Trent Phillips won two matches at the USGA Junior championship, but was not able to advance into the quarter finals. Phillips won his opening match over Cameron Sisk, a future Arizona State golfer. The SCGA Junior champion had an early 4 up lead. However, Sisk was able to […]
Interview with The Blade’s winner Jacob Bridgeman Jacob Bridgeman started the final round of The Blade Junior with a 2-shot lead and finished the 36 hole tournament with a convincing 7-shot victory and a new tournament scoring record. The future Clemson golfer started with a 6-under par 65 […]
Trent Phillips improved on his first round performance by 11 shots to finish in a 10 way tie for 30th place after the stroke portion of the US Junior at Fort Hills National Golf Club in Kansas. Once all ties were broken Phillips was seeded 37th for match […]
Jacob Bridgeman went 6 under in five holes to take the lead in the boys championship while Katie Whitfield birdied her final two holes to lead the girls competition at TheBlade Junior. Bridgeman made the turn at even par and stayed even until the 12th hole. The future […]
Interview with The Blade Junior Chairman Rob Reeves When the top junior golfers in South Carolina tee off in The 19th annual Blade Junior at Thornblade Club most of the hard work of organizing one of the premier golf tournaments in the state has been completed. In fact […]
Katie Whitfield and Zack Gordon both started the CGA South Carolina Junior Match Play championship with strong performances in stroke play qualifying. The two golfers were able to keep the momentum going all week and ended the tournament at Cherokee National Golf Club with […]
It is difficult to consider almost any win an upset at the 40th CGA South Carolina Junior Match Play championship. However, two matches could qualify as coming close to being called just that, one in the girls division and one in the boys bracket. On the girls […]
Katie Whitfield shot the only under par round in the girls qualifying tournament to claim medalist honors at the CGA South Carolina Junior Match Play championship. Manning Sloop made a pitch in birdie from a trap on the 18th hole to win the medal as the top boys […]
Emily Dunlap from Mauldin has the lead going into the second round of qualifying at the CGA South Carolina Junior Match Play tournament at Cherokee National in Gaffney Dunlap shot an opening round 2-over par 74 to hold a one shot lead going into the second round of […]
Qualifying tournaments are continuing around the Carolinas for several USGA national championships that will be played in the next several weeks. Jensen Castle of West Columbia won the qualifying tournament to earn a spot in the USGA Girls Championship. Castle, who won the South Carolina AAAAA individual championship […]
