The first half of the college season has been completed and Palmetto State teams and golfers have added some results to the top of their resumes’ Georgia golfer Trent Phillips from Boiling Springs won his first college tournament in Hawaii. The three-time SCGA Junior Player of the year […]
Trent Phillips may be coming home from Maui with more than a Hawaiian shirt and a flowered lei. The Georgia golfer from Boiling Springs has the lead going into the final round of the Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic in Hawaii. The Bulldog sophomore shot a 6-under par 65 in […]
Halfway through the second stage of LPGA Q School, Furman grad Haylee Harford is in eighth place after shooting rounds of 68-70 for a 138 total. Harford trails the tournament leaders Esther Henseleit from Germany and Yan Liu from China by 3 shots. The co-leaders finished at 9 […]
The Clemson Tiger golf team claimed its second straight victory and its first solo title in the Jack Nicklaus Match Play Invitational at Muirfield Village in Dublin Ohio. The Tigers beat Duke 3.5 to 2.5 for the win. Clemson earned their place in the final after defeating Ohio […]
It was easier to comprehend the start of the PGA Tour year when TV cameras showed pictures of palm trees in Hawaii rather than stadiums full of football fans. The Sony Open in Honolulu starts on January 2, but between then and now there are 14 PGA Tour […]
If everyone brought as much joy with them to a round of golf as Mike Lawrence does no one would ever have a bad day on the golf course, no matter what their score. One of the Upstate’s top teaching professionals, who owns an impressive playing resume, is […]
This week Thornblade Club will host the 88th South Carolina Golf Association Amateur. It is the second state championship to be held at the club. The first one was played 22 years ago. The field for the 1997 tournament included seven future PGA Tour players, over two […]
There is one name you will not hear much about when and if the BMW tournament can survive the weather and finish on Sunday. His name is Randy Long. He is the golf course superintendent at Thornblade Club. He and his crew had to find a way to […]
Ben Martin has been around the Thornblade track a few times in his life. He played it while he was working his way up to the PGA Tour and now he is playing it again as a way to get back to the big Tour. The golfer from […]
The golf is almost always amazing and the celebrities are fun to watch, but most year’s Upstate golf fans don’t know much about the competitors they are watching at the BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by Synnex. This year is different. Sure Brett Favre, Larry the Cable Guy, Anthony […]
