, en route to the 2011 PBC
Championship and a berth in the NCAA Regional. The women’s
squad captured eight of the 11 possible PBC Women’s Golfer of
the Week awards during the campaign, with Katja Dammann and Meghan
Moore earning the award on three occasions, and Shauna Walor
earning the award twice. He also helped members of the
women’s squad to capture medalist honors in five tournaments,
including the 2011 PBC Individual Championship by Dammann. The Lady
Braves led the PBC in stroke average (309.8) which set a new school
record, and were 12.8 shots per round better than the team that
finished second. The squad also sported five of the top-15 golfers
in terms of stroke average, including No. 1 Moore, No. 3 Dammann
and No. 4 S. Walor, and the Lady Braves also recorded seven of the
nine lowest combined scores in the conference during the season.
Moore, Walor and Damman were all named First Team All-PBC and Dana
Watkins was named PBC Freshman of the Year as well as Second Team
All-PBC. The Lady Braves recorded a combined 112-13 win-loss record
during the season. Katja Dammann earned PBC Female
Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors during the 2010-11 academic
year, the highest individual honor bestowed upon a student-athlete
by the PBC.
The men’s team also had a banner year that culminated in a
runner-up finish in the 2011 PBC Championship and a berth in the
NCAA Regional. The Braves took home top honors at two tournaments
during the season, and Jordan Walor captured one individual
medalist honor for the squad. The Braves took home two PBC Golfer
of the Week honors during the year (J. Walor, Jonathan McCurry) and
finished second in the PBC in stroke average with a 294.3 line
– setting a new school record in the process. The Braves also
had two athletes finish in the top five in terms of stroke average
in the PBC, with J. Walor finishing fourth and McCurry finishing
fifth. The same duo were both named First Team All-PBC and Scott
Lambert was named Second Team All-PBC during the season. The Braves
were ranked as high as No. 15 in Golfstat’s head-to-head
rankings, and held a combined 110-39 win-loss record as a
squad.
A three-sport athlete at South Davidson High School, Buie earned
Yadkin Valley All-Conference honors in golf on three occasions and
twice was named to the all-county squad. He played a year at
Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk before transferring to Montreat
College in Montreat, N.C., where he earned honorable mention
All-Appalachian Athletic Conference distinction at the
latter.
Buie was a Pine Knolls Junior champion and runner-up at Tot Hill
Farm and Charlotte National during the Triad Golf Today Junior
Tour.
He graduated from N.C. State in 2009 with a bachelor of science
degree in sport management. He is pursuing a master’s degree
in sports administration from UNCP.
