Gamecock Golfer Zach Adams Secures Second State Title in Three Years
Zach Adams led from start to finish to claim his second South Carolina Amatuer championship.
Sill wins Spartanburg Co Am
While four golfers entered the final round of the Spartanburg County Amateur at the Carolina Country Club with a chance to win, by the back nine it was down to just two. Two time Spartanburg County Champion Robbie Biershenk and second round leader Brad Sill played most of […]
Exciting Finish at Greenville County Amateur Championship
By Jed Blackwell, Associate Editor-Publisher When his final putt dropped at the fifth hole at Greer Golf – the third playoff hole, and 57th of the weekend at the Greenville County Amateur Championship – Connor Blackwelder broke into a wide grin. It was as much relief as elation. […]
Patterson and Bentley lead County tourneys
Good scores have made for crowded leader boards at both the Greenville County Am and the Spartanburg County Am. In Greenville at Greer, former champion Cole Patterson has taken the lead after the first round, The 2019 County champion fired a 65 to hold a 3- shot lead […]
White does it again, wins British Senior Am
There is the Grand Slam and the Tiger Slam, now we need some spiffy alliteration to describe Todd White’s latest accomplishment in Amateur golf. The Spartanburg High School teacher won the British Senior Amateur by a shot at the event held in Saunton. England . The South Carolina […]
Spartanburg Junior starts on June 26th
More than a handful of successful PGA Tour players have about the same answer when asked by young golfers how to grow in the game. First beat your friends, then beat the juniors at your club and then win a county championship. The Spartanburg County Junior Amateur Championships […]
Williamson and Masters out-tuff Smithfields
While most of the 42 teams of golfers playing in the Smithfields Tough Days tournament experienced a pair of difficult rounds, the winners looked like they were playing in a Tough Day-Easy Day event. Brandon Masters and Blake Williamson survived a tough first round, but made the second […]
SCGA Hall of Fame adds Todd and Cerrudo
The South Carolina Golf Association’s Golf Day celebration was part business meeting and part awards presentation. The business meeting included the election of Greenville’s Rob Reeves to a two-year term as president of the state organization. The awards presentation honored the players of the year, several special awards […]
Champagne tradition continues at Thornblade
Traditions do not begin when someone, somewhere, somehow calls something a tradition. It takes years to build tradition and on New Year’s Eve in the Upstate golfers know there is one tradition unlike any other, the Champagne Shoot-Out at Thornblade Club. The event has earned its “Tradition” moniker. […]
Biershenks win the Cranberry Classic
After pushing the Cranberry Classic back a week because of weather problems, the tournament was completed in a little different fashion when weather tried to be an issue for a second time. With a sketchy forecast for Sunday, the second round, Boscobel officials had the full field play […]
