If you couldn’t wait for the two made for TV golf events scheduled in the coming weeks you could have tuned in on Facebook or Instagram and see the South Carolina Golf Association’s “Battle at the Burg” last Friday. The made for internet golf event brought together the […]
Trent Phillips and Jacob Bridgeman have been long time friends and competitors. As junior golfers they often finished tournaments in the top two spots. (Cover photo of Bridgeman and Phillips from a junior event (GolfClub File Photo) As juniors the two neighbors represented the USA in the Junior […]
It seems almost everyday Furman’s Natalie Srinivasan has added another award to her trophy case. The Lady Paladin senior received her third major award just this week. The Spartanburg native earned 1st team Ping All-America honors on Tuesday. On Wednesday she was named a finalist for the ANNIKA […]
Lady Paladin senior Natalie Srinivasan has been chosen as one of three finalists for the highest award given to a college golfer. Srinivasan has been nominated to receive the Annika Award. The award is named for Hall of Fame golfer Annika Sorenstam and will be presented on May […]
SC Schools closed for the year, so no HS golf championships as well as other spring sports in South Carolina. SC Schools Superintendent Molly Spearman said fall sports seasons starting when schools are scheduled to reopen In August is possible. Unclear if there can be any organized pre-season […]
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 […]