Chris Essay and Robert Lutomski are tied for the lead after the first round of the 50th Greenville County Amateur. The championship is being played at Green Valley Country Club. Eassy won the county title in 2004 and Lutomski has been close to a win several times. The […]
A pair of golfers with South Carolina roots took a step up this week as part of the field at the PGA Tour’s Barbasol Championship in Alabama. The difference being a regular on Tour and getting a chance to play in a Tour event was evident in the […]
Trent Phillips won two matches at the USGA Junior championship, but was not able to advance into the quarter finals. Phillips won his opening match over Cameron Sisk, a future Arizona State golfer. The SCGA Junior champion had an early 4 up lead. However, Sisk was able to […]
Interview with The Blade’s winner Jacob Bridgeman Jacob Bridgeman started the final round of The Blade Junior with a 2-shot lead and finished the 36 hole tournament with a convincing 7-shot victory and a new tournament scoring record. The future Clemson golfer started with a 6-under par 65 […]
Trent Phillips improved on his first round performance by 11 shots to finish in a 10 way tie for 30th place after the stroke portion of the US Junior at Fort Hills National Golf Club in Kansas. Once all ties were broken Phillips was seeded 37th for match […]
Jacob Bridgeman went 6 under in five holes to take the lead in the boys championship while Katie Whitfield birdied her final two holes to lead the girls competition at TheBlade Junior. Bridgeman made the turn at even par and stayed even until the 12th hole. The future […]
Interview with The Blade Junior Chairman Rob Reeves When the top junior golfers in South Carolina tee off in The 19th annual Blade Junior at Thornblade Club most of the hard work of organizing one of the premier golf tournaments in the state has been completed. In fact […]
A pink shirt may be Brad Sill’s lucky charm. The Spartanburg golfer was wearing a pink shirt when he won the Greater Greer Open and the Southern Oaks Open. “I had a pink shirt on today too,” said the owner of Sill’s Range on the Westside of Spartanburg. […]
Interview with Spartanburg County Amateur Champion Tripp Morrow Highlights from the Spartanburg County Amateur at Woodfin Ridge After 53 holes the Coca-Cola Spartanburg Amateur championship was decided by three short putts on the final hole. Defending champion Kevin Roberts and Tripp Morrow played the last hole tied for […]
After four sensational rounds at the Carolinas Amateur championship the only question left was what name would be put on the Richard F. Tufts trophy. Would it be R.J. Keur or Julian Keur. The names belong to the same golfer. R.J. is the way the University of Alabama […]
