The ceremonial trophy Madison Messimer received for winning the CGA Women’s Amateur championship is almost as big as the 15 year old golfer. Finishing in front of the field which included dozens of outstanding college golfers from the Carolinas was an accomplishment that even dwarfed the big trophy. […]
Nelson Ledesma shot an impressive 9-under par 63 at the Carolina Country Club to take the first round lead at the BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by TD-Synnex. Ledesma is from Argentina and his 63 was his career low round on the Korn-Ferry Tour. His six under par front […]
MK Talledo’s score went up in the second round of the Carolinas Golf Association’s Women’s Amateur, but her four-shot lead stayed the same. The College of Charleston’s rising sophomore opened the 54 hole championship at Yeamans Hall in Charleston with a 7-under par 65 to hold a four […]
It may not mean as much to Jace Danbom today as it will in a few years, but the 14 year old from Easley won the overall championship at the Upstate Junior Classic and made some history. With the win comes a special line in the record book. […]
The field is strong, the courses are in great shape, the volunteers are in position, the shuttle buses are gassed up and the parking lot attendants are friendly but firm. Everything is set for the Korn-Ferry professionals, the celebrities and the amateurs to begin play in the BMW […]
If you are going to the BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by TD-Synnex this week you may already have picked out the celebrities you hope to see, but you should remember there is also a professional golf tournament going on at the same time you are star gazing. The […]
Since the South Carolina Golf Association began the Pee-Wee Championship 24 years ago more than a handful of the 7 to 12 year old golfers have grown up to be college All-Americans and national championship winners. Last year’s US Women’s Amateur champion Jensen Castle, from Columbia, first gained […]
After shooting a 63 to win a Monday Qualifier for a spot in the Rex Hospital Open, Jacob Bridgeman was super-pumped to play in his first professional event. “I’m super-excited to play as a pro and maybe make my first paycheck,” he said last Monday. Six days later […]
The last time the BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by TD-Synnex was played at the Carolina Country Club in Spartanburg the Tour had a different name. Future PGA Tour winners like Tony Finau, Hudson Swafford, Russell Henley and Greenwood’s Ben Martin were just getting their careers started and Nick […]
Really good professional golfers know how to scrap it around when they don’t have their “A” game and come away with an acceptable finish. Jacob Bridgeman, from Inman, didn’t have his best game, but he hung in the third round of the Rex Hospital Open to card an […]
