The final round of the Greenville County and Spartanburg County Amateur Championships will be played Sunday, and while both titles are still up for grabs, the paths to victory look very different. Greenville: Brock in Command At the Greenville County Amateur, it’s looking like Danny Brock’s world — […]
Brock and Kelly Set Early Pace in County Golf Championships Golfers across the Upstate teed off Friday in pursuit of local glory as both the Greenville and Spartanburg County Golf Championships got underway under warm summer skies. The 54-hole events, traditionally held later in the summer, moved to […]
Brandon Coggins added another title to an impressive resume, winning what is now known as the Cherokee National Amateur Championship. It really doesn’t matter what the tournament is called, if it is played in Gaffney at the Cherokee National Country Club, chances are better than average the former […]
The leaderboard at the 54th JP Traynham Invitational at Paris Mountain Country Club featured many familiar names. To borrow a line from the classic film Casablanca—“Round up the usual suspects!” Winning the club’s signature 36-hole championship takes calculated risk-taking and plenty of local knowledge. While experience helps, creative […]
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 […]
