By Jed Blackwell Associate Editor/Publisher Byrnes’ Lady Rebel Invitational is often seen as a benchmark for what the girls’ high school golf season can turn out to be. If that’s the case this year, then Upstate teams are in for a heck of a season. Dorman edged Blythewood […]
Matthew Larkin made a birdie, and then he heard a target number. That was enough of a spark to send him to the title at the Upstate Amateur. The Wofford golfer birdied four of the last six holes at Green Valley, and three of the last four, shooting […]
The South Carolina Golf Association’s Hall of Fame will grow by three new inductees next January. Spartanburg’s Todd White, Greenville’s Sherri Turner and Columbia’s Charlie Rountree, III will join 73 other members when they are inducted into the Hall of Fame early next year. Since graduating from Furman, […]
Golfers all know when you take a mulligan it is a second chance to hit a good shot. Away from the golf course, Mulligan has become short hand for a do over, another chance to get something right. Ken Murray, who is a long time member at Boscobel […]
It took a playoff birdie for the team of Dixon Walker and Zachary Herold to take the SCGA Mid-Am Four-Ball title back to the Country Club of Lexington. The championship was played in Spartanburg at the Carolina Country Club. The two Columbia area golfers caught the club house […]
by Jed Blackwell, Associate Editor – Publisher Williamston — One of the most popular amateur tournaments among players was so much fun on Sunday, the leaders just kept playing. Two rounds weren’t enough to determine a winner in the Earl Wooten Memorial at Saluda Valley Country Club. Austin Langdale […]
Red numbers were the order of the day at the Earl Wooten Memorial at Saluda Valley Country Club on Saturday, as 20 players turned in scores under par across all three tournament divisions. That number included 16 players at 71 or better in the Men’s division, led by […]
It took a 20 foot birdie on an extra hole to knock Gamecock rising sophomore Nathan Franks out of the US Amateur. Franks had won his first match on Thursday before being eliminated in the round of 16 by Georgia Southern’s Ben Carr.. Franks advanced out of the […]
Gamecock rising sophomore Nathan Franks tied for 14th in the two-round qualifying tournament. He was seeded 18th when the round of 64 began on Wednesday morning. The Dorman High School grad from Roebuck was matched up with Tyler Stahle, from Andover, Ma. Stahle was in a large group […]
Fresh off a runner-up finish in the South Carolina Golf Association ‘s Amateur, Nathan Franks has played his way into the Match Play bracket at the US Amateur. Much like he did in the state-am, Franks put together two steady and solid rounds. He finished in a 7-way […]