Chris Patton went to Colorado Springs just to play in a golf tournament, but it turned into a very emotional experience. The 1989 US Amateur Champion from Fountain Inn was awarded a special one-time exemption to play in the US Senior Open. “I can’t tell you how all […]
Interview with Chris Patton It has been 14 years since Chris Patton has had a golf club in his hand and an official scorecard in his pocket. This week the 1989 US Amateur champion is making a return to the game of his youth. He has […]
There are horses for courses and Josh Branyon and The Patriot Golf Course seem to fit each other perfectly. Branyon won the SCGA Mid-Am championship in 2011 at the course in Grand Harbor and added a Festival of Flowers victory to his list of accomplishments at the course. […]
After 57 years Bonnie Brae Golf Club is closing at the end of June. The decision was made this last weekend by course owner Sonny Willimon. “I have been trying to decide what to do and this weekend it just became clear to me that it was time […]
Daniel Azallion won the 2018 SCGA Junior Championship at the Dataw Island Club on Wednesday. The Hilton Head golfer opened the tournament with the lead shooting a first round 7-under par 65. His second round put him two strokes behind the leaders going into the final round. […]
The team of Mike and Tyler Burdine from Greenville came from the third division to win the annual Dudley-Sullivan Father-Son championship played at the Greenville Country Club’s courses. Golfers in the tournament were pre-flighted into divisions but golfers from any of the five groups could win the overall […]
Last year Furman’s Reona Hirai and Auburn’s Kelli Murphy teamed up to win the Carolinas Women’s Four-Ball championship. Just a little over a year later the two golfers are still having success, but this time as individuals. Hirai, a recent Furman grad finished off a victory in the […]
When Daniel Azallion stepped up to the first tee in the final round of the SCGA Junior he thought he was in perfect position to win the championship. After taking the opening round lead with a 7-under par 65 the Hilton Head golfer ballooned to a 75 […]
Lauren Stephenson dominated high school and junior golf in South Carolina and now as a collegiate golfer at Alabama she has done the same thing on the college level. Stephenson, from Lexington, earned her second major player of the year award when she was named the Golfweek Player […]
Trey Crenshaw could have easily decided the second round of the South Carolina Golf Association Junior championship was not going to be his day. His first shot on the first hole of the second round ended up in a divot. “I made a bogey and it wasn’t a […]