Decisions in the sports world that seemed inevitable in recent days became a reality in a short 12 hour period between Thursday night and Friday morning. Every major sports league, association or event in the country has been cancelled or postponed with little certainty as to when or […]
The Coronavirus and recommendations for social distancing as a preventive measure has made a major impact on golf as it has on other sports. The experts in the field of contagious diseases believe social distancing is the only remaining way to slow the spread of the virus. Most of […]
A pair of Upstate golfers came home from Columbia with the state’s Pee Wee titles in hand. Hugh Faulkner of Greenville won the boys 10-12 year old age group title while Davis Petty from Spartanburg was the champion of the boys 8-9 year old division. Playing at the […]
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 […]
Upstate PGA teaching professional Mike Lawrence was inducted into the South Carolina Golf Association’s Hall of Fame. Lawrence and King join the SCGolf Hall of Fame It was easy to understand why the gathering at the Columbia Country Club quickly rose out of their seats to give the […]
Trent Phillips may be coming home from Maui with more than a Hawaiian shirt and a flowered lei. The Georgia golfer from Boiling Springs has the lead going into the final round of the Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic in Hawaii. The Bulldog sophomore shot a 6-under par 65 in […]
Hear from the Bobby Chapman Junior Invitational defending champion Jonathan Griz as he gets ready to defend his 2018 championship. Griz set to defend his Chapman Junior championship. After the first round of the 2018 Bobby Chapman Junior Invitational Jonathan Griz’s name wasn’t near the top of the […]
Tyler Gray won the 2019 SCGA Amateur at Thornblade Club. Hear from the new state champion about his victory. Dumb luck can strike at any time. Either good or bad, the rub of the green can make a difference in the outcome of a championship. Tyler Gray used […]
The rain went away and the field at the South Carolina Golf Association Amateur championship was able to complete the second round and finish the third round to get the tournament back on schedule. With all the scores from the two rounds completed on Saturday posted, Tyler Gray […]
The heavy stuff did arrive late Thursday afternoon. Maybe it isn’t a weather system from the coast, maybe Thornblade is causing the rain. In June the BMW Charity tournament was hampered by rain. The Blade Junior Classic usually played at Thornblade was played this year at Green Valley […]
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