Redesigning a hole or changing the shape of a green are noticeable projects at golf courses, but it is often the work that no one sees can make the biggest difference. Most year’s the grounds and greens crew get a few months during the winter to work on […]
After over a year of planning and course remodeling Pickens is again open for member and public play. “When anyone asks I tell them we are twice as good as we were a couple of years ago,” said Ben Massingill. “And not even half as good as we […]
Say good bye to The Golf Club at Star Fort and say hello to The Fort Club. Two Greenville businessmen, Jeremy Revis and Shane Birckbichler are the new owners of the club near Greenwood. The new owners are avid golfers who intend to use their golf knowledge and […]
The George Cobb designed course brings mountain golf close to the Upstate by Jed Blackwell, Associate Editor/Publisher, The Golf Club Tucked away off a side road in Rutherford County, a gem of a golf course is preparing to celebrate a half-century in business. Cleghorn Golf and Sports Club […]
The Greenville Country Club had a year long celebration planned to commemorate the 50th anniversary of its renowned Robert Trent Jones designed Chanticleer course. The celebration got off to a good start with tartan jackets and a sculpted Chanticleer, but almost as soon as it started, it came […]
By Stan Olenik, Editor-Publisher, The Golf Club Tell the truth. How many of you have dosed off watching weekend golf on TV. No mater how big the stars or how compelling the competition, be honest, sitting in a comfortable chair after a big Sunday lunch, it is hard […]
Both nines have been renovated and open on October 1st. A little over a year ago there were some pretty long odds on the Greer Country Club surviving as a golf course. Now after new turf on the entire golf course, some reshaping of trouble spots and fixing […]
There have been some important off season changes at Rumbling Bald both on the course and on the internet. The get-a-way not too far away destination just over the North Carolina state line from the Upstate has a new online identity and a small. but important change to […]
The Greenville Country Club has a great deal to celebrate in 2020. The club was founded 125 years ago and the highly regarded Chanticleer course was opened 50 years ago. As part of the celebration the club, which has a long and rich history with many traditions, has […]
The Morgan Lucas championship has become an early season showcase for some of the best juniors in South Carolina on one of the state’s top golf courses. Seventy-five juniors teed off at the Greenville Country Club’s Chanticleer course in the first event on the SCJGA’s 2020 schedule exclusively […]