Josh Branyon is trying to add a Carolinas Golf Association Mid-Am title to the 2011 and 2017 Mid-Am titles he has won in South Carolina Golf Association events. The Honea Path golfer is off to a good start at the Columbia Country Club. Branyon got to 4-under par […]
Most golfers, at any level, will tell you an alternate shot competition tests a golfer’s skill, patience and often friendships as the format adds stress to every shot. Even when it is modified to allow golfers to restart alternating on each hole, it isn’t easy. At the Cobb’s […]
When you take a minute to think about it, tournaments at Boscobel in Pendleton bookend the fun golf tournament season in the upstate. There are no state titles on the line or ranking points given towards a player of the year award. Instead, The Frostbite 3-man tournament in […]
The ground hog says we have some winter left, but the rodent’s weather forecast is not slowing down registration for First Tee Upstate’s Spring programs. “It started a little slow, but it has really picked up in the last few weeks,” said Micheal Pius, the Executive Director of […]
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 […]
Kevin Britt brings a well earned reputation as a top-ranked instructor to the Carolina Country Club. The award winning teacher in effect goes across the street from the Country Club of Spartanburg to his new home at Carolina. “This is a great opportunity for me to stay in […]
You know you might have things going your way when you catch a break on the very first hole of a tournament. Jeff Bell and Julian Taylor teamed up to play in the annual Southern Oaks Holiday Open at the course near Easley and Taylor caught a break […]
There is no Clemson versus Carolina football game this year, but that doesn’t mean the intense rivalry has taken the year off. At Woodfin Ridge the annual Tigers versus Gamecocks rivalry was renewed on the golf course as it has been for the last 16 years. This year […]
Ron Clontz and Mike Hartin each won championships at Paris Mountain Country Club. Clontz won the Upstate Senior title while Hartin claimed the Mid-Am title at the weekend tournament. Clontz shot a final round even par 72 to win the Upstate Senior title while Mike Hartin took top […]
Any event at the Greenville Country Club’s Chanticleer Course is special, but it gets even better when you bring in a field of top golfers for a tournament. The Chanticleer Invitational has grown from a tournament with a good small field to an event that, this year, had […]