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 […]
It took 37 holes before there was any distance on the scorecard between the teams of Tim Pope – Tim Saur and Garland Ferrell – Johnny Dennis. Both teams opened the 36-hole Invitational tournament at Musgrove Mill posting 3-under par rounds of 69. It gave the two teams […]
Playing a tournament on your home course should give the club members an advantage. Three Pines Country Club members Tyler Macolly and Daniel Brasington used their local knowledge to shoot rounds of 63 and 60 to win the Fall Team Challenge at their home course. “Local knowledge does […]
The annual Cyder Cup match doesn’t usually come down to the last putt on the last hole of the match. But it did this year. Green Valley hosted the annual battle between teams of top golfers from Greenville and Spartanburg. Greenville’s Jeremy Revis and Spartanburg’s T.J. Hines were […]
First round leaders usually have a big advantage in 36-hole weekend tournaments in the Upstate. One or two golfers post low first rounds and then make the rest of the field chase them down. At the 7th annual Upper State Amateur the first round leaders didn’t have much […]
Four players are tied for the lead and 33 golfers shot par or better in the first round of the Upstate Amateur Championship. Robbie Biershenk from Boiling Springs and Levi Joiner from Prosperity are joined by two college golfers on top after the first round of the […]
Parker Jackson turned the final round of the Earl Wooten Memorial from a walk in the park to a nail bitter. The first round leader was cruising to what appeared to be an easy win at Saluda Valley when the lead and the tournament came close to slipping […]
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