The new year got off to a great start for a pair of Upstate college golfers at the CGA Young Amateur Championship played at Pinewild Country Club in Pinehurst Anna Morgan and Garrett Cooper won the women’s and mens division titles respectively and both wins were very close. […]
Alex Hamilton has resigned as Wofford men’s golf coach. The Aiken native is leaving the school to join Callaway Golf as the company’s College and Amateur Development representative. “I am sad to leave my players and hate the timing,” he said. “Wofford is an incredible place to work […]
It is a big day for junior golfers all across the country. It is national signing day when young golfers make their college commitments official. We will do our best to keep up with the information over the next few days, so check back often. If you see […]
College golf recruiting does not get the attention that football and basketball recruits get when they announce their college choices. ESPN does not cut into its programming to cover the choices made by the top junior golfers in the country. Instead, almost always the junior golfer is making […]
Until the start of November it has been practice, practice and more practice for Gamecock newcomer Liam Shinn. The freshman from Norcross, Georgia came to Columbia and with a limited fall schedule for the starters on the golf team, Shinn has had plenty of time to practice. “About […]
Fall weather arrived in the Upstate of South Carolina with much cooler than normal temperatures and enough of a breeze to make golfers give a little extra thought to club selection during the second round of the Golfweek Carolina Country Club Amateur in Spartanburg. University of Virginia golfer […]
First round leaders usually have a big advantage in 36-hole weekend tournaments in the Upstate. One or two golfers post low first rounds and then make the rest of the field chase them down. At the 7th annual Upper State Amateur the first round leaders didn’t have much […]
Clemson’s Turk Pettit and Georgia’s Trent Phillips from Boiling Springs both were eliminated in the round of 64 at the US Amateur. Pettit lost out to Phillip Barbaree in 19 holes. The Clemson Tiger golfer worked his way back to even with the LSU Tiger golfer after being […]
Clemson’s Turk Pettit and Georgia’s Trent Phillips from Boiling Springs have advanced to match play at the US Amateur. Pettit finished the 36 hole qualifying tournament at 3-under par 140 in a tie for 18th place. He will face LSU golfer Philip Barbaree. Phillips finished in a tie […]
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 […]
