Upstate golfers are in the thick of the competition at a pair of important tournament. Carly Lyvers shot a career best round of 67 to hold a 4-shot lead after the first round of the CGA Carolina girls championship. “The hole seemed really big today,” said Lyvers. “I […]
Jacob Bridgeman was the defending champion at the CGA Junior Boys championship. Last year’s champion didn’t win, but he didn’t go down without a fight. Bridgeman started the final round tied for seventh place. He opened the tournament with a 3-under par 69, but struggled to a 1-over […]
The Greenville County Golf Association and Holly Tree Country Club teamed up to bring back the Greenville County Junior Amateur. Young golfers from all over the county enjoyed the opportunity to compete for a title and several young golfers went away with trophies and the recognition as a […]
It has been a few years since Greenville County has held a junior championship. This year the Greenville County Golf Association with the help of Holly Tree Country Club has brought back the tournament for juniors. Peyton Gillespie shot an even par round of 72 to take the […]
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 […]
