Sometime around 1979 or 1980 Jackie Seawell bought a green passenger van. SUVs and vans had not taken over the highways back then, but it looked like a good investment for the Seawell family. It wasn’t just a family vehicle for Jackie and Claire along with the kids […]
You don’t get a car for winning the BMW Charity Pro-Am you just get a steering wheel trophy. Mito Pereira won’t mind because his win at Thornblade sends him up to the PGA Tour. (BMW Pro-Am photo) With Pereira’s win at the BMW tournament he will now make […]
Granger Amick broke out of a first round tie with Gage Howard to go on to win the Spartanburg County Junior Amateur played at The Country Club of Spartanburg. Madison Dixon made her first round lead stand-up to claim the Spartanburg County Girls Championship at the same course. […]
The BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by Synnex has never had a back to back winner. There is a good reason for it. Since the tournament began in 1992, under various names, most of the tournament champions have advanced to the PGA Tour at the end of the season. […]
There are only a hand full of golfers with local ties in the BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by Synnex and one of them had the round of the tournament so far. Tommy ‘Two-Gloves’ Gainey shot an 11-under par 61 at Cliffs Valley to jump 51 places up the […]
When you look at the BMW Charity Pro-Am leader board and see the scores on either course you have to wonder if the holes are as big as man-hole covers. First round leader Micheal Miller posted a 9-under par at Thornblade. He shot his career low round, a […]
The BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by Synnex will begin tournament play on June 10th at Thornblade and Cliff’s Valley and wrap up with the final round on June 13th at Thornblade. “We knew we had our date and we were just waiting for the go ahead,” said South […]
Greenville’s Johnny Dennis has won his second Super-Senior championship in four days. Last week Dennis finished on top of the division at the Chanticleer National Senior Invitational at the Greenville Country Club. This week Dennis won the Carolinas Golf Association’s Super-Senior championship at the Country Club of South […]
Qualifying will continue for most of the month of June, but one upstate golfer already can make plans to be in Pinehurst in July to compete for the boys Junior championship. Boiling Springs’ Andrew Gregory qualified for the national championship at the Dogwood Golf Club in Georgia. Gregory, […]
With a field of golfers who have won national and international senior championships Pat Thompson wasn’t worried about beating any of those golfers for the Chanticleer National Senior Invitational title. He wanted to beat the golf course. Thompson shot a final round 2-over par 74 to finish the […]
