The South Carolina Amateur has had more than its share of weather problems in the last few years and the 2020 championship kept the streak intact. High School golfer Jonathan Griz, from Hilton Head, is the clubhouse leader after shooting a 4-under par 68 at the Columbia Country […]
Furman’s Anna Morgan has made the cut and will tee it up in Match Play at the USGA Amateur. The Lady Paladin golfer from Spartanburg tied for 48th after shooting rounds of 76 – 73 for a 5-over par 149 total. Morgan finished two shots inside the cut […]
The USGA did not hold any qualifying tournaments for this year’s US Amateur at Bandon Dunes. Instead all selections for the championship have been made using the World Amateur Golf Rankings and a series of special exemptions. With the world-wide pandemic making travel from overseas difficult more US […]
Four college golfers from South Carolina have been invited to play in the US Amateur and more may be added before the championship next month. Georgia All-American Trent Phillips from Boiling Springs is joined by Clemson All-American Jacob Bridgeman, his Tiger teammate Turk Pettit and College of Charleston’s […]
Anna Morgan completed a sweep of the two major amateur titles in the Carolinas with a win at the Women’s South Carolina Golf Association’s Championship played at the Columbia Country Club. Last week Morgan came from 5-shots off the lead to win the CGA Women’s Am. This week […]
Another under par round has earned Anna Morgan the lead after 36 holes at the Women’s South Carolina Golf Association’s Amateur. The rising sophomore at Furman carded a 2-under par 70 at the Columbia Country Club to break out of first round tie and be alone on the […]
Anna Morgan is on a roll. The Lady Paladin golfer won the Carolinas Women’s Amateur last week and shares the lead after the first round of the Women’s South Carolina Golf Association’s Amateur championship. Clemson golfer and former SCJGA Beth Daniel Player of the Year, Gracyn Burgess, matched […]
Anna Morgan went into the final round of the 94th Carolinas Golf Association’s Women’s Amateur wanting to shoot a good score, have a good finish and hope it would be good enough. The rising sophomore at Furman did all three much better than just good and won […]
Robbie Biershenk has very often been the golfer to beat in local Upstate tournaments. It usually didn’t matter if he had a great partner or a good partner, he was almost always just as tough in two-man events. Now give Biershenk a partner who just made First Team […]
Natalie Srinivasan has had to keep a pretty big secret for the last couple of weeks. The graduating Furman senior found out that she was the winner of the 2020 ANNIKA Award (The women’s golf equivalent of the Heisman Trophy in college football) two weeks ago. “I got […]