It is hard to beat a good start in tournaments at The Bel. Just ask the Nielsen brothers, Thomas and Jonathan, who finished the first round of the Jimmie Evatt Memorial Texas Two-Man by putting a blistering 59 on their scorecard. 12-under par round earned the leaders a […]
By Stan Olenik Editor-Publisher, The Golf Club The Frostbite Classic at The Bel in Pendleton is either the last event of the winter or the first event of the spring. The annual tournament is a better predictor of the change of seasons than any ground hog. If the […]
A hole in one is rare, but not impossible. On courses around the Upstate there has been no shortage of aces. Two-time Greenville County Amateur champion Garland Ferrell carded two holes in one in the same round. A pair of golfers at Palmetto Hills aced the same hole […]
by Stan Olenik Editor-Publisher The flagship event of the South Carolina Golf Association is returning to the upstate. The Carolina Country Club in Spartanburg will host the SCGA Amateur starting on July 24th. It will be the first time the Amateur will be played in the Upstate since […]
By Stan Olenik Editor-Publisher, The Golf Club When you pull up the Facebook page for the Upstate SC Amateur Players Tour you see pictures of a lot of smiling golfers. They usually have a trophy in their hand after playing a good round in a tournament, but the […]
You can’t blame upstate golfers for hibernating through much of this winter. There have not been many acceptable days to play golf. Local clubs have started to scheduled events in the last weeks of winter. The Tyger River Shiver was the first of several to play and the […]
By Stan Olenik Editor-Publisher, The Golf Club It has never been clear if the Champagne Shoot-Out at Thornblade Club on New Year’s Eve ends the golf year in the Upstate or starts the New Year. Either way, the event has gone from a small gathering of friends to […]
By Stan Olenik Editor-Publisher Boscobel has long been a favorite course for amateurs, tournaments and everyday play. Now Coby Gambrell and Jon Guenthner, the owners of the course in Pendleton, have bought the Woodhaven Par 3 course just down the road. They have renamed the course The Bel […]
By Stan Olenik Editor-Publisher Borrowing from a seasonal theme. The weather outside was frightful, but the result for the Nielsen brothers was delightful. A full field of 130 golfers, 65 two-man teams. battled each other and the weather in the Cranberry Classic played at Boscobel. The tournament has […]
By Stan Olenik. Editor-Publisher Golfers and non golfers have made Christmas at the Rumbling Bald Resort on Lake Lure a holiday tradition. As Hurricane Helene blew through and blew down parts of nearby Chimney Rock and the lake many wondered if the courses and amenities at the Resort […]
