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 […]
Southern Oaks is often referred to as the Upstate’s friendliest golf course and it was on display once again at the Holiday Open. The tournament asks golfers to bring a special toy with them as part of the entry fee . “We take the toys to the Children’s […]
The Chanticleer course Greenville Country Club members and guests played in the fall is changing. It is not going to be the course they play in about a year. The 54 year old course aged gracefully, but time and advances in the game have had an impact on […]
If you have ever played golf at Pickens you are in for a surprise when you play the old course again. First, it isn’t the old course anymore and second the brand new clubhouse, opened for the first time on November 9th, is exactly what was promised to […]
By Stan Olenik, Editor-Publisher The Golf Club Golfers of a certain age all have one very similar memory about taking a golf trip to Myrtle Beach. Every golfer who teed it up at the Beach had their favorite course. They also had their favorite seafood buffet. Additionally, they […]
by Jed Blackwell Associate Editor-Publisher Brad Sill had a pretty good idea of what he wanted to do from themiddle of the fairway on No. 18 at the Carolina Country Club as theCyder Cup hung in the balance. He’d already been there once this season. Sill, who won […]
By Stan Olenik, Editor-Publisher, The Golf Club When Rob Hrubala finished his round in the Spartanburg County Senior Amateur championship one of the first golfers to congratulate him was Brian Kennedy. The former Spartanburg Amateur and Senior Amateur champion didn’t offer a “well done or great playing” instead […]
