On a day when the lead swung back and forth between four teams, it didn’t seem anyone had an advantage until the last shot was fired. And that was the way The Fort Club’s Texas-Two Man tournament ended. Todd Hendley rolled in a 15-foot par putt, the last […]
Youth and enthusiasm wasn’t quite enough to top age and experience at the Festival of Flowers championship played at the Greenwood Country Club. Cambridge Academy High School golfer Spence Hagood carded a blistering opening round 8-under par 64 to leave a field of golfers with statewide accomplishments in […]
When you assemble a tournament filled with highly ranked players you expect competition to be close and a tight leader board. But, sometimes when you have a field full of highly ranked players, one of them gets on a roll and can leave every one else behind, Jack […]
It is not unusual to find a Biershenk or a Grumbles on a leader board at an Upstate weekend golf tournament. It is unusual, in fact it never happened before, to find a Biershenk and Grumbles on the same team in a 2-man event. ‘Shane (Grumbles) and I […]
A familiar face took home the trophy at Saturday’s Spartanburg County Senior Amateur Championship at Woodfin Ridge. Stan Sill won his fourth Senior championship with a 66 on the tournament’s second day, for a two-day total of five-under-par 139. Sill finished three strokes ahead of Mark Pike and […]
If there is a golf god, there almost certainly has to be a golf devil! Mike Hartin finished the first round of the 51st J.P. Traynham Invitational at the Paris Mountain Country Club with all 6s on his scorecard. The mark of the beast in ancient lore. Hartin […]
The celebrity lineup has been announced for the upcoming BMW Charity Classic. The Korn-Ferry Tour stop will be in the Upstate from June 9th to the 12th at Thornblade Club and the Carolina Country Club. This year’s group of celebrities include many returning favorites, some new faces and […]
It was a pretty good weekend for father and son golf teams from the Upstate. First father Jay and son Bill Haas, made the cut at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans on the PGA Tour. At 68 Jay, with the help of his son, became the oldest […]
It took three extra holes before Weston Bell was able to chip in from 20 feet off the green to finally win The Frostbite Open at Boscobel. Bell’s eagle chip-in was the deciding shot to win the annual tournament for his team, which included Walt Todd, Jr and […]
The 2022 Upstate Amateur Players Tour kicks off on March 12 at Links O’Tryon. Larry Lee, who helped found the Tour many year’s ago, is back leading the popular local group. Lee, who along with Phil VanGeersdaelen are bringing an elevated Tour experience to the Upstate. “We live […]
